Rajai Davis

Rajai Lavae Davis

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 19, 1980 in Norwich, CT
High School: New London HS (New London, CT)
School: University of Connecticut at Avery Point (Groton, CT)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 38th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 2006
Teams (by GP): Athletics/BlueJays/Giants/Pirates 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2) (team option), 2 yrs/$5.75M (11-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.167, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 PIT NL 25 OF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
2006 PIT NL 25 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
2007 TOT NL 26 OF 62 45 29 408.0 134 131 3 0 0 1.000 3 -2 9 -5 2.96 2.16 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 TOT NL 26 CF 58 43 29 379.1 127 124 3 0 0 1.000 3 -1 8 -3 3.01 2.19 .987 2.71 2.70
2007 PIT NL 26 CF 12 12 1 83.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 1 -1 10 -14 2.93 2.25 .987 2.71 2.70
2007 PIT NL 26 OF 12 12 1 83.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 1 -2 10 -28 2.93 2.25 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 SFG NL 26 OF 50 33 28 325.0 107 104 3 0 0 1.000 2 -2 9 -7 2.96 2.14 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 SFG NL 26 CF 46 31 28 296.1 100 97 3 0 0 1.000 2 0 8 0 3.04 2.17 .987 2.71 2.70
2007 SFG NL 26 LF 7 1 0 20.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 41 0 3.05 1.00 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 SFG NL 26 RF 1 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -1 -15 -150 0.00 0.00 2.14 2.20
2008 TOT MLB 27 OF 92 44 39 496.2 161 156 4 1 2 .994 -4 7 -10 16 2.90 1.74 .986 2.30 2.27
2008 TOT MLB 27 CF 88 43 39 487.2 158 153 4 1 2 .994 -4 6 -9 14 2.90 1.78 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 SFG NL 27 OF 8 3 1 31.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -80 -75 2.56 1.13 .984 2.22 2.20
2008 SFG NL 27 CF 4 2 1 22.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -3 -85 -159 2.38 1.50 .990 2.62 2.60
2008 SFG NL 27 LF 3 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -103 171 2.57 0.67 .985 1.93 1.90
2008 SFG NL 27 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 60 0 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.10
2008 OAK AL 27 CF 84 41 38 465.0 152 147 4 1 2 .993 -2 9 -5 23 2.92 1.80 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 OAK AL 27 OF 84 41 38 465.0 152 147 4 1 2 .993 -2 9 -5 23 2.92 1.80 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 OAK AL 27 DH 10 0
2008 OAK AL 27 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
2009 OAK AL 28 OF 116 97 89 891.1 277 265 8 4 1 .986 -1 7 -1 9 2.76 2.35 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 OAK AL 28 CF 113 93 88 856.1 271 259 8 4 1 .985 1 6 1 8 2.81 2.36 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 OAK AL 28 RF 5 4 1 35.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 1 -55 34 1.54 1.20 .982 2.13 2.10
2009 OAK AL 28 DH 3 0
2010 OAK AL 29 OF 140 133 110 1183.2 303 294 5 4 2 .987 -2 -6 -2 -6 2.27 2.14 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 OAK AL 29 CF 83 74 71 677.1 194 190 2 2 1 .990 -2 -5 -4 -9 2.55 2.31 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 OAK AL 29 LF 47 33 28 320.1 59 57 1 1 0 .983 -4 -6 -14 -22 1.63 1.23 .983 2.07 2.05
2010 OAK AL 29 RF 27 26 11 186.0 50 47 2 1 1 .980 3 5 19 32 2.37 1.81 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 OAK AL 29 DH 2 0
2011 TOR AL 30 OF 91 82 77 750.0 201 197 2 2 0 .990 -9 -8 -15 -12 2.39 2.19 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 TOR AL 30 CF 79 71 66 652.0 178 174 2 2 0 .989 -12 -9 -22 -17 2.43 2.23 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 TOR AL 30 RF 8 7 7 62.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 45 19 2.61 2.25 .986 2.09 2.08
2011 TOR AL 30 LF 4 4 4 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 7 0 1.25 1.25 .982 2.12 2.10
2011 TOR AL 30 DH 1 0
2012 TOR AL 31 OF 33 17 8 169.1 36 32 2 2 0 .944 2 2 17 14 1.81 1.03 .988 2.14 2.14
2012 TOR AL 31 LF 26 12 7 119.1 28 24 2 2 0 .929 -0 1 -2 10 1.96 1.00 .984 1.94 1.94
2012 TOR AL 31 RF 6 0 0 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 43 0 1.59 0.50 .990 1.96 1.97
2012 TOR AL 31 CF 5 5 1 33.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 74 36 1.36 1.00 .990 2.51 2.52
2012 TOR AL 31 DH 1 0
7 Seasons OF 535 418 352 3902.0 1112 1075 24 13 5 .988 -11 0 -3 0 2.53 2.05 .986 2.30 2.27
6 Seasons CF 426 329 294 3085.2 933 905 19 9 4 .990 -13 -2 -5 0 2.70 2.17 .990 2.70 2.68
5 Seasons LF 87 51 39 503.1 101 95 3 3 0 .970 -4 -4 -9 -9 1.75 1.13 .983 2.04 2.01
7 Seasons RF 49 38 19 313.0 78 75 2 1 1 .987 4 6 16 23 2.21 1.57 .984 2.10 2.07
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
7 Seasons TOT 536 418 352 3903.0 1112 1075 24 13 5 .988 -11 0 -3 0 2.53 2.05 .986 2.30 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2006 PIT NL 25 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 PIT NL 26 CF 1 10 -0 1 -2 1 -1 -14 -1 0
2007 SFG NL 26 CF 2 8 1 1 -0 1 0 0 -1 2
2007 SFG NL 26 LF 1 41 1 -0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 SFG NL 26 RF -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0 -1 -150 -1 0
2008 SFG NL 27 CF -2 -85 -2 -0 -1 0 -3 -159 -3 0
2008 SFG NL 27 LF -1 -103 -1 0 -1 0 1 171 1 0
