Alvin Davis
Alvin Glenn Davis
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 9, 1960 in Riverside, CA
High School: JW North (Riverside, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1984
Final Game: June 25, 1992
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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
1984 23 SEA AL 152 678 567 80 161 34 3 27 116 5 4 97 78 .284 .391 .497 .888 147 282 7 7 0 7 16 *3/D AS,MVP-12,RoY-1
1985 24 SEA AL 155 677 578 78 166 33 1 18 78 1 2 90 71 .287 .381 .441 .822 125 255 14 2 0 7 7 *3
1986 25 SEA AL 135 562 479 66 130 18 1 18 72 0 3 76 68 .271 .373 .426 .799 118 204 11 3 2 2 10 3D
1987 26 SEA AL 157 662 580 86 171 37 2 29 100 0 0 72 84 .295 .370 .516 .886 127 299 17 2 0 8 6 *3
1988 27 SEA AL 140 582 478 67 141 24 1 18 69 1 1 95 53 .295 .412 .462 .875 141 221 14 4 0 5 13 *3D
1989 28 SEA AL 142 611 498 84 152 30 1 21 95 0 1 101 49 .305 .424 .496 .920 156 247 15 6 0 6 15 *3D MVP-23
1990 29 SEA AL 140 592 494 63 140 21 0 17 68 0 2 85 68 .283 .387 .429 .816 128 212 9 4 0 9 10 D3
1991 30 SEA AL 145 528 462 39 102 15 1 12 69 0 3 56 78 .221 .299 .335 .635 76 155 8 0 0 10 9 *D3
1992 31 CAL AL 40 118 104 5 26 8 0 0 16 0 0 13 9 .250 .331 .327 .657 86 34 2 0 0 1 2 3/D
9 Seasons 1206 5010 4240 568 1189 220 10 160 683 7 16 685 558 .280 .380 .450 .830 127 1909 97 28 2 55 88
162 Game Avg. 162 673 570 76 160 30 1 21 92 1 2 92 75 .280 .380 .450 .830 127 256 13 4 0 7 12
SEA (8 yrs) 1166 4892 4136 563 1163 212 10 160 667 7 16 672 549 .281 .381 .453 .834 128 1875 95 28 2 54 86
CAL (1 yr) 40 118 104 5 26 8 0 0 16 0 0 13 9 .250 .331 .327 .657 86 34 2 0 0 1 2

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
1984 23 SEA AL 678 424 117 7.4 95 .286 .284 .261 .391 .324 .497 .394 .888 .718 147 .711 40.9 4.0 .928 .386 .213 8.4
1985 24 SEA AL 677 435 101 6.2 99 .298 .287 .261 .381 .327 .441 .406 .822 .733 125 .635 24.5 2.4 .808 .308 .154 1.9
1986 25 SEA AL 562 367 78 5.7 100 .284 .271 .261 .373 .330 .426 .408 .799 .737 118 .589 14.0 1.4 .771 .307 .154 .0
1987 26 SEA AL 662 434 111 6.8 110 .299 .295 .271 .370 .340 .516 .435 .886 .775 127 .641 24.6 2.3 .876 .345 .221 .0
1988 27 SEA AL 582 357 95 7.1 98 .299 .295 .264 .412 .330 .462 .397 .875 .727 141 .706 32.4 3.2 .909 .366 .167 1.9
1989 28 SEA AL 611 368 109 7.9 96 .302 .305 .264 .424 .330 .496 .389 .920 .718 156 .751 44.1 4.4 .975 .392 .191 .0
1990 29 SEA AL 592 374 87 6.2 95 .294 .283 .260 .387 .329 .429 .389 .816 .718 128 .654 23.0 2.3 .819 .314 .146 .0
1991 30 SEA AL 528 381 48 3.4 97 .236 .221 .260 .299 .329 .335 .395 .635 .724 76 .370 -14.5 -1.5 .561 .229 .115 .0
1992 31 CAL AL 118 81 12 4.0 94 .271 .250 .259 .331 .328 .327 .385 .657 .713 86 .454 -1.4 -0.1 .588 .202 .077
9 Seasons 5010 3221 758 6.3 99 .288 .280 .263 .380 .330 .450 .402 .830 .731 127 .645 187.4 18.4 .826 .329 .170 13.4
162 Game Avg. 673 433 102 6.3 99 .288 .280 .263 .380 .330 .450 .402 .830 .731 127 .645 25 2 .826 .329 .170 2
SEA (8 yrs) 4892 3140 746 6.4 99 .288 .281 .263 .381 .330 .453 .402 .834 .732 128 .648 188.9 18.5 .832 .332 .172 13.4
CAL (1 yr) 118 81 12 4.0 94 .271 .250 .259 .331 .328 .327 .385 .657 .713 86 .454 -1.4 -0.1 .588 .202 .077

