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Butch Davis

Wallace McArthur Davis

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 19, 1958 in Williamston, NC
School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 12th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1983
Teams (by GP): Royals/Rangers/Orioles/Pirates/Dodgers 1983-1994

Final Game: July 31, 1994
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 KCR AL 25 LF 33 33 32 287.0 88 85 1 2 0 .977 4 17 2.70 2.61 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 KCR AL 25 OF 33 33 32 287.0 86 83 1 2 0 .977 4 17 2.63 2.55 .981 2.50 2.48
1984 KCR AL 26 OF 35 30 24 265.2 74 69 2 3 1 .959 -2 -11 2.41 2.03 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 KCR AL 26 LF 34 29 23 256.2 65 60 2 3 1 .954 -2 -9 2.17 1.82 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 KCR AL 26 DH 2 0
1984 KCR AL 26 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1984 KCR AL 26 RF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -45 1.12 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1987 PIT NL 29 LF 1 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 4.50 3.00 .980 2.10 2.00
1987 PIT NL 29 OF 1 1 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 80 4.50 3.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1988 BAL AL 30 OF 10 7 1 54.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 0 11 2.83 1.70 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 BAL AL 30 RF 8 7 1 52.0 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 0 9 2.77 2.00 .974 2.23 2.22
1988 BAL AL 30 LF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 0.50 .980 2.25 2.25
1988 BAL AL 30 DH 1 1
1989 BAL AL 31 OF 3 1 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 28 2.08 1.00 .980 2.42 2.40
1989 BAL AL 31 LF 2 1 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 1.50 .977 2.17 2.15
1989 BAL AL 31 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1993 TEX AL 35 OF 44 35 21 325.0 100 94 2 4 1 .960 1 5 2.66 2.18 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 TEX AL 35 LF 23 17 13 172.0 49 48 0 1 0 .980 2 13 2.51 2.09 .984 2.23 2.21
1993 TEX AL 35 RF 17 8 6 91.0 26 24 0 2 0 .923 -0 -4 2.37 1.41 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 TEX AL 35 DH 11 0
1993 TEX AL 35 CF 10 10 2 62.0 25 22 2 1 1 .960 -0 -4 3.48 2.40 .986 2.76 2.73
1994 TEX AL 36 OF 4 4 3 34.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -42 1.85 1.75 .981 2.38 2.35
1994 TEX AL 36 RF 4 4 3 34.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -42 1.85 1.75 .980 2.20 2.17
7 Seasons OF 130 111 82 984.2 290 274 7 9 4 .969 3 4 2.57 2.16 .982 2.46 2.44
6 Seasons LF 95 81 69 735.2 209 200 3 6 1 .971 5 8 2.48 2.14 .980 2.28 2.26
5 Seasons RF 31 20 11 186.0 50 46 2 2 2 .960 -1 -9 2.32 1.55 .977 2.23 2.21
2 Seasons CF 11 10 2 63.0 25 22 2 1 1 .960 -0 -8 3.43 2.18 .986 2.76 2.75
8 Seasons TOT 130 111 82 984.2 290 274 7 9 4 .969 3 4 2.57 2.16 .982 2.46 2.44
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1983 KCR AL 25 LF 4 17 4 3 1 0
1984 KCR AL 26 LF -2 -9 -1 2 -3 -1
1984 KCR AL 26 CF -0 -240 -0 0 -0
1984 KCR AL 26 RF -0 -45 -0 0 -0 0
1987 PIT NL 29 LF 0 80 0 0 0 0
1988 BAL AL 30 RF 0 9 1 0 1 -1
1988 BAL AL 30 LF 0 60 0 0 0 0
1989 BAL AL 31 LF 0 30 0 0 0 0
1989 BAL AL 31 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TEX AL 35 LF 2 13 2 -1 2 0
1993 TEX AL 35 RF -0 -4 1 -0 1 -1
1993 TEX AL 35 CF -0 -4 -2 -2 -0 2
1994 TEX AL 36 RF -1 -42 -0 -0 0 -1
6 Seasons LF 5 8 6 5 1 -1
5 Seasons RF -1 -9 2 -1 2 -3
2 Seasons CF -0 -8 -2 -2 -1 2
8 Seasons TOT 3 4 5 2 3 -2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 KCR AL 25 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 33 0 0 0
1984 KCR AL 26 41 30 41 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1 1 36 2 5 2
1987 PIT NL 29 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1
1988 BAL AL 30 13 8 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 10 1 1 4
1989 BAL AL 31 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0
1991 LAD NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 TEX AL 35 62 35 62 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 17 50 11 10 12
1994 TEX AL 36 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0
8 Seasons 166 112 166 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 11 31 137 14 24 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1983 KCR AL 25 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 16 0 12 4 0 6 3 0 4 0 0 12 11 0 51 34 66.7% 17 0 0.0% 1 1217 68% 86% 30% 172 50%
1984 KCR AL 26 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 7 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 2 1078 64% 83% 26% 61 98%
1987 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 43% 83% 33% 4 75%
1988 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 10 60% 80% 40% 2 50%
1989 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 47 32% 85% 51% 7 43%
1993 TEX AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 0 5 1 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 30 21 70.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 747 70% 81% 43% 105 46%
6 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 32 29 0 18 6 0 12 6 0 10 0 0 25 23 0 97 64 66.0% 33 0 0.0% 3 3129 66% 84% 32% 351 57%
MLB Averages 60.8% 2.8% 58% 80% 36% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 65% 78% 33% 1 100%
1988 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 209 57% 86% 50% 26 58%
1989 BAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 67% 33% 0
1993 TEX AL 35 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 4 2 0 22 8 36.4% 14 0 0.0% 0 405 55% 77% 42% 52 46%
1994 TEX AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 12.5% 7 0 0.0% 1 142 57% 78% 35% 15 40%
5 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 6 1 0 2 1 0 5 2 0 6 3 0 34 10 29.4% 24 0 0.0% 2 799 56% 79% 42% 94 49%
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.8% 58% 80% 36% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25% 100% 25% 0
1993 TEX AL 35 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 16 9 56.3% 6 1 6.3% 1 283 70% 76% 40% 53 43%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 16 9 56.3% 6 1 6.3% 1 287 69% 77% 39% 53 43%
MLB Averages 43.1% 2.1% 58% 80% 36% 62%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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