John Davis

John Kirk Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 5, 1963 in Chicago, IL
High School: Centennial HS (Pueblo, CO)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 24, 1987
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Royals/Padres 1987-1990

Final Game: August 15, 1990
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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
1981	18	KCR-min	Rk	2	2	.500	5.10	10	4	4	0	0	0	30.0	28	21	17	0	23	1	13	0	0	1			1.700	8.4	0.0	6.9	3.9	0.57	RYB · GULF
1982	19	KCR-min	Rk	7	1	.875	6.14	14	14	0	2	0	0	80.2	100	62	55	4	37	2	38	2	1	12			1.698	11.2	0.4	4.1	4.2	1.03	BTE · PION
1983	20	KCR-min	A	5	6	.455	6.58	20	11	6	4	1	0	78.0	104	64	57	5	40	0	48	1	0	7			1.846	12.0	0.6	4.6	5.5	1.20	CHS · SALL
1984	21	KCR-min	A	7	11	.389	4.53	25	25					153.0	170	91	77	9	70								1.569	10.0	0.5	4.1			FTM · FLOR
1985	22	KCR-min	AA	6	15	.286	5.39	27	27	0	4	0	0	160.1	186	113	96	13	75	4	103	11	2	7			1.628	10.4	0.7	4.2	5.8	1.37	MEM · SOUL
1986	23	KCR-min	AA,AAA	6	6	.500	4.69	43	5	26	0	0	9	113.1	101	64	59	9	70	4	71	5	0	6			1.509	8.0	0.7	5.6	5.6	1.01	MEM,OMA · SOUL,AA
1987	24	KCR-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.66	43	0	35	0	0	7	50.2	34	16	15	2	27	5	44	2	1	4			1.204	6.0	0.4	4.8	7.8	1.63	OMA · AA
1987	24	KCR	AL	5	2	.714	2.27	27	0	12	0	0	2	43.2	29	13	11	0	26	4	24	2	0	2	181	203	1.260	6.0	0.0	5.4	4.9	0.92
1988	25	CHW-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.12	15	0	12	0	0	5	17.1	15	7	6	0	7	0	9	0	0	2			1.269	7.8	0.0	3.6	4.7	1.29	VAN · PCL
1988	25	CHW	AL	2	5	.286	6.64	34	1	10	0	0	1	63.2	77	58	47	5	50	10	37	4	3	6	319	60	1.995	10.9	0.7	7.1	5.2	0.74
1989	26	CHW-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.37	35	0	27	0	0	11	49.1	33	24	13	2	33	2	57	3	1	8			1.338	6.0	0.4	6.0	10.4	1.73	VAN · PCL
1989	26	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	4.50	4	0	3	0	0	1	6.0	5	4	3	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	25	90	1.167	7.5	3.0	3.0	7.5	2.50
1990	27	SDP-MIL-min	AAA	3	7	.300	4.78	24	11	10	1	0	2	79.0	72	47	42	3	51	2	71	8	0	10			1.557	8.2	0.3	5.8	8.1	1.39	LVG,DEN · PCL,AA
1990	27	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	5.79	6	0	5	0	0	0	9.1	9	7	6	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	39	69	1.393	8.7	1.0	3.9	6.8	1.75
1991	28	ATL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	9.00	5	0	4	0	0	0	8.0	11	9	8	1	6	3	6	0	0	1			2.125	12.4	1.1	6.8	6.8	1.00	RMD · IL
1995	32	CHW-min	AAA	1	1	.500	0.00	4	0	3	0	0	1	3.1	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	16		1.800	8.1	0.0	8.1	0.0	0.00	NVL · AA
4 Yrs				7	9	.438	4.92	71	1	30	0	0	4	122.2	120	82	67	8	82	14	73	6	3	8	564	86	1.647	8.8	0.6	6.0	5.4	0.89
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.438	4.92	67	1	28	0	0	4	116	113	77	63	8	77	13	69	6	3	8	533	86	1.647	8.8	0.6	6.0	5.4	0.89

