Glenn Davis Essentials

Positions: Firstbase 
Bats: R Throws: R
Height: 6′-3″ Weight: 205
Born: Tuesday, March 28, 1961 in Jacksonville, FL USA
Debut: September 2, 1984
Last Game: May 23, 1993
Full Name: Glenn Earle Davis

Notable Events and Chronology for Glenn Davis Career

SearchSearch Events, Dates and More Date (Newest)Title (A - Z)

September 15, 1985

Jose Cruz notches the 2,000th hit of his career in a 2-1 Astro victory

May 10, 1986

Glenn Davis swats two home runs and a double in leading a 6-3 triumph at Pittsburgh. 

August 14, 1986

Houston rallies for three in the eighth to stun Fernando Valenzuela and the Dodgers, 3-2.

September 24, 1986

1986 – Nolan Ryan follows Jim Deshaies’ previous two-hitter with six innings of no-hit ball against the Giants before Mike Aldrete singles to break up the bid. Charley Kerfeld surrenders a hit in the ninth as the pair combine for a two-hit, 6-0 whitewash that clinches a tie for the N.L. West pennant. Glenn Davis belts his 30th home run of the season, the first Astro to hit that many since Jim Wynn in 1969. 

October 8, 1986

Mike Scott outduels Dwight Gooden for a 1-0 victory at the Astrodome in Game One of the N.L.C.S.

February 26, 1987

The owner of a Houston sports bar begins a campaign to raise $70,000 for Astros slugger Glenn Davis. That’s what separates the Astros and Davis on a one-year contract, according to his agent Gerry Hunsicker. The two sides would eventually agree to meet roughly halfway. Davis is humbled by the public’s show of support but declines taking their money.

April 15, 1987

1987 – Mike Scott delivers a one-hit, ten-strikeout shutout in Los Angeles, 4-0. A single by Mariano Duncan in the third is the lone blemish. Billy Hatcher and Glenn Davis pace the offense. Each had a home run and two RBIs. 

April 8, 1988

Glenn Davis drills a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth to tie Cincinnati . 

April 14, 1988

Glenn Davis drives in five, including three on his fifth home run of the young season, to slam the Reds, 9-3

May 13, 1988

1988 – Glenn Davis drives in four and Gerald Young provides four hits as Houston pounds the Cubs, 8-2. Nolan Ryan tosses his first complete game in over two years, fanning eleven. Davis leads the league in RBIs (33) while Young leads in stolen bases (22). 

June 18, 1988

Houston tallies nine runs in the seventh inning to topple the Braves, 14-7

July 29, 1989

Craig Biggio becomes the first Houston catcher to bat leadoff in over twenty years

August 18, 1989

Andre Dawson gets his 2,000th career hit in the Cubs’ 6 – 5 loss to Houston

April 9, 1990

Hal Morris chooses the Reds song for the year U Can’t Touch This

June 1, 1990

Glenn Davis belts three home runs and drives in five but that’s only good enough to tie San Francisco after nine innings

January 10, 1991

Orioles trade Curt Schilling and Pete Harnisch and outfielder Steve Finley to the Houston Astros for first baseman Glenn Davis

Biography

 
Davis ranked among the National League’s most feared power hitters in the late 1980’s and was arguably the only legitimate home run threat to inhabit Houston’s lineup in the years between Jimmy Wynn and Jeff Bagwell. The strapping first baseman began the 1985 season in Tucson (Pacific Coast League), hitting .305 in 60 games there being called up to Houston when Terry Puhl was injured in June. Overcoming the dead air of the Astrodome, where fly balls historically do not carry well, he ripped 20 HR in 350 at-bats, earning a spot on the Topps All-Rookie Team.

1986 was Davis’ first full season in the majors, and the 25-year-old hit .265 with 32 doubles, 31 HR, and 101 RBI to finish second behind Mike Schmidt in the NL MVP voting as the Astros won the NL West. In his first NLCS at bat he homered off Dwight Gooden to account for all the scoring in Houston ace Mike Scott’s 1-0 shutout of the Mets. A notorious streak hitter, Davis added 27 HR in 1987 (including three in one game September 10th), 30 in 1988, and in 1989 became the first player in Astros history to hit 20 or more home runs in five consecutive seasons when he connected for 34 circuit blasts and merited his second All Star selection. He extended his streak in 1990 (22 HR in 327 AB) despite being limited to 93 games by a wrist injury.

In January 1991 the Astros sent Davis to Baltimore in exchange for young starters Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling and young outfielder Steve Finley. While the Orioles had visions of 40 home runs from Davis in the friendly confines of Memorial Stadium, the move turned out to be a colossal bust for the club. While Davis managed just three injury-plagued and unproductive seasons for Baltimore, Harnisch, Schilling and Finley would all go on to enjoy long and distinguished careers in the National League.

As a child, Davis was adopted by the family of future ML pitcher Storm Davis, from whom he took his last name.@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@