Steve Davis

Steven Kennon Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 4, 1960 in San Antonio, TX
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1985
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Indians 1985-1989

Final Game: September 19, 1989
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Standard Pitching

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
1982	21	TOR-min	Rk	5	1	.833	3.44	13	3	8	0	0	1	36.2	38	15	14	4	17	0	46	0	0	1			1.500	9.3	1.0	4.2	11.3	2.71	MDH · PION
1983	22	TOR-min	A,AA	11	10	.524	3.69	27	27	0	8	2	0	175.2	155	83	72	9	66	0	185	1	0	11			1.258	7.9	0.5	3.4	9.5	2.80	FLR,KNX · SALL,SOUL
1984	23	TOR-min	AA	9	6	.600	3.49	27	25	2	4	1	0	154.2	123	71	60	7	96	4	77	4	0	9			1.416	7.2	0.4	5.6	4.5	0.80	KNX · SOUL
1985	24	TOR-min	AA,AAA	20	8	.714	2.46	33	30	2	5	3	1	190.0	133	60	52	10	89	1	141	5	1	11			1.168	6.3	0.5	4.2	6.7	1.58	KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1985	24	TOR	AL	2	1	.667	3.54	10	5	1	0	0	0	28.0	23	14	11	5	13	0	22	0	0	0	117	121	1.286	7.4	1.6	4.2	7.1	1.69
1986	25	TOR-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.59	23	19	1	1	0	0	104.2	104	67	65	15	57	0	80	2	2	5			1.538	8.9	1.3	4.9	6.9	1.40	SYR · IL
1986	25	TOR	AL	0	0		17.18	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	7	2	5	1	5	0	0	1	22	27	3.545	19.6	4.9	12.3	12.3	1.00

1987	26	TOR-min	AA,AAA	7	7	.500	5.94	33	21	5	0	0	0	116.2	125	85	77	16	82	1	68	1	0	9			1.774	9.6	1.2	6.3	5.2	0.83	KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1988	27	TOR-min	AAA	10	15	.400	3.29	31	31	0	4	2	0	178.0	166	94	65	13	66	1	130	4	6	10			1.303	8.4	0.7	3.3	6.6	1.97	SYR · IL
1989	28	CLE-min	AAA	12	2	.857	2.45	18	18	0	5	2	0	121.0	113	36	33	4	40	1	75	4	1	4			1.264	8.4	0.3	3.0	5.6	1.88	CSP · PCL
1989	28	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	8.06	12	2	2	0	0	0	25.2	34	24	23	2	14	1	12	0	0	2	121	50	1.870	11.9	0.7	4.9	4.2	0.86
1990	29	LAD-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.31	31	18	5	2	0	0	129.1	145	81	62	14	44	2	76	0	0	4			1.461	10.1	1.0	3.1	5.3	1.73	ABQ · PCL
3 Yrs				3	2	.600	6.44	25	7	3	0	0	0	57.1	65	45	41	9	32	2	39	0	0	3	260	65	1.692	10.2	1.4	5.0	6.1	1.22
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.600	6.44	53	15	6	0	0	0	122	138	96	87	19	68	4	83	0	0	6	553	65	1.692	10.2	1.4	5.0	6.1	1.22

TOR (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	5.12	13	5	1	0	0	0	31.2	31	21	18	7	18	1	27	0	0	1	139	85	1.547	8.8	2.0	5.1	7.7	1.50
CLE (1 yr)				1	1	.500	8.06	12	2	2	0	0	0	25.2	34	24	23	2	14	1	12	0	0	2	121	50	1.870	11.9	0.7	4.9	4.2	0.86

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1985	24	TOR	AL	28.0	10	5	14	4.50	4.52	0.39	-0.01	104.7	4.33	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.0	0.2	2	.495	.500	$
1986	25	TOR	AL	3.2	3	0	7	17.18	4.69	0.06	-0.37	103.1	4.39	-5	-0.5	.8	0.0	-0.4	-5	.347	.497	$

1989	28	CLE	AL	25.2	12	2	24	8.42	4.41	-0.01	-0.18	102.9	4.36	-12	-1.1	.5	0.1	-0.8	-9	.405	.493	$
3 Seasons				57.1	25	7	45	7.06	4.48	0.19	-0.11	103.8	4.35	-17	-1.7	.8	0.1	-1.0	-11	.434	.497	$

TOR (2 yrs)				31.2	13	5	21	5.97	4.54	0.35	-0.05	104.5	4.33	-6	-0.5	1.0	0.0	-0.2	-2	.461	.498	$
CLE (1 yr)				25.2	12	2	24	8.42	4.41	-0.01	-0.18	102.9	4.36	-12	-1.1	.5	0.1	-0.8	-9	.405	.493	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1985	24	TOR	AL	10	117	103	14	23	4	0	5	1	2	13	22	.223	.308	.408	.715	.234	42	1	0	0	1	0	2
1986	25	TOR	AL	3	22	17	7	8	3	0	2	0	0	5	5	.471	.591	1.000	1.591	.600	17	1	0	0	0	1	0

