Virgil "Spud" Davis played for six different teams in his 16-year career, retiring from the game in 1942 but returning in 1944 due to player shortages caused by the war.  His .308  career average ranks fourth all-time among major league catchers, and was ranked second only to Mickey Cochrane when he retired.  He died in 1984. The card originates from the Shibe Park collection of autographed cards, an original owner collection carefully collected by a teenage boy who, in 1939 and 1940, obtained many autographs from players arriving at the train station near Shibe Park, and continued for many years to obtain signatures in person and through the mail.