Jeff Davanon
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 8, 1973 in San Diego, CA
High School: Bellaire (Bellaire, TX)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 26th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1999
Final Game: September 30, 2007
Relatives: Son of Jerry Davanon
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Standard Batting

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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
1999 25 ANA AL 7 22 20 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 7 .200 .273 .450 .723 81 9 0 0 0 0 0 /7D9
2001 27 ANA AL 40 100 88 7 17 2 1 5 9 1 3 11 29 .193 .280 .409 .689 78 36 1 0 0 1 0 98/D
2002 28 ANA AL 16 33 30 3 5 3 0 1 4 1 0 2 6 .167 .219 .367 .585 52 11 0 0 1 0 0 /89D7
2003 29 ANA AL 123 382 330 56 93 16 1 12 43 17 5 42 59 .282 .360 .445 .805 113 147 6 1 4 5 0 *98/7D
2004 30 ANA AL 108 337 285 41 79 11 4 7 34 18 3 46 54 .277 .372 .418 .790 109 119 2 0 1 5 2 897D
2005 31 LAA AL 108 271 225 42 52 10 1 2 15 11 6 39 44 .231 .347 .311 .658 80 70 6 2 3 2 1 D987
2006 32 ARI NL 87 256 221 38 64 12 4 5 35 10 4 31 42 .290 .371 .448 .819 105 99 6 0 0 4 0 89/7D
2007 33 TOT MLB 39 104 89 14 19 3 1 0 6 1 1 12 27 .213 .308 .270 .577 55 24 3 1 0 2 0 8/97
2007 33 ARI NL 13 33 26 5 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 8 .154 .303 .231 .534 38 6 1 1 0 1 0 /97
2007 33 OAK AL 26 71 63 9 15 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 19 .238 .310 .286 .596 63 18 2 0 0 1 0 8/79
8 Seasons 528 1505 1288 205 333 57 13 33 150 59 23 185 268 .259 .349 .400 .749 97 515 24 4 9 19 3
162 Game Avg. 162 462 395 63 102 17 4 10 46 18 7 57 82 .259 .349 .400 .749 97 158 7 1 3 6 1
LAA (6 yrs) 402 1145 978 153 250 42 8 28 109 48 18 142 199 .256 .348 .401 .749 99 392 15 3 9 13 3
ARI (2 yrs) 100 289 247 43 68 14 4 5 36 11 5 36 50 .275 .363 .425 .788 98 105 7 1 0 5 0
OAK (1 yr) 26 71 63 9 15 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 19 .238 .310 .286 .596 63 18 2 0 0 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 428 1216 1041 162 265 43 9 28 114 48 18 149 218 .255 .345 .394 .739 97 410 17 3 9 14 3
NL (2 yrs) 100 289 247 43 68 14 4 5 36 11 5 36 50 .275 .363 .425 .788 98 105 7 1 0 5 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1999 25 ANA AL 22 17 2 3.1 113 .250 .200 .274 .273 .346 .450 .438 .723 .785 81 .270 -0.8 -0.1 .588 .300 .250 .0
2001 27 ANA AL 100 76 10 3.5 108 .218 .193 .268 .280 .336 .409 .431 .689 .766 78 .340 -3.3 -0.3 .600 .318 .216 1.7
2002 28 ANA AL 33 26 3 3.1 105 .174 .167 .264 .219 .332 .367 .425 .585 .757 52 .296 -2.1 -0.2 .560 .300 .200 1.0
2003 29 ANA AL 382 257 56 5.8 105 .307 .282 .265 .360 .331 .445 .425 .805 .756 113 .566 7.7 0.7 .815 .327 .164 14.1
2004 30 ANA AL 337 217 51 6.3 107 .314 .277 .267 .372 .334 .418 .428 .790 .763 109 .588 5.4 0.5 .853 .354 .140 10.1
