Joel Davis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: January 30, 1965 in Jacksonville, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (13th) of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sandalwood HS (Jacksonville, FL).

High School: Sandalwood HS (Jacksonville, FL)

Debut: August 11, 1985 (Age 20-193d, 15,067th in major league history)
vs. MIL 7.0 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: July 5, 1988 (Age 23-157d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Joel Clark Davis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

ERA

4.91

247.2

126

WHIP

1.510

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 26 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 12 go ahead

1 Tm
CHW	26

Platoon
vs LHB	14
vs RHB	12

Home/Road
Away	16
Home	10

Outs
1	12
0	7
2	7

11 Opps
TEX	4
MIL	4
MIN	3
KCR	3
OAK	3
TOR	3
NYY	2
BOS	1
CAL	1
SEA	1
BAL	1

22 Batters
Steve Balboni	2
Cecil Cooper	2
Oddibe McDowell	2
Rance Mulliniks	2
Mike Davis	1
Mike Gallego	1
Jorge Orta	1
Mike Stanley	1
Greg Brock	1
Jim Presley	1
Robin Yount	1
Bill Buckner	1
José Canseco	1
Jack Clark	1
Tim Laudner	1
Don Slaught	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Mike Pagliarulo	1
Mark Salas	1
Rick Leach	1

10 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	10
Arlington St (ARL)	4
County Stad (MIL)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	14
7	7
8	3
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	22
2	2
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	11
1--	7
--3	3
-2-	2
123	1
12-	1
1-3	1

45 Runs
RISP	8
0 on	11
1 on	12
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	15

Inning
1	2
2	3
3	3
4	8
5	3
6	2
7	2
8	2
Extra	1

1-3	8
4-6	13
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	7
-1	5
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	7
Tied	7
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	22
1-0	1
3-2	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	6
1B	5
3B	4
CF	3
C	3
RF	2
2B	1
LF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
7th	9
3rd	6
6th	3
1st	2
4th	2
5th	1
9th	1
8th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-08-22	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	CHW	behind 2-3	t 6	1	1--		2	7	3	28%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. White Scores
2	2	2	1	1985-08-31	Rance Mulliniks	TOR		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	--3		2	3	5	7%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Moseby Scores
3	3	3	1	1985-09-05	Don Slaught	TEX		CHW	behind 1-10	b 4	1	1--		2	7	2	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Ward Scores
4	4	4	2	1985-09-05	Oddibe McDowell	TEX		CHW	behind 3-10	b 7	1	---		1	1	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1985-09-22	José Canseco	OAK	@	CHW	behind 1-5	t 5	0	---		1	7	7	6%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	2	1985-09-22	Mike Gallego	OAK	@	CHW	behind 2-5	t 5	1	---		1	9	4	8%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1986-04-22	Cecil Cooper	MIL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--		2	3	DH	16%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Molitor Scores
8	8	2	1	1986-05-14	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY		CHW	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---		1	7	5	14%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1986-05-25	Steve Balboni	KCR		CHW	behind 0-1	b 8	0	---		1	7	3	30%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	4	1	1986-05-30	Rick Leach	TOR		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---		1	6	3	7%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	5	2	1986-05-30	Rance Mulliniks	TOR		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	12-		3	2	5	11%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Fernández Scores; D. García Scores
12	12	6	1	1986-06-08	Mike Davis	OAK	@	CHW	behind 3-8	t 5	1	1--		2	6	9	8%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kingman Scores
13	13	7	1	1986-06-13	Jim Presley	SEA		CHW	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	5	5	10%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	8	1	1986-06-19	Mark Salas	MIN		CHW	behind 1-2	b 4	2	-2-		2	7	DH	24%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Gaetti Scores
15	15	9	1	1986-06-30	Ruppert Jones	CAL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	9	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1987-05-03	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		CHW	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1-3		3	3	6	23%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Gonzales Scores; A. Wiggins Scores
17	17	2	1	1987-05-20	Cecil Cooper	MIL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 4	0	1--		2	3	DH	17%	78%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Yount Scores
18	18	3	2	1987-05-20	Greg Brock	MIL		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1--		2	6	3	12%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Braggs Scores
19	19	4	1	1987-05-25	Jorge Orta	KCR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---		1	4	DH	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	5	1	1987-05-31	Bill Buckner	BOS	@	CHW	behind 0-5	t 2	2	--3		2	7	3	9%	20%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rice Scores
21	21	6	1	1987-06-01	Oddibe McDowell	TEX		CHW	behind 7-9	b 12	1	123		4	7	8	66%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); P. Incaviglia Scores; P. O'Brien Scores; L. Parrish Scores
22	22	7	1	1987-06-03	Mike Stanley	TEX		CHW	ahead 10-3	b 6	2	---		1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1988-06-06	Tim Laudner	MIN	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	2	2	1988-06-06	Kirby Puckett	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	3	8	15%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Herr Scores
25	25	3	1	1988-06-12	Robin Yount	MIL	@	CHW	behind 1-2	t 3	2	--3	7,(2-2) CSBFBFX	2	3	DH	21%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Gantner Scores
26	26	4	1	1988-06-30	Jack Clark	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	1--	6,(3-2) BBCBFX	2	4	DH	16%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores