Ben Davis
Mark Christopher Davis
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 10, 1977 in Chester, PA
High School: Malvern Prep (Malvern, PA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1998
Final Game: October 3, 2004
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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
1998 21 SDP NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1999 22 SDP NL 76 293 266 29 65 14 1 5 30 2 1 25 70 .244 .307 .361 .668 75 96 9 0 0 2 3 2
2000 23 SDP NL 43 148 130 12 29 6 0 3 14 1 1 14 35 .223 .297 .338 .635 66 44 2 0 3 1 1 2/D
2001 24 SDP NL 138 526 448 56 107 20 0 11 57 4 4 66 112 .239 .337 .357 .694 88 160 13 4 1 7 5 *2/3
2002 25 SEA AL 80 253 228 24 59 10 1 7 43 1 1 18 58 .259 .313 .404 .717 92 92 6 2 1 4 1 2/3
2003 26 SEA AL 80 269 246 25 58 18 0 6 42 0 0 18 61 .236 .284 .382 .666 78 94 5 0 1 4 2 2/D
2004 27 TOT AL 68 208 193 22 40 9 0 6 18 1 1 12 49 .207 .256 .347 .603 55 67 5 1 1 1 0 2
2004 27 SEA AL 14 37 33 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .091 .162 .091 .253 -30 3 3 0 0 1 0 2
2004 27 CHW AL 54 171 160 21 37 9 0 6 16 1 1 9 40 .231 .276 .400 .676 72 64 2 1 1 0 0 2
7 Seasons 486 1698 1512 168 358 77 2 38 204 9 8 153 385 .237 .306 .366 .672 78 553 40 7 7 19 12
162 Game Avg. 162 566 504 56 119 26 1 13 68 3 3 51 128 .237 .306 .366 .672 78 184 13 2 2 6 4
SDP (4 yrs) 258 968 845 97 201 40 1 19 101 7 6 105 217 .238 .322 .355 .677 80 300 24 4 4 10 9
SEA (3 yrs) 174 559 507 50 120 28 1 13 87 1 1 39 128 .237 .289 .373 .662 77 189 14 2 2 9 3
CHW (1 yr) 54 171 160 21 37 9 0 6 16 1 1 9 40 .231 .276 .400 .676 72 64 2 1 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 228 730 667 71 157 37 1 19 103 2 2 48 168 .235 .286 .379 .665 76 253 16 3 3 9 3
NL (4 yrs) 258 968 845 97 201 40 1 19 101 7 6 105 217 .238 .322 .355 .677 80 300 24 4 4 10 9

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
1998 21 SDP NL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .259 .000 .328 .000 .409 .000 .737 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1999 22 SDP NL 293 213 28 3.5 108 .311 .244 .266 .307 .340 .361 .428 .668 .768 75 .320 -9.5 -0.9 .578 .214 .117 2.9
2000 23 SDP NL 148 108 14 3.5 109 .280 .223 .263 .297 .339 .338 .430 .635 .770 66 .312 -6.4 -0.6 .558 .223 .115 1.5
2001 24 SDP NL 526 366 56 4.1 103 .289 .239 .258 .337 .327 .357 .422 .694 .749 88 .407 -4.4 -0.4 .642 .266 .118 5.9
2002 25 SEA AL 253 181 28 4.1 103 .311 .259 .261 .313 .328 .404 .420 .717 .747 92 .419 -2.6 -0.2 .636 .224 .145 1.8
2003 26 SEA AL 269 198 27 3.6 102 .284 .236 .262 .284 .327 .382 .419 .666 .746 78 .356 -7.3 -0.7 .580 .220 .146 .0
2004 27 TOT AL 208 161 17 2.8 111 .245 .207 .272 .256 .340 .347 .436 .603 .776 55 .248 -13.6 -1.3 .503 .202 .140 1.7
2004 27 SEA AL 37 34 0 0.0 107 .120 .091 .267 .162 .334 .091 .428 .253 .763 -30 .000 -6.4 -0.6 .182 .091 .000
2004 27 CHW AL 171 127 17 3.6 111 .272 .231 .273 .276 .341 .400 .438 .676 .779 72 .337 -7.3 -0.7 .587 .225 .169 1.7
7 Seasons 1698 1228 170 3.7 105 .289 .237 .262 .306 .332 .366 .425 .672 .757 78 .356 -44.0 -4.1 .594 .231 .129 14.6
162 Game Avg. 566 409 57 3.7 105 .289 .237 .262 .306 .332 .366 .425 .672 .757 78 .356 -44.0 -4.1 .594 .231 .129 5
SDP (4 yrs) 968 688 98 3.8 106 .294 .238 .261 .322 .333 .355 .425 .677 .758 80 .365 -20.5 -1.9 .608 .243 .117 10.2
