Bob Davis (pitcher)
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Early life
An alumnus of the Great Neck, New York, public schools, Davis, who was Jewish,[1] attended the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, and pitched for Yale University.[2][3] Davis earned a master's degree in history.[4]
Baseball career
Following the 1960 season, Davis was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft for $75,000 ($Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". today).[5][6] However, rather than report to the Angels, Davis retired and returned to Yale to continue his education.
In his 29 MLB games pitched, 25 of them as a reliever, Davis was winless in four decisions, with one save and an earned run average of 5.71. In 63 innings pitched, he allowed 76 hits and 34 bases on balls, striking out 50.
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