Chili Davis
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Davis with the Angels in 1996
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| Boston Red Sox – No. 44 | |||
| Outfielder / Designated hitter / Coach | |||
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Born: January 17, 1960 Kingston, Jamaica |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 10, 1981, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1999, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .274 | ||
| Hits | 2,380 | ||
| Home runs | 350 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,372 | ||
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Charles Theodore "Chili" Davis (born January 17, 1960) is a Jamaican-American former baseball player and current coach. He is currently the hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox, a position he has held since October 2014. Davis is a former outfielder/designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball with the San Francisco Giants (1981–87), California Angels (1988–90, 1993–96), Minnesota Twins (1991–92), Kansas City Royals (1997) and New York Yankees (1998–99). His first major league coaching position was with the Oakland Athletics from 2012 to 2014. Davis was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He is the first ballplayer born in Jamaica to appear in a major league game.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Davis moved with his three brothers and sister to Los Angeles at the age of ten. Davis originally attended Fremont High School before transferring to Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. In high school, Davis played catcher and first base. Prior to his first year in the minor leagues, Davis was exclusively a right-handed hitter.
In a 19-year career, Davis was a .274 hitter with 350 home runs and 1,372 RBI in 2,436 games.
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