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Willie
Davis		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 181
 
Born: April 15, 1940 in Usa, AR, MINERAL SPRIN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 20 MIN AL     6 6 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1961 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1962 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1963 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
1964 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
1965 25 PIT NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
1966 26 PIT NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
1967 27 PIT NL $ 542,857   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1968 28 KCR AL $ 750,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1969 29 BSN NL $ 750,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1970 30 BSN NL $ 750,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1971 31 BSN NL $ 750,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1972 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7
1973 33 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1974 34 TOR AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9
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
1960 20 AAA   96 381 71 112 11 3 24 64 23 4 25 46 .294 .337 .528 .865 68.1  
1961 21 MIN AL 13 18 1 7 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 3 .389 .389 .389 .778 2.2 0.6
    AAA   134 545 85 173 32 7 19 87 24 7 22 55 .317 .344 .506 .850 89.0  
1962 22 MIN AL 157 561 76 151 35 5 14 68 22 9 23 45 .269 .298 .424 .722 67.9 12.2
1963 23 MIN AL 152 517 51 128 27 7 5 64 35 9 10 55 .248 .261 .356 .617 46.7 5.9
1964 24 MIN AL 104 147 32 39 8 1 2 11 23 2 7 28 .265 .297 .374 .671 19.7 3.3
1965 25 PIT NL 155 605 55 146 27 4 10 47 18 7 13 86 .241 .259 .349 .608 47.5 4.6
1966 26 PIT NL 154 609 74 177 24 8 10 47 19 12 17 89 .291 .314 .406 .719 72.1 16.8
1967 27 PIT NL 155 587 55 135 31 9 5 34 18 7 33 88 .230 .275 .339 .614 52.9 4.6
1968 28 AAA   137 593 100 181 21 8 26 77 28 13 46 83 .305 .355 .499 .854 100.8  
1969 29 BSN NL 20 60 8 13 2 1 1 10 1 2 2 8 .217 .242 .333 .575 4.4 0.0
    AAA   131 507 55 130 27 4 10 58 19 3 48 61 .256 .321 .385 .705 65.1  
1970 30 BSN NL 154 568 79 146 27 5 9 72 54 9 37 87 .257 .303 .370 .673 69.2 10.5
1971 31 BSN NL 158 593 70 146 30 7 9 68 47 14 35 82 .246 .293 .366 .659 65.5 9.9
1972 32 BSN NL 130 334 35 88 15 3 3 32 19 8 21 46 .263 .310 .353 .663 33.5 5.0
1973 33 BSN NL 157 616 76 178 40 4 11 71 38 14 34 91 .289 .327 .420 .747 80.3 16.0
1974 34 AAA   135 526 85 174 23 7 9 70 15 5 54 63 .331 .393 .452 .846 90.0  
12 Years Sim 1509 5215 612 1354 266 54 79 528 298 96 232 708 .260 .293 .377 .670 561.9 89.3
5 Years AAA 633 2552 396 770 114 29 88 356 109 32 195 308 .302 .352 .473 .824 413.1  
162 Game Average 559 65 145 28 5 8 56 31 10 24 76 .260 .293 .377 .670 60.3  
Career Highs 158 616 79 178 40 9 14 72 54 14 37 91 .389 .389 .424 .778 80.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3307 394 905 183 33 55 378 190 56 142 363 .274 .305 .399 .703 396.2
vs LH   1908 218 449 83 21 24 150 108 40 90 345 .235 .273 .339 .611 173.8
Home 754 2535 287 632 125 27 33 247 139 44 116 358 .249 .283 .359 .642 256.8
Away 755 2680 325 722 141 27 46 281 159 52 116 350 .269 .302 .394 .696 313.3
RISP   1058 0 276 51 12 15 395 0 0 57 154 .261 .294 .374 .668 114.1
Pinch Hitting   142 21 40 5 0 3 20 5 1 10 24 .282 .327 .380 .707 18.1
Close/Late   624 77 162 30 8 9 61 0 0 37 81 .260 .301 .377 .677 68.6
Mar/Apr 248 901 118 255 52 12 17 110 57 19 45 110 .283 .320 .424 .744 118.9
May 249 814 84 193 35 7 11 72 42 21 38 118 .237 .270 .338 .608 72.5
June 243 834 90 208 42 4 14 91 44 14 33 104 .249 .283 .360 .643 83.1
July 231 789 99 213 38 8 13 72 43 11 27 97 .270 .296 .388 .684 89.5
August 256 900 117 240 44 11 14 90 53 13 38 123 .267 .297 .387 .684 103.7