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 SEA AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
1984 23 SEA AL 678 4.0% 11.5% 14.3% 9.4% 40% 0.80 7.3 21.0 4.9 0.94 69%
1985 24 SEA AL 677 2.7% 10.5% 13.3% 7.7% 31% 0.79 8.1 32.1 7.4 0.74 73%
1986 25 SEA AL 562 3.2% 12.1% 13.5% 6.6% 29% 0.89 7.0 26.6 6.7 0.83 70%
1987 26 SEA AL 662 4.4% 12.7% 10.9% 10.3% 40% 1.17 6.9 20.0 5.8 1.02 72%
1988 27 SEA AL 582 3.1% 9.1% 16.3% 7.4% 31% 0.56 9.0 26.6 6.9 0.58 0.79 71% 23% 11.8% 42%
1989 28 SEA AL 611 3.4% 8.0% 16.5% 8.5% 34% 0.49 10.2 23.7 5.2 0.60 0.78 71% 22% 8.5% 13%
1990 29 SEA AL 592 2.9% 11.5% 14.4% 6.4% 27% 0.80 7.3 29.1 7.3 0.54 0.72 71% 23% 6.8% 11%
1991 30 SEA AL 528 2.3% 14.8% 10.6% 5.3% 28% 1.39 5.9 38.5 6.7 0.48 0.62 72% 19% 5.4% 17%
1992 31 CAL AL 118 0.0% 7.6% 11.0% 6.8% 31% 0.69 11.6 6.5 0.63 0.97 81% 24% 0.0% 15%
9 Seasons 5010 3.2% 11.1% 13.7% 7.8% 33% 0.81 7.6 26.5 6.2 0.55 0.81 71% 22% 7.4% 20%
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
1984 23 SEA AL 7 0 22% 265 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 19% 29 26 3 8 7 1 16 9 6
1985 24 SEA AL 8 0 25% 320 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 10 27% 36 30 6 8 6 2 20 10 9
1986 25 SEA AL 6 0 25% 238 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 33% 35 26 9 4 4 0 15 6 9
1987 26 SEA AL 4 0 26% 269 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 34% 42 29 12 12 9 3 16 5 9
1988 27 SEA AL 4 0 22% 260 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 22 25% 32 24 7 8 7 1 23 14 8
1989 28 SEA AL 6 0 27% 300 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 20% 38 32 6 19 16 2 20 13 7
1990 29 SEA AL 3 0 22% 240 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 29% 35 29 6 12 8 4 18 9 9
1991 30 SEA AL 3 0 19% 164 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 18% 16 15 1 5 4 0 12 5 5
1992 31 CAL AL 1 0 13% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
9 Seasons 42 0 23% 2096 7 16 30% 6 13 1 2 0 1 2 0 36 105 26% 267 213 52 77 61 13 141 72 62
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
1984 23 SEA AL 678 64% 161 0 0 0 0 27 2 21 22 5 15 12 0 0 0 128 7 5% 59 29 49% 455 94 21% 45 25 56% 58 23 40% 0
1985 24 SEA AL 677 70% 166 1 1 0 1 1.40 18 0 15 14 4 11 7 0 1 0 0% 138 14 10% 59 21 36% 427 62 15% 43 21 49% 48 22 46% 0
1986 25 SEA AL 562 73% 130 4 0 0 0 2.00 18 1 12 18 0 14 4 0 2 2 100% 119 11 9% 59 18 31% 374 57 15% 41 21 51% 49 22 45% 0
1987 26 SEA AL 662 65% 171 0 0 0 0 29 1 14 24 5 18 11 0 1 0 0% 128 17 13% 54 22 41% 436 72 17% 36 22 61% 43 21 49% 0
1988 27 SEA AL 582 71% 141 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.02 18 1 7 15 3 12 6 0 1 0 0% 109 14 13% 47 11 23% 344 55 16% 31 14 45% 35 12 34% 0
1989 28 SEA AL 611 70% 152 5 0 3 1 0 1 3.25 21 1 14 15 6 13 8 0 0 0 124 15 12% 56 16 29% 382 79 21% 48 22 46% 52 17 33% 0
1990 29 SEA AL 592 66% 140 6 0 1 1 0 1 2.02 17 3 16 11 6 12 5 0 0 0 119 9 8% 44 20 45% 384 53 14% 31 21 68% 45 19 42% 0
1991 30 SEA AL 528 78% 102 27 0 5 1 0 1 2.37 12 0 14 8 4 6 6 0 0 0 93 8 9% 46 17 37% 333 58 17% 32 19 59% 26 10 38% 0
1992 31 CAL AL 118 89% 26 6 0 9 4 0 2 1.62 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 10% 6 1 17% 66 16 24% 5 3 60% 5 3 60% 0
9 Seasons 5010 70% 1189 49 1 23 8 0 6 2.07 160 9 115 127 33 101 59 0 5 2 40% 978 97 10% 430 155 36% 3201 546 17% 312 168 54% 361 149 41% 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
1988 27 SEA AL 578 2178 3.77 1187 55% 32% 9% 23% 36% 68% 4% 37% 87% 16% 10% 58 9 25% 142 58 12% 69 34 21% 4 1 0
1989 28 SEA AL 585 2298 3.93 1238 54% 38% 7% 20% 35% 62% 5% 34% 89% 12% 12% 70 4 24% 141 44 15% 88 45 24% 26 0 2
1990 29 SEA AL 592 2389 4.04 1304 55% 36% 8% 23% 33% 64% 3% 35% 88% 11% 10% 59 6 24% 143 51 16% 96 55 26% 0 0 2
1991 30 SEA AL 528 2162 4.09 1237 57% 38% 8% 22% 32% 62% 3% 35% 86% 13% 9% 48 6 20% 108 42 12% 65 39 38% 0 0 0
1992 31 CAL AL 118 441 3.74 254 58% 34% 6% 23% 38% 66% 3% 38% 92% 14% 8% 10 1 25% 29 16 14% 17 9 22% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2401 9468 3.94 5220 55% 36% 8% 22% 34% 64% 4% 35% 88% 13% 10% 245 26 23% 563 211 14% 335 182 28% 30 1 4
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
1984 23 152 678 567 80 161 34 3 27 116 5 4 97 78 .284 .391 .497 .888 147 282 7 7 0 7 16
1985 24 307 1355 1145 158 327 67 4 45 194 6 6 187 149 .286 .386 .469 .855 136 537 21 9 0 14 23
1986 25 442 1917 1624 224 457 85 5 63 266 6 9 263 217 .281 .382 .456 .839 130 741 32 12 2 16 33
1987 26 599 2579 2204 310 628 122 7 92 366 6 9 335 301 .285 .379 .472 .851 130 1040 49 14 2 24 39
1988 27 739 3161 2682 377 769 146 8 110 435 7 10 430 354 .287 .385 .470 .855 132 1261 63 18 2 29 52
1989 28 881 3772 3180 461 921 176 9 131 530 7 11 531 403 .290 .392 .474 .866 136 1508 78 24 2 35 67
1990 29 1021 4364 3674 524 1061 197 9 148 598 7 13 616 471 .289 .391 .468 .859 135 1720 87 28 2 44 77
1991 30 1166 4892 4136 563 1163 212 10 160 667 7 16 672 549 .281 .381 .453 .834 128 1875 95 28 2 54 86
1992 31 1206 5010 4240 568 1189 220 10 160 683 7 16 685 558 .280 .380 .450 .830 127 1909 97 28 2 55 88

