Ron Davis

Ronald Everette Davis

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 21, 1941 in Roanoke Rapids, NC
School: Duke University (Durham, NC)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1962
Teams (by GP): Astros/Pirates/Cardinals/Colt.45's 1962-1969

Final Game: September 25, 1969
Died: September 5, 1992 in Houston, TX
Buried: Davis Family Cemetery, Jackson, NC
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Standard Batting

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
1961	19	CHC-min	A,AAA	74	280	266	27	58	5	3	3	19	8		14	70	.218	.257	.293	.550		78							JCK,HSN · SALL,AA
1962	20	HOU-min	B,AAA	122	519	446	96	124	19	4	8	51	11		69	85	.278	.375	.392	.768		175		1	2	1	3		DHM,OKC · CARL,AA
1962	20	HOU	NL	6	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	.214	.267	.214	.481	35	3	1	0	0	0	0	/8

1963	21	HOU-min	AA	134	581	554	86	160	17	6	16	60	12	6	27	109	.289	.322	.428	.750		237							SAN · TL
1964	22	HOU-min	AA	15	55	52	6	17	2	1	2	12	1	3	3	11	.327	.364	.519	.883		27							SAN · TL
1965	23	HOU-min	AA,AAA	124	495	458	61	113	23	1	5	30	7	4	26	60	.247	.290	.334	.624		153		3	5	3			AMA,OKC · TL,PCL
1966	24	HOU-min	AA	96	387	364	56	110	16	1	12	52	5	3	23	54	.302	.344	.451	.794		164							AMA · TL
1966	24	HOU	NL	48	214	194	21	48	10	1	2	19	2	2	13	26	.247	.308	.340	.648	86	66	4	4	3	0	2	8
1967	25	HOU	NL	94	307	285	31	73	19	1	7	38	5	3	17	48	.256	.303	.404	.706	104	115	4	2	2	0	2	78/9
1968	26	TOT	NL	85	323	296	33	60	14	3	1	17	1	4	18	65	.203	.255	.280	.536	63	83	3	4	2	3	0	89/7
1968	26	HOU	NL	52	236	217	22	46	10	1	1	12	0	4	13	48	.212	.268	.281	.549	68	61	1	4	1	1	0	8
1968	26	STL	NL	33	87	79	11	14	4	2	0	5	1	0	5	17	.177	.221	.278	.499	50	22	2	0	1	2	0	98/7
1969	27	PIT	NL	62	73	64	10	15	1	1	0	4	0	0	7	14	.234	.310	.281	.591	69	18	0	0	2	0	0	798
1970	28	PIT-min	AAA	132	472	430	59	114	17	2	14	47	12	6	36	92	.265	.321	.412	.733		177		1	2	3			CLB · IL
1971	29	PIT-min	AAA	85	173	160	13	36	6	1	1	21	1	2	9	24	.225	.263	.294	.557		47		0	2	2			CHL · IL
5 Yrs				295	933	853	96	199	44	6	10	79	9	9	56	160	.233	.287	.334	.622	82	285	12	10	9	3	4
162 Game Avg.				162	512	468	53	109	24	3	5	43	5	5	31	88	.233	.287	.334	.622	82	157	7	5	5	2	2

HOU (4 yrs)				200	773	710	75	170	39	3	10	70	8	9	44	129	.239	.293	.345	.638	87	245	10	10	6	1	4
PIT (1 yr)				62	73	64	10	15	1	1	0	4	0	0	7	14	.234	.310	.281	.591	69	18	0	0	2	0	0
STL (1 yr)				33	87	79	11	14	4	2	0	5	1	0	5	17	.177	.221	.278	.499	50	22	2	0	1	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1962	20	HOU	NL	6	16	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/8

1966	24	HOU	NL	48	214	-4	-1	-0	-3	-0	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.2	.481	.494	0.1	-0.3	2	$	8
1967	25	HOU	NL	94	307	0	1	0	3	-4	-0	0.1	10	10	1.1	.500	.500	0.7	-0.0	8	$	78/9
1968	26	HOU	NL	52	236	-8	-0	0	-3	-0	-11	-1.3	8	-3	-0.5	.473	.491	-0.2	-0.3	0	$	8
1968	26	STL	NL	33	87	-4	1	0	1	-1	-2	-0.3	3	1	0.0	.491	.498	-0.2	0.1	-1	$	98/7
1969	27	PIT	NL	62	73	-2	-0	0	-4	-2	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.6	.485	.494	-0.2	-0.6	-2	$	798
5 Seasons				295	933	-18	-1	1	-5	-8	-31	-3.4	32	1	-0.3	.487	.496	0.1	-1.2	6	$

