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I may have missed it, but was there ever any discussion of minor league credit for Davis?

RA+ Pythpat equivalent record, year-by-year

Year Age W-L
1934 30 20-10
1935 31 17- 9
1936 32 14-10
1937 33 7- 7
1938 34 11-8
1939 35 15-13
1940 36 11-10
1941 37 10- 7
1942 38 15- 8
1943 39 8-10
1944 40 12-10
1945 41 9- 7
1946 42 0- 0</pre>
Overall, that adds up to 148-110.

Many of the pitchers I know of with records after the age of 30 that look something like that were "late bloomers," and that probably applies to Davis as well. But I can see how MLE is a relevant question in his case - note in particular how good he was at ages 30-31.

He had 429 games pitched but only 281 starts. He had a significant number of relief appearances in every year of his career.

While his overall hitting isn't much, he had a year in 1939, batting .381 (40 for 105) and saw some use as a pinch hitter that year.

okay, I admit: I have never ever heard of Curt Davis before.

I'm with you TomH; I never heard of him before either.
But that's half the fun of this project; learning about folks you never knew existed, or finding "gems in the rough" like several of the old-timers: Joe Start, Al Spalding, Lip Pike and Jack Glasscock.
Some I'd heard of but never truly knew of their impact on the game; others were brand new to me.

Curt looks like a great #2 or #3 pitcher, although he seemed to be a #1 for Phillies when he first came up.
Not an HoMer but worthy of analysis.

I may have missed it, but was there ever any discussion of minor league credit for Davis?

Yea in the '51 discussion thread. I'd heard from somewhere that he'd been a star with the SF Seals in the PCL for 5-6 years, which is why I requested this thread. However, it wasn't the case - he was there for 6 years, but only a star for a year or two.

He's a late bloomer, and not someone to be seriously considered for induction.

Gotcha...I could have sworn we'd talked about him, but this thread was barren, and his first two major league years were awesome, so I wanted to make sure.