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Ben Davis

Mark Christopher Davis

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 10, 1977 in Chester, PA
High School: Malvern Prep HS (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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mariners/WhiteSox 1998-2004
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2004 (Age 27)
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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
1995	18	SDP-min	Rk	52	219	197	36	55	8	3	5	46	0	0	17	36	.279	.338	.426	.764		84	3	1	3	1	1		IDF · PION
1996	19	SDP-min	A+	98	390	353	35	71	10	1	6	41	1	1	31	89	.201	.264	.286	.550		101	8	0	4	2	0		RCU · CALL
1997	20	SDP-min	A+	122	509	474	67	132	30	1	17	76	3	1	28	107	.278	.320	.454	.773		215	11	2	2	3	2		RCU · CALL
1998	21	SDP-min	AA	116	489	433	65	124	29	2	14	75	4	2	42	60	.286	.352	.460	.812		199	11	6	1	7	3		MOB · SOUL
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-min	AAA	58	229	201	27	62	18	1	7	44	4	1	24	41	.308	.384	.512	.897		103	5	2	0	2	1		LVG · PCL
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-min	AAA	59	261	221	38	58	16	1	7	40	5	2	38	43	.262	.373	.439	.812		97	5	1	1	0	3		LVG · PCL
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	SEA-min	AAA	39	157	141	18	35	9	0	4	15	1	0	15	29	.248	.321	.397	.718		56	6	0	1	0	0		TAC · PCL
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
2005	28	CHW-min	AAA	10	35	33	1	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	.242	.257	.333	.590		11	3	0	0	1	0		CHR · IL
2006	29	NYY-min	AAA,A+	52	187	178	12	39	7	0	5	22	1	1	8	41	.219	.253	.343	.595		61	7	0	1	0	1		CLB,TAM · IL,FLOR
2007	30	LAD-min	AAA	36	121	110	13	24	4	0	1	11	0	1	10	24	.218	.281	.282	.563		31	0	0	0	1	1		LVG · PCL
2008	31	BAL-min	AA,AAA	44	168	161	12	33	8	1	3	15	0	0	5	32	.205	.238	.323	.561		52	9	2	0	0	0		BOW,NFK · EL,IL
2009	32	CIN-min	A+	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAR · FLOR
7 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1998	21	SDP	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.549	.500	0.1	0.0	0		/2
1999	22	SDP	NL	76	293	-7	0	-0	0	4	-3	-0.4	8	5	0.4	.496	.498	0.4	0.4	5	$200,000	2
2000	23	SDP	NL	43	148	-8	0	0	-2	2	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.483	.495	-0.2	-0.0	-2		2/D
2001	24	SDP	NL	138	526	-8	-2	-1	2	7	-3	-0.3	14	11	1.1	.498	.498	0.9	0.9	9	$235,000	*2/3
2002	25	SEA	AL	80	253	-3	-1	-1	4	3	2	0.3	8	11	1.1	.503	.501	0.7	0.8	7	$350,000	2/3
2003	26	SEA	AL	80	269	-7	-1	0	2	4	-2	-0.1	9	7	0.7	.498	.499	0.5	0.6	5	$1,000,000	2/D
2004	27	SEA	AL	14	37	-7	-0	-1	0	1	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.449	.496	-0.6	0.1	-6	$1,400,000	2
2004	27	CHW	AL	54	171	-6	-2	0	-2	3	-7	-0.6	6	-2	-0.1	.487	.496	0.0	0.1	0		2
7 Seasons				486	1698	-46	-5	-3	4	23	-27	-2.6	51	23	2.3	.494	.498	1.8	2.9	19	$3,185,000

