Tommy Davis

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)
Born: March 21, 1939  in Brooklyn, NY us
High School: Boys HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Debut: September 22, 1959 (11,700th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: October 2, 1976
vs. MIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Herman Thomas Davis
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March 21, 1939

Tommy Davis is born in Brooklyn, NY

August 2, 1961

Juan Marichal fires a one-hitter (a Tommy Davis single) at the Dodgers, winning, 6 – 0. Felipe Alou has three hits, including two home runs, to pace the Giants’ win over the league leaders.

October 2, 1962

Dodgers walkoff with a game 2 Playoff Game win over Giants

November 23, 1962

Maury Wills win the 1962 National League MVP

October 3, 1963

Dodgers take game 2 of World Series 4-1 behind Johnny Podres Full Radio Broadcast

October 5, 1963

Don Drysdale dominates Yankees in Game 3 1-0 Victory 1963 World Series Full Radio Broadcast

July 31, 1964

At Philadelphia, 24,197 see Chris Short, with help from Jack Baldschun, stop the Dodgers, 6 – 1. Johnny Callison starts the Phils’ scoring with a 2-run homer in the 1st, off Ron Moeller. Tommy Davis hits an 8th-inning double that caroms off 2B Tony Taylor’s mouth, kayoing both Taylor and Chris Short. Maury Wills has four singles and drives in the lone run.

May 1, 1965

Tommy Davis, trying to break up a double play, dislocates and breaks his ankle sliding into second base

November 29, 1966

New York Mets acquire two-time batting Champ Tommy Davis

June 10, 1967

6/10/1967: Tommy Davis of the Mets homered to left field off the Cubs Bill Hands to lead off the second inning of a game in Chicago. The Saturday afternoon game was rained out after four innings.

June 20, 1967

Phillies starter Larry Jackson improves to 18-0 vs the Mets with a dazzling one hitter

July 8, 1967

Tom Seaver pitches the Mets to a 3 – 2 win over the Braves.

December 15, 1967

Pittsburgh Pirates acquire future Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning from the Philadelphia Phillies

December 15, 1967

The Mets obtain Tommy Ageefrom the White Sox

May 28, 1969

5/28/1969 – For the second time in their new life, the Seattle Pilots were involved in a batting out of order situation. This time, the Pilots were the ones that were confused. The Orioles were in town and Pilots’ skipper Joe Schultz changed the lineup after submitting it to the umpires. The revised lineup had differences in the second through sixth spots, including one player substitution. When Dick Simpson went to center field in the top of the first inning, he was considered an unannounced substitution for Don Mincher according to Rule 3.08(a)(3) and legally in the game. Therefore, Simpson was placed into the fourth spot in the batting order (the umpire does not care about fielding positions). The Pilots batted in the revised, incorrect order into the fifth inning. In the bottom of the first, Dick Simpson walked and stole second but was left stranded there by Wayne Comer and Tommy Davis. In the second inning, Gus Gil struck out and Mike Hegan grounded out. Jerry McNertney singled and scored when Ray Oyler homered. McNertney was out of order but Oyler was not so the homer could not be protested and the score was now 4-2 Orioles. In the third, after Tommy Harper walked, the next three batters all made outs. In the fourth inning, the only damage was another single by McNertney. In the fifth, the Pilots had runners on first and second and no one out. It was time for the second place hitter to bat. Simpson (out of order) struck out and then Comer flew out (in the correct spot after Simpson). Davis, the third-place hitter now batting in the sixth spot following Comer, doubled in both runners and Earl Weaver protested that Davis was out of order. Baltimore was ahead 9-2 at the time. Gil was the proper batter at the time but the umpires declared Simpson the proper batter and called him out for the second time in the inning and the second time in three batters. The official order was followed to the end of the game, which was won by the Orioles, 9-5.

August 31, 1969

In their second trade with Seattle within a week, Houston acquires OF Tommy Davis for outfielders Sandy Valdespino and Danny Walton.

September 30, 1969

The Astros reach 81 wins and, for the first time in their history, experience a non-losing season. 

October 14, 1969

1969 Expansion Draft is held

April 12, 1970

 1970- Astros blast five home runs to trounce Phil Niekro and the Braves, 8-3 . Jim Wynn has the most memorable shot, a rocket that doesn’t come to rest until it finds the gold (upper reserved) seats in the third inning (section 738C, row 6, seat 3) . That bested his blast into the purple seats in the first. Tommy Davis, Joe Pepitone and Doug Rader go yard as well, making an easy night for starter Larry Dierker. 

August 18, 1972

The Orioles trade C Elrod Hendricks to the Cubs for OF/1B Tommy Davis.

September 22, 1973

Al Bumbry ties the Major League record with 3 triples as Orioles clinch the division

January 17, 1977

KANSAS CITY ROYALS RELEASE 18-YEAR VETERAN TOMMY DAVIS, ENDING HIS CAREER

December 29, 2018

Tommy Davis Stats & Facts

Biography

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In 1981, Tommy Davis (then the Mariner batting coach) said, “They used to call me lazy or lackadaisical, but the lazier I felt the better I’d hit.” Before playing pro ball, the 6’2″ 195-lb Davis had been a high school basketball standout and teammate of future NBA great Lenny Wilkens. Jackie Robinson had helped convince Davis to sign a baseball pact with his hometown Brooklyn club in 1956. However, by the time Davis made the big leagues in 1959, the Dodgers had forsaken his borough for Los Angeles. Playing outfield and some third base, the line-drive hitter topped the NL in hits (230), and BA (.346) in 1962; his league-leading 153 RBI were the most in the NL in 25 years. The following year Davis won his fourth pro batting title (he’d captured crowns in the Midwest and Pacific Coast leagues), hitting .326. He was the first National Leaguer to capture successive batting crowns since Stan Musial (1950-52). He was the starting left fielder for the NL All-Stars in ’62, and paced all hitters with a .400 average in the ’63 World Series as the Dodgers swept the Yankees in four games.

Davis slipped to .275 in 1964, and a broken ankle in 1965 limited him to 17 games. He rebounded in 1966, enjoying the third of his six .300 ML seasons (.313), but when the Los Angeles-Baltimore World Series ended, the Dodgers sent Davis to the Mets in a trade for Ron Hunt. After one year in New York, Davis went to the White Sox in a six-player deal that brought Tommie Agee to the Mets. From 1969 through 1972, Davis played with five teams, starting with the Seattle Pilots, who had taken him in the expansion draft. He landed in Baltimore in late ’72, where he served primarily as DH for three seasons and in two LCS. Davis ended his playing days with the highest career pinch-hitting average (.320, 63-for-197) in baseball history.

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