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Rajai Davis    \RAHJ-ay\

Rajai Lavae Davis

Position: Outfielder
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)
Schools: University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT), 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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/BlueJays/Giants/Pirates 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 3 yrs/$7.75M (11-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.167, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: ACES [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 6:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #939. Jim Delahanty… #940. Gus Zernial… #941. Tom Brown… #942. RAJAI DAVIS… #943. Ken Henderson… #944. Walt Weiss… #945. Dave Collins… 

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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
2006 25 PIT NL 20 17 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 .143 .250 .214 .464 22 3 0 0 1 0 0 /9
2007 26 TOT NL 75 219 190 32 53 11 2 1 9 22 6 21 28 .279 .361 .374 .735 91 71 1 4 3 1 1 8/79
2007 26 PIT NL 24 57 48 6 13 2 1 0 2 5 2 7 3 .271 .357 .354 .711 88 17 1 0 1 1 0 8
2007 26 SFG NL 51 162 142 26 40 9 1 1 7 17 4 14 25 .282 .363 .380 .743 92 54 0 4 2 0 1 8/79
2008 27 TOT MLB 113 226 214 30 52 5 4 3 19 29 6 8 40 .243 .272 .346 .618 67 74 1 1 2 1 0 8D/749
2008 27 SFG NL 12 19 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 .056 .105 .056 .161 -56 1 0 0 0 0 0 /879
2008 27 OAK AL 101 207 196 28 51 5 4 3 19 25 6 7 34 .260 .288 .372 .660 79 73 1 1 2 1 0 8D/4
2009 28 OAK AL 125 432 390 65 119 27 5 3 48 41 12 29 70 .305 .360 .423 .784 108 165 12 7 2 4 0 *8/9D
2010 29 OAK AL 143 561 525 66 149 28 3 5 52 50 11 26 78 .284 .320 .377 .697 91 198 10 4 1 5 0 *879/D
2011 30 TOR AL 95 338 320 44 76 21 6 1 29 34 11 15 63 .238 .273 .350 .623 67 112 4 1 1 1 0 8/97D
2012 31 TOR AL 142 487 447 64 115 24 3 8 43 46 13 29 102 .257 .309 .378 .687 86 169 8 6 1 4 3 *79/8D
2013 32 TOR AL 26 87 81 13 23 4 1 1 4 8 1 3 17 .284 .326 .395 .721 94 32 1 2 1 0 0 9/7D8
8 Yrs 739 2367 2181 315 589 121 24 22 204 231 63 133 401 .270 .317 .378 .695 87 824 37 25 12 16 4
162 Game Avg. 162 519 478 69 129 27 5 5 45 51 14 29 88 .270 .317 .378 .695 87 181 8 5 3 4 1
TOR (3 yrs) 263 912 848 121 214 49 10 10 76 88 25 47 182 .252 .297 .369 .666 80 313 13 9 3 5 3
OAK (3 yrs) 369 1200 1111 159 319 60 12 11 119 116 29 62 182 .287 .329 .392 .721 95 436 23 12 5 10 0
SFG (2 yrs) 63 181 160 28 41 9 1 1 7 21 4 15 31 .256 .335 .344 .679 76 55 0 4 2 0 1
PIT (2 yrs) 44 74 62 7 15 3 1 0 2 6 5 9 6 .242 .333 .323 .656 73 20 1 0 2 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 632 2112 1959 280 533 109 22 21 195 204 54 109 364 .272 .315 .382 .697 88 749 36 21 8 15 3
NL (3 yrs) 107 255 222 35 56 12 2 1 9 27 9 24 37 .252 .335 .338 .672 75 75 1 4 4 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 25 PIT NL 20 17 -2 -2 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .483 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 /9
2007 26 PIT NL 24 57 -1 -1 1 -1 0 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 8
2007 26 SFG NL 51 162 0 2 1 -1 0 3 0.2 5 8 0.7 .505 .502 0.8 -0.1 9 8/79
2008 27 SFG NL 12 19 -4 1 0 -2 -0 -5 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .454 .497 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $392,500 /879
2008 27 OAK AL 101 207 -6 1 2 9 1 7 0.8 8 15 1.5 .507 .504 0.6 1.0 6 8D/4
2009 28 OAK AL 125 432 4 4 -0 7 2 16 1.7 16 32 3.2 .513 .510 2.5 0.9 25 $410,000 *8/9D
2010 29 OAK AL 143 561 -7 7 1 -6 -2 -7 -0.6 21 14 1.5 .495 .496 2.1 -0.7 20 $1,350,000 *879/D
2011 30 TOR AL 95 338 -14 1 0 -8 1 -19 -2.0 13 -7 -0.8 .479 .487 0.1 -0.7 1 $2,500,000 8/97D
2012 31 TOR AL 142 487 -12 4 2 3 -6 -10 -1.1 18 8 0.7 .492 .493 0.5 -0.4 5 $2,750,000 *79/8D
2013 32 TOR AL 26 87 -0 1 0 3 -1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .511 .502 0.3 0.2 3 $2,500,000 9/7D8
8 Seasons 739 2367 -43 17 7 4 -5 -19 -1.8 87 68 6.7 .497 .499 6.3 0.0 64 $9,902,500
TOR (3 yrs) 263 912 -26 5 2 -2 -6 -27 -2.8 34 7 0.6 .489 .494 0.8 -0.8 9 $7,750,000
OAK (3 yrs) 369 1200 -10 12 3 10 1 16 1.9 45 61 6.2 .504 .503 5.2 1.2 51 $1,760,000
SFG (2 yrs) 63 181 -4 3 1 -3 0 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.2 .496 .499 0.5 -0.3 6 $392,500
PIT (2 yrs) 44 74 -3 -3 1 -1 0 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .487 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -2

