Dick Davis

Richard Earl Davis

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 25, 1953 in Long Beach, CA
Signed
by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1977
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Phillies/Pirates/BlueJays 1977-1982

Final Game: October 1, 1982
Relatives: Cousin of Enos Cabell
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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
1977 23 MIL AL 22 54 51 7 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .275 .278 .314 .592 62 16 1 0 0 2 0 7/D
1978 24 MIL AL 69 235 218 28 54 10 1 5 26 2 5 7 23 .248 .273 .372 .644 80 81 5 2 4 4 0 D7/98
1979 25 MIL AL 91 353 335 51 89 13 1 12 41 3 3 16 46 .266 .298 .418 .716 92 140 10 0 1 1 0 D7/9
1980 26 MIL AL 106 381 365 50 99 26 2 4 30 5 3 11 43 .271 .297 .386 .683 89 141 8 3 0 2 0 D97
1981 27 PHI NL 45 106 96 12 32 6 1 2 19 1 2 8 13 .333 .387 .479 .866 140 46 1 1 0 1 0 9/7
1982 28 TOT MLB 70 165 152 12 35 5 2 4 19 2 0 7 19 .230 .256 .368 .625 71 56 6 0 1 5 0 9/78D
1982 28 TOT NL 67 157 145 12 33 5 2 4 17 2 0 7 18 .228 .256 .372 .629 72 54 5 0 1 4 0 9/87
1982 28 PHI NL 28 71 68 5 19 3 1 2 7 1 0 2 9 .279 .296 .441 .737 102 30 4 0 0 1 0 9/8
1982 28 TOR AL 3 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .250 .286 .536 42 2 1 0 0 1 0 /D7
1982 28 PIT NL 39 86 77 7 14 2 1 2 10 1 0 5 9 .182 .224 .312 .535 46 24 1 0 1 3 0 9/7
6 Yrs 403 1294 1217 160 323 62 7 27 141 13 13 50 152 .265 .294 .394 .689 89 480 31 6 6 15 0
162 Game Avg. 162 520 489 64 130 25 3 11 57 5 5 20 61 .265 .294 .394 .689 89 193 12 2 2 6 0
MIL (4 yrs) 288 1023 969 136 256 51 4 21 103 10 11 35 120 .264 .291 .390 .681 86 378 24 5 5 9 0
PHI (2 yrs) 73 177 164 17 51 9 2 4 26 2 2 10 22 .311 .350 .463 .814 125 76 5 1 0 2 0
PIT (1 yr) 39 86 77 7 14 2 1 2 10 1 0 5 9 .182 .224 .312 .535 46 24 1 0 1 3 0
TOR (1 yr) 3 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .250 .286 .536 42 2 1 0 0 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 291 1031 976 136 258 51 4 21 105 10 11 35 121 .264 .290 .389 .680 86 380 25 5 5 10 0
NL (2 yrs) 112 263 241 24 65 11 3 6 36 3 2 15 31 .270 .309 .415 .724 99 100 6 1 1 5 0

