Jerry Davanon
Frank Gerald Davanon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 21, 1945 in Oceanside, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
School: Westmont College
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Final Game: May 4, 1977
Relatives: Father of Jeff Davanon
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 TOT NL 23 SS 23 13 139.1 98 36 58 4 9 .959 0.9 7.8 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 6.07 4.09 .963 4.93 4.21
1969 SDP NL 23 2B 15 9 94.1 59 27 28 4 4 .932 -0.4 -5.1 0.6 1.6 -1.0 -1 5.25 3.67 .975 5.19 4.65
1969 SDP NL 23 SS 7 3 34.0 27 7 19 1 3 .963 -1.2 -42.4 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 6.88 3.71 .963 4.92 4.21
1969 STL NL 23 SS 16 10 105.1 71 29 39 3 6 .958 2.1 23.9 2.1 1.9 0.2 0 5.81 4.25 .963 4.93 4.21
1970 STL NL 24 3B 5 3 30.0 12 6 6 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 3.60 2.40 .942 2.91 2.58
1970 STL NL 24 2B 3 1 11.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.4 152.7 1.4 0.0 1.4 0 8.18 3.33 .980 5.32 4.67
1971 BAL AL 25 2B 20 11 118.2 67 34 31 2 6 .970 1.0 10.1 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 4.93 3.25 .981 5.31 4.76
1971 BAL AL 25 SS 11 9 74.0 40 10 28 2 6 .950 0.8 13.0 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 4.62 3.45 .965 4.90 4.32
1971 BAL AL 25 3B 3 1 17.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -47.5 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.51 0.33 1.000 3.06 2.73
1971 BAL AL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.10
1973 CAL AL 27 SS 14 6 65.2 41 13 25 3 5 .927 -1.5 -27.4 -1.5 -1.4 -0.1 0 5.21 2.71 .963 5.10 4.43
1973 CAL AL 27 2B 12 6 59.0 34 12 20 2 1 .941 -0.4 -8.1 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 0 4.88 2.67 .979 5.45 4.67
1973 CAL AL 27 3B 7 1 20.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1.4 -84.0 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 0 1.80 0.57 .960 3.02 2.69
1974 STL NL 28 SS 14 3 51.1 25 8 13 4 3 .840 -2.8 -65.5 -2.8 -1.6 -1.2 0 3.68 1.50 .964 4.96 4.26
1974 STL NL 28 3B 8 0 14.2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 -0.7 -57.3 -0.7 -0.1 -0.6 0 3.07 0.63 .950 3.07 2.64
1974 STL NL 28 2B 7 4 47.0 28 9 19 0 5 1.000 0.1 2.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 5.36 4.00 .971 5.48 4.64
1974 STL NL 28 OF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -360.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1974 STL NL 28 RF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -360.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
1975 HOU NL 29 SS 21 18 174.0 108 37 65 6 13 .944 0.9 6.2 -0.1 -1.1 1.0 1 5.28 4.86 .964 4.99 4.21
1975 HOU NL 29 2B 9 8 61.0 41 16 24 1 3 .976 0.4 7.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.90 4.44 .976 5.53 4.92
1975 HOU NL 29 3B 3 1 11.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.9 95.3 0.9 -0.1 1.0 0 4.76 2.00 .950 2.94 2.57
1976 HOU NL 30 2B 17 17 141.1 99 30 67 2 7 .980 6.0 50.9 6.0 0.1 5.9 0 6.18 5.71 .975 5.48 4.93
1976 HOU NL 30 SS 17 7 85.0 45 20 21 4 8 .911 -1.8 -25.4 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 0 4.34 2.41 .967 5.05 4.48
1976 HOU NL 30 3B 9 1 27.2 10 3 6 1 1 .900 -0.7 -30.4 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 2.93 1.00 .950 2.93 2.61
1977 STL NL 31 2B 5 1 19.0 13 4 8 1 0 .923 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 5.68 2.40 .977 5.26 4.46
6 Seasons SS 100 56 589.1 357 124 210 23 44 .936 -3.5 -7.1 -4.5 -4.9 0.4 1 5.10 3.34 .964 4.98 4.31
8 Seasons 2B 88 57 551.1 351 134 205 12 26 .966 7.7 16.8 8.7 2.0 6.7 -1 5.53 3.85 .976 5.38 4.75
6 Seasons 3B 35 7 121.1 40 17 20 3 4 .925 -2.6 -25.7 -2.6 -3.0 0.4 0 2.74 1.06 .950 2.97 2.63
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.10
1 Season OF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -360.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1 Season RF 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -360.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.70