2005 31 LAA AL 271 190 27 3.8 103 .276 .231 .266 .347 .328 .311 .421 .658 .750 80 .385 -4.8 -0.5 .627 .276 .080 3.4
2006 32 ARI NL 256 171 38 6.0 117 .331 .290 .278 .371 .350 .448 .452 .819 .801 105 .571 2.4 0.2 .814 .326 .158 6.7
2007 33 TOT MLB 104 76 8 2.8 106 .297 .213 .269 .308 .337 .270 .423 .577 .760 55 .256 -5.4 -0.5 .500 .191 .056 .0
2007 33 ARI NL 33 25 2 2.2 117 .211 .154 .281 .303 .351 .231 .449 .534 .800 38 .172 -2.3 -0.2 .500 .269 .077 .0
2007 33 OAK AL 71 51 6 3.1 102 .333 .238 .264 .310 .330 .286 .412 .596 .742 63 .295 -3.2 -0.3 .500 .159 .048
8 Seasons 1505 1030 195 5.1 108 .298 .259 .269 .349 .335 .400 .430 .749 .766 97 .500 -1.0 -0.1 .739 .313 .141 42.3
162 Game Avg. 462 316 60 5.1 108 .298 .259 .269 .349 .335 .400 .430 .749 .766 97 .500 -1.0 -0.1 .739 .313 .141 13
LAA (6 yrs) 1145 783 149 5.1 106 .291 .256 .266 .348 .332 .401 .426 .749 .758 99 .503 2.0 0.2 .745 .321 .145 35.4
ARI (2 yrs) 289 196 40 5.5 117 .320 .275 .278 .363 .350 .425 .451 .788 .801 98 .532 0.1 0.0 .775 .320 .150 6.9
OAK (1 yr) 71 51 6 3.1 102 .333 .238 .264 .310 .330 .286 .412 .596 .742 63 .295 -3.2 -0.3 .500 .159 .048
AL (7 yrs) 1216 834 155 5.0 105 .293 .255 .266 .345 .332 .394 .425 .739 .757 97 .492 -1.1 -0.1 .730 .311 .139 35.4
NL (2 yrs) 289 196 40 5.5 117 .320 .275 .278 .363 .350 .425 .451 .788 .801 98 .532 0.1 0.0 .775 .320 .150 6.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 30 ANA AL ALDS BOS L 3 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 2 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 LAA AL ALDS NYY W 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 LAA AL ALCS CHW L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 7 13 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .182 .308 .182 .490 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 4 12 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1999 25 ANA AL 22 4.6% 31.8% 9.1% 9.1% 50% 3.50 2.9 20.0 5.0 1.00 1.25 55% 8% 25.0% 33%
2001 27 ANA AL 100 5.0% 29.0% 11.0% 8.0% 47% 2.64 3.0 17.6 9.8 0.77 0.95 55% 17% 21.7% 23%
2002 28 ANA AL 33 3.0% 18.2% 6.1% 12.1% 80% 3.00 5.0 30.0 7.5 0.28 0.43 70% 20% 7.7% 28%
2003 29 ANA AL 382 3.1% 15.5% 11.0% 7.6% 31% 1.40 5.6 27.5 7.7 0.81 0.96 69% 16% 9.2% 10%
2004 30 ANA AL 337 2.1% 16.0% 13.7% 6.5% 28% 1.17 5.3 40.7 8.4 0.63 0.74 68% 20% 5.6% 7%
2005 31 LAA AL 271 0.7% 16.2% 14.4% 4.8% 25% 1.13 5.1 112.5 15.0 0.81 1.14 67% 14% 2.2% 7%
2006 32 ARI NL 256 2.0% 16.4% 12.1% 8.2% 33% 1.35 5.3 44.2 6.3 1.02 1.51 70% 19% 6.0% 6%
2007 33 TOT MLB 104 0.0% 26.0% 11.5% 3.9% 21% 2.25 3.3 14.8 1.37 1.56 62% 17% 0.0% 4%
2007 33 ARI NL 33 0.0% 24.2% 15.2% 6.1% 50% 1.60 3.3 26.0 0.73 0.60 58% 5% 0.0% 0%
2007 33 OAK AL 71 0.0% 26.8% 9.9% 2.8% 13% 2.71 3.3 12.6 1.81 2.75 63% 22% 0.0% 6%
8 Seasons 1505 2.2% 17.8% 12.3% 6.8% 31% 1.45 4.8 39.0 8.6 0.81 1.02 67% 17% 6.7% 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 25 ANA AL 0 0 60% 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
