Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > D Listing > Joel Davis > Pitching

News: s-r blog:Track AL Domination of NL on the B-R Front Page

 

Joel Davis

Joel Clark Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 30, 1965 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Sandalwood HS (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1985
Team: WhiteSox 1985-1988

Final Game: July 5, 1988
    About biographical information

52
52
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1985 20 CHW AL 3 3 .500 4.16 12 11 0 1 0 0 71.1 71 34 33 6 26 0 37 1 0 1 307 104 1.360 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.42
1986 21 CHW AL 4 5 .444 4.70 19 19 0 1 0 0 105.1 115 64 55 9 51 0 54 1 1 4 468 93 1.576 9.8 0.8 4.4 4.6 1.06
1987 22 CHW AL 1 5 .167 5.73 13 9 1 1 0 0 55.0 56 35 35 7 29 1 25 0 0 1 243 81 1.545 9.2 1.1 4.7 4.1 0.86
1988 23 CHW AL 0 1 .000 6.75 5 2 1 0 0 0 16.0 21 12 12 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 70 60 1.625 11.8 2.3 2.8 5.6 2.00
4 Yrs 8 14 .364 4.91 49 41 2 3 0 0 247.2 263 145 135 26 111 1 126 2 1 6 1088 90 1.510 9.6 0.9 4.0 4.6 1.14
162 Game Avg. 6 11 .364 4.91 37 31 2 2 0 0 187 199 110 102 20 84 1 95 2 1 5 822 90 1.510 9.6 0.9 4.0 4.6 1.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1985 20 CHW AL 71.1 12 11 34 4.29 4.46 0.00 0.13 104.4 4.79 4 0.4 1.4 -0.0 1.0 12 .536 .503 $
1986 21 CHW AL 105.1 19 19 64 5.47 4.75 0.43 0.16 104.2 4.68 -9 -0.9 -0.1 -0.1 2 .451 .494 $
1987 22 CHW AL 55.0 13 9 35 5.73 4.98 0.63 0.09 102.8 4.56 -7 -0.7 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -1 .449 .496 $65,000
1988 23 CHW AL 16.0 5 2 12 6.75 4.35 0.04 -0.09 100.0 4.22 -5 -0.4 .5 0.0 -0.3 -3 .411 .497 $
4 Seasons 247.2 49 41 145 5.27 4.69 0.32 0.12 103.7 4.66 -17 -1.6 .9 -0.1 0.3 10 .467 .498 $65,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1985 20 CHW AL 12 307 277 34 71 10 4 6 4 2 26 37 .256 .320 .386 .707 .275 107 3 1 1 2 0 4
1986 21 CHW AL 19 468 411 64 115 19 7 9 11 4 51 54 .280 .359 .426 .785 .303 175 9 1 3 2 0 4
1987 22 CHW AL 13 243 212 35 56 9 3 7 1 2 29 25 .264 .351 .434 .785 .271 92 8 0 1 1 1 3
1988 23 CHW AL 5 70 64 12 21 3 0 4 1 2 5 10 .328 .371 .563 .934 .333 36 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 49 1088 964 145 263 41 14 26 17 10 111 126 .273 .347 .425 .772 .290 410 21 2 5 6 1 11
162 Game Avg. 37 822 728 110 199 31 11 20 13 8 84 95 .273 .347 .425 .772 .290 310 16 2 4 5 1 8
MLB Averages .258 .325 .395 .719 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1985 20 CHW AL 2.4 0.2 314 0.5 6.0 -5.4 1.10 0.5 -0.0 4.8 0.5 1.10 5.6 0 1 0
1986 21 CHW AL -5.0 -0.5 487 -0.8 8.9 -9.7 1.08 -0.7 -0.0 -9.2 -0.9 1.08 -7.5 0 0 0
1987 22 CHW AL -4.8 -0.4 248 -1.3 3.9 -5.1 .96 -0.2 -1.1 -6.4 -0.6 0.96 -3.1 2 0 2
1988 23 CHW AL -4.2 -0.4 72 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .61 -0.5 -0.7 -4.5 -0.4 0.61 -4.3 0 1 2
4 Yrs -11.5 -1.1 1121 -2.2 19.4 -21.6 1.03 -0.8 -1.3 -15.3 -1.4 1.03 -9.3 2 2 4