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
1977 23 MIL AL 22 54 -3 -0 -0 -2 -1 -7 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .465 .495 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $ 7/D
1978 24 MIL AL 69 235 -5 -2 -0 -2 -5 -14 -1.5 8 -6 -0.8 .478 .491 -0.5 -0.7 -5 $ D7/98
1979 25 MIL AL 91 353 -4 2 -0 -6 -7 -15 -1.4 11 -4 -0.4 .483 .491 0.2 -1.2 2 $ D7/9
1980 26 MIL AL 106 381 -4 -1 -0 -5 -8 -19 -1.8 12 -7 -0.7 .481 .488 -0.2 -1.3 -2 $ D97
1981 27 PHI NL 45 106 5 -1 -0 -1 -1 2 0.3 3 5 0.6 .506 .502 0.7 -0.2 6 $ 9/7
1982 28 PHI NL 28 71 1 0 -1 -2 -1 -2 -0.3 2 -0 0.0 .490 .498 0.2 -0.3 2 $160,000 9/8
1982 28 TOR AL 3 8 1 -0 -0 0 -0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .517 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /D7
1982 28 PIT NL 39 86 -5 -0 -0 -2 -1 -8 -0.9 3 -6 -0.6 .477 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $ 9/7
6 Seasons 403 1294 -16 -2 -2 -20 -24 -63 -6.2 40 -23 -2.4 .483 .495 -0.3 -4.2 -3 $160,000
MIL (4 yrs) 288 1023 -17 -1 -1 -15 -21 -55 -5.4 32 -23 -2.5 .480 .491 -0.8 -3.5 -8 $
PHI (2 yrs) 73 177 6 -0 -1 -3 -2 -0 0.0 5 5 0.6 .500 .500 0.9 -0.5 8 $160,000
PIT (1 yr) 39 86 -5 -0 -0 -2 -1 -8 -0.9 3 -6 -0.6 .477 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $
TOR (1 yr) 3 8 1 -0 -0 0 -0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .517 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1977 23 MIL AL 54 40 4 2.7 100 .311 .275 .266 .278 .330 .314 .405 .592 .735 62 .268 -2.6 -0.3 .447 .059 .039
1978 24 MIL AL 235 182 20 2.9 94 .253 .248 .261 .273 .326 .372 .385 .644 .711 80 .331 -6.4 -0.6 .500 .142 .124 2.9
1979 25 MIL AL 353 261 38 3.9 102 .277 .266 .270 .298 .334 .418 .408 .716 .743 92 .412 -5.7 -0.6 .602 .200 .152 4.8
1980 26 MIL AL 381 279 40 3.9 96 .297 .271 .266 .297 .328 .386 .394 .683 .721 89 .420 -6.2 -0.6 .567 .151 .115 4.4
1981 27 PHI NL 106 68 18 7.2 96 .366 .333 .268 .387 .334 .479 .384 .866 .719 140 .734 5.2 0.6 .806 .219 .146 1.3
1982 28 TOT MLB 165 129 14 2.9 98 .231 .230 .270 .256 .334 .368 .393 .625 .727 71 .338 -6.7 -0.7 .528 .197 .138 2.7
1982 28 TOT NL 157 122 14 3.1 97 .228 .228 .270 .256 .333 .372 .392 .629 .725 72 .363 -6.1 -0.6 .538 .207 .145 2.7
1982 28 PHI NL 71 54 8 4.0 97 .293 .279 .269 .296 .333 .441 .391 .737 .724 102 .476 -0.2 -0.0 .623 .206 .162 1.3
1982 28 TOR AL 8 7 0 0.0 106 .286 .286 .274 .250 .340 .286 .418 .536 .758 42 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1982 28 PIT NL 86 68 6 2.4 98 .174 .182 .270 .224 .334 .312 .393 .535 .727 46 .260 -5.9 -0.6 .469 .208 .130 1.3
6 Yrs 1294 959 134 3.8 98 .281 .265 .267 .294 .331 .394 .396 .689 .726 89 .417 -22.2 -2.2 .571 .170 .129 17.6
162 Game Avg. 520 386 54 3.8 98 .281 .265 .267 .294 .331 .394 .396 .689 .726 89 .417 -22.2 -2.2 .571 .170 .129 7
