Peaches Davis

{{Short description|American baseball player (1905–1995)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Peaches Davis

| image = Peaches Davis.jpg

| image_size =

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|05|31}}

| birth_place = Glen Rose, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|04|28|1905|05|31}}

| death_place = Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = July 11

| debutyear = 1936

| debutteam = Cincinnati Reds

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = August 17

| finalyear = 1939

| finalteam = Cincinnati Reds

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 27–33

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.87

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 123

| teams =

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1936}}–{{mlby|1939}})

}}

Roy Thomas "Peaches" Davis (May 31, 1905 – April 28, 1995) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher from 1936 to 1939. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.

Davis' family moved to Duncan, Oklahoma as a child. Davis graduated from Duncan High School and played football at Oklahoma Baptist.{{cite web|url=https://www.duncanbanner.com/community/peaches-davis-baseball-exhibit-opens/article_5ad2f568-c474-11ee-a571-eb95f08b6874.html|title='Peaches' Davis baseball exhibit opens|last=Gregor|first=Tamara|publisher=The Duncan Banner|date=February 6, 2024|accessdate=February 17, 2024}}

Davis began his professional baseball career with the Class A Topeka Jayhawks of the Western League in 1929.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=davis-002ray#all_standard_roster |title=Peaches Davis Minor Leagues Statistics & History |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=January 10, 2020}} After seven years of minor league baseball, he made his MLB debut with the Reds on July 11, 1936.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B07110CIN1936.htm |title=Boston Bees 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 |date=July 11, 1936 |website=retrosheet.org |accessdate=January 10, 2020}} His final game with the Reds came on August 17, 1939. He returned to minor league baseball for the 1940–42 and 1945 seasons.

Born in Glen Rose, Texas, Davis died in Duncan, a month short of his 90th birthday.