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Alvin Davis
Alvin Glenn Davis

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
School Arizona State University

Debut April 11, 1984
  vs. BOS 2 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 25, 1992
Born September 9, 1960 in Riverside, CA

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 23 SEA AL 152  567   80  161  34  3  27  116   5  4  97  78  .284  .391  .497  147  282   0   7  16   7   7 MVP-12,RoY-1,AS
 1985 24 SEA AL 155  578   78  166  33  1  18   78   1  2  90  71  .287  .381  .441  125  255   0   7   7   2  14
 1986 25 SEA AL 135  479   66  130  18  1  18   72   0  3  76  68  .271  .373  .426  118  204   2   2  10   3  11
 1987 26 SEA AL 157  580   86  171  37  2  29  100   0  0  72  84  .295  .370  .516  127  299   0   8   6   2  17
 1988 27 SEA AL 140  478   67  141  24  1  18   69   1  1  95  53  .295  .412  .462  141  221   0   5  13   4  14
 1989 28 SEA AL 142  498   84  152  30  1  21   95   0  1 101  49  .305  .424  .496  156  247   0   6  15   6  15 MVP-23
 1990 29 SEA AL 140  494   63  140  21  0  17   68   0  2  85  68  .283  .387  .429  128  212   0   9  10   4   9
 1991 30 SEA AL 145  462   39  102  15  1  12   69   0  3  56  78  .221  .299  .335   76  155   0  10   9   0   8
 1992 31 CAL AL  40  104    5   26   8  0   0   16   0  0  13   9  .250  .331  .327   86   34   0   1   2   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1206 4240  568 1189 220 10 160  683   7 16 685 558  .280  .380  .450  127 1909   2  55  88  28  97
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        570   76  160  30  1  21   92   1  2  92  75  .280  .380  .450  127  256   0   7  12   4  13
 Career High    157  580   86  171  37  3  29  116   5  4 101  84  .305  .424  .516  156  299   2  10  16   7  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 23 SEA AL  678  424  117   7.4    95| .284  .261| .391  .324| .497  .394| .888  .718| 147  .711  40.9   4.0  55%
 1985 24 SEA AL  677  435  101   6.2    99| .287  .261| .381  .327| .441  .406| .822  .733| 125  .635  24.5   2.4  33%
 1986 25 SEA AL  562  367   78   5.7   100| .271  .261| .373  .330| .426  .408| .799  .737| 118  .589  14.0   1.4   0%
 1987 26 SEA AL  662  434  111   6.8   110| .295  .271| .370  .340| .516  .435| .886  .775| 127  .641  24.6   2.3   0%
 1988 27 SEA AL  582  357   95   7.1    98| .295  .264| .412  .330| .462  .397| .874  .727| 141  .706  32.4   3.2  50%
 1989 28 SEA AL  611  368  109   7.9    96| .305  .264| .424  .330| .496  .389| .920  .718| 156  .751  44.1   4.4   0%
 1990 29 SEA AL  592  374   87   6.2    95| .283  .260| .387  .329| .429  .389| .816  .718| 128  .654  23.0   2.3   0%
 1991 30 SEA AL  528  381   48   3.4    97| .221  .260| .299  .329| .335  .395| .634  .724|  76  .370 -14.5  -1.5   0%
 1992 31 CAL AL  118   81   12   4.0    94| .250  .259| .331  .328| .327  .385| .658  .713|  86  .454  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      5010 3221  758   6.3    99| .280  .263| .380  .330| .450  .402| .830  .731| 127  .645 187.4  18.4  30%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 23 SEA AL 1B 147 1271 94 11 108 .992 .991 9.29 6.80 9.58 7.02 145 1282.0 AS DH 7 AS 1985 24 SEA AL 1B 154 1438 103 13 131 .992 .991 10.01 6.49 10.37 6.73 154 1338.0 1986 25 SEA AL 1B 101 880 82 14 112 .986 .991 9.52 8.62 9.97 9.42 99 868.3 DH 32 1987 26 SEA AL 1B 157 1386 96 9 133 .994 .992 9.44 6.37 9.84 6.64 157 1355.7 1988 27 SEA AL 1B 115 980 65 6 111 .994 .992 9.09 8.41 9.55 9.13 114 985.3 DH 25 1989 28 SEA AL 1B 125 1106 81 10 119 .992 .993 9.50 8.00 9.92 8.35 125 1077.3 DH 14 1990 29 SEA AL DH 87 1B 52 435 31 3 41 .994 .992 8.96 8.36 9.40 9.63 51 446.3 1991 30 SEA AL DH 126 1B 14 116 7 0 14 1.000 .992 8.79 8.30 9.63 9.75 13 115.0 1992 31 CAL AL 1B 22 191 13 1 20 .995 .993 9.27 8.36 10.74 9.68 20 171.0 DH 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 23 SEA AL 1B 147 1271 94 11 108 .992 .991 9.29 6.80 9.58 7.02 145 1282.0 1985 24 SEA AL 1B 154 1438 103 13 131 .992 .991 10.01 6.49 10.37 6.73 154 1338.0 1986 25 SEA AL 1B 101 880 82 14 112 .986 .991 9.52 8.62 9.97 9.42 99 868.3 1987 26 SEA AL 1B 157 1386 96 9 133 .994 .992 9.44 6.37 9.84 6.64 157 1355.7 1988 27 SEA AL 1B 115 980 65 6 111 .994 .992 9.09 8.41 9.55 9.13 114 985.3 1989 28 SEA AL 1B 125 1106 81 10 119 .992 .993 9.50 8.00 9.92 8.35 125 1077.3 1990 29 SEA AL 1B 52 435 31 3 41 .994 .992 8.96 8.36 9.40 9.63 51 446.3 1991 30 SEA AL 1B 14 116 7 0 14 1.000 .992 8.79 8.30 9.63 9.75 13 115.0 1992 31 CAL AL 1B 22 191 13 1 20 .995 .993 9.27 8.36 10.74 9.68 20 171.0 1984 23 SEA AL DH 7 1986 25 SEA AL DH 32 1988 27 SEA AL DH 25 1989 28 SEA AL DH 14 1990 29 SEA AL DH 87 1991 30 SEA AL DH 126 1992 31 CAL AL DH 9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 887 7803 572 67 789 .992 .992 9.44 7.41 9.87 7.89 878 7639.0 DH 300 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 887 7803 572 67 789 .992 .992 9.44 7.41 9.87 7.89 878 7639
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1984   SEA AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1984 *