MIL (4 yrs) 1023 762 102 3.6 98 .281 .264 .266 .291 .330 .390 .397 .681 .727 86 .390 -20.8 -2.1 .557 .161 .126 13.5
PHI (2 yrs) 177 122 26 5.8 96 .336 .311 .269 .350 .334 .463 .387 .814 .721 125 .645 5.0 0.5 .725 .213 .152 2.7
PIT (1 yr) 86 68 6 2.4 98 .174 .182 .270 .224 .334 .312 .393 .535 .727 46 .260 -5.9 -0.6 .469 .208 .130 1.3
TOR (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 106 .286 .286 .274 .250 .340 .286 .418 .536 .758 42 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
AL (5 yrs) 1031 769 102 3.6 98 .281 .264 .266 .290 .330 .389 .398 .680 .727 86 .386 -21.3 -2.1 .556 .160 .125 13.5
NL (2 yrs) 263 190 32 4.6 97 .282 .270 .269 .309 .334 .415 .389 .724 .723 99 .539 -0.9 -0.1 .636 .212 .145 4.0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 27 PHI NL NLDS MON L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1977 23 MIL AL 54 0.0% 14.8% 1.9% 3.7% 14% 8.00 6.4 8.5 0.60 83%
1978 24 MIL AL 235 2.1% 9.8% 3.0% 6.8% 30% 3.29 9.5 43.6 8.4 0.83 83%
1979 25 MIL AL 353 3.4% 13.0% 4.5% 7.4% 29% 2.88 7.3 27.9 8.2 1.03 79%
1980 26 MIL AL 381 1.1% 11.3% 2.9% 8.4% 32% 3.91 8.5 91.3 12.2 1.12 84%
1981 27 PHI NL 106 1.9% 12.3% 7.6% 8.5% 28% 1.63 7.4 48.0 5.1 1.00 77%
1982 28 TOT MLB 165 2.4% 11.5% 4.2% 6.7% 31% 2.71 8.0 38.0 8.0 1.12 81%
1982 28 TOT NL 157 2.6% 11.5% 4.5% 7.0% 33% 2.57 8.1 36.3 8.5 1.08 81%
1982 28 PHI NL 71 2.8% 12.7% 2.8% 8.5% 32% 4.50 7.6 34.0 9.7 1.39 82%
1982 28 TOR AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 3.5 3.00 88%
1982 28 PIT NL 86 2.3% 10.5% 5.8% 5.8% 36% 1.80 8.6 38.5 7.7 0.90 80%
6 Yrs 1294 2.1% 11.8% 3.9% 7.4% 30% 3.04 8.0 45.1 8.6 1.00 81%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.8% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.53 7.0 44.4 8.5 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 23 MIL AL -2.6 -0.3 55 0.0 1.1 -1.0 1.08 -0.3 0.3 -2.0 -0.2 0.91 -4.2 1.78 2
1978 24 MIL AL -6.4 -0.6 246 -0.4 3.6 -4.0 .92 -0.4 -0.0 -6.1 -0.6 0.99 -6.4 1.89 13
1979 25 MIL AL -5.7 -0.6 367 -0.8 6.1 -7.0 1.05 -0.4 -0.4 -5.5 -0.5 0.94 -5.0 2.36 6
1980 26 MIL AL -6.2 -0.6 392 -0.7 5.6 -6.2 .87 -1.0 0.2 -11.5 -1.2 0.91 -13.1 1.80 5
1981 27 PHI NL 5.4 0.6 110 0.4 2.1 -1.7 1.06 0.4 -0.0 7.9 0.8 1.08 4.4 1.78 14
1982 28 TOT MLB -6.7 -0.7 169 -0.3 3.3 -3.6 1.18 -0.1 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.00 -2.0 2.03 26
1982 28 TOT NL -6.1 -0.6 160 -0.2 3.1 -3.3 1.16 -0.3 0.1 -3.5 -0.4 0.98 -4.1 1.82 24
1982 28 PHI NL -0.2 -0.0 73 0.0 1.7 -1.6 1.23 0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 1.06 0.1 2.10 11
1982 28 TOR AL -0.5 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.65 0.2 -0.2 0.9 0.1 1.32 2.2 4.61 2
1982 28 PIT NL -5.9 -0.6 87 -0.2 1.4 -1.7 1.10 -0.4 0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.91 -4.3 1.58 13
6 Yrs -22.1 -2.2 1339 -1.7 21.8 -23.6 .99 -1.8 0.0 -19.8 -2.0 0.96 -26.2 1.95 66

