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Mark Davis
Mark William Davis
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 19, 1960 in Livermore, CA
High School: Granada Hills (Granada Hills, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1980
Final Game: September 28, 1997
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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
1980 19 PHI NL 0 0 2.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 2 2 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 30 147 1.286 5.1 0.0 6.4 6.4 1.00
1981 20 PHI NL 1 4 .200 7.74 9 9 0 0 0 0 43.0 49 37 37 7 24 0 29 0 1 1 194 47 1.698 10.3 1.5 5.0 6.1 1.21
1983 22 SFG NL 6 4 .600 3.49 20 20 0 2 2 0 111.0 93 51 43 14 50 4 83 3 1 8 469 102 1.288 7.5 1.1 4.1 6.7 1.66
1984 23 SFG NL 5 17 .227 5.36 46 27 6 1 0 0 174.2 201 113 104 25 54 12 124 5 4 8 766 66 1.460 10.4 1.3 2.8 6.4 2.30
1985 24 SFG NL 5 12 .294 3.54 77 1 38 0 0 7 114.1 89 49 45 13 41 7 131 3 1 6 465 98 1.137 7.0 1.0 3.2 10.3 3.20
1986 25 SFG NL 5 7 .417 2.99 67 2 20 0 0 4 84.1 63 33 28 6 34 7 90 1 0 3 342 118 1.150 6.7 0.6 3.6 9.6 2.65
1987 26 TOT NL 9 8 .529 3.99 63 11 18 1 0 2 133.0 123 64 59 14 59 8 98 6 2 6 566 98 1.368 8.3 0.9 4.0 6.6 1.66
1987 26 SFG NL 4 5 .444 4.71 20 11 1 1 0 0 70.2 72 38 37 9 28 1 51 4 2 4 301 82 1.415 9.2 1.1 3.6 6.5 1.82
1987 26 SDP NL 5 3 .625 3.18 43 0 17 0 0 2 62.1 51 26 22 5 31 7 47 2 0 2 265 125 1.316 7.4 0.7 4.5 6.8 1.52
1988 27 SDP NL 5 10 .333 2.01 62 0 52 0 0 28 98.1 70 24 22 2 42 11 102 0 1 9 402 170 1.139 6.4 0.2 3.8 9.3 2.43 AS
1989 28 SDP NL 4 3 .571 1.85 70 0 65 0 0 44 92.2 66 21 19 6 31 1 92 2 0 8 370 192 1.047 6.4 0.6 3.0 8.9 2.97 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1990 29 KCR AL 2 7 .222 5.11 53 3 28 0 0 6 68.2 71 43 39 9 52 3 73 4 0 6 334 75 1.791 9.3 1.2 6.8 9.6 1.40
1991 30 KCR AL 6 3 .667 4.45 29 5 8 0 0 1 62.2 55 36 31 6 39 0 47 1 0 1 276 93 1.500 7.9 0.9 5.6 6.8 1.21
1992 31 TOT MLB 2 3 .400 7.13 27 6 11 0 0 0 53.0 64 44 42 9 41 2 34 1 1 5 261 55 1.981 10.9 1.5 7.0 5.8 0.83
1992 31 KCR AL 1 3 .250 7.18 13 6 4 0 0 0 36.1 42 31 29 6 28 0 19 0 0 1 176 57 1.927 10.4 1.5 6.9 4.7 0.68
1992 31 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 7.02 14 0 7 0 0 0 16.2 22 13 13 3 13 2 15 1 1 4 85 52 2.100 11.9 1.6 7.0 8.1 1.15
1993 32 TOT NL 1 5 .167 4.26 60 0 13 0 0 4 69.2 79 37 33 10 44 7 70 1 1 2 327 95 1.766 10.2 1.3 5.7 9.0 1.59
1993 32 PHI NL 1 2 .333 5.17 25 0 4 0 0 0 31.1 35 22 18 4 24 1 28 1 0 1 154 77 1.883 10.1 1.1 6.9 8.0 1.17
1993 32 SDP NL 0 3 .000 3.52 35 0 9 0 0 4 38.1 44 15 15 6 20 6 42 0 1 1 173 117 1.670 10.3 1.4 4.7 9.9 2.10
1994 33 SDP NL 0 1 .000 8.82 20 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 20 18 16 4 13 1 15 0 0 0 81 47 2.020 11.0 2.2 7.2 8.3 1.15
1997 36 MIL AL 0 0 5.51 19 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 21 10 10 4 5 0 14 1 0 0 72 85 1.592 11.6 2.2 2.8 7.7 2.80
15 Seasons 51 84 .378 4.17 624 85 265 4 2 96 1145.0 1068 582 530 129 534 63 1007 28 12 63 4955 89 1.399 8.4 1.0 4.2 7.9 1.89
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .378 4.17 60 8 25 0 0 9 110 102 56 51 12 51 6 97 3 1 6 475 89 1.399 8.4 1.0 4.2 7.9 1.89
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
SFG (5 yrs) 25 45 .357 4.17 230 61 65 4 2 11 555.0 518 284 257 67 207 31 479 16 8 29 2343 86 1.306 8.4 1.1 3.4 7.8 2.31
SDP (5 yrs) 14 20 .412 2.75 230 0 146 0 0 78 308.0 251 104 94 23 137 26 298 4 2 20 1291 134 1.260 7.3 0.7 4.0 8.7 2.18
KCR (3 yrs) 9 13 .409 5.31 95 14 40 0 0 7 167.2 168 110 99 21 119 3 139 5 0 8 786 75 1.712 9.0 1.1 6.4 7.5 1.17
PHI (3 yrs) 2 6 .250 6.31 36 10 4 0 0 0 81.1 88 61 57 11 53 1 62 1 1 2 378 60 1.734 9.7 1.2 5.9 6.9 1.17
ATL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.02 14 0 7 0 0 0 16.2 22 13 13 3 13 2 15 1 1 4 85 52 2.100 11.9 1.6 7.0 8.1 1.15
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 5.51 19 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 21 10 10 4 5 0 14 1 0 0 72 85 1.592 11.6 2.2 2.8 7.7 2.80
NL (12 yrs) 42 71 .372 3.94 510 71 222 4 2 89 961.0 879 462 421 104 410 60 854 22 12 55 4097 92 1.341 8.2 1.0 3.8 8.0 2.08
AL (4 yrs) 9 13 .409 5.33 114 14 43 0 0 7 184.0 189 120 109 25 124 3 153 6 0 8 858 76 1.701 9.2 1.2 6.1 7.5 1.23

