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Jody Davis
Jody Richard Davis
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 12, 1956 in Gainesville, GA
High School: North Hall (Gainesville, GA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January). Player signed March 12, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1981
Final Game: May 13, 1990
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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
1981 24 CHC NL 56 207 180 14 46 5 1 4 21 0 1 21 28 .256 .333 .361 .694 94 65 6 1 3 2 3 2
1982 25 CHC NL 130 466 418 41 109 20 2 12 52 0 1 36 92 .261 .316 .404 .720 99 169 6 1 4 7 4 *2
1983 26 CHC NL 151 550 510 56 138 31 2 24 84 0 2 33 93 .271 .315 .480 .795 114 245 16 2 0 5 5 *2 MVP-21
1984 27 CHC NL 150 579 523 55 134 25 2 19 94 5 6 47 99 .256 .315 .421 .736 99 220 20 1 1 7 15 *2 AS,MVP-10
1985 28 CHC NL 142 536 482 47 112 30 0 17 58 1 0 48 83 .232 .300 .400 .700 87 193 14 0 2 4 5 *2
1986 29 CHC NL 148 581 528 61 132 27 2 21 74 0 1 41 110 .250 .300 .428 .728 93 226 14 0 4 8 4 *2/3 AS,GG
1987 30 CHC NL 125 485 428 57 106 12 2 19 51 1 2 52 91 .248 .331 .418 .749 95 179 14 2 1 2 2 *2
1988 31 TOT NL 90 292 257 21 59 9 0 7 36 0 3 29 52 .230 .307 .346 .653 84 89 7 1 2 3 3 2
1988 31 CHC NL 88 284 249 19 57 9 0 6 33 0 3 29 51 .229 .309 .337 .646 82 84 7 1 2 3 3 2
1988 31 ATL NL 2 8 8 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .625 .875 140 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1989 32 ATL NL 78 257 231 12 39 5 0 4 19 0 0 23 61 .169 .246 .242 .489 40 56 8 1 1 1 3 2/3
1990 33 ATL NL 12 31 28 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .071 .161 .071 .233 -35 2 1 0 0 0 0 /32
10 Seasons 1082 3984 3585 364 877 164 11 127 490 7 16 333 712 .245 .307 .403 .710 92 1444 106 9 18 39 44
162 Game Avg. 162 596 537 54 131 25 2 19 73 1 2 50 107 .245 .307 .403 .710 92 216 16 1 3 6 7
CHC (8 yrs) 990 3688 3318 350 834 159 11 122 467 7 16 307 647 .251 .313 .416 .729 97 1381 97 8 17 38 41
ATL (3 yrs) 92 296 267 14 43 5 0 5 23 0 0 26 65 .161 .237 .236 .473 34 63 9 1 1 1 3

Postseason Batting

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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
1984 27 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 19 18 3 7 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 3 .389 .368 .833 1.202 15 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLCS 5 19 18 3 7 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 3 .389 .368 .833 1.202 15 0 0 0 1 0

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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
1981 CHC NL 24 C 56 53 474.1 327 274 44 9 4 .972 3.0 7.6 3 6.03 5.68 .983 5.93 5.07 3 15 39 29 43%
1982 CHC NL 25 C 129 120 1069.0 698 598 89 11 11 .984 9.0 10.1 9 5.78 5.33 .985 6.29 5.52 10 23 95 57 38%
1983 CHC NL 26 C 150 140 1215.1 818 730 75 13 7 .984 -7.0 -6.9 -7 5.96 5.37 .984 6.57 5.55 21 40 128 49 28% MVP-21
1984 CHC NL 27 C 146 141 1245.1 915 811 89 15 9 .984 3.0 2.9 3 6.50 6.16 .986 6.53 5.68 10 35 121 58 32% AS,MVP-10
1985 CHC NL 28 C 138 129 1124.0 786 694 84 8 7 .990 6.0 6.4 6 6.23 5.64 .987 6.42 5.45 14 28 119 62 34%
1986 CHC NL 29 C 145 141 1257.2 998 885 105 8 14 .992 21.0 20.0 21 7.08 6.83 .985 6.93 5.88 15 50 98 89 48% AS,GG
1986 CHC NL 29 1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.30 AS,GG
1987 CHC NL 30 C 123 119 1014.0 837 749 79 9 11 .989 1.0 1.2 1 7.35 6.73 .987 6.94 5.91 12 36 117 51 30%
1988 TOT NL 31 C 76 70 601.4 432 396 34 2 1 .995 0.0 0.0 0 6.44 5.66 .987 6.56 5.58 7 22 58 24 29%
1988 CHC NL 31 C 74 68 583.2 417 383 32 2 1 .995 0.0 0.0 0 6.40 5.61 .987 6.56 5.58 7 21 56 23 29%
1988 ATL NL 31 C 2 2 17.2 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.64 7.50 .987 6.57 5.60 0 1 2 1 33%
1989 ATL NL 32 C 72 61 539.2 410 364 40 6 1 .985 2.0 4.4 2 6.74 5.61 .986 6.67 5.56 6 21 37 26 41%
1989 ATL NL 32 1B 2 1 12.0 12 12 0 0 3 1.000 -0.2 -20.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.00 6.00 .992 9.75 8.40
1990 ATL NL 33 1B 6 5 37.2 50 45 5 0 4 1.000 0.5 15.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 11.95 8.33 .992 9.61 7.88
1990 ATL NL 33 C 4 2 22.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 8.18 5.00 .985 6.67 5.45 0 0 3 0 0%
10 Seasons C 1039 976 8562.2 6241 5520 640 81 65 .987 38.0 5.3 38 6.47 5.93 .986 6.58 5.62 98 270 815 445 35%
3 Seasons 1B 9 6 51.2 62 57 5 0 7 1.000 0.1 2.3 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 10.80 6.89 .992 9.65 8.04
10 Seasons TOT 1048 982 8614.1 6303 5577 645 81 72 .987 38.1 5.3 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 38 6.50 5.94 .973 6.60 5.64 98 270 815 445 35%

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1984 *
1986 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1983 NL (21, 0%)
1984 NL (10, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (795th)

Gold Gloves
1986 NL (C)

Slugging % s c a p y
1983 NL  .480 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 NL  24 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1984 NL  94 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1986 NL  110 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  57 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1986 NL  8 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  15 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1983 NL  16 (8th)
1984 NL  20 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1983 NL  21.3 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1315), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1139), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (510), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Oliver (953)
  2. Ernie Whitt (947)
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  5. Bo Diaz (932)
  6. Earl Battey (931)
  7. Tom Haller (926)
  8. Gregg Zaun (925)
  9. Damian Miller (925)
  10. John Flaherty (922)
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  1. Yorvit Torrealba (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Earl Battey (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Pagliaroni (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim Pagliaroni (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ramon Hernandez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Charles Johnson (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ramon Hernandez (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Haller (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Andy Seminick (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January). Player signed March 12, 1976.

December 10, 1979: Traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Searage.

December 8, 1980: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

September 29, 1988: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Kevin Blankenship and Kevin Coffman.

May 16, 1990: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

May 28, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

September 30, 1990: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$550,000
1986Chicago Cubs$833,333
1987Chicago Cubs$1,008,333
1988Chicago Cubs$1,108,333
1989Atlanta Braves$886,667
1990Atlanta Braves$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,186,666
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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