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
1984 23 152 705 583 87 177 37 3 30 126 5 107 78 .304 .414 .532 .946 127 152
1985 24 155 688 585 81 173 34 1 19 81 1 94 71 .296 .391 .455 .846 104 155
1986 25 135 566 483 68 134 19 1 19 74 0 78 68 .277 .380 .439 .819 80 135
1987 26 157 648 570 79 161 35 2 27 91 0 68 84 .282 .356 .493 .849 101 157
1988 27 140 595 486 70 149 25 1 19 72 1 100 53 .307 .425 .479 .905 99 140
1989 28 142 629 509 89 163 32 1 23 101 0 108 49 .320 .440 .523 .963 116 142
1990 29 140 613 507 69 153 23 0 19 74 0 93 68 .302 .408 .460 .867 95 140
1991 30 145 533 465 41 105 15 1 12 72 0 58 78 .226 .306 .340 .646 50 145
1992 31 40 121 106 6 28 9 0 0 18 0 14 9 .264 .347 .349 .696 13 40
9 Seasons 1206 5098 4294 590 1243 229 10 168 709 7 720 558 .289 .391 .465 .856 785 1206
162 Game Avg. 162 685 577 79 167 31 1 23 95 1 97 75 .289 .391 .465 .856 105 1206

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1984 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1984-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1984-AL-12-7%
1989-AL-23-1%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1984 AL--.391--5th
1985 AL--.381--7th
1988 AL--.412--3rd
1989 AL--.424--2nd
1990 AL--.387--5th
Career--.380--169th

Slugging % s c a p y
1989 AL--.496--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1984 AL--.888--8th
1989 AL--.920--2nd
Career--.830--233rd

Doubles s c a p y
1984 AL--34--8th
1987 AL--37--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1984 AL--116--4th
1989 AL--95--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 AL--97--2nd
1985 AL--90--6th
1988 AL--95--4th
1989 AL--101--5th
1990 AL--85--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1984 AL--147--5th
1989 AL--156--2nd
Career--127--198th

Runs Created s c a p y
1984 AL--117--6th
1989 AL--109--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1984 AL--41--5th
1989 AL--44--2nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1984 AL--4.0--5th
1988 AL--3.2--10th
1989 AL--4.4--2nd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1984 AL--64--8th
1987 AL--68--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1984 AL--265--5th
1985 AL--258--8th
1987 AL--245--10th
1989 AL--259--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1984 AL--.711--6th
1988 AL--.706--9th
1989 AL--.751--1st
1990 AL--.654--10th
Career--.645--220th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 AL--7--8th
1989 AL--6--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 AL--8--8th
1990 AL--9--5th
1991 AL--10--1st
Career--55--244th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 AL--16--2nd
1986 AL--10--8th
1988 AL--13--10th
1989 AL--15--4th
Career--88--146th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (811), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (992), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (726), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Sean Casey (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eric Karros (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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