Standard Fielding

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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 -1 10 -14 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 -1 9 -3 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 -165 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 -103 189 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 -23 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 135 115 98 1037.2 227 211 8 8 1 .965 3 3 3 3 1.90 1.62 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 TOR AL 31 LF 114 96 85 856.1 186 171 8 7 1 .962 -1 1 -1 1 1.88 1.57 .984 1.94 1.93
2012 TOR AL 31 RF 24 14 12 147.1 36 35 0 1 0 .972 2 1 14 8 2.14 1.46 .984 1.99 1.98
2012 TOR AL 31 CF 6 5 1 34.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 53 35 1.32 0.83 .988 2.57 2.57
2012 TOR AL 31 DH 5 2
2013 TOR AL 32 OF 20 16 14 151.2 55 53 2 0 0 1.000 -0 3 -4 23 3.26 2.75 .989 2.23 2.21
2013 TOR AL 32 RF 13 10 8 95.0 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 -2 1 -31 13 2.94 2.38 .985 2.11 2.10
2013 TOR AL 32 LF 6 5 5 48.2 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 3 3 76 74 3.51 3.17 .990 1.90 1.88
2013 TOR AL 32 DH 5 4
2013 TOR AL 32 CF 1 1 1 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -1 -169 -150 5.62 5.00 .992 2.70 2.60
8 Seasons OF 657 532 456 4922.0 1358 1307 32 19 6 .986 -11 4 -3 0 2.45 2.04 .986 2.27 2.25
7 Seasons CF 428 330 295 3094.2 938 910 19 9 4 .990 -14 -3 -6 -1 2.70 2.17 .990 2.70 2.68
6 Seasons LF 181 140 122 1289.0 278 260 10 8 1 .971 -1 -1 -1 0 1.89 1.49 .984 1.98 1.97
8 Seasons RF 80 62 39 538.1 142 137 3 2 1 .986 3 8 7 17 2.34 1.75 .984 2.07 2.06
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
8 Seasons TOT 658 532 456 4923.0 1358 1307 32 19 6 .986 -11 4 -3 0 2.45 2.03 .986 2.27 2.26
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2009 AL  41 (5th)
2010 AL  50 (2nd)
2011 AL  34 (7th)
2012 AL  46 (2nd)
2013 AL  8 (3rd)
Active  231 (16th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (5th)
2010 AL  11 (7th)
2011 AL  11 (6th)
2012 AL  13 (1st)
Active  63 (19th)

SB % s c a p y
2008 AL  80.65 (10th)
Active  78.57 (34th)
Career  78.57 (69th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  114 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (3rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  7 (1st)
Active  8 (24th)

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)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  2 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2012 AL  1.88 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  1.57 (5th)

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

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2008 AL  2.92 (4th)
2013 AL  3.26 (4th)
Active  2.45 (24th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2013 AL  2.75 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1429), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2081), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (261st), 6.4 career WAR/7.9 7yr-peak WAR/7.2 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200827San Francisco Giants$392,500
200928Oakland Athletics$410,000
201029Oakland Athletics$1,350,000
201130Toronto Blue Jays$2,500,000
201231Toronto Blue Jays$2,750,000contracts
201332Toronto Blue Jays$2,500,000
2013 Status3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,902,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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