8 Seasons TOT 225 120 1263.2 748 275 435 38 74 .949 1.4 1.3 1.4 -6.1 7.5 0 0 5.06 3.16 .918 4.97 4.23
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 SDP NL 23 24 12 24 24 0 0 0 15 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 4
1969 STL NL 23 16 10 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 STL NL 24 11 4 11 11 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1971 BAL AL 25 38 21 38 38 0 0 1 20 3 11 0 0 0 0 1 8
1973 CAL AL 27 41 13 41 32 0 0 0 13 7 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
1974 STL NL 28 30 7 30 28 0 0 0 7 8 14 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
1975 HOU NL 29 32 27 32 29 0 0 0 9 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1976 HOU NL 30 61 25 61 43 0 0 0 18 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 20 8
1977 STL NL 31 9 1 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Seasons 262 120 262 226 0 0 1 90 35 101 0 0 1 1 0 31 40
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1969 STL NL 23 449 59% 76% 30% 56 95% 0 27 15 10 2 40 34 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
1969 SDP NL 23 170 67% 81% 28% 19 95% 0 6 5 1 0 13 8 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 25 307 56% 81% 28% 30 97% 0 10 4 5 1 28 17 10 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 300 72% 81% 29% 34 85% 1 14 7 6 1 25 17 6 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 5 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0
1974 STL NL 28 226 64% 83% 27% 17 76% 0 8 1 5 2 13 12 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 29 771 54% 78% 29% 79 90% 0 36 13 18 5 68 51 12 1 1 6 0 6 0 4 13 5 1 6 1 0 13 6 7 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 30 402 56% 79% 25% 38 79% 1 18 7 8 3 25 20 5 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 8 2 1 2 1 0 7 3 3 1 0 1
6 Seasons 2625 59% 79% 28% 273 89% 2 119 52 53 14 212 159 45 1 3 23 2 19 2 15 43 15 6 15 3 1 41 21 19 2 1 1
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1969 SDP NL 23 423 68% 74% 26% 42 90% 0 26 8 13 5 34 27 6 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
1970 STL NL 24 44 55% 77% 43% 8 100% 0 2 1 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 25 491 58% 75% 27% 50 94% 0 32 16 15 1 32 27 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 4 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 250 50% 81% 25% 28 89% 0 12 7 3 2 22 16 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 28 218 61% 80% 27% 16 100% 0 9 2 6 1 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 29 280 50% 80% 25% 28 89% 0 15 4 8 3 24 21 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 30 580 52% 82% 32% 77 97% 0 31 12 14 5 66 61 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 7 5 0 1 0 6 1 5 1 0 1
1977 STL NL 31 94 54% 83% 34% 10 90% 0 4 1 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2380 57% 79% 28% 259 94% 0 131 51 63 17 213 185 22 0 3 12 0 10 2 11 30 14 2 7 2 28 10 17 1 0 1
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 STL NL 24 129 81% 78% 25% 10 90% 0 6 3 3 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 25 82 49% 79% 22% 5 80% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CAL AL 27 91 64% 78% 27% 4 75% 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 28 67 58% 67% 24% 7 86% 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1975 HOU NL 29 58 43% 76% 26% 5 100% 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 30 133 62% 79% 23% 10 80% 0 3 3 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
6 Seasons 560 62% 77% 24% 41 85% 0 18 12 4 2 22 18 2 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 4 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 BAL AL 25 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 5 40% 100% 20% 2 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 5 40% 100% 20% 2 0%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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