SEA (3 yrs) 559 413 55 3.6 103 .285 .237 .262 .289 .328 .373 .420 .662 .748 77 .349 -16.2 -1.5 .572 .213 .136 1.9
CHW (1 yr) 171 127 17 3.6 111 .272 .231 .273 .276 .341 .400 .438 .676 .779 72 .337 -7.3 -0.7 .587 .225 .169 1.7
AL (3 yrs) 730 540 72 3.6 105 .282 .235 .264 .286 .331 .379 .424 .665 .755 76 .347 -23.5 -2.2 .576 .216 .144 3.6
NL (4 yrs) 968 688 98 3.8 106 .294 .238 .261 .322 .333 .355 .425 .677 .758 80 .365 -20.5 -1.9 .608 .243 .117 10.2

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
1998 21 SDP NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
1999 22 SDP NL 293 1.7% 23.9% 8.5% 6.8% 31% 2.80 3.8 53.2 8.9 0.96 1.45 66% 22% 5.6% 12%
2000 23 SDP NL 148 2.0% 23.7% 9.5% 6.1% 31% 2.50 3.7 43.3 9.3 0.52 0.89 63% 29% 5.4% 8%
2001 24 SDP NL 526 2.1% 21.3% 12.6% 5.9% 29% 1.70 4.0 40.7 7.9 0.64 1.04 63% 28% 6.1% 10%
2002 25 SEA AL 253 2.8% 22.9% 7.1% 7.1% 31% 3.22 3.9 32.6 5.3 0.65 0.98 66% 27% 8.0% 14%
2003 26 SEA AL 269 2.2% 22.7% 6.7% 8.9% 41% 3.39 4.0 41.0 5.9 0.94 1.28 68% 22% 6.7% 8%
2004 27 TOT AL 208 2.9% 23.6% 5.8% 7.2% 38% 4.08 3.9 32.2 10.7 0.75 0.95 67% 16% 7.9% 8%
2004 27 SEA AL 37 0.0% 24.3% 8.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.7 16.5 0.92 1.08 68% 4% 0.0% 8%
2004 27 CHW AL 171 3.5% 23.4% 5.3% 8.8% 41% 4.44 4.0 26.7 10.0 0.71 0.91 67% 18% 9.4% 9%
7 Seasons 1698 2.2% 22.7% 9.0% 6.9% 33% 2.52 3.9 39.8 7.4 0.74 1.10 65% 24% 6.6% 10%
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
1998 21 SDP NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 SDP NL 7 0 28% 107 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 56% 15 9 6 5 1 3 5 0 5
2000 23 SDP NL 0 0 23% 35 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 44% 4 3 1 3 0 3 2 2 0
2001 24 SDP NL 2 0 27% 192 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 7 42% 31 25 5 4 0 4 13 1 11
2002 25 SEA AL 2 0 24% 83 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 24% 12 11 1 0 0 0 9 5 4
2003 26 SEA AL 4 0 27% 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 20% 13 13 0 4 0 4 8 7 1
2004 27 TOT AL 2 0 34% 76 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 25% 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 4 5
2004 27 SEA AL 0 0 17% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2004 27 CHW AL 2 0 37% 65 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 25% 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 3 4
7 Seasons 18 0 27% 579 9 8 53% 9 7 0 0 0 1 2 1 14 20 36% 85 71 13 16 1 14 47 19 26
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
1998 21 SDP NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 SDP NL 293 100% 65 4 0 2 2 0 0 1.08 5 0 14 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 60 9 15% 27 9 33% 204 28 14% 17 8 47% 13 5 38% 0
2000 23 SDP NL 148 100% 29 0 0 5 0 0 0 1.53 3 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 100% 25 2 8% 17 7 41% 100 11 11% 8 4 50% 11 7 64% 0
2001 24 SDP NL 526 100% 107 6 0 2 0 0 0 1.43 11 1 21 6 5 3 8 0 1 1 100% 107 13 12% 55 17 31% 364 47 13% 46 22 48% 30 15 50% 0
2002 25 SEA AL 253 100% 59 4 0 8 1 1 1 1.48 7 2 14 7 0 1 6 0 1 1 100% 41 6 15% 25 7 28% 194 38 20% 20 10 50% 17 6 35% 0
2003 26 SEA AL 269 100% 58 1 0 6 1 0 0 0.96 6 0 11 3 3 2 4 0 2 1 50% 56 5 9% 30 9 30% 200 37 19% 20 10 50% 19 7 37% 0