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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
1980 19 PHI NL 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 175 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1981 20 PHI NL 9 14 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .091 .231 .091 .322 -7 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1983 22 SFG NL 20 42 30 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .133 .212 .167 .379 8 5 0 0 9 0 0 1
1984 23 SFG NL 46 54 46 4 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 16 .130 .167 .217 .384 9 10 0 0 6 0 0 1
1985 24 SFG NL 77 16 12 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 .250 .250 .417 .667 88 5 0 0 4 0 0 1
1986 25 SFG NL 67 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .250 .375 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 26 TOT NL 64 32 30 3 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 .233 .233 .333 .567 51 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
1987 26 SFG NL 21 25 23 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .217 .217 .348 .565 50 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1987 26 SDP NL 43 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 27 SDP NL 62 12 10 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 .200 .273 .500 .773 119 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
1989 28 SDP NL 70 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1992 31 TOT MLB 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 31 ATL NL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 32 TOT NL 60 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 32 PHI NL 25 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 32 SDP NL 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1994 33 SDP NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 511 199 167 16 26 3 4 1 9 1 1 8 53 .156 .194 .240 .434 21 40 0 0 24 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 63 53 5 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 17 .156 .194 .240 .434 21 13 0 0 8 0 0
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
SFG (5 yrs) 231 145 119 10 19 3 4 0 6 0 1 5 38 .160 .194 .252 .446 24 30 0 0 21 0 0
SDP (5 yrs) 230 34 31 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 13 .129 .156 .226 .382 7 7 0 0 2 0 0
PHI (3 yrs) 36 19 16 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .188 .278 .188 .465 31 3 0 0 1 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 511 199 167 16 26 3 4 1 9 1 1 8 54 .156 .194 .240 .434 21 40 0 0 24 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 PHI NL 19 P 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.70
1981 PHI NL 20 P 9 9 43.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.67 .950 1.97 0.68
1983 SFG NL 22 P 20 20 111.0 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.85 .947 1.92 0.68
1984 SFG NL 23 P 46 27 174.2 26 1 22 3 1 .885 1.19 0.50 .958 1.88 0.67
1985 SFG NL 24 P 77 1 114.1 14 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.18 .950 1.92 0.68
1986 SFG NL 25 P 67 2 84.1 17 3 11 3 1 .824 1.49 0.21 .959 1.94 0.66
1987 TOT NL 26 P 63 11 133.0 26 4 20 2 3 .923 1.62 0.38 .954 1.91 0.62
1987 SFG NL 26 P 20 11 70.2 11 0 10 1 1 .909 1.27 0.50 .955 1.91 0.62
1987 SDP NL 26 P 43 0 62.1 15 4 10 1 2 .933 2.02 0.33 .953 1.91 0.62
1988 SDP NL 27 P 62 0 98.1 26 4 21 1 2 .962 2.29 0.40 .954 1.96 0.69 AS
1989 SDP NL 28 P 70 0 92.2 15 1 11 3 0 .800 1.17 0.17 .953 1.87 0.63 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1990 KCR AL 29 P 53 3 68.2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.92 0.13 .962 1.78 0.59
1991 KCR AL 30 P 29 5 62.2 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.15 0.28 .950 1.80 0.58
1992 TOT MLB 31 P 27 6 53.0 10 3 6 1 0 .900 1.53 0.33 .960 1.78 0.58
1992 KCR AL 31 P 13 6 36.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.62 .950 1.71 0.56
1992 ATL NL 31 P 14 0 16.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.54 0.07 1.000 1.94 0.60
1993 TOT NL 32 P 60 0 69.2 13 3 8 2 1 .846 1.42 0.18 .962 1.83 0.54
1993 PHI NL 32 P 25 0 31.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.86 0.12 .967 1.84 0.54
1993 SDP NL 32 P 35 0 38.1 10 3 5 2 1 .800 1.88 0.23 .960 1.83 0.54
1994 SDP NL 33 P 20 0 16.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.15 .967 1.87 0.54
1997 MIL AL 36 P 19 0 16.1 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.37 .957 1.71 0.49
15 Seasons P 624 85 1145.0 196 29 151 16 10 .918 1.41 0.29 .955 1.89 0.63
15 Seasons TOT 624 85 1145.0 196 29 151 16 10 .918 1.41 0.29 .873 1.89 0.63
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1988 *
1989 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1989-NL-Cy Young
1989-NL-Rolaids Relief
1989-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1989-NL-6-23%
0.23 Career Shares (675th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1989-NL--1--89%
1 Cy Young
0.89 Career Shares (57th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.915--31st