1989	28	CLE	AL	12	121	107	24	34	5	1	2	1	1	14	12	.318	.397	.439	.836	.344	47	4	0	0	0	1	2
3 Yrs				25	260	227	45	65	12	1	9	2	3	32	39	.286	.373	.467	.840	.311	106	6	0	0	1	2	4
162 Game Avg.				53	553	482	96	138	26	2	19	4	6	68	83	.286	.373	.467	.840	.311	225	13	0	0	2	4	9
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1985	24	TOR	AL	1.6	0.2	120	-0.3	1.7	-2.1	.85	0.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.0	0.85	0.1	1	1	2
1986	25	TOR	AL	-4.6	-0.4	23	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.64	-0.6	-0.0	-6.0	-0.5	0.64	-6.0	1	0	2

1989	28	CLE	AL	-10.6	-1.0	125	-0.2	1.0	-1.3	.51	-0.6	0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.51	-5.6	1	1	8
3 Yrs				-13.6	-1.3	268	-1.0	2.9	-3.8	.67	-1.2	-0.2	-10.8	-1.0	0.67	-11.5	3	2	12

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1985	24	TOR	AL	10	5	1	1	3	1	0	4	1	.800	1	0	0	0	0	0%	46.0	59	35	10	3	0	1	6.6	7.1	3.8

1989	28	CLE	AL	12	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	52	22	10	8	0	2	4.8	6.0	4.2	66	2	0	0	0	72
2 Yrs				22	7	2	2	3	2	0	5	2	.714	1	0	0	0	0	0%	43	59	22	20	11	0	3	6.1	6.8	3.9	66	2	0	0	0	72
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-3					4.4	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1985	24	TOR	AL	10	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	.851	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	4	3	1	3	0	5.4
1986	25	TOR	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	5	.639	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	0	3.7

1989	28	CLE	AL	12	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	7%	6	.512	1	1	8	1	0	9	9	1	7	2	8	0	5.2	28
3 Yrs				25	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2	11%		.675	3	2	12	2	1	15	11	7	12	4	13	0	5.0	28

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1985	24	TOR	AL	117	32%	4.3%	18.8%	11.1%	7.7%	39%		0.46	66%				20	1	5%
1986	25	TOR	AL	22	23%	9.1%	22.7%	22.7%	22.7%	63%		1.50	45%				7	1	14%

1989	28	CLE	AL	121	26%	1.7%	9.9%	11.6%	6.6%	24%	0.58	0.88	77%	31%	3.6%	7%	31	4	13%
3 Yrs				260	29%	3.5%	15.0%	12.3%	8.5%	34%	0.58	0.68	69%	31%	3.6%	7%	58	6	10%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	28	CLE	AL	121	406	3.36	235	58%	28%	9%	23%	40%	72%	2%	42%	88%	59%	7%	9	5	14%	17	5	1	25%	2	3	0	0	0
1 Yr				121	406	3.36	235	58%	28%	9%	23%	40%	72%	2%	42%	88%	59%	7%	9	5	14%	17	5	1	25%	2	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1985	24	TOR	AL	117	23			5	0	2	2	3	4	1	4	2	1	50%	2	0	0	33	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1986	25	TOR	AL	22	8			2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1989	28	CLE	AL	121	34	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	9	7	1	78%	2	2	0	58	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
3 Yrs				260	65	3	0	9	0	4	4	5	8	1	14	9	2	64%	4	3	0	102	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1985	24	2	1	.667	3.54	10	5	1	28.0	23	14	11	5	13	0	22	0	117	121	1.286	7.4	1.6	4.2	7.1	1.69	121
1986	25	2	1	.667	5.12	13	5	1	31.2	31	21	18	7	18	1	27	1	139	85	1.547	8.8	2.0	5.1	7.7	1.50	85
1987	26	2	1	.667	5.12	13	5	1	31.2	31	21	18	7	18	1	27	1	139	85	1.547	8.8	2.0	5.1	7.7	1.50	85
1988	27	2	1	.667	5.12	13	5	1	31.2	31	21	18	7	18	1	27	1	139	85	1.547	8.8	2.0	5.1	7.7	1.50	85
1989	28	3	2	.600	6.44	25	7	3	57.1	65	45	41	9	32	2	39	3	260	65	1.692	10.2	1.4	5.0	6.1	1.22	65

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1985	24	2	1	.667	3.67	27.0	23	12	11	5	13	21	0	1.333	7.7	4.3	7.0	1.62	1.7	10
1986	25	0	0		21.00	3.0	8	8	7	2	5	4	0	4.333	24.0	15.0	12.0	0.80	6.0	3

1989	28	0	2	.000	9.78	23.0	36	28	25	2	15	11	0	2.217	14.1	5.9	4.3	0.73	0.8	12
3 Yrs		2	3	.400	7.30	53.0	67	48	43	9	33	36	0	1.887	11.4		6.1	1.09	1.5	25

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