Awards
1984-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1984-AL-12-0.07
1989-AL-23-0.01
Car-939-0.08 shares

On-base %
1984 AL-.391-5
1985 AL-.381-7
1988 AL-.412-3
1989 AL-.424-2
1990 AL-.387-5

Slugging %
1989 AL-.496-5

OPS
1984 AL-.888-8
1989 AL-.920-2

Doubles
1984 AL-34-8
1987 AL-37-7

RBI
1984 AL-116-4
1989 AL-95-10

Bases on Balls
1984 AL-97-2
1985 AL-90-6
1988 AL-95-4
1989 AL-101-5
1990 AL-85-9

Adjusted OPS+
1984 AL-147-5
1989 AL-156-2

Runs Created
1984 AL-117-6
1989 AL-109-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1984 AL-41-5
1989 AL-44-2

Batting Wins
1984 AL-4.0-5
1988 AL-3.2-10
1989 AL-4.4-2

Extra-Base Hits
1984 AL-64-8
1987 AL-68-9

Times on Base
1984 AL-265-5
1985 AL-258-8
1987 AL-245-10
1989 AL-259-7

Offensive Win%
1984 AL-.711-6
1988 AL-.706-9
1989 AL-.751-1
1990 AL-.654-10

Hit By Pitch
1984 AL-7-8
1989 AL-6-9

Sac. Flies
1987 AL-8-8
1990 AL-9-5
1991 AL-10-1

Intentional Walks
1984 AL-16-2
1986 AL-10-8
1988 AL-13-10
1989 AL-15-4

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 25 (875) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.7 (704) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.5 (975) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

October 29, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

February 14, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

June 26, 1992: Released by the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Seattle Mariners$225,000
1986Seattle Mariners$400,000
1988Seattle Mariners$887,500
1989Seattle Mariners$1,400,000
1990Seattle Mariners$1,475,000
1991Seattle Mariners$1,725,000
1992California Angels$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,912,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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