Doug Davis (davisdo01)

Douglas Raymond Davis

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
• School North Carolina State University
• High School Central Columbia High School
• Debut July 8, 1988
• Final Game April 23, 1992
• Born September 24, 1962 in Bloomsburg, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Catcher Doug Davis had cups of coffee with the California Angels in 1988 and Texas Rangers in 1992 before embarking on a coaching/managing career.

Davis began his coaching career as the hitting coach for the Lake Elsinore Storm in 1995. He was the minor league field coordinator for the Montreal Expos in 2001 and the Florida Marlins in 2002. During the 2001 offseason, owner Jeffrey Loria sold the Montreal Expos to the other Major League Baseball owners and bought the Florida Marlins. As part of that process, he took most of the Expos coaching staff and minor league development staff with him to Florida. Davis returned as field coordinator in 2003 until Marlins manager Jeff Torborg was fired on May 10th and replaced by Jack McKeon. Davis took over as Marlins bench coach and stayed in that role through the 2004 season. Davis spent 2005, his final year in the Marlins organization, as their minor league catching & baserunning coordinator.

In 2006, he took over as the skipper of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to begin his work in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. After the 2006 season he was named manager of the Syracuse Chiefs where he stayed two years. Davis spent 2009 as the Blue Jays' minor league catching instructor. He worked the next several years as Toronto's minor league field coordinator. Davis was fired in August, 2016 when the new management team under President Mark Shapiro decided to implement changes to the player development system.

Davis joined the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in 2017 and served in different capacities. He was a defensive coach in 2017 and the bullpen coach in 2018-2019. He was scheduled to manage Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. He did manage the team in 2021-2022.

Davis moved to the Texas Rangers organization in 2023 and managed the Round Rock Express. In his first season with the Express, he guided the E-Train to the club’s first playoff appearance since 2019. The team's 89 total wins were the most regular-season wins in franchise history and Davis oversaw the longest winning streak in franchise history when the Express won 14 consecutive games from August 8-23. Davis returned to manage the Express in 2024.

Year-By-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1996	Pittsfield Mets	New York-Penn League	46-29	2nd	New York Mets	Lost in 1st round
1997	Pittsfield Mets	New York-Penn League	42-32	4th	New York Mets	League Champs
1998	Capital City Bombers	South Atlantic League	90-51	1st	New York Mets	League Champs
1999	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	54-88	12th	New York Mets
2000	Binghamton Mets	Eastern League	82-58	2nd	New York Mets	Lost in 1st round
2006	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	68-73	7th	Toronto Blue Jays
2007	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	64-80	11th (t)	Toronto Blue Jays
2008	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	69-73	7th (t)	Toronto Blue Jays
2021	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Triple-A East	68-49	3rd	New York Yankees	7-3
2022	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	International League	83-67	5th	New York Yankees
2023	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	89-60	2nd	Texas Rangers	Lost League Finals
2024	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	71-77	7th	Texas Rangers