2004 27 TOT AL 208 100% 40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.16 6 0 1 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 100% 24 5 21% 14 5 36% 95 12 13% 6 3 50% 15 7 47% 0
2004 27 SEA AL 37 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 3 2 67% 22 2 9% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
2004 27 CHW AL 171 100% 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.16 6 0 0 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 100% 20 2 10% 11 3 27% 73 10 14% 4 1 25% 13 7 54% 0
7 Seasons 1698 100% 358 15 0 24 4 1 1 1.27 38 3 66 26 12 11 27 0 8 7 88% 314 40 13% 168 54 32% 1158 173 15% 117 57 49% 105 47 45% 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
1998 21 SDP NL 1 2 2.00 1 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 SDP NL 293 1091 3.72 683 63% 19% 23% 29% 29% 81% 2% 51% 72% 38% 5% 14 3 16% 46 26 12% 34 22 23% 0 0 0
2000 23 SDP NL 148 573 3.87 344 60% 23% 20% 28% 29% 77% 2% 46% 74% 32% 5% 8 0 18% 26 14 9% 13 9 26% 0 0 0
2001 24 SDP NL 526 1997 3.80 1184 59% 27% 17% 27% 29% 73% 2% 43% 77% 31% 6% 30 1 15% 79 34 13% 67 32 33% 0 0 0
2002 25 SEA AL 253 876 3.46 561 64% 20% 21% 28% 31% 80% 1% 51% 74% 39% 5% 12 0 13% 33 18 6% 14 10 24% 0 0 0
2003 26 SEA AL 269 966 3.59 592 61% 18% 21% 29% 32% 82% 1% 50% 74% 35% 5% 13 0 16% 43 28 11% 30 20 18% 0 0 0
2004 27 TOT AL 208 752 3.62 484 64% 21% 24% 25% 30% 79% 0% 51% 69% 44% 3% 6 0 13% 28 17 11% 23 18 31% 0 0 0
2004 27 SEA AL 37 125 3.38 77 62% 23% 25% 19% 32% 77% 0% 47% 68% 43% 0% 0 0 14% 5 3 14% 5 5 44% 0 0 0
2004 27 CHW AL 171 627 3.67 407 65% 20% 24% 26% 30% 80% 0% 52% 70% 44% 4% 6 0 13% 23 14 11% 18 13 28% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1698 6257 3.68 3849 62% 22% 20% 28% 30% 78% 2% 48% 74% 36% 5% 83 4 15% 255 137 11% 181 111 26% 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
1998 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 22 77 294 267 29 65 14 1 5 30 2 1 25 70 .243 .306 .360 .666 74 96 9 0 0 2 3
2000 23 120 442 397 41 94 20 1 8 44 3 2 39 105 .237 .303 .353 .656 72 140 11 0 3 3 4
2001 24 258 968 845 97 201 40 1 19 101 7 6 105 217 .238 .322 .355 .677 80 300 24 4 4 10 9
2002 25 338 1221 1073 121 260 50 2 26 144 8 7 123 275 .242 .320 .365 .685 83 392 30 6 5 14 10
2003 26 418 1490 1319 146 318 68 2 32 186 8 7 141 336 .241 .313 .368 .682 82 486 35 6 6 18 12
2004 27 486 1698 1512 168 358 77 2 38 204 9 8 153 385 .237 .306 .366 .672 78 553 40 7 7 19 12

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
1998 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1999 22 76 287 262 28 61 13 1 5 29 2 23 70 .233 .293 .347 .640 27 76
2000 23 43 145 130 12 29 6 0 3 13 1 14 35 .223 .297 .338 .635 13 43
2001 24 138 533 453 58 112 21 0 12 59 4 69 112 .247 .347 .373 .720 58 138
2002 25 80 252 228 24 59 10 1 7 44 1 18 58 .259 .313 .404 .717 29 80
2003 26 80 268 246 25 58 18 0 6 43 0 18 61 .236 .284 .382 .666 27 80
2004 27 68 207 193 21 40 9 0 6 17 1 12 49 .207 .256 .347 .603 17 68
7 Seasons 486 1693 1513 168 359 77 2 39 205 9 154 385 .237 .307 .368 .675 171 486
162 Game Avg. 162 564 504 56 120 26 1 13 68 3 51 128 .237 .307 .368 .675 57 486

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Youngest s c a p y
1998 NL--born 1977-03-10--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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