HOU (4 yrs)				200	773	-12	-1	0	-3	-5	-21	-2.2	26	6	0.3	.488	.496	0.5	-0.7	9	$
PIT (1 yr)				62	73	-2	-0	0	-4	-2	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.6	.485	.494	-0.2	-0.6	-2	$
STL (1 yr)				33	87	-4	1	0	1	-1	-2	-0.3	3	1	0.0	.491	.498	-0.2	0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1962	20	HOU	NL	16	12	1	2.2	97	.429	.214	.262	.267	.328	.214	.397	.481	.725	35	.213	-1.2	-0.1	.417	.143	.000	.0

1966	24	HOU	NL	214	155	20	3.5	90	.277	.247	.256	.308	.314	.340	.386	.648	.701	86	.412	-3.1	-0.3	.546	.160	.093	2.0
1967	25	HOU	NL	307	221	34	4.2	87	.287	.256	.254	.303	.315	.404	.372	.706	.687	104	.520	1.2	0.1	.621	.214	.147	5.8
1968	26	TOT	NL	323	248	21	2.3	80	.253	.203	.249	.255	.307	.280	.351	.536	.659	63	.306	-13.1	-1.5	.420	.128	.078	1.0
1968	26	HOU	NL	236	178	16	2.4	79	.266	.212	.249	.268	.307	.281	.351	.549	.657	68	.330	-8.3	-0.9	.420	.111	.069	.0
1968	26	STL	NL	87	70	5	1.9	81	.219	.177	.251	.221	.309	.278	.354	.499	.663	50	.244	-4.8	-0.6	.418	.177	.101	.0
1969	27	PIT	NL	73	51	6	3.2	93	.300	.234	.257	.310	.327	.281	.381	.591	.708	69	.374	-2.7	-0.3	.510	.156	.047
5 Yrs				933	687	82	3.2	86	.276	.233	.253	.287	.313	.334	.369	.622	.683	82	.411	-19.0	-2.1	.520	.166	.101	9.5
162 Game Avg.				512	377	45	3.2	86	.276	.233	.253	.287	.313	.334	.369	.622	.683	82	.411	-19.0	-2.1	.520	.166	.101	5

HOU (4 yrs)				773	566	71	3.4	86	.280	.239	.253	.293	.313	.345	.370	.638	.682	87	.432	-11.4	-1.2	.533	.166	.106	8.9
PIT (1 yr)				73	51	6	3.2	93	.300	.234	.257	.310	.327	.281	.381	.591	.708	69	.375	-2.7	-0.3	.510	.156	.047
STL (1 yr)				87	70	5	1.9	81	.219	.177	.251	.221	.309	.278	.354	.499	.663	50	.245	-4.8	-0.6	.418	.177	.101	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1968	26	STL	NL	WS	DET	L	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	20	HOU	NL	16	0.0%	43.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.0		14.0	1.50	44%

1966	24	HOU	NL	214	0.9%	12.2%	6.1%	6.1%	27%	2.00	7.5	97.0	10.2	1.25	78%
1967	25	HOU	NL	307	2.3%	15.6%	5.5%	8.8%	37%	2.82	5.9	40.7	7.5	0.95	75%
1968	26	TOT	NL	323	0.3%	20.1%	5.6%	5.6%	30%	3.61	4.6	296.0	17.4	0.98	72%
1968	26	HOU	NL	236	0.4%	20.3%	5.5%	5.1%	26%	3.69	4.5	217.0	18.1	0.82	72%
1968	26	STL	NL	87	0.0%	19.5%	5.8%	6.9%	43%	3.40	4.6		15.8	1.48	74%
1969	27	PIT	NL	73	0.0%	19.2%	9.6%	2.7%	13%	2.00	4.6		16.0	1.12	68%
5 Yrs				933	1.1%	17.2%	6.0%	6.4%	30%	2.86	5.3	85.3	10.8	1.05	74%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.1%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.2	9.2	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	20	HOU	NL	-1.2	-0.1	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.63	-0.2	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	1.01	-2.1		0