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
1977 23 MIL AL 0 0 47% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
1978 24 MIL AL 4 0 40% 78 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 40% 11 8 2 4 2 1 5 0 5
1979 25 MIL AL 5 0 42% 116 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 55% 16 9 7 1 1 0 12 1 9
1980 26 MIL AL 6 0 42% 146 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 8 50% 14 9 4 10 4 6 16 6 10
1981 27 PHI NL 1 0 26% 37 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 44% 3 2 1 1 1 0 5 1 3
1982 28 TOT MLB 6 0 21% 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 39% 5 2 1 2 2 0 6 2 4
1982 28 TOT NL 4 0 22% 40 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 42% 4 1 1 2 2 0 6 2 4
1982 28 PHI NL 2 0 16% 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 60% 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1982 28 TOR AL 2 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 28 PIT NL 2 0 29% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29% 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
6 Yrs 22 0 38% 445 13 13 50% 13 13 0 0 0 0 3 2 16 37 47% 52 32 16 20 12 7 45 10 32

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
1977 23 MIL AL 54 41% 14 2 1 0 0 1.78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 5 4 80% 31 6 19% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
1978 24 MIL AL 235 43% 54 13 3 0 0 1.89 5 1 11 5 0 3 2 0 5 4 80% 49 5 10% 33 14 42% 146 23 16% 15 7 47% 14 6 43% 0
1979 25 MIL AL 353 37% 89 6 2 1 2 2.36 12 1 6 9 3 4 8 0 2 1 50% 72 10 14% 31 13 42% 212 29 14% 15 11 73% 13 7 54% 0
1980 26 MIL AL 381 35% 99 5 2 0 2 1.80 4 0 10 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 66 8 12% 23 5 22% 214 27 13% 20 9 45% 11 6 55% 0
1981 27 PHI NL 106 32% 32 14 5 0 4 1.78 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 1 5% 6 2 33% 87 18 21% 5 5 100% 1 0 0% 0
1982 28 TOT MLB 165 58% 35 26 5 0 2 2.03 4 0 5 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 100% 33 6 18% 23 8 35% 111 16 14% 9 7 78% 8 3 38% 0
1982 28 TOT NL 157 59% 33 24 5 0 2 1.82 4 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 100% 30 5 17% 22 7 32% 100 13 13% 8 6 75% 7 2 29% 0
1982 28 PHI NL 71 44% 19 11 1 0 2 2.10 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17 4 24% 13 2 15% 51 5 10% 4 2 50% 4 1 25% 0
1982 28 TOR AL 8 38% 2 2 0 0 0 4.61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 11 3 27% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1982 28 PIT NL 86 72% 14 13 4 0 0 1.58 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 13 1 8% 9 5 56% 49 8 16% 4 4 100% 3 1 33% 0
6 Yrs 1294 40% 323 66 18 1 10 1.95 27 2 37 18 9 11 16 0 8 6 75% 249 31 12% 121 46 38% 801 119 15% 67 41 61% 50 24 48% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 36% 15% 51% 54%

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
1977 23 22 54 51 7 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .275 .278 .314 .592 62 16 1 0 0 2 0
1978 24 91 289 269 35 68 12 1 5 32 2 5 8 31 .253 .274 .361 .634 76 97 6 2 4 6 0
1979 25 182 642 604 86 157 25 2 17 73 5 8 24 77 .260 .287 .392 .680 85 237 16 2 5 7 0
1980 26 288 1023 969 136 256 51 4 21 103 10 11 35 120 .264 .291 .390 .681 86 378 24 5 5 9 0
1981 27 333 1129 1065 148 288 57 5 23 122 11 13 43 133 .270 .300 .398 .698 91 424 25 6 5 10 0
1982 28 403 1294 1217 160 323 62 7 27 141 13 13 50 152 .265 .294 .394 .689 89 480 31 6 6 15 0

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
1977 23 22 55 52 8 15 2 0 0 6 0 1 8 .288 .291 .327 .618 5 22
1978 24 69 240 222 32 58 11 1 5 30 2 8 23 .261 .288 .387 .676 25 69
1979 25 92 356 338 51 90 13 1 12 41 3 16 46 .266 .299 .417 .716 42 91
1980 26 106 385 369 53 103 27 2 4 32 5 11 43 .279 .304 .396 .700 44 106
1981 27 68 165 148 20 51 10 2 3 31 2 13 20 .345 .400 .500 .900 29 45
1982 28 70 167 154 13 37 5 2 4 20 2 7 19 .240 .265 .377 .642 16 70
6 Yrs 427 1368 1283 177 354 68 8 28 160 14 56 159 .276 .306 .407 .713 161 403
162 Game Avg. 162 519 487 67 134 26 3 11 61 5 21 60 .276 .306 .407 .713 61 403

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