Dick Davis (baseball player)
| Dick Davis | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: September 25, 1953 Long Beach, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 12, 1977, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 1982, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .265 | ||
| Home runs | 27 | ||
| Runs batted in | 141 | ||
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Richard Earl Davis (born September 25, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball from 1977 until 1982, primarily as an outfielder. He also played five seasons in Japan with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1984 until 1988.
Davis was signed as an amateur free agent by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1972. After several years in the minors, he was called up to the Brewers in July 1977. He split time in the outfield and as a designated hitter for the next four seasons, being used at DH more often than any other Brewer between 1978 and 1980.
During spring training in 1981, the Brewers traded Davis to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Randy Lerch. Davis played some right field and also came off the bench as a pinch hitter 20 times. Though Davis missed most of July and August with an injury, he did hit .333 with 19 RBI in just 96 at bats. Davis continued in the same role to start the 1982 season, but would soon be on the move again.
In June 1982, Davis would be traded not once, but twice, each time for the same player. At the June 15 trading deadline, the Phillies first traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays for outfielder Wayne Nordhagen. While the Phillies sent Nordhagen on to the Pittsburgh Pirates on the same day in exchange for another outfielder, Bill Robinson, Davis stayed in Toronto for an entire week, appearing in 3 games and going 2-for-7 at the plate. On June 22, the Blue Jays traded Davis to the Pirates for a player to be named later. On June 25, the Pirates sent a player to the Blue Jays—and it was Wayne Nordhagen.
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