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Rajai Davis

Rajai Lavae Davis

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 19, 1980 in Norwich, CT
High School: New London (New London, 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 2006-2011
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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 /
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 66 74 1 1 2 1 0 8/749
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 /4
2008 27 OAK AL 101 207 196 28 51 5 4 3 19 25 6 7 34 .260 .288 .372 .660 78 73 1 1 2 1 0 /4
2009 28 OAK AL 125 432 390 65 119 27 5 3 48 41 12 29 70 .305 .360 .423 .784 107 165 12 7 2 4 0 *
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 *
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
6 Seasons 571 1793 1653 238 451 93 20 13 157 177 49 101 282 .273 .319 .377 .696 87 623 28 17 10 12 1
162 Game Avg. 162 509 469 68 128 26 6 4 45 50 14 29 80 .273 .319 .377 .696 87 177 8 5 3 3 0
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
TOR (1 yr) 95 338 320 44 76 21 6 1 29 34 11 15 63 .238 .273 .350 .623 67 112 4 1 1 1 0
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
AL (4 yrs) 464 1538 1431 203 395 81 18 12 148 150 40 77 245 .276 .317 .383 .700 88 548 27 13 6 11 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 25 PIT NL 17 -2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ /
2007 26 PIT NL 57 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 8
2007 26 SFG NL 162 -1 3 1 1 2 0 5 12 1.2 9 0.9 0.3 $ 8/79
2008 27 SFG NL 19 -4 1 0 0 -2 0 1 -5 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $392,500 /4
2008 27 OAK AL 207 -6 2 0 3 -2 1 7 5 0.5 7 0.7 -0.2 $ /4
2009 28 OAK AL 432 9 5 -1 -0 -1 1 15 29 2.8 30 2.8 0.0 $410,000 *
2010 29 OAK AL 561 -8 7 0 1 -2 -2 19 16 1.6 18 1.8 -0.2 $1,350,000 *
2011 30 TOR AL 338 -16 1 1 0 -8 1 11 -9 -0.9 -1 -0.1 -0.8 $2,500,000 8/97D
6 Seasons 1793 -28 17 2 7 -12 1 60 48 4.6 59 5.8 -1.2 $4,652,500
OAK (3 yrs) 1200 -5 14 -0 4 -5 0 41 50 4.9 55 5.3 -0.4 $1,760,000
SFG (2 yrs) 181 -5 4 1 1 0 0 6 7 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $392,500
PIT (2 yrs) 74 -2 -2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $
TOR (1 yr) 338 -16 1 1 0 -8 1 11 -9 -0.9 -1 -0.1 -0.8 $2,500,000

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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 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 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 0 9 0 2.96 2.16 .984 58.73 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 0 10 0 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 0 10 0 2.93 2.25 .984 58.73 2.29
2007 SFG NL 26 OF 50 33 28 325.0 107 104 3 0 0 1.000 2 0 9 0 2.96 2.14 .984 58.73 2.29
2007 SFG NL 26 CF 46 31 28 296.1 100 97 3 0 0 1.000 2 1 8 4 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 92 161 156 4 1 2 .994 -4 8 1.74 .986 2.27
2008 TOT MLB 27 CF 88 43 39 487.2 158 153 4 1 2 .994 -4 7 -9 17 2.90 1.78 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 OAK AL 27 OF 84 152 147 4 1 2 .993 -2 10 1.80 .986 2.28
2008 SFG NL 27 OF 8 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 1.13 .984 2.20
2008 OAK AL 27 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
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 10 -5 26 2.92 1.80 .989 2.71 2.69
2009 OAK AL 28 OF 116 277 265 8 4 1 .986 -1 12 2.35 .987 2.30
2009 OAK AL 28 CF 113 93 88 856.1 271 259 8 4 1 .985 1 11 1 15 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
2010 OAK AL 29 OF 140 303 294 5 4 2 .987 -2 3 2.14 .986 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 3 -14 11 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 -8 -12 -12 -19 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 -10 -13 -18 -24 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 2 33 39 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 -1 10 -33 1.25 1.25 .982 2.12 2.10
2011 TOR AL 30 DH 1 0
6 Seasons OF 502 127 106 1158.0 1076 1043 22 11 5 .990 -12 11 -12 3 2.59 2.12 .986 22.17 2.28
5 Seasons CF 421 324 293 3052.2 928 900 19 9 4 .990 -12 1 -5 0 2.71 2.18 .990 2.70 2.68
4 Seasons LF 61 39 32 384.0 73 71 1 1 0 .986 -3 3 -10 9 1.69 1.18 .983 2.07 2.04
6 Seasons RF 43 38 19 296.0 75 72 2 1 1 .987 3 7 12 28 2.25 1.72 .984 2.10 2.09
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
6 Seasons TOT 503 127 106 1158.0 1076 1043 22 11 5 .990 -12 22 -12 22 2.59 2.12 .986 22.17 2.29
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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)
Active  177 (29th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2009 AL  12 (5th)
2010 AL  11 (7th)
2011 AL  11 (6th)
Active  49 (39th)

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 OF† s c a p y
2008 AL  2.92 (4th)
Active  2.59 (6th)
Career  2.59 (27th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Active  .990 (19th)
Career  .990 (44th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jerome Walton (967)
  2. Earl Smith (963)
  3. Timo Perez (961)
  4. Nyjer Morgan (959)
  5. Ryan Sweeney (959)
  6. Al Shaw (958)
  7. Bernie Neis (955)
  8. Eric Tipton (955)
  9. Wattie Holm (955)
  10. Buttercup Dickerson (953)
Similar Batters through 30 
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  1. Quinton McCracken (967)
  2. Bernie Neis (965)
  3. Gino Cimoli (963)
  4. Von Joshua (962)
  5. Jerome Walton (959)
  6. Nyjer Morgan (959)
  7. Thomas Howard (959)
  8. Harry Wolter (958)
  9. Henry Cotto (956)
  10. Eric Tipton (955)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Cory Sullivan (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Quinton McCracken (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Quinton McCracken (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
200827San Francisco Giants$392,500
200928Oakland Athletics$410,000
201029Oakland Athletics$1,350,000
201130Toronto Blue Jays$2,500,000
201231Toronto Blue Jays$2,750,000
201332Toronto Blue Jays*$3,000,000$3M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$4,652,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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