SDP (4 yrs)				258	968	-23	-2	-2	0	13	-13	-1.4	26	13	1.2	.495	.498	1.2	1.2	13	$435,000
SEA (3 yrs)				174	559	-17	-2	-1	6	8	-7	-0.5	18	12	1.2	.496	.499	0.6	1.5	6	$2,750,000
CHW (1 yr)				54	171	-6	-2	0	-2	3	-7	-0.6	6	-2	-0.1	.487	.496	0.0	0.1	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1998	SDP	NL	21	C	1	0	0	2.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		0		7.71	2.00	.990	7.33	7.50	0	1	0	0			0
1999	SDP	NL	22	C	74	71	69	628.1	507	471	29	7	7	.986	0		0		7.16	6.76	.990	7.41	7.35	4	32	45	20	31%	29%	1
2000	SDP	NL	23	C	38	34	30	303.2	254	236	17	1	2	.996	-2		-8		7.50	6.66	.990	7.45	7.38	3	14	20	7	26%	32%	0
2000	SDP	NL	23	DH	1	1
2001	SDP	NL	24	C	135	122	109	1076.2	914	845	60	9	14	.990	1		1		7.57	6.70	.992	7.74	7.65	8	30	70	39	36%	33%	1
2001	SDP	NL	24	1B	2	1	0	10.0	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1		156		9.00	5.00	.993	9.27	9.15
2002	SEA	AL	25	C	77	55	49	538.2	440	416	23	1	5	.998	4		9		7.33	5.70	.993	6.96	6.89	5	20	23	18	44%	32%	1
2002	SEA	AL	25	1B	2	0	0	6.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	0		40		12.00	4.00	.992	9.30	9.25
2003	SEA	AL	26	C	73	66	63	587.2	449	421	24	4	9	.991	2	2	4	4	6.82	6.10	.991	6.79	6.72	8	22	32	17	35%	30%	1
2003	SEA	AL	26	DH	1	0
2004	TOT	AL	27	C	67	55	47	494.0	425	400	22	3	4	.993	-2	-2	-5	-4	7.69	6.30	.992	7.12	7.07	6	24	34	14	29%	32%	0
2004	SEA	AL	27	C	14	11	8	97.0	76	71	5	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	0	7.05	5.43	.992	7.12	7.07	1	5	2	2	50%	32%	0
2004	CHW	AL	27	C	53	44	39	397.0	349	329	17	3	1	.991	-2	-2	-6	-6	7.84	6.53	.992	7.12	7.07	5	19	32	12	27%	32%	0
	7 Seasons			C	465	403	367	3631.1	2991	2791	175	25	41	.992	3	0	1	0	7.35	6.38	.991	7.30	7.22	34	143	224	115	34%	32%	4
	2 Seasons			1B	4	1	0	16.0	18	17	1	0	0	1.000	1		112		10.12	4.50	.993	9.28	9.20
	7 Seasons			TOT	469	404	367	3647.1	3009	2808	176	25	41	.992	4	0	1	0	7.36	6.36	.991	7.31	7.24	34	143	224	115	34%	32%	4

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View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y 2001 NL 135 (1st)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1999 NL 7 (4th) 2001 NL 9 (4th)	Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y 2001 NL 14 (2nd) 2003 AL 9 (5th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 2001 NL 8 (4th) 2003 AL 8 (3rd)
Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 2001 NL 70 (4th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 2001 NL 39 (3rd)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 2002 AL 43.9 (2nd)	Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y 2002 AL 4 (3rd)
Youngest s c a p y 1998 NL born 1977-03-10 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 3 (2558), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Catcher (372nd), 2.3 career WAR/2.9 7yr-peak WAR/2.6 JAWS Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1995.
December 11, 2001: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Alex Arias and Wascar Serrano to the Seattle Mariners for Tom Lampkin, Brett Tomko, Ramon Vazquez and cash.
June 27, 2004: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Freddy Garcia to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Morse, Miguel Olivo and Jeremy Reed.
December 21, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
December 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
October 3, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 6, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
September 13, 2006: Released by the New York Yankees.
January 15, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
April 3, 2007: Released by the New York Yankees.
June 23, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
August 13, 2007: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
December 13, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
June 14, 2008: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
November 6, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1999	22	San Diego Padres	$200,000	11/19/99 USA Today

2001	24	San Diego Padres	$235,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	25	Seattle Mariners	$350,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	26	Seattle Mariners	$1,000,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	27	Seattle Mariners	$1,400,000	4/7/04 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,185,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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