CHW (2 yrs)				2	6	.250	6.46	38	1	13	0	0	2	69.2	82	62	50	7	52	10	42	4	3	6	344	62	1.923	10.6	0.9	6.7	5.4	0.81
KCR (1 yr)				5	2	.714	2.27	27	0	12	0	0	2	43.2	29	13	11	0	26	4	24	2	0	2	181	203	1.260	6.0	0.0	5.4	4.9	0.92
SDP (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.79	6	0	5	0	0	0	9.1	9	7	6	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	39	69	1.393	8.7	1.0	3.9	6.8	1.75

AL (3 yrs)				7	8	.467	4.84	65	1	25	0	0	4	113.1	111	75	61	7	78	14	66	6	3	8	525	87	1.668	8.8	0.6	6.2	5.2	0.85
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.79	6	0	5	0	0	0	9.1	9	7	6	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	39	69	1.393	8.7	1.0	3.9	6.8	1.75

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
1987	24	KCR	AL	43.2	27	0	13	2.68	5.17	-0.06	-0.40	102.0	4.93	11	1.1	1.6	0.3	1.8	16	.540	.507	$62,500
1988	25	CHW	AL	63.2	34	1	58	8.20	4.48	0.04	-0.31	99.5	4.11	-29	-2.9	1.0	-0.1	-2.4	-22	.416	.482	$65,000
1989	26	CHW	AL	6.0	4	0	4	6.00	4.66	-0.17	-0.36	98.9	4.43	-1	-0.1	.7	0.0	-0.1	-0	.472	.499	$
1990	27	SDP	NL	9.1	6	0	7	6.75	4.07	-0.27	-0.31	104.8	4.22	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.451	.498	$
4 Seasons				122.2	71	1	82	6.02	4.70	-0.03	-0.34	100.8	4.43	-22	-2.2	1.2	0.3	-0.9	-9	.469	.497	$127,500

CHW (2 yrs)				69.2	38	1	62	8.01	4.50	0.02	-0.31	99.4	4.14	-30	-3.0	.9	-0.1	-2.5	-23	.422	.491	$65,000
KCR (1 yr)				43.2	27	0	13	2.68	5.17	-0.06	-0.40	102.0	4.93	11	1.1	1.6	0.3	1.8	16	.540	.507	$62,500
SDP (1 yr)				9.1	6	0	7	6.75	4.07	-0.27	-0.31	104.8	4.22	-3	-0.3	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.451	.498	$

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
1987	24	KCR	AL	27	181	149	13	29	6	1	0	6	2	26	24	.195	.315	.248	.563	.225	37	5	2	0	4	4	4
1988	25	CHW	AL	34	319	259	58	77	20	1	5	13	5	50	37	.297	.413	.440	.853	.326	114	10	4	2	4	10	11
1989	26	CHW	AL	4	25	23	4	5	0	0	2	1	0	2	5	.217	.280	.478	.758	.188	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	27	SDP	NL	6	39	35	7	9	1	0	1	1	0	4	7	.257	.333	.371	.705	.296	13	2	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				71	564	466	82	120	27	2	8	21	7	82	73	.258	.370	.376	.746	.285	175	17	6	2	8	14	15
162 Game Avg.				67	533	440	77	113	26	2	8	20	7	77	69	.258	.370	.376	.746	.285	165	16	6	2	8	13	14
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.388	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	24	KCR	AL	10.7	1.0	193	1.0	4.3	-3.3	1.27	0.8	0.0	9.3	0.9	1.27	9.5	15	7	5
1988	25	CHW	AL	-21.4	-2.1	343	-2.6	4.2	-6.9	.94	-2.1	-0.6	-30.8	-3.0	0.94	-25.4	9	9	14
1989	26	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	28	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.15	0.0	-2.4	-1.1	-0.1	0.15	-0.7	1	0	3
1990	27	SDP	NL	-2.0	-0.2	41	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	.40	-0.1	-1.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.40	-1.1	1	0	5
4 Yrs				-13.3	-1.3	605	-2.4	8.7	-11.1	.98	-1.5	-1.0	-23.2	-2.2	0.98	-17.7	26	16	27