Games Played s c a p y
1985 NL--77--2nd
1986 NL--67--10th
1989 NL--70--6th
Career--624--147th

Saves s c a p y
1988 NL--28--4th
1989 NL--44--1st
Career--96--128th

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 NL--25--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 NL--2.296--10th

Losses s c a p y
1984 NL--17--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 NL--104--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 NL--8--9th
1984 NL--8--10th
1988 NL--9--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL--5--5th
1987 NL--6--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1985 NL--38--10th
1988 NL--52--4th
1989 NL--65--1st
Career--265--143rd

Salary s c a p y
1990 AL--$2,125,000--8th
1991 AL--$3,625,000--3rd

Youngest s c a p y
1980 NL--born 1960-10-19--2nd
1981 NL--born 1960-10-19--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (489), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 22nd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 9, 1979: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January Secondary).

December 14, 1982: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Charles Penigar (minors) and Mike Krukow to the San Francisco Giants for Al Holland and Joe Morgan.

July 5, 1987: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Chris Brown, Keith Comstock and Mark Grant to the San Diego Padres for Dave Dravecky, Craig Lefferts and Kevin Mitchell.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 21, 1992: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Berenguer.

April 13, 1993: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Brad Hassinger (minors).

July 2, 1993: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 10, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

May 24, 1994: Released by the San Diego Padres.

July 30, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

March 23, 1996: Released by the Florida Marlins.

February 7, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

August 14, 1997: Sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a conditional deal.

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 11, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985San Francisco Giants$195,000
1986San Francisco Giants$350,000
1987San Diego Padres$415,000
1988San Diego Padres$520,000
1989San Diego Padres$600,000
1990Kansas City Royals$2,125,000
1991Kansas City Royals$3,625,000
1992Kansas City Royals$3,625,000
1994San Diego Padres$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,855,000
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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