Bayardo Dávila

Bayardo Antonio Dávila Montiel (Ministro de Defensa)

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born June 16, 1968 in Granada Nicaragua

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Biographical Information

Bayardo Dávila was a shortstop for the Nicaraguan national team during the 1990s.

Dávila was with Nicaragua for a Silver Medal in the 1990 Central American Games. He hit .314/.351/.429 and handled 56 chances at short without an error in the 1990 Baseball World Cup. Nicaragua won the Silver Medal, losing the finale to Cuba. He hit .359/.366/.487 with 10 RBI in 10 games while fielding .915 at SS in the 1991 Intercontinental Cup; he was second on Nicaragua in RBI, two behind Prospero Baca, and in the top 10 for the Cup. He had similar numbers offensively to Cup All-Star shortstop Akihiro Togo. He went 2 for 4 with a RBI in Nicaragua's 4-3 win over Taiwan in the Bronze Medal game. He was with Nicaragua in the 1991 Pan American Games.

In the 1993 Intercontinental Cup, he struggled, batting .222/.243/.250, though he played error-free ball. In the Bronze Medal game, he went 2 for 3 against Hidekazu Watanabe as Nicaragua was shut out by Japan, 9-0. He hit .211 as Nicaragua's main shortstop in the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games. He was the starting shortstop for Nicaragua as they won Gold at the 1994 Central American Games. He hit .286/.359/.543 with 9 RBI in ten games in the 1994 Baseball World Cup, second on the team in RBI again, this time behind Jose Ramon Padilla. He fielded .986 at short. In the Bronze Medal game, he went 0 for 2 with a walk as Nicaragua lost to Japan and Masanori Sugiura. He was on the Nicaraguan squad that took home the Silver Medal at the 1995 Pan American Games.

Dávila hit .435/.468/.435 with 7 RBI in seven games, fielding .921 as Nicaragua's shortstop in the 1996 Olympics. He led Nicaragua in both average and RBI, yet still sat out the Bronze Medal game loss to Team USA in favor of Jorge Avellán. He batted .364/.391/.545 with a team-high 8 RBI in 7 games in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup, while fielding .909. He did not get the All-Star nod as Omar Linares of Cuba was picked; Bayardo easily outhit future big leaguer Adam Everett, the US shortstop. He was with Nicaragua for a Silver in the 1997 Central American Games. He was 2 for 10 with a homer and a walk in the 1998 Haarlem Baseball Week. In the 1998 Baseball World Cup, the veteran was 6 for 12 with a double, three runs, four RBI and no errors, backing up Edgard López, who would succeed him as Nicaragua's main shortstop on the international stage.

Through 2008, Dávila was 10th in Nicaraguan amateur annals in career hits (1,357) and first in double play grounders (203).