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1985 20 CHW AL 12 11 3 3 5 1 1 7 4 .636 4 0 1 0 5 45% 48.9 67 32 11 5 1 3 5.0 5.6 6.2
1986 21 CHW AL 19 19 4 5 10 2 1 9 10 .474 4 5 1 0 7 37% 45.7 82 20 20 6 1 9 4.0 4.0 5.5
1987 22 CHW AL 13 9 1 4 4 1 1 3 6 .333 0 2 1 0 2 22% 45.1 73 24 11 2 2 4 3.7 4.3 5.1
1988 23 CHW AL 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 4 2 0 2 3.0 2.3 4.2 76 1 1 0 0 91
4 Yrs 49 41 8 13 20 4 3 19 22 .463 8 8 3 0 14 34% 46 82 20 46 15 4 18 4.2 4.5 5.6 76 1 1 0 0 91
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -3 4.4 4.4 6.2 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 20 CHW AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1.100 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1987 22 CHW AL 13 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 1 .957 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 6.5
1988 23 CHW AL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 .613 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 7.7 37
3 Yrs 30 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% .989 2 2 4 2 0 6 2 6 4 1 4 1 7.3 37

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1985 20 CHW AL 307 45% 2.0% 12.1% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.04 77% 49 3 6%
1986 21 CHW AL 468 46% 1.9% 11.5% 10.9% 7.5% 30% 1.13 75% 82 9 11%
1987 22 CHW AL 243 51% 2.9% 10.3% 11.9% 7.8% 34% 1.26 74% 51 8 16%
1988 23 CHW AL 70 59% 5.7% 14.3% 7.1% 10.0% 33% 0.64 0.80 73% 18% 26.7% 55% 14 1 7%
4 Yrs 1088 48% 2.4% 11.6% 10.2% 7.4% 31% 0.64 1.11 75% 18% 26.7% 55% 196 21 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.3% 14.9% 8.6% 7.0% 30% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 8.2% 41% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 CHW AL 70 264 3.77 163 62% 25% 12% 30% 34% 75% 0% 47% 85% 49% 9% 6 3 17% 12 4 1 40% 1 3 0 0 0
1 Yr 70 264 3.77 163 62% 25% 12% 30% 34% 75% 0% 47% 85% 49% 9% 6 3 17% 12 4 1 40% 1 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 57% 5% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1985 20 CHW AL 307 71 6 0 2 4 2 3 3 14 9 1 64% 4 1 0 109 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 21 CHW AL 468 115 9 0 9 2 7 1 8 24 11 3 46% 4 4 0 161 11 4 73% 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 22 CHW AL 243 56 7 1 6 2 5 2 5 13 7 1 54% 3 1 1 84 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1988 23 CHW AL 70 21 2 1 4 0 1 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 26 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs 1088 263 2 1 26 1 18 12 14 10 16 53 29 5 55% 11 6 1 380 17 10 63% 15 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 0
MLB Averages 53% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1985 20 3 3 .500 4.16 12 11 0 1 0 0 71.1 71 34 33 6 26 0 37 1 0 1 307 104 1.360 9.0 0.8 3.3 4.7 1.42 104
1986 21 7 8 .467 4.48 31 30 0 2 0 0 176.2 186 98 88 15 77 0 91 2 1 5 775 97 1.489 9.5 0.8 3.9 4.6 1.18 97
1987 22 8 13 .381 4.78 44 39 1 3 0 0 231.2 242 133 123 22 106 1 116 2 1 6 1018 93 1.502 9.4 0.9 4.1 4.5 1.09 93
1988 23 8 14 .364 4.91 49 41 2 3 0 0 247.2 263 145 135 26 111 1 126 2 1 6 1088 90 1.510 9.6 0.9 4.0 4.6 1.14 90

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1985 20 3 4 .429 4.11 70.0 70 36 32 6 26 36 1 1.371 9.0 3.3 4.6 1.38 0.8 12
1986 21 4 7 .364 4.81 101.0 114 60 54 9 51 52 1 1.634 10.2 4.5 4.6 1.02 0.8 19
1987 22 2 3 .400 5.33 54.0 54 36 32 7 28 24 0 1.519 9.0 4.7 4.0 0.86 1.2 13
1988 23 0 1 .000 8.36 14.0 22 14 13 4 5 9 0 1.929 14.1 3.2 5.8 1.80 2.6 5
4 Yrs 9 15 .375 4.93 239.0 260 146 131 26 110 121 2 1.548 9.8 4.6 1.10 1.0 49

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1985 AL  born 1965-01-30 (4th)
1986 AL  born 1965-01-30 (8th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Reid Cornelius (991)
  2. Doug Konieczny (989)
  3. Craig Stammen (987)
  4. Mike Warren (984)
  5. Carlos Carrasco (983)
  6. Phil Leftwich (981)
  7. Roy Golden (981)
  8. Orlie Weaver (981)
  9. Josh Billings (981)
  10. Matt Chico (980)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Jim Maloney (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Cardwell (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mark Grant (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Joel Davis    

Viewed 4,701 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Joel Clark Joel Davis

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.