Major League Baseball Player, Manager, Coach. For thirteen seasons (1958 to 1970), he played at the third base, shortstop and second base positions with the San Francisco Giants. Born James Houston Davenport, he attended Thompson High School in Alabama and later played both collegiate football and baseball at the University of Southern Mississippi. While with the Golden Eagles, Davenport quarterbacked their 1953 football squad and produced a .439 batting average with their baseball team in 1954. Selected by the New York Giants (baseball) as an amateur free agent, he marked his Major League debut on April 15, 1958 and had the distinction of being on the roster of the first Giants' squad to play in San Francisco following the franchise's relocation. Davenport secured the third baseman position during his first season and in 1962, he experienced a pennant-winning team with San Francisco. Individually, he distinguished himself with a career-high 144 hits and a .297 batting average, as he earned all star honors and a Gold Glove Award. He recorded 3 hits during the 1962 World Series. After retiring as a player, he began a lengthy career as a coach and manager, initially as skipper with Phoenix (1971 to 1973, Minor League affiliate of the San Francisco Giants). He went on to stints as coach with the San Diego Padres (1974 to 1975) and San Francisco Giants (1976 to 1982 and 1984). In 1985, he served as manager of the San Francisco Giants prior to being replaced by Roger Craig late in that season. Further coaching assignments include the Philadelphia Phillies (1986 to 1987), Cleveland Indians (1989) and another return to the Giants in 1995. At the time of his death, he was serving as Special Assistant of Player Development with the Giants. He was associated with Major League Baseball for more than fifty-years. He was inducted into the Southern Mississippi "M" Club in 1967 and was enshrined into the State of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. He died from heart failure.