Ron Davis
Ronald Gene Davis
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: August 6, 1955 in Houston, TX
High School: Milby (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1978
Final Game: September 24, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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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
1978 NYY AL 22 P 4 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.25 1.000 1.93 0.85
1979 NYY AL 23 P 44 0 85.1 20 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.11 0.45 .945 1.92 0.81 RoY-4
1980 NYY AL 24 P 53 0 131.0 28 4 23 1 0 .964 1.85 0.51 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 NYY AL 25 P 43 0 73.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.11 0.21 .967 1.98 0.81 AS
1982 MIN AL 26 P 63 0 106.0 16 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.36 0.25 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 MIN AL 27 P 66 0 89.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 0.40 0.06 .960 1.80 0.73
1984 MIN AL 28 P 64 0 83.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.30 0.19 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 MIN AL 29 P 57 0 64.2 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.11 0.14 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT MLB 30 P 53 0 58.2 13 6 6 1 1 .923 1.84 0.23 .962 1.87 0.67
1986 MIN AL 30 P 36 0 38.2 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.33 0.28 .960 1.84 0.68
1986 CHC NL 30 P 17 0 20.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.90 0.12 .967 1.93 0.66
1987 TOT NL 31 P 25 0 36.1 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 0.99 0.16 .950 1.91 0.62
1987 CHC NL 31 P 21 0 32.1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.56 0.10 .950 1.92 0.62
1987 LAD NL 31 P 4 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 0.50 .950 1.80 0.62
1988 SFG NL 32 P 9 0 17.1 6 1 4 1 0 .833 2.60 0.56 .967 1.97 0.69
11 Seasons P 481 0 746.2 122 35 83 4 7 .967 1.42 0.25 .957 1.86 0.73
11 Seasons TOT 481 0 746.2 122 35 83 4 7 .967 1.42 0.25 .924 1.86 0.73

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 NYY AL 22 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 23 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 24 53 0 2 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 25 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIN AL 26 63 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIN AL 27 66 0 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIN AL 28 64 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIN AL 29 57 0 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 MIN AL 30 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHC NL 30 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHC NL 31 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 31 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SFG NL 32 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 481 0 55 481 481 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1978 NYY AL 22 13 77% 31% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 23 372 80% 31% 17 88% 0 5 0 3 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 67%
1980 NYY AL 24 563 82% 29% 26 88% 0 5 0 4 23 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1981 NYY AL 25 293 63% 16% 8 75% 0 4 1 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 MIN AL 26 490 72% 17% 7 100% 0 5 0 4 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1983 MIN AL 27 407 71% 13% 7 57% 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 MIN AL 28 377 69% 16% 7 100% 0 4 0 4 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 MIN AL 29 305 64% 21% 8 100% 0 2 1 0 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1986 MIN AL 30 206 69% 23% 5 100% 0 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1986 CHC NL 30 98 87% 32% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CHC NL 31 149 71% 24% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1987 LAD NL 31 29 72% 28% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1988 SFG NL 32 74 70% 31% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
11 Seasons 3376 73% 22% 95 88% 0 34 3 26 85 56 8 4 0 3 1 2 7 3 6 1 15 87%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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