2001 27 ANA AL 1 0 9% 46 1 3 25% 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22% 6 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 0
2002 28 ANA AL 0 0 33% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2003 29 ANA AL 3 0 36% 160 17 5 77% 15 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 15 53% 20 13 7 6 2 4 10 2 8
2004 30 ANA AL 1 0 29% 123 18 3 86% 16 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 3 41% 29 20 9 3 1 2 5 1 4
2005 31 LAA AL 2 0 44% 119 11 6 65% 11 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 53% 19 14 5 9 0 9 12 4 7
2006 32 ARI NL 2 0 37% 100 10 4 71% 9 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 6 54% 14 7 7 6 4 2 8 2 6
2007 33 TOT MLB 2 0 44% 42 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 55% 7 3 4 2 1 0 2 0 2
2007 33 ARI NL 0 0 50% 14 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2007 33 OAK AL 2 0 41% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 63% 5 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 11 0 35% 605 59 23 72% 54 18 4 4 1 1 4 3 13 35 49% 95 61 34 28 9 18 41 10 29
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1999 25 ANA AL 22 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 9 3 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2001 27 ANA AL 100 100% 17 3 1 3 0 0 0 1.67 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 15 1 7% 10 1 10% 50 4 8% 3 2 67% 6 2 33% 0
2002 28 ANA AL 33 100% 5 0 0 4 1 1 1 0.99 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 18 3 17% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2003 29 ANA AL 382 100% 93 14 6 16 6 0 5 1.84 12 0 6 10 2 3 9 0 8 4 50% 62 6 10% 39 14 36% 219 32 15% 13 8 62% 28 18 64% 0
2004 30 ANA AL 337 100% 79 16 7 13 2 0 0 1.55 7 0 5 7 0 4 3 0 4 1 25% 64 2 3% 27 9 33% 219 29 13% 15 9 60% 25 9 36% 0
2005 31 LAA AL 271 100% 52 8 2 15 3 0 1 1.65 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 7 3 43% 42 6 14% 24 8 33% 136 13 10% 15 6 40% 15 5 33% 0
2006 32 ARI NL 256 100% 64 6 1 26 4 0 2 1.30 5 0 11 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 0% 44 6 14% 25 9 36% 149 30 20% 15 12 80% 12 9 75% 0
2007 33 TOT MLB 104 100% 19 3 0 5 1 0 0 0.67 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 17% 9 4 44% 60 7 12% 6 4 67% 7 4 57% 0
2007 33 ARI NL 33 100% 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0.74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
2007 33 OAK AL 71 100% 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 14% 8 3 38% 49 6 12% 5 3 60% 6 4 67% 0
8 Seasons 1505 100% 333 50 17 82 17 1 9 1.47 33 0 33 28 5 15 18 0 21 9 43% 248 24 10% 136 47 35% 860 121 14% 68 42 62% 94 47 50% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 25 ANA AL 22 97 4.41 53 55% 25% 26% 25% 25% 75% 0% 41% 65% 32% 9% 2 0 36% 8 3 27% 6 4 14% 0 0 0
2001 27 ANA AL 100 391 3.91 241 62% 30% 20% 25% 25% 70% 0% 43% 72% 34% 4% 4 1 15% 15 7 10% 10 5 45% 0 0 0
2002 28 ANA AL 33 124 3.76 80 65% 36% 13% 20% 31% 64% 0% 41% 80% 27% 3% 1 0 18% 6 1 15% 5 3 33% 0 0 0
2003 29 ANA AL 382 1399 3.66 851 61% 24% 15% 28% 33% 76% 0% 46% 80% 38% 4% 17 3 13% 51 21 12% 45 24 31% 0 0 0
2004 30 ANA AL 337 1249 3.71 733 59% 28% 12% 28% 32% 72% 1% 42% 83% 34% 7% 25 1 18% 61 20 9% 31 12 46% 0 0 0
2005 31 LAA AL 271 1100 4.06 628 57% 32% 10% 29% 30% 68% 1% 39% 85% 29% 7% 20 3 19% 51 17 16% 44 17 50% 0 0 0
2006 32 ARI NL 256 992 3.88 602 61% 32% 11% 27% 30% 68% 0% 41% 84% 32% 5% 14 0 15% 39 14 10% 26 11 38% 0 0 0
2007 33 TOT MLB 104 446 4.29 278 62% 31% 15% 31% 23% 69% 0% 43% 78% 32% 6% 6 0 16% 17 8 12% 12 5 48% 0 0 0
2007 33 ARI NL 33 148 4.48 86 58% 30% 17% 30% 22% 70% 0% 41% 75% 21% 18% 6 0 27% 9 2 21% 7 5 50% 0 0 0
2007 33 OAK AL 71 298 4.20 192 64% 31% 15% 31% 23% 69% 0% 45% 79% 37% 0% 0 0 11% 8 6 7% 5 0 47% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1505 5798 3.85 3466 60% 29% 13% 28% 30% 71% 0% 43% 81% 34% 6% 89 8 16% 248 91 12% 179 81 41% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 25 7 22 20 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 7 .200 .273 .450 .723 81 9 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 7 22 20 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 7 .200 .273 .450 .723 81 9 0 0 0 0 0
2001 27 47 122 108 11 21 2 2 6 13 1 4 13 36 .194 .279 .417 .695 79 45 1 0 0 1 0
2002 28 63 155 138 14 26 5 2 7 17 2 4 15 42 .188 .266 .406 .672 73 56 1 0 1 1 0
2003 29 186 537 468 70 119 21 3 19 60 19 9 57 101 .254 .333 .434 .766 102 203 7 1 5 6 0
2004 30 294 874 753 111 198 32 7 26 94 37 12 103 155 .263 .348 .428 .776 104 322 9 1 6 11 2
2005 31 402 1145 978 153 250 42 8 28 109 48 18 142 199 .256 .348 .401 .749 99 392 15 3 9 13 3
2006 32 489 1401 1199 191 314 54 12 33 144 58 22 173 241 .262 .352 .410 .762 100 491 21 3 9 17 3
2007 33 528 1505 1288 205 333 57 13 33 150 59 23 185 268 .259 .349 .400 .749 97 515 24 4 9 19 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1999 25 7 22 20 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 2 7 .200 .273 .450 .723 2 7
2001 27 40 98 87 7 16 2 1 5 8 1 10 29 .184 .265 .402 .668 9 40
2002 28 16 33 31 3 6 4 0 1 5 1 2 6 .194 .242 .419 .662 3 16
2003 29 123 382 333 56 96 17 1 12 43 18 43 59 .288 .366 .453 .820 56 123
2004 30 108 342 289 39 83 12 4 7 33 19 48 54 .287 .383 .429 .812 49 108
2005 31 108 275 229 43 56 11 1 2 15 12 42 44 .245 .364 .328 .691 27 108
2006 32 87 250 217 34 60 11 4 5 31 9 29 42 .276 .356 .433 .789 34 87
2007 33 39 106 90 14 20 3 1 0 6 1 13 27 .222 .321 .278 .599 8 39
8 Seasons 528 1508 1296 200 341 60 13 33 145 61 189 268 .263 .354 .406 .760 188 528
162 Game Avg. 162 463 398 61 105 18 4 10 44 19 58 82 .263 .354 .406 .760 58 528

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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