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
1988	25	CHW	AL	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	26	6	0	0	2.0	3.6	6.0	94	0	1	0	0	94
1 Yr				34	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36	36	36	26	6	0	0	2.0	3.6	6.0	94	0	1	0	0	94
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-2					4.3	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1987	24	KCR	AL	27	27	12	5	2	3	2	1	67%	7	4	33	14	42%	7	1.275	15	7	5	7	7	13	19	8	18	8	18	5	4.9
1988	25	CHW	AL	34	33	10	2	4	4	1	3	25%	7	3	23	8	35%	7	.943	9	9	14	11	5	17	14	19	24	4	25	6	5.2	33
1989	26	CHW	AL	4	4	3	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		8	.152	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	4.5	25
1990	27	SDP	NL	6	6	5	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0%	8	.400	1	0	5	0	1	5	2	4	3	0	3	0	4.7	22
4 Yrs				71	70	30	7	8	8	4	4	50%	15	7	60	22	37%		.977	26	16	27	19	14	37	35	35	46	13	47	11	5.0	30

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%
1987	24	KCR	AL	181	55%	0.0%	13.3%	14.4%	3.9%	24%		1.92	71%				32	5	16%
1988	25	CHW	AL	319	58%	1.6%	11.6%	15.7%	8.2%	34%	1.17	1.92	69%	15%	9.1%	46%	82	10	12%
1989	26	CHW	AL	25	68%	8.0%	20.0%	8.0%	8.0%	40%	0.50	0.86	64%	22%	20.0%	17%	3	0	0%
1990	27	SDP	NL	39	59%	2.6%	18.0%	10.3%	5.1%	22%	1.33	2.50	69%	14%	9.1%	8%	10	2	20%
4 Yrs				564	58%	1.4%	12.9%	14.5%	6.6%	31%	1.12	1.88	70%	16%	10.5%	40%	127	17	13%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			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	25	CHW	AL	313	1137	3.63	639	56%	28%	14%	23%	34%	72%	8%	40%	81%	51%	12%	37	14	14%	43	24	6	32%	7	13	6	0	0
1989	26	CHW	AL	25	99	3.96	58	59%	28%	10%	31%	31%	72%	0%	42%	86%	48%	8%	2	2	24%	6	3	0	40%	1	0	0	0	0
1990	27	SDP	NL	39	134	3.44	85	63%	20%	19%	28%	33%	80%	0%	51%	76%	51%	8%	3	1	21%	8	5	0	14%	2	2	0	0	0
3 Yrs				377	1370	3.63	782	57%	27%	14%	25%	34%	73%	7%	41%	81%	51%	11%	42	17	15%	57	32	6	31%	10	15	6	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			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
1987	24	KCR	AL	181	29			0	0	10	0	0	0	0	17	7	1	41%	4	2	2	67	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1988	25	CHW	AL	319	77	7	2	5	0	12	2	3	4	1	39	27	1	69%	11	6	1	147	13	5	72%	11	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	21	0
1989	26	CHW	AL	25	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1990	27	SDP	NL	39	9	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6	2	1	33%	0	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				564	120	8	2	8	0	24	4	4	4	4	62	36	3	58%	15	8	4	239	21	7	75%	19	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	31	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1987	24	5	2	.714	2.27	27	0	12	2	43.2	29	13	11	0	26	4	24	2	0	2	181	203	1.260	6.0	0.0	5.4	4.9	0.92	203
1988	25	7	7	.500	4.86	61	1	22	3	107.1	106	71	58	5	76	14	61	6	3	8	500	87	1.696	8.9	0.4	6.4	5.1	0.80	87
1989	26	7	8	.467	4.84	65	1	25	4	113.1	111	75	61	7	78	14	66	6	3	8	525	87	1.668	8.8	0.6	6.2	5.2	0.85	87
1990	27	7	9	.438	4.92	71	1	30	4	122.2	120	82	67	8	82	14	73	6	3	8	564	86	1.647	8.8	0.6	6.0	5.4	0.89	86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1987	24	3	1	.750	2.36	42.0	28	12	11	0	25	23	2	1.262	6.0	5.4	4.9	0.92	0.0	27
1988	25	1	5	.167	7.52	61.0	80	57	51	5	52	35	4	2.164	11.8	7.7	5.2	0.67	0.7	34
1989	26	0	0		6.00	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	5	0	1.333	9.0	3.0	7.5	2.50	3.0	4
1990	27	0	0		6.00	9.0	9	7	6	1	4	6	0	1.444	9.0	4.0	6.0	1.50	1.0	6
4 Yrs		4	6	.400	5.49	118.0	123	80	72	8	83	69	6	1.746	9.4		5.3	0.83	0.6	71

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