ESPN.com: Chili Davis Career Notes

ESPN.com | Baseball | Player Index

Chili Davis
#45 | Designated Hitter | New York Yankees | Roster

Profile | Statistics | Splits | Career Notes |

Game Log |

Batter vs. Pitcher |

Hit Chart

Career Notes

1996
Hit .292 on the season for the Angels, his highest average in a season in shich he played 140 or more games ... Led the Angels in average, on-base percentage, sacrifice flies and intentional walks ... Became the 18th switch-hitter in Major League history to reach 2,000 career hits, with his single off Brian Keyser on June 24 at Chicago ... Had 10-game hitting steaks on two separate occasions (Apr. 9-24 and Sept. 12-26.

1995
Davis was third in batting average at home (.358) ... Fourth in on-base percentage (430) ... Led the Angles in sacrifice flies