1966	24	HOU	NL	-3.1	-0.3	222	0.2	4.1	-3.9	1.06	-0.3	0.5	1.4	0.2	0.94	-1.0	0.82	0
1967	25	HOU	NL	1.2	0.1	305	1.2	6.1	-4.9	1.07	0.1	1.1	10.5	1.1	0.99	3.1	1.49	14
1968	26	TOT	NL	-13.1	-1.5	319	-0.1	4.4	-4.5	.88	-0.9	0.8	-4.8	-0.6	0.89	-9.1		0
1968	26	HOU	NL	-8.3	-0.9	230	-0.4	3.0	-3.4	.88	-0.6	0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.87	-5.5		0
1968	26	STL	NL	-4.8	-0.6	89	0.3	1.4	-1.0	.86	-0.3	0.6	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-3.6		0
1969	27	PIT	NL	-2.7	-0.3	75	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	1.06	-0.3	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.03	-1.6	1.13	8
5 Yrs				-19.0	-2.1	939	0.9	15.6	-14.8	.99	-1.5	2.3	3.3	0.3	0.95	-10.7	1.36	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	20	HOU	NL	0	1	25%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1966	24	HOU	NL	2	0	30%	98	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	42%	8	6	2	2	2	0	9	2	6
1967	25	HOU	NL	1	1	28%	119	5	3	63%	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	10	25%	20	18	2	0	0	0	8	2	5
1968	26	TOT	NL	4	0	40%	130	1	4	20%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	52%	20	9	9	3	1	1	10	2	7
1968	26	HOU	NL	2	0	34%	91	0	4	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	52%	14	6	6	3	1	1	8	1	6
1968	26	STL	NL	2	0	58%	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1
1969	27	PIT	NL	1	0	46%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	53%	8	3	5	3	0	2	4	2	1
5 Yrs				8	2	34%	401	9	9	50%	8	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	29	42%	57	37	18	8	3	3	31	8	19

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	20	HOU	NL	16	19%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	0	0%	14	1	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1966	24	HOU	NL	214	45%	48			0	0	0	0	0.82	2	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	5	3	60%	24	4	17%	15	5	33%	100	18	18%	9	6	67%	1	0	0%	0
1967	25	HOU	NL	307	45%	73			14	3	0	1	1.49	7	0	8	4	2	3	4	0	3	2	67%	57	4	7%	22	5	23%	163	32	20%	11	8	73%	9	3	33%	0
1968	26	TOT	NL	323	41%	60			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	37	3	8%	21	7	33%	119	16	13%	10	8	80%	5	2	40%	0
1968	26	HOU	NL	236	34%	46			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	22	1	5%	12	3	25%	73	11	15%	5	5	100%	3	1	33%	0
1968	26	STL	NL	87	61%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	9	4	44%	46	5	11%	5	3	60%	2	1	50%	0
1969	27	PIT	NL	73	51%	15			8	4	0	1	1.13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	19	0	0%	14	3	21%	49	5	10%	3	2	67%	5	1	20%	0
5 Yrs				933	44%	199			22	7	0	2	1.36	10	0	16	6	3	4	6	0	12	9	75%	141	12	9%	74	20	27%	445	72	16%	34	24	71%	20	6	30%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	20	6	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	.214	.267	.214	.481	35	3	1	0	0	0	0
1963	21	6	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	.214	.267	.214	.481	35	3	1	0	0	0	0
1964	22	6	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	.214	.267	.214	.481	35	3	1	0	0	0	0
1965	23	6	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	.214	.267	.214	.481	35	3	1	0	0	0	0
1966	24	54	230	208	22	51	10	1	2	20	3	2	14	33	.245	.305	.332	.637	83	69	5	4	3	0	2
1967	25	148	537	493	53	124	29	2	9	58	8	5	31	81	.252	.304	.373	.677	95	184	9	6	5	0	4
1968	26	233	860	789	86	184	43	5	10	75	9	9	49	146	.233	.286	.338	.624	83	267	12	10	7	3	4
1969	27	295	933	853	96	199	44	6	10	79	9	9	56	160	.233	.287	.334	.622	82	285	12	10	9	3	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	20	6	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	.214	.267	.214	.481	1	6

1966	24	48	220	199	25	53	11	1	2	22	2	14	26	.266	.327	.362	.689	23	48
1967	25	94	316	293	37	81	21	1	8	45	6	19	48	.276	.325	.437	.762	41	94
1968	26	84	336	305	43	70	16	4	1	22	1	21	65	.230	.287	.318	.605	27	85
1969	27	62	74	65	11	16	1	1	0	4	0	7	14	.246	.319	.292	.612	6	62
5 Yrs		294	961	876	117	223	49	7	11	94	10	62	160	.255	.311	.364	.675	98	295
162 Game Avg.		162	530	483	64	123	27	4	6	52	6	34	88	.255	.311	.364	.675	54	295

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