Sep/Oct 282 977 104 245 55 12 10 93 59 18 51 156 .251 .288 .362 .651 102.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1961 21 MIN AL RF 2 2 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    CF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 22 MIN AL LF 152 149 1271.3 249 6 3 3 .988 1.81   1.9
    CF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1963 23 MIN AL LF 152 150 1271.3 253 1 6 0 .977 1.80   2.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50    
1964 24 MIN AL LF 42 29 258.3 59 0 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.6
    CF 6 1 16.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.24    
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
1965 25 PIT NL LF 146 145 1266.0 269 6 5 2 .982 1.95   2.0
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80    
1966 26 PIT NL LF 149 144 1261.0 251 5 8 1 .970 1.83   2.3
    CF 2 0 9.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80    
1967 27 PIT NL LF 147 146 1272.3 261 6 7 3 .974 1.89   3.1
    CF 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 29 BSN NL 1B 17 13 123.0 149 11 0 14 1.000 11.71   0.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1970 30 BSN NL 1B 147 142 1260.3 1418 113 9 142 .994 10.93   2.1
    LF 2 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1971 31 BSN NL 1B 153 147 1298.7 1605 99 8 155 .995 11.81   3.6
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1972 32 BSN NL 1B 95 57 598.7 738 47 11 78 .986 11.80   0.9
    LF 12 0 32.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.2
    CF 14 0 26.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12    
1973 33 BSN NL 1B 148 146 1321.7 1648 104 14 151 .992 11.93   2.5
    LF 8 0 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  LF 817 763 6673.3 1357 24 29 9 .979 1.86   12.1
  1B 560 505 4602.3 5558 374 42 540 .993 11.60   9.5
  CF 35 2 87.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.38   0.0
  RF 4 2 20.7 7 0 1 0 .875 3.05   0.1
  3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1421 1272 11393.3 6946 399 73 550 .990 5.80   21.6
Career Highs   156 150 1337.7 1652 113 14 155 1.000 11.81    
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.
Games
1962-3-157
1971-2-158
1973-4-157
 At-Bats
1965-3-605
1966-3-609
1967-9-587
1971-8-593
1973-6-616
 Hits
1966-5-177
1973-6-178
 Singles
1966-4-135
1973-8-123
 Doubles
1962-7-35
1973-4-40
 Triples
1963-5-7
1966-3-8
1967-1-9
1970-6-5
1971-2-7
Stolen Bases
1962-5-22
1963-4-35
1966-8-19
1970-2-54
1971-1-47
1972-7-19
1973-2-38
CAR-48-298
 Caught Stealing
1961-10-3
1962-4-9
1966-5-12
1970-5-9
1971-3-14
1972-9-8
1973-5-14
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. George Case (901)
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  8. Jim Busby (900)
  9. Ed Morgan (899)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1960
Injured on 4/27/1960 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/19/1960 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Injured on 6/22/1961 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/1/1961, off Galen Cisco (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1962, off Paul Toth (WOR)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to Pittsburgh on 2/7/1965 (Going to MIN: P Joe Gibbon, P Bob Duliba, CF Willie Mays. Going to PIT: LF Willie Davis, CF Charlie James)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $542,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/14/1968 to a 4-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: LF Mike Hershberger, LF Dave Nicholson, 2B Johnny Goryl. Going to BSN: RF Rocky Colavito, 2B Julio Gotay, P Ed Rakow, CF Willie Davis)
3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
3/3/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/13/1974 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
 
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