Tommy Davis (outfielder)

Tommy Davis
Davis with the Victoria Rosebuds, c. 1958
Left fielder / Designated hitter
Born: (1939-03-21)March 21, 1939
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: April 3, 2022(2022-04-03) (aged 83)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 1959, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1976, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Batting average.294
Hits2,121
Home runs153
Runs batted in1,052
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Teams
Career highlights and awards

Herman Thomas Davis Jr. (March 21, 1939 – April 3, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder and third baseman from 1959 to 1976 for ten different teams, most prominently for the Los Angeles Dodgers where he was a two-time National League batting champion and was a member of the 1963 World Series winning team.

During an 18-year baseball career, Davis batted .294 with 153 home runs, 2,121 hits and 1,052 runs batted in (RBI) in 1,999 career games.[1] He was also a talented pinch hitter, batting .307 (62-for-202) in his career.[2] In 1962, he finished third in the MVP voting after leading the major leagues in batting average, hits and runs batted in.[1]

Davis' 153 RBIs in that season broke Roy Campanella's team record of 142 in 1953 and remains the franchise record; his 230 hits are the team record for a right-handed batter (second most in franchise history behind only Babe Herman's 241 in 1930), and his .346 average was the highest by a Dodgers right-handed hitter in the 20th century until it was broken by Mike Piazza in 1997 with .362.

  1. ^ a b "Tommy Davis Career Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Tommy Davis Career Batting Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.

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