Tommy Davis

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 21, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: April 3, 2022 in Phoenix, AZ

High School: Boys HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: September 22, 1959 (Age 20-185d, 11,700th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1976 (Age 37-195d)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: Herman Thomas Davis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.5

7223

2121

153

.294

811

RBI

1052

136

OBP

.329

SLG

.405

OPS

.733

OPS+

108

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1956	17	BRO-min	D	43	169	154	14	50	5	1	0	26	4		10	12	.325	.369	.370	.739		57		2	1	2			HRN · PONY
1957	18	BRO-min	D	127	564	518	115	185	23	6	17	104	68		35	46	.357	.401	.523	.924		271		6	0	5			KOK · MIDW
1958	19	LAD-min	AA,AAA	136	521	487	77	148	21	11	14	73	14	15	19	55	.304	.332	.478	.810		233		4	6	5	0		VCT,MTL · TL,IL
1959	20	LAD-min	AAA	153	665	612	90	211	32	9	18	78	21	15	40	29	.345	.384	.515	.899		315		3	4	6			SPO · PCL
1959	20	LAD	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
1960	21	LAD	NL	110	374	352	43	97	18	1	11	44	6	2	13	35	.276	.302	.426	.728	93	150	6	2	3	4	2	8H79/5	RoY-5
1961	22	LAD	NL	132	508	460	60	128	13	2	15	58	10	4	32	53	.278	.325	.413	.738	89	190	16	2	9	5	4	5789H
1962	23	LAD	NL	163	711	665	120	*230*	27	9	27	*153*	18	6	33	65	*.346*	.374	.535	.910	148	356	17	2	3	8	6	*758/9H	AS,AS,MVP-3
1963	24	LAD	NL	146	597	556	69	181	19	3	16	88	15	10	29	59	*.326*	.359	.457	.816	142	254	17	4	1	7	5	*758/H9	AS,MVP-8
1964	25	LAD	NL	152	631	592	70	163	20	5	14	86	11	8	29	68	.275	.311	.397	.708	105	235	14	4	1	5	6	*7/H	MVP-22
1965	26	LAD-min	WRk	14	24	21	3	7	1	0	1	4	0		2	0	.333	.375	.524	.899		11		0	0	1			DGR · AZIL
1965	26	LAD	NL	17	64	60	3	15	1	1	0	9	2	1	2	4	.250	.270	.300	.570	66	18	5	0	1	1	1	7/H
1966	27	LAD	NL	100	330	313	27	98	11	1	3	27	3	3	16	36	.313	.345	.383	.729	110	120	11	0	0	1	4	7H/5
1967	28	NYM	NL	154	621	577	72	174	32	0	16	73	9	3	31	71	.302	.342	.440	.782	125	254	16	7	1	5	10	*7/H3	MVP-26
1968	29	CHW	AL	132	482	456	30	122	5	3	8	50	4	2	16	48	.268	.289	.344	.633	88	157	16	0	4	6	3	*7H/39
1969	30	TOT	MLB	147	582	533	54	142	32	1	7	89	20	5	38	55	.266	.318	.370	.688	95	197	19	5	1	5	5	*7H/38
1969	30	SEP	AL	123	494	454	52	123	29	1	6	80	19	4	30	46	.271	.318	.379	.697	97	172	17	4	1	5	5	*7H/3
1969	30	HOU	NL	24	88	79	2	19	3	0	1	9	1	1	8	9	.241	.318	.316	.635	80	25	2	1	0	0	0	7/H8
1970	31	TOT	MLB	134	476	455	45	129	23	3	6	65	10	7	16	44	.284	.308	.387	.695	90	176	7	1	2	2	2	7H/39
1970	31	TOT	NL	68	263	255	28	71	14	2	5	38	8	3	8	26	.278	.300	.408	.708	90	104	3	0	0	0	1	7/H
1970	31	HOU	NL	57	220	213	24	60	12	2	3	30	8	3	7	25	.282	.305	.399	.704	91	85	3	0	0	0	1	7/H
1970	31	OAK	AL	66	213	200	17	58	9	1	1	27	2	4	8	18	.290	.318	.360	.678	89	72	4	1	2	2	1	7H/39
