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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1978 22 NYY AL 0 0 11.57 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 31 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
1979 23 NYY AL 14 2 .875 2.85 44 0 21 0 0 9 85.1 84 29 27 5 28 9 43 1 0 1 357 143 1.313 8.9 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.54 RoY-4
1980 24 NYY AL 9 3 .750 2.95 53 0 29 0 0 7 131.0 121 50 43 9 32 3 65 5 1 5 544 133 1.168 8.3 0.6 2.2 4.5 2.03
1981 25 NYY AL 4 5 .444 2.71 43 0 22 0 0 6 73.0 47 22 22 6 25 3 83 0 1 1 285 131 0.986 5.8 0.7 3.1 10.2 3.32 AS
1982 26 MIN AL 3 9 .250 4.42 63 0 53 0 0 22 106.0 106 53 52 16 47 12 89 1 1 5 459 96 1.443 9.0 1.4 4.0 7.6 1.89
1983 27 MIN AL 5 8 .385 3.34 66 0 61 0 0 30 89.0 89 34 33 6 33 3 84 3 1 4 382 128 1.371 9.0 0.6 3.3 8.5 2.55
1984 28 MIN AL 7 11 .389 4.55 64 0 56 0 0 29 83.0 79 44 42 11 41 9 74 2 0 8 364 92 1.446 8.6 1.2 4.4 8.0 1.80
1985 29 MIN AL 2 6 .250 3.48 57 0 50 0 0 25 64.2 55 28 25 7 35 6 72 4 1 8 285 125 1.392 7.7 1.0 4.9 10.0 2.06
1986 30 TOT MLB 2 8 .200 8.59 53 0 33 0 0 2 58.2 86 60 56 10 32 8 40 4 1 4 289 49 2.011 13.2 1.5 4.9 6.1 1.25
1986 30 MIN AL 2 6 .250 9.08 36 0 28 0 0 2 38.2 55 42 39 7 29 8 30 4 0 4 198 47 2.172 12.8 1.6 6.8 7.0 1.03
1986 30 CHC NL 0 2 .000 7.65 17 0 5 0 0 0 20.0 31 18 17 3 3 0 10 0 1 0 91 53 1.700 14.0 1.4 1.4 4.5 3.33
1987 31 TOT NL 0 0 5.94 25 0 8 0 0 0 36.1 50 27 24 8 18 3 32 1 2 3 169 71 1.872 12.4 2.0 4.5 7.9 1.78
1987 31 CHC NL 0 0 5.85 21 0 6 0 0 0 32.1 43 23 21 8 12 1 31 0 2 1 144 73 1.701 12.0 2.2 3.3 8.6 2.58
1987 31 LAD NL 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 3 0 6 2 1 1 0 2 25 59 3.250 15.8 0.0 13.5 2.3 0.17
1988 32 SFG NL 1 1 .500 4.67 9 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 15 10 9 4 6 0 15 1 0 0 72 70 1.212 7.8 2.1 3.1 7.8 2.50
11 Seasons 47 53 .470 4.05 481 0 339 0 0 130 746.2 735 361 336 82 300 56 597 22 8 39 3218 101 1.386 8.9 1.0 3.6 7.2 1.99
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .470 4.05 68 0 48 0 0 18 106 104 51 48 12 42 8 84 3 1 6 455 101 1.386 8.9 1.0 3.6 7.2 1.99
MIN (5 yrs) 19 40 .322 4.51 286 0 248 0 0 108 381.1 384 201 191 47 185 38 349 14 3 29 1688 95 1.492 9.1 1.1 4.4 8.2 1.89
NYY (4 yrs) 27 10 .730 2.93 144 0 74 0 0 22 291.2 255 105 95 20 88 15 191 6 2 7 1198 132 1.176 7.9 0.6 2.7 5.9 2.17
CHC (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.54 38 0 11 0 0 0 52.1 74 41 38 11 15 1 41 0 3 1 235 64 1.701 12.7 1.9 2.6 7.1 2.73
SFG (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.67 9 0 4 0 0 0 17.1 15 10 9 4 6 0 15 1 0 0 72 70 1.212 7.8 2.1 3.1 7.8 2.50
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 3 0 6 2 1 1 0 2 25 59 3.250 15.8 0.0 13.5 2.3 0.17
AL (9 yrs) 46 50 .479 3.82 430 0 322 0 0 130 673.0 639 306 286 67 273 53 540 20 5 36 2886 107 1.355 8.5 0.9 3.7 7.2 1.98
NL (3 yrs) 1 3 .250 6.11 51 0 17 0 0 0 73.2 96 55 50 15 27 3 57 2 3 3 332 65 1.670 11.7 1.8 3.3 7.0 2.11

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1980 24 NYY AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 2.25 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 15 1.000 6.8 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
1981 25 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 21 0.500 1.5 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1981 25 NYY AL ALCS W OAK 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 12 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1981 25 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 23.14 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 8 6 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 17 3.857 15.4 3.9 19.3 15.4 0.80
2 Seasons (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 4.02 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.2 8 9 7 2 10 0 17 1 0 1 65 1.149 4.6 1.1 5.7 9.8 1.70
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 21 0.500 1.5 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
2 ALCS 0 0 1.23 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 3 1 1 1 3 0 7 1 0 0 27 0.818 3.7 1.2 3.7 8.6 2.33
1 WS 0 0 23.14 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 8 6 1 5 0 4 0 0 0 17 3.857 15.4 3.9 19.3 15.4 0.80

Standard Batting

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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
1979 23 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-4
1980 24 NYY AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 30 TOT MLB 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 30 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 30 CHC NL 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 31 TOT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 31 CHC NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 31 LAD NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1988 32 SFG NL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Seasons 55 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 38 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (4 yrs) 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN (5 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 51 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1981 25 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1981 *

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  43 (5th)
1982 AL  63 (6th)
1983 AL  66 (3rd)
1984 AL  64 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1982 AL  22 (5th)
1983 AL  30 (3rd)
1984 AL  29 (5th)
1985 AL  25 (7th)
Career  130 (84th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1982 AL  53 (4th)
1983 AL  61 (2nd)
1984 AL  56 (4th)
1985 AL  50 (9th)
Career  339 (79th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (647), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 7, 1976: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January).

June 12, 1978: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on June 10, 1978. The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Ken Holtzman.

April 10, 1982: Traded by the New York Yankees with Paul Boris and Greg Gagne to the Minnesota Twins for Roy Smalley.

August 13, 1986: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Dewayne Coleman (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Julius McDougal (minors), Ray Fontenot and George Frazier.

August 4, 1987: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

August 13, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 19, 1988: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 11, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Minnesota Twins$650,000
1986Minnesota Twins$725,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,375,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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