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 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 Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1998 SDP NL 21 C 1 0 2.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.71 2.00 1.000 7.33 6.50 0 1 0 0
1999 SDP NL 22 C 74 71 628.1 507 471 29 7 7 .986 0.0 0.0 0 7.16 6.76 .990 7.41 6.14 4 32 45 20 31%
2000 SDP NL 23 C 38 34 303.2 254 236 17 1 2 .996 -2.0 -7.9 -2 7.50 6.66 .990 7.45 6.38 3 14 20 7 26%
2000 SDP NL 23 DH 1
2001 SDP NL 24 C 135 122 1076.2 914 845 60 9 14 .990 1.0 1.1 1 7.57 6.70 .992 7.74 6.64 8 30 70 39 36%
2001 SDP NL 24 1B 2 1 10.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 156.0 1.3 0.3 1.0 0 9.00 5.00 .990 9.27 7.85
2002 SEA AL 25 C 77 55 538.2 440 416 23 1 5 .998 4.0 8.9 4 7.33 5.70 .993 6.96 6.16 5 20 23 18 44%
2002 SEA AL 25 1B 2 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 12.00 4.00 .988 9.30 8.00
2003 SEA AL 26 C 73 66 587.2 449 421 24 4 9 .991 2.0 4.1 2 6.82 6.10 .991 6.79 5.88 8 22 32 17 35%
2003 SEA AL 26 DH 1
2004 TOT AL 27 C 67 55 494.0 425 400 22 3 4 .993 -2.0 -4.9 -2 7.69 6.30 .992 7.12 6.19 6 24 34 14 29%
2004 SEA AL 27 C 14 11 97.0 76 71 5 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.05 5.43 .992 7.12 6.19 1 5 2 2 50%
2004 CHW AL 27 C 53 44 397.0 349 329 17 3 1 .991 -2.0 -6.0 -2 7.84 6.53 .992 7.12 6.19 5 19 32 12 27%
7 Seasons C 465 403 3631.1 2991 2791 175 25 41 .992 3.0 1.0 3 7.35 6.38 .991 7.30 6.28 34 143 224 115 34%
2 Seasons 1B 4 1 16.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 112.5 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 10.12 4.50 .989 9.28 7.92
2 Seasons DH 2
7 Seasons TOT 469 404 3647.1 3009 2808 176 25 41 .992 4.5 1.5 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 3 7.36 6.36 .983 7.31 6.29 34 143 224 115 34%

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
1998 SDP NL 21 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SDP NL 22 76 71 76 74 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 SDP NL 23 43 35 43 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
2001 SDP NL 24 138 123 138 137 0 135 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2002 SEA AL 25 80 55 80 79 0 77 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
2003 SEA AL 26 80 66 80 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 CHW AL 27 54 44 54 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2004 SEA AL 27 14 11 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 486 405 486 469 0 465 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 3
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1998 SDP NL 21 13 15.43 15.43 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SDP NL 22 2819 4.80 5.23 11 82% 0 0 472 9 0 11 452 29 0 0 0 10 7 0 2 5 2 7 0 0 1 3 67%
2000 SDP NL 23 1404 4.95 5.54 10 100% 0 0 236 5 2 4 225 17 5 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 100%
2001 SDP NL 24 4833 4.56 5.16 31 94% 0 1 845 21 7 13 804 60 7 0 0 10 9 0 0 9 0 14 0 2 4 6 67%
2002 SEA AL 25 2368 3.96 4.48 19 95% 0 0 420 14 3 3 400 18 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 3 67%
2003 SEA AL 26 2554 3.87 4.21 10 60% 0 0 421 4 1 3 413 24 3 0 0 3 4 0 1 3 1 9 0 0 0 4 0%
2004 CHW AL 27 1794 5.15 5.44 11 100% 0 0 329 8 1 5 315 17 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
2004 SEA AL 27 447 5.47 5.75 5 100% 0 0 71 4 0 4 63 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 16232 4.53 5.00 97 91% 0 1 2796 65 14 43 2674 170 23 2 0 32 25 0 3 22 3 41 0 4 8 22 64%
MLB Averages 4.49 4.90 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1998 SDP NL 21 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 SDP NL 22 4 32 1010 45 20 17 31% 40 19 5 1 0 0 1 0 98 23 1.14 1.15
2000 SDP NL 23 3 14 523 20 7 7 26% 16 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 47 9 1.16 0.85
2001 SDP NL 24 8 30 1719 70 39 34 36% 63 33 7 4 0 2 1 0 153 42 0.93 0.96
2002 SEA AL 25 5 20 834 23 18 12 44% 20 16 3 2 0 0 1 0 60 20 1.23 1.27
2003 SEA AL 26 8 22 921 32 17 15 35% 28 16 4 1 0 0 1 0 71 22 1.16 1.16
2004 CHW AL 27 5 19 612 32 12 9 27% 29 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 76 13 1.25 1.05
2004 SEA AL 27 1 5 173 2 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1.04 1.29
7 Seasons 34 143 5799 224 115 96 34% 198 105 26 8 0 2 4 0 519 131 1.10 1.08
MLB Averages 31% 1.27 1.23

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%
2001 SDP NL 24 43 47% 72% 35% 7 100% 0 9 1 8 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 SEA AL 25 20 40% 75% 40% 1 100% 0 8 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 63 44% 73% 37% 8 100% 0 17 1 16 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

* 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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