1970	31	CHC	NL	11	43	42	4	11	2	0	2	8	0	0	1	1	.262	.279	.452	.731	85	19	0	0	0	0	0	7/H
1971	32	OAK	AL	79	238	219	26	71	8	1	3	42	7	1	15	19	.324	.363	.411	.774	121	90	10	0	1	3	1	3H7/45
1972	33	CHC-min	Rk	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			CBF · GULF
1972	33	TOT	MLB	41	116	108	12	28	4	0	0	12	2	1	8	21	.259	.310	.296	.607	76	32	3	0	0	0	0	7H/39
1972	33	CHC	NL	15	28	26	3	7	1	0	0	6	0	1	2	3	.269	.321	.308	.629	73	8	0	0	0	0	0	H/379
1972	33	BAL	AL	26	88	82	9	21	3	0	0	6	2	0	6	18	.256	.307	.293	.600	77	24	3	0	0	0	0	7/H39
1973	34	BAL	AL	137	590	552	53	169	20	3	7	89	11	3	30	56	.306	.341	.391	.732	107	216	15	1	3	4	3	*D/H3	MVP-10
1974	35	BAL	AL	158	673	626	67	181	20	1	11	84	6	2	34	49	.289	.325	.377	.702	105	236	20	3	3	7	9	*D/H	MVP-26
1975	36	BAL	AL	116	488	460	43	130	14	1	6	57	2	0	23	52	.283	.315	.357	.671	95	164	14	0	2	3	2	*DH
1976	37	TOT	AL	80	257	238	17	63	5	0	3	26	0	1	16	18	.265	.311	.324	.635	92	77	13	1	0	2	3	DH/3
1976	37	CAL	AL	72	237	219	16	58	5	0	3	26	0	1	15	18	.265	.312	.329	.641	94	72	12	1	0	2	3	DH/3
1976	37	KCR	AL	8	20	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	65	5	1	0	0	0	0	/HD
18 Yrs				1999	7739	7223	811	2121	272	35	153	1052	136	59	381	754	.294	.329	.405	.733	108	2922	219	32	35	68	66
162 Game Avg.				162	627	585	66	172	22	3	12	85	11	5	31	61	.294	.329	.405	.733	108	237	18	3	3	6	5
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
LAD (8 yrs)				821	3216	2999	392	912	109	22	86	465	65	34	154	321	.304	.338	.441	.779	117	1323	86	14	18	31	28
BAL (4 yrs)				437	1839	1720	172	501	57	5	24	236	21	5	93	175	.291	.327	.372	.699	102	640	52	4	8	14	14
OAK (2 yrs)				145	451	419	43	129	17	2	4	69	9	5	23	37	.308	.342	.387	.728	106	162	14	1	3	5	2
CHC (2 yrs)				26	71	68	7	18	3	0	2	14	0	1	3	4	.265	.296	.397	.693	81	27	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				81	308	292	26	79	15	2	4	39	9	4	15	34	.271	.308	.377	.685	88	110	5	1	0	0	1
KCR (1 yr)				8	20	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	65	5	1	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				154	621	577	72	174	32	0	16	73	9	3	31	71	.302	.342	.440	.782	125	254	16	7	1	5	10
CAL (1 yr)				72	237	219	16	58	5	0	3	26	0	1	15	18	.265	.312	.329	.641	94	72	12	1	0	2	3
CHW (1 yr)				132	482	456	30	122	5	3	8	50	4	2	16	48	.268	.289	.344	.633	88	157	16	0	4	6	3
SEP (1 yr)				123	494	454	52	123	29	1	6	80	19	4	30	46	.271	.318	.379	.697	97	172	17	4	1	5	5

NL (12 yrs)				1082	4216	3936	497	1183	159	24	108	591	83	42	203	430	.301	.335	.435	.771	115	1714	107	22	19	36	39
AL (9 yrs)				917	3523	3287	314	938	113	11	45	461	53	17	178	324	.285	.321	.368	.689	99	1208	112	10	16	32	27

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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