Alvin
Davis
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: September 9, 1960 in Usa, CA, RIVERSIDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1984   
Gold Glove 1986   
All-Star Selections 1984    1985    1987    1989    1990   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 10 7 8 7
1985 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 10 10 7 8 7
1986 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 7 9 8 9 10 10 7 8 8
1987 26 SDP NL $ 4,150,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 9 8 9 10 10 7 8 7
1988 27 SDP NL $ 5,900,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 9 8 9 10 10 7 8 8
1989 28 SDP NL $ 5,990,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 7 8 8
1990 29 SDP NL $ 5,990,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 10 10 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 10 10 7 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,990,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 7 9 8 9 10 10 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 23 SDP NL 154 559 92 153 31 2 24 94 0 0 92 76 .274 .379 .465 .844 93.8 26.4
1985 24 SDP NL 155 546 94 150 27 2 26 94 4 0 124 69 .275 .409 .474 .883 106.3 30.8
1986 25 SDP NL 155 543 94 155 34 1 26 101 4 0 100 69 .285 .395 .495 .890 106.0 24.6
1987 26 SDP NL 155 548 103 176 54 2 34 121 0 0 89 64 .321 .418 .613 1.031 123.2 33.5
1988 27 SDP NL 155 566 79 156 30 4 17 84 2 1 84 66 .276 .367 .433 .800 87.9 17.8
1989 28 SDP NL 151 551 89 156 43 2 23 110 2 0 87 60 .283 .379 .494 .872 97.6 24.0
1990 29 SDP NL 150 549 94 167 26 1 26 125 4 0 80 60 .304 .389 .497 .886 102.8 23.8
7 Years Sim 1075 3862 645 1113 245 14 176 729 16 1 656 464 .288 .391 .496 .886 717.7 180.9
162 Game Average 581 97 167 36 2 26 109 2 0 98 69 .288 .391 .496 .886 108.2  
Career Highs 155 566 103 176 54 4 34 125 4 1 124 76 .321 .418 .613 1.031 123.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2750 477 839 178 10 131 544 15 0 484 295 .305 .408 .520 .928 571.0
vs LH   1112 168 274 67 4 45 185 1 1 172 169 .246 .347 .435 .783 174.1
Home 533 1832 306 534 103 6 81 344 10 0 316 230 .291 .395 .487 .882 353.7
Away 542 2030 339 579 142 8 95 385 6 1 340 234 .285 .387 .503 .890 391.4
RISP   1072 0 332 62 7 49 524 0 0 230 145 .310 .424 .518 .942 236.6
Pinch Hitting   53 4 9 2 0 1 7 0 0 4 8 .170 .228 .264 .492 3.0
Close/Late   429 61 125 20 0 26 88 0 0 107 42 .291 .433 .520 .952 98.5
Mar/Apr 173 648 112 205 46 3 31 138 6 1 92 66 .316 .401 .540 .941 132.9
May 184 640 119 186 40 2 31 116 0 0 134 75 .291 .412 .505 .917 134.0
June 181 664 112 189 44 4 29 134 1 0 112 75 .285 .388 .494 .882 126.3
July 171 619 106 177 39 1 37 128 4 0 104 87 .286 .387 .532 .919 126.0
August 183 647 106 175 35 4 24 104 2 0 113 76 .270 .378 .448 .827 113.4
Sep/Oct 183 644 90 181 41 0 24 109 3 0 101 85 .281 .377 .457 .834 112.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1984 23 SDP NL 1B 152 145 1332.0 1629 113 12 159 .993 11.77 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1985 24 SDP NL 1B 153 145 1306.3 1533 89 17 126 .990 11.17 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    C 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 25 SDP NL 1B 153 146 1291.7 1553 128 5 145 .997 11.71 0 0 .000 0 3.4
1987 26 SDP NL 1B 153 146 1306.0 1566 120 14 136 .992 11.62 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1988 27 SDP NL 1B 155 148 1321.7 1619 126 11 151 .994 11.88 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1989 28 SDP NL 1B 151 144 1280.0 1581 104 16 154 .991 11.85 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1990 29 SDP NL 1B 148 142 1260.3 1521 96 5 126 .997 11.55 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  1B 1065 1016 9098.0 11002 776 80 997 .993 11.65 0 0 .000 0 18.5
  C 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1066 1017 9107.0 11004 776 80 997 .993 11.64 0 0 .000 0 18.5
Career Highs   155 148 1332.0 1629 128 17 159 .997 11.88 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 24 SDP NL 5 18 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .111 .238 .278 .516
1987 26 SDP NL 18 68 9 20 7 1 1 17 0 0 4 8 .294 .320 .471 .791
1989 28 SDP NL 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 .067 .333 .067 .400
1990 29 SDP NL 12 47 9 14 1 0 2 8 1 0 5 7 .298 .365 .447 .812
Career Post-Season Batting 40 148 21 37 8 1 4 27 1 0 18 22 .250 .325 .399 .724
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1987-5-.321
1990-10-.304
On-Base Pct
1984-3-.379
1985-3-.409
1986-2-.395
1987-2-.418
1989-10-.379
1990-7-.389
CAR-36-.391
Slugging Pct
1984-7-.465
1985-7-.474
1986-7-.495
1987-1-.613
1989-6-.494
1990-8-.497
OPS
1984-6-.844
1985-3-.883
1986-4-.890
1987-1-1.031
1989-6-.872
1990-7-.886
CAR-32-.886
XR
1984-8-93.8
1985-3-106.3
1986-3-106.0
1987-1-123.2
1989-6-97.6
1990-4-102.8
Games
1985-10-155
1986-4-155
1987-6-155
Runs
1984-8-92
1985-7-94
1986-4-94
1987-4-103
1990-10-94
Total Bases
1985-10-259
1986-8-269
1987-2-336
1989-7-272
Doubles
1987-2-54
1989-7-43
Homeruns
1984-8-24
1985-5-26
1986-6-26
1987-5-34
1990-9-26
RBIs
1984-8-94
1985-7-94
1986-6-101
1987-4-121
1989-4-110
1990-2-125
Walks
1984-1-92
1985-2-124
1986-1-100
1987-6-89
1988-3-84
1989-6-87
1990-7-80
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 106    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. John Mayberry (953)
  2. Buzz Arlett (921)
  3. Kent Hrbek (911)
  4. Chili Davis (899)
  5. Bill Skowron (890)
  6. Luke Easter (890)
  7. Johnny Rizzo (886)
  8. Don Hurst (885)
  9. Willie Upshaw (879)
  10. Dale Long (872)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by San Diego in 1984
Had first career hit on 4/4/1984, off Nino Espinosa (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1984, off Dave Rucker (TAM)
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1985, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1986, hitting .591 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 7/20/1986
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1986, hitting .391 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1986, hitting .391 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1986
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1987, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1987, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1987, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 26 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1987, hitting .321 with 34 HR, 121 RBI
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,900,000 through salary arbitration
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $5,990,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1990, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1990, hitting .375 with 6 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game