Brandy Davis

Prior to his professional career, Davis played baseball at Newark High School and Duke University and served in the United States Marine Corps. His pro career began in the Pittsburgh organization in 1951, when he batted a composite .313 across three lower levels of minor league baseball. He then spent 55 games in the majors for the 1952 Pirates, a team that would lose 112 games. He drew a base on balls in his initial big-league appearance as a pinch hitter on April 15; then, the following day, he started in right field and collected two hits in four at bats against left-hander Cliff Chambers of the St. Louis Cardinals. But Davis struggled at the plate thereafter; overall he hit only .179 and spent part of the year with Class B Waco. In 1953, he spent much of the year in the minor leagues before his recall in September for his final trial with the Pirates. But that resulted in only a .20…