2008 SFG NL 27 RF 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 OAK AL 27 CF -2 -5 -2 -1 -1 0 9 23 7 1
2008 OAK AL 27 2B 0 0 0
2009 OAK AL 28 CF 1 1 -1 -0 -1 2 6 8 3 3
2009 OAK AL 28 RF -2 -55 -2 -2 -0 0 1 34 1 0
2010 OAK AL 29 CF -2 -4 2 1 2 -5 -5 -9 0 -3
2010 OAK AL 29 LF -4 -14 -2 -3 1 -2 -6 -22 -1 -2
2010 OAK AL 29 RF 3 19 3 2 1 0 5 32 5 0
2011 TOR AL 30 CF -12 -22 -10 -6 -4 -2 -9 -17 -6 -4
2011 TOR AL 30 RF 2 45 2 2 1 0 1 19 1 0
2011 TOR AL 30 LF 0 7 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 TOR AL 31 LF -0 -2 -0 1 -1 0 1 10 1 0
2012 TOR AL 31 RF 1 43 1 0 1 -0 0 0 0 0
2012 TOR AL 31 CF 2 74 2 2 0 0 1 36 1 0
6 Seasons CF -13 -5 -10 -3 -6 -3 -2 0 0 -1
5 Seasons LF -4 -9 -2 -2 0 -2 -4 -9 1 -2
7 Seasons RF 4 16 4 2 2 -0 6 23 6 0
1 Season 2B 0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT -12 -3 -10 -2 -8 -2 0 0 7 -3
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2006 PIT NL 25 20 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 3
2007 SFG NL 26 51 33 51 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 46 1 54 0 4 4
2007 PIT NL 26 24 12 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0 9 3
2008 OAK AL 27 101 41 101 85 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 84 0 84 10 3 27
2008 SFG NL 27 12 3 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 8 0 4 1
2009 OAK AL 28 125 97 125 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 5 118 3 8 9
2010 OAK AL 29 143 133 143 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 83 27 157 2 1 5
2011 TOR AL 30 95 82 95 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 79 8 91 1 4 5
2012 TOR AL 31 36 17 36 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 5 6 33 1 3 6
7 Seasons 607 418 607 536 0 0 0 1 0 0 87 426 49 558 17 52 63
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 15 10 1 23 6 1 5 3 0 4 0 0 5 1 0 52 20 38.5% 30 2 3.8% 1 1292 63% 76% 39% 178 56%
2007 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 351 60% 76% 36% 48 56%
2008 OAK AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 34 21 0 24 6 1 7 4 0 10 1 0 19 11 0 94 43 45.7% 50 1 1.1% 3 2009 63% 75% 41% 291 51%
2008 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 112 70% 78% 49% 12 50%
2009 OAK AL 28 4 0 3 1 1 8 0 4 3 1 46 32 2 33 6 0 18 7 1 16 3 0 20 10 1 133 58 43.6% 71 4 3.0% 4 3639 60% 77% 39% 479 56%
2010 OAK AL 29 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 36 20 0 26 2 0 5 1 0 6 0 0 20 12 0 93 35 37.6% 58 0 0.0% 2 2866 64% 76% 39% 350 55%
2011 TOR AL 30 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 37 20 1 16 3 0 7 0 0 12 1 0 17 13 0 89 37 41.6% 51 1 1.1% 1 2816 53% 76% 39% 351 50%
2012 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 121 59% 74% 41% 8 63%
6 Seasons 9 0 8 1 5 19 3 7 4 4 177 112 4 124 24 2 43 15 1 50 5 0 82 48 1 476 204 42.9% 264 8 1.7% 11 13206 60% 76% 40% 1717 54%
MLB Averages 45.2% 1.8% 58% 76% 40% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 89 62% 81% 45% 15 47%
2008 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 32 50% 78% 31% 4 50%
2010 OAK AL 29 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15 12 0 11 2 0 6 4 1 2 0 0 7 5 0 41 23 56.1% 17 1 2.4% 0 1316 61% 76% 38% 130 45%
2011 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 146 49% 73% 33% 11 45%
2012 TOR AL 31 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 9 7 1 6 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 22 13 59.1% 7 2 9.1% 0 537 52% 80% 37% 65 40%
5 Seasons 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 30 24 1 18 4 1 11 7 1 4 0 0 10 8 0 73 43 58.9% 27 3 4.1% 0 2120 57% 77% 38% 225 44%
MLB Averages 63.7% 2.2% 58% 76% 40% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 16 75% 75% 19% 2 0%
2007 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 53% 69% 41% 1 0%
2008 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 7 43% 114% 57% 2 50%
2009 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 151 47% 71% 42% 16 38%
2010 OAK AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 9 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 17 7 41.2% 8 2 11.8% 0 770 54% 78% 36% 85 56%
2011 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 266 61% 74% 42% 27 67%
2012 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 73 51% 62% 36% 6 50%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 17 8 1 10 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 3 0 36 16 44.4% 18 2 5.6% 0 1315 55% 75% 38% 139 55%
MLB Averages 47.2% 2.3% 58% 76% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2008 OAK AL 27 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 67% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 76% 32% 93%

* 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

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (2nd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  8 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  4 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)s c a p y
2012 AL  1.96 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)s c a p y
2008 AL  2.92 (2nd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  .993 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OFs c a p y
2008 AL  2.92 (4th)
Active  2.53 (15th)
Career  2.53 (86th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Career  .988 (81st)

                           

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