Herman Thomas Davis Jr. (born March 21, 1939) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. Davis was born in Brooklyn, New York. Your Account Logout Login Create Account Tommy Davis Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman Bats: Right • … His 16 triples led all major league players, and was the second time he led the National League in triples. [4], Davis won three consecutive Gold Glove awards, 1971 through 1973. His 31-game hitting streak in 1969 remains the longest by a Dodger. To date, Davis' back-to-back batting titles are the only two in the Dodgers' Los Angeles history. He began 1970 with Houston, hitting .282, before his contract was sold to the Oakland Athletics in June; he hit .290 with the A's before being sent to the Chicago Cubs for the last two weeks of the season. He drove in 153 runs! He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder and third baseman from 1959 to 1976 for ten different teams, most notably for the Los Angeles Dodgers where he was a two-time National League batting champion. The Cubs released him in December, and he re-signed with the A's as a free agent, rebounding with a .324 campaign in 1971. At the end of his career he ranked seventh in major league history in putouts (5449) and total chances (5719) in the outfield, and third in games in center field (2237). He drove in 153 runs! What Tommy Davis accomplished as a major leaguer on one good leg, most players would be proud to do on two. Because they shared the same last name, many thought they were brothers. Keep going. He once ran a 9.5-second 100-yard dash, and set a city record in the long jump of 25 feet 5 inches (7.75 m). He played on two World Series winners with the L.A. Dodgers. [10], List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders, List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders, List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders, List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders, List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders, List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders, List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders, "Few players were more exciting than Willie Davis". 1962 was the first of two seasons that Davis would lead the National League in triples. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. When he recovered the Etchebarren ball, Davis threw it over third base, allowing Boog Powell and Blair to score. List of Major League Baseball batting champions, List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders, List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders, List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders, National League season runs batted in leaders, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tommy_Davis&oldid=981952536, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, September 22, 1959, for the Los Angeles Dodgers, October 2, 1976, for the Kansas City Royals, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 10:39. During an 18-year baseball career, Davis batted .294 with 153 home runs, 2,121 hits and 1,052 runs batted in. In 1974 he won the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award (later renamed for Edgar Martínez). Your Account Logout Login Create Account Willie Davis Position: Centerfielder Bats: Left • Throws: Left 6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg) Born: April 15, 1940 in … He was ninth in National League history in total outfield games (2274), and won Gold Glove Awards from 1971 to 1973. In 1962, Davis batted .285 with 85 runs batted in, posting career highs in home runs (21), runs (103), and hits (171). He led NL center fielders in assists twice, in 1963 and 1964. Davis rebounded in 1966, batting .313 (but with only three home runs and 27 RBIs in 313 at bats). Only two right-handed hitters have won multiple National League batting titles since: Bill Madlock with four, and Roberto Clemente with four. He retired after being released by the Royals on January 17, 1977, having played for ten different teams in eighteen seasons. He played in two American League Championship Series (both times, in 1973 and 1974, the Orioles lost to the eventual World Series champion Athletics). After the 1966 World Series, Davis was traded to the New York Mets, along with Derrell Griffith, for Ron Hunt and Jim Hickman. By the time Davis made the majors, the Dodgers had moved to Los Angeles; he debuted with a pinch-hitting appearance on September 22, 1959. He batted .309, his third straight season topping .300. In Baltimore, he served as the designated hitter from 1973–75, finishing third in the 1973 batting race with a .306 mark and placing tenth in the MVP vote; in 1974 he was second in the American League with 181 hits. He attended Boys High School in Brooklyn, where he was a basketball teammate of future Basketball Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, as well as a long jumper on the school's track and field team with record breaker Bernard Lowther. He batted .276 in his 1960 rookie season, and .278 in 1961, before enjoying his breakout year in 1962 as the team moved into the new Dodger Stadium. They married on September 5th 1963, while married, Davis adopted Jeanne's son, Gregory Chapman Davis, from a previous marriage. In October 1968 Davis was selected by the Seattle Pilots in the expansion draft. [4], In two All-Star games, 1971 and 1973, he batted a combined 3-for-3, with a home run off Nolan Ryan. On May 1, 1965, against the visiting Giants, he broke and dislocated his ankle sliding into second base while trying to break up a double play and was lost for the remainder of the season, although he did pinch-hit on the final day of the regular season. [1] In his minor league career, he won batting titles in the Midwest League and Pacific Coast League. Davis batted .295 for Montreal before being traded to the Texas Rangers in December 1974. [citation needed], Davis batted a career-high .311 in 1969. [4], Davis was a part of two World Series championship teams, in 1963 and 1965. The Orioles released him in 1976 spring training, and he signed with the Yankees but did not play for them. He was the first National League outfielder who threw left-handed to be so honored, and just the second in Major League history (the first was Vic Davalillo, who won an American League Gold Glove in 1964). As a great defensive end, he played on five NFL championship teams with “G.B.” He was also one of the most proficient pinch-hitters in baseball history with a .320 batting average (63-for-197) – the highest in major league history upon his retirement, breaking the .312 mark held by Frenchy Bordagaray. In the 1963 World Series, the Dodgers swept the New York Yankees; batting cleanup, Davis hit .400 in the Series, tripling twice in Game 2 and driving in the only run of the 1-0 Game 3 victory, his first-inning single off Jim Bouton driving in Jim Gilliam. In 1968, in what would become the "Year of the Pitcher", Davis led the White Sox in hitting with a .268 average. When he tied Zack Wheat's previous record at 29 games, the message board at Dodger Stadium flashed a message sent via telegram by Wheat from his home in Missouri, saying, "Congratulations. He also had career bests with 27 home runs, 120 runs and 9 triples as the Dodgers finished the regular schedule tied for first place with the San Francisco Giants, but lost a three-game playoff. His 31-game hitting streak that year, from August 1 to September 3, was the longest in the major leagues since 1949, when Dom DiMaggio hit in 34 straight. Widely considered to be one of the fastest baseball players of the 1960s, Davis had 20 or more stolen bases in eleven consecutive seasons, with a career-high 42 in 1964. Davis was selected for his first (of two) National League All-Star team in 1971. Why do I keep getting released? Davis won the batting titles while playing his home games at Dodger Stadium—one of Major League Baseball's less hitter-friendly parks. ( Log Out /  Staying in football, the Packers’ Willie Davis is a member of the Pro Football of Hall of Fame. ( Log Out /  In the 1965 World Series, Davis set a record (since broken) of three stolen bases (including one during which he stumbled and fell, the pitcher hesitated throwing to first base, and Davis literally crawled into second base safely) in a single game. Lakers Win Their Record Tying 17th Title, 12th as L.A. [citation needed], After the 1973 season, Davis was traded to the Montreal Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall, who would win the Cy Young Award in 1974. One batter later, he dropped Andy Etchebarren's fly ball. The episode was filmed August 22, 1969, a date when the Mets coincidentally beat the Dodgers at Shea. Staying in football, the Packers’ Willie Davis is a member of the Pro Football of Hall of Fame. He occasionally expressed resentment for his numerous moves, remarking late in his career: "I'm very bitter, bitter as hell. Good luck. 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