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Chris Davis

Christopher Lyn Davis

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: March 17, 1986 in Longview, TX
High School: Longview HS (Longview, TX)
School: Navarro College (Corsicana, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 2008
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Orioles 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$488k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.061, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2008 22 TEX AL 80 317 295 51 84 23 2 17 55 1 2 20 88 .285 .331 .549 .880 128 162 5 1 0 1 1 35
2009 23 TEX AL 113 419 391 48 93 15 1 21 59 0 0 24 150 .238 .284 .442 .726 85 173 6 2 0 2 2 35/D
2010 24 TEX AL 45 136 120 7 23 9 0 1 4 3 0 15 40 .192 .279 .292 .571 51 35 3 0 0 1 3 3/5
2011 25 TOT AL 59 210 199 25 53 12 0 5 19 1 0 11 63 .266 .305 .402 .707 90 80 4 0 0 0 1 35/D
2011 25 TEX AL 28 81 76 9 19 3 0 3 6 0 0 5 24 .250 .296 .408 .704 85 31 2 0 0 0 0 3/5D
2011 25 BAL AL 31 129 123 16 34 9 0 2 13 1 0 6 39 .276 .310 .398 .708 93 49 2 0 0 0 1 53
2012 26 BAL AL 44 174 162 23 51 8 0 9 23 0 3 7 47 .315 .351 .531 .881 140 86 3 3 0 2 1 *3/D1
5 Yrs 341 1256 1167 154 304 67 3 53 160 5 5 77 388 .260 .308 .459 .767 100 536 21 6 0 6 8
162 Game Avg. 162 597 554 73 144 32 1 25 76 2 2 37 184 .260 .308 .459 .767 100 255 10 3 0 3 4
TEX (4 yrs) 266 953 882 115 219 50 3 42 124 4 2 64 302 .248 .300 .455 .755 94 401 16 3 0 4 6
BAL (2 yrs) 75 303 285 39 85 17 0 11 36 1 3 13 86 .298 .333 .474 .807 120 135 5 3 0 2 2

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 Awards
2008 22 TEX AL 80 317 11 -2 0 -9 -3 -2 -0.1 11 8 0.9 .497 .498 1.7 -1.1 17 $ 35
2009 23 TEX AL 113 419 -12 -0 -0 -6 -7 -25 -2.4 14 -11 -1.1 .478 .485 -0.5 -1.2 -5 $406,620 35/D
2010 24 TEX AL 45 136 -10 0 0 2 -2 -10 -1.0 5 -5 -0.6 .476 .493 -0.8 0.0 -7 $414,120 3/5
2011 25 TEX AL 28 81 -1 -0 -0 -1 -1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .486 .498 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 3/5D
2011 25 BAL AL 31 129 1 -1 0 -4 -1 -4 -0.4 4 0 0.0 .486 .497 0.4 -0.5 4 $ 53
2012 26 BAL AL 44 174 7 -1 -0 -3 -2 1 0.1 6 7 0.6 .502 .500 1.0 -0.7 10 $ *3/D1
5 Seasons 341 1256 -4 -3 0 -21 -16 -45 -4.2 43 -2 -0.3 .487 .495 1.8 -3.6 19 $820,740
TEX (4 yrs) 266 953 -12 -2 0 -14 -13 -41 -3.9 32 -9 -0.9 .484 .494 0.4 -2.4 5 $820,740
BAL (2 yrs) 75 303 8 -1 0 -7 -3 -4 -0.4 10 7 0.6 .495 .499 1.4 -1.1 14 $

Advanced Batting

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
2008 22 TEX AL 317 219 52 6.4 106 .351 .285 .269 .331 .337 .549 .423 .880 .760 128 .611 10.5 1.0 .835 .329 .264 1.9
2009 23 TEX AL 419 306 49 4.3 111 .324 .238 .272 .284 .341 .442 .437 .726 .778 85 .423 -11.4 -1.1 .655 .266 .205 .0
2010 24 TEX AL 136 101 10 2.6 107 .275 .192 .270 .279 .340 .292 .424 .571 .763 51 .261 -8.3 -0.8 .530 .250 .100 1.5
2011 25 TOT AL 210 150 24 4.3 101 .366 .266 .262 .305 .328 .402 .415 .707 .742 90 .466 -3.3 -0.3 .613 .196 .136 1.7
2011 25 TEX AL 81 59 9 4.1 106 .327 .250 .268 .296 .335 .408 .424 .704 .759 85 .444 -2.0 -0.2 .610 .224 .158 .0
2011 25 BAL AL 129 91 15 4.4 99 .390 .276 .258 .310 .323 .398 .409 .708 .732 93 .480 -1.3 -0.1 .615 .179 .122 1.3
2012 26 BAL AL 174 119 28 6.3 98 .389 .315 .252 .351 .320 .531 .409 .881 .728 140 .644 8.4 0.8 .795 .241 .216 .0
5 Yrs 1256 895 163 4.9 106 .343 .260 .267 .308 .335 .459 .424 .767 .759 100 .502 -4.0 -0.4 .696 .265 .199 9.1
162 Game Avg. 597 425 77 4.9 106 .343 .260 .267 .308 .335 .459 .424 .767 .759 100 .502 -4.0 -0.4 .696 .265 .199 4
TEX (4 yrs) 953 685 120 4.7 109 .327 .248 .270 .300 .339 .455 .429 .755 .768 94 .476 -11.1 -1.1 .690 .281 .206 7.3
BAL (2 yrs) 303 210 43 5.5 98 .389 .298 .255 .333 .321 .474 .409 .807 .730 120 .581 7.1 0.7 .716 .214 .175 1.8

Ratio Batting*

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
2008 22 TEX AL 317 5.4% 27.8% 6.3% 13.3% 50% 4.40 3.4 17.4 5.4 0.51 0.87 60% 25% 13.5% 9%
2009 23 TEX AL 419 5.0% 35.8% 5.7% 8.8% 40% 6.25 2.6 18.6 6.6 0.61 0.86 53% 21% 14.9% 7%
2010 24 TEX AL 136 0.7% 29.4% 11.0% 7.4% 44% 2.67 3.0 120.0 30.0 0.76 1.00 59% 20% 2.3% 7%
2011 25 TOT AL 210 2.4% 30.0% 5.2% 8.1% 32% 5.73 3.2 39.8 10.5 0.64 0.93 62% 21% 6.5% 7%
2011 25 TEX AL 81 3.7% 29.6% 6.2% 7.4% 32% 4.80 3.2 25.3 12.7 0.53 0.79 60% 19% 9.7% 9%
2011 25 BAL AL 129 1.6% 30.2% 4.7% 8.5% 32% 6.50 3.2 61.5 9.5 0.71 1.04 64% 23% 4.3% 6%
2012 26 BAL AL 174 5.2% 27.0% 4.0% 9.8% 33% 6.71 3.4 18.0 7.0 0.80 1.30 62% 22% 15.3% 9%
5 Yrs 1256 4.2% 30.9% 6.1% 9.8% 41% 5.04 3.0 22.0 7.3 0.63 0.94 58% 22% 11.9% 8%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 22 TEX AL 10.1 1.0 323 -0.1 5.7 -5.9 .97 0.7 -0.8 9.0 0.8 0.98 10.8 0.07 1
2009 23 TEX AL -11.4 -1.1 423 -0.2 7.2 -7.4 .92 -0.7 0.5 -7.0 -0.6 0.93 -8.9 2.86 2
2010 24 TEX AL -8.3 -0.8 140 -1.4 1.1 -2.6 .96 -1.1 -0.4 -14.3 -1.4 0.93 -11.8 1.38 5
2011 25 TOT AL -3.3 -0.3 215 -0.1 3.8 -3.8 1.05 0.1 -0.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.99 1.3 1.60 3
2011 25 TEX AL -2.2 -0.2 82 -0.1 1.2 -1.4 .93 0.0 -0.2 -4.9 -0.5 1.03 -1.5 1.60 3
2011 25 BAL AL -1.1 -0.1 133 0.1 2.5 -2.5 1.13 0.1 -0.0 3.1 0.3 0.96 2.8 0
2012 26 BAL AL 8.4 0.8 183 -0.5 3.2 -3.7 1.11 0.4 -0.9 2.5 0.2 0.94 7.9 0
5 Yrs -4.4 -0.4 1284 -2.3 21.0 -23.3 .99 -0.5 -1.8 -11.5 -1.1 0.95 -0.7 1.59 11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2008 22 TEX AL 3 0 39% 106 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 42% 11 8 2 6 3 2 14 4 9
2009 23 TEX AL 2 0 28% 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29% 24 22 2 5 2 3 6 1 5
2010 24 TEX AL 0 0 16% 55 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 29% 7 6 1 2 1 0 5 2 3
2011 25 TOT AL 5 0 34% 84 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 25% 11 11 0 1 1 0 12 5 6
2011 25 TEX AL 1 0 29% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
2011 25 BAL AL 4 0 37% 56 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 25% 6 6 0 1 1 0 9 4 4
2012 26 BAL AL 0 0 27% 63 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 33% 9 6 3 0 0 0 3 2 1
5 Yrs 10 0 30% 426 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 11 24 32% 62 53 8 14 7 5 40 14 24

Situational Hitting*

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
2008 22 TEX AL 317 71% 84 4 0 1 1 0 0 0.07 17 0 10 12 5 8 9 0 0 0 61 5 8% 27 6 22% 224 39 17% 18 9 50% 13 6 46% 0
2009 23 TEX AL 419 69% 93 11 0 2 1 0 1 2.86 21 0 8 17 4 11 10 0 0 0 70 6 9% 36 11 31% 272 41 15% 21 12 57% 23 13 57% 0
2010 24 TEX AL 136 77% 23 2 0 5 2 1 1 1.38 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 3 17% 15 4 27% 83 3 4% 10 1 10% 9 3 33% 0
2011 25 TOT AL 210 80% 53 1 0 3 0 0 0 1.60 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 42 4 10% 15 3 20% 132 15 11% 7 2 29% 9 6 67% 0
2011 25 TEX AL 81 78% 19 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.60 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 19 2 11% 6 0 0% 58 3 5% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
2011 25 BAL AL 129 81% 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 23 2 9% 9 3 33% 74 12 16% 3 1 33% 5 3 60% 0
2012 26 BAL AL 174 76% 51 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3 7 2 6 3 0 0 0 28 3 11% 18 5 28% 96 15 16% 10 6 60% 8 4 50% 0
5 Yrs 1256 73% 304 24 0 11 4 1 2 1.59 53 0 27 41 12 27 26 0 0 0 219 21 10% 111 29 26% 807 113 14% 66 30 45% 62 32 52% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2008 22 TEX AL 317 1212 3.82 811 67% 20% 26% 29% 26% 80% 1% 54% 68% 36% 3% 11 4 14% 44 23 7% 21 16 20% 0 0 0
2009 23 TEX AL 420 1635 3.89 1086 66% 20% 31% 26% 22% 80% 1% 53% 61% 39% 4% 15 1 11% 48 29 5% 22 13 24% -1 0 0
2010 24 TEX AL 136 522 3.84 320 61% 24% 20% 30% 25% 76% 6% 46% 73% 30% 8% 11 0 18% 25 9 9% 12 7 23% 0 0 0
2011 25 TOT AL 211 835 3.96 569 68% 18% 27% 31% 24% 82% 2% 56% 67% 41% 2% 4 0 8% 17 10 3% 6 5 19% -1 0 0
2011 25 TEX AL 81 316 3.90 210 66% 19% 28% 28% 25% 81% 0% 54% 65% 42% 1% 1 0 5% 4 2 1% 1 0 17% 0 0 0
2011 25 BAL AL 130 519 3.99 359 69% 17% 26% 33% 23% 83% 3% 57% 68% 41% 2% 3 0 10% 13 8 4% 5 5 21% -1 0 0
2012 26 BAL AL 175 683 3.90 453 66% 18% 23% 33% 26% 82% 2% 54% 72% 39% 2% 3 1 9% 15 7 3% 6 4 17% -1 0 0
5 Yrs 1259 4887 3.88 3239 66% 20% 27% 29% 24% 80% 2% 53% 67% 38% 3% 44 6 12% 149 78 5% 67 45 21% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2008 22 80 317 295 51 84 23 2 17 55 1 2 20 88 .285 .331 .549 .880 128 162 5 1 0 1 1
2009 23 193 736 686 99 177 38 3 38 114 1 2 44 238 .258 .304 .488 .793 103 335 11 3 0 3 3
2010 24 238 872 806 106 200 47 3 39 118 4 2 59 278 .248 .300 .459 .760 95 370 14 3 0 4 6
2011 25 297 1082 1005 131 253 59 3 44 137 5 2 70 341 .252 .301 .448 .749 94 450 18 3 0 4 7
2012 26 341 1256 1167 154 304 67 3 53 160 5 5 77 388 .260 .308 .459 .767 100 536 21 6 0 6 8

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 22 80 316 294 50 83 23 2 17 53 1 20 88 .282 .329 .548 .877 52 80
2009 23 113 415 388 45 90 15 1 20 56 0 23 150 .232 .277 .430 .708 46 113
2010 24 45 136 120 7 23 9 0 1 4 3 15 40 .192 .279 .292 .571 10 45
2011 25 59 211 200 26 54 12 0 5 19 1 11 63 .270 .308 .405 .713 25 59
2012 26 44 176 164 24 53 8 0 9 24 0 7 47 .323 .358 .537 .895 31 44
5 Yrs 341 1254 1166 152 303 67 3 52 156 5 76 388 .260 .307 .456 .763 164 341
162 Game Avg. 162 596 554 72 144 32 1 25 74 2 36 184 .260 .307 .456 .763 78 341

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
2012 AL  .315 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2009 AL  150 (7th)
2012 AL  47 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
2008 AL  born 1986-03-17 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1935), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Chris Richard (978)
  2. Roy Foster (967)
  3. Benny Ayala (966)
  4. Chuck Essegian (966)
  5. Brant Brown (964)
  6. Butch Nieman (952)
  7. Billy Conigliaro (951)
  8. Chris Duncan (951)
  9. Brian Buchanan (951)
  10. Hee-Seop Choi (951)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Mike Young (959)
  2. Dan Pasqua (958)
  3. Roy Foster (958)
  4. Carlos Pena (957)
  5. Greg Vaughn (957)
  6. Gary Roenicke (957)
  7. Dick Gernert (956)
  8. Butch Huskey (955)
  9. Bob Allison (954)
  10. Jose Cruz (953)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Mark Teixeira (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Carlos Delgado (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Young (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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