Chili Davis
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Charles Theodore Davis
- Bats Both, Throws Right
- Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
- High School: Dorsey High School
- Debut April 10, 1981
- Final Game October 3, 1999
- Born January 17, 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica
[edit] Biographical Information
Charles T. Davis got the nickname Chili, when a bad haircut in sixth grade prompted a friend to ask "How'd the barber cut your hair? With a chili bowl?" and the name stuck. He was the first Jamaican to play in Major League Baseball.
Chili's strength was his endurance. He didn't hit as many as 25 home runs in a season until he'd been in the majors over a decade and he was 33 before he drove in 100 RBI in a season. Nevertheless, he lasted for 19 seasons, and had 400+ at-bats in 16 of them.
Chili never had a seasonal Adjusted OPS+ over 150 (his best, 148, was third in the league in 1984), but he was consistently above average as a hitter. He never led the league in any major hitting category, but he was consistent year after year with around 20 home runs and a batting average that was typically above the league average. Both his career home run total and his career RBI total put him in the top 80 of all time (as of October 2007).
[edit] Notable Achievements
- 1982 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
- 3-time All-Star (1984, 1986 & 1994)
- 20-Home Run Seasons: 10 (1984, 1987-1989, 1991 & 1993-1997)
- 30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (1997)
- 100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1993)
- Won three World Series with the Minnesota Twins (1991) and the New York Yankees (1998 & 1999)
