Ranking the Center Fielders Joe DiMaggio made playing center field for the New York Yankees cool. He was graceful and he was a winner (10 pennants in 13 seasons), and helped establish the Yankee mystique. Switch-hitting Mickey Mantle combined power and speed in ways no one ever had before. Other great Yankee center fielders…
On May 7, 2011, After a first-inning walk in the Dodgers’ 4-2 loss to the Mets, Andre Ethier goes 0-for-4, ending his 30-game hitting streak. The Dodger outfielder falls one game short of the franchise record set in 1969 by Willie Davis, who enjoyed a 31-game hitting streak that season.
Willie Davis Position: CenterfielderBats: Left • Throws: Left6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)Born: April 15, 1940 in Mineral Springs, ARDied: March 9, 2010 in Burbank, CABuried: CrematedHigh School: Roosevelt HS (Los Angeles, CA)Debut: September 8, 1960 (9,384th in MLB history)vs. CIN 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 30, 1979vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: William Henry DavisNicknames: 3-Dog Nine Players Who Debuted in…
2010 – Former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis dies at age 69 in Burbank, CA.
June 17, 1979 – At Tiger Stadium, An unusual game-ending appeal play Sunday gave Sparky Anderson his first victory as manager of the Detroit Tigers. Willie Davis was called out at second on a successful appeal when he left the base too soon ending the ninth inning and giving the Tigers an 8-4 victory over…
The Dodgers trade OF Willie Davis to the Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall. Marshall will win the Cy Young Award for the Dodgers next season.
On June 19, 1973 At Dodger Stadium Los Angeles outffielder Willie Davis collects his 2,000th career hit. Known as 3-Dog, reaches the plateau in front of the home crowd with a two-run home run off future hall of Famer, Phil Niekro in the team’s 3-0 victory over Atlanta. His shot chases Niekro from the game….
The New York Mets defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7 – 3, in 19 innings at Dodger Stadium. The Mets’ Rusty Staub gets five hits, including the game-winning double, and George Stone pitches six shutout innings in relief for the win. The Dodgers get 19 hits, all singles, six of them by Willie Davis. The game ends at 1:42 AM Pacific Time (4:42 AM Eastern Time) the next morning.
On June 11, 1972 Roberto Clemente’s two-out, two-strike, two-run bomb breaks a 4 – 4 tie in the 7th. His two-out, 9th-inning single provides insurance for Pittsburgh’s 7 – 5 win. Los Angeles’s first four runs score by way of three long balls, two of them inside the park, courtesy of Manny Mota and Willie…
Al Downing becomes a 20-game winner when he blanks the Braves at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 2-0. The Dodger left-hander, best remembered for giving up Hank Aaron’s historic 715th home run, will compile a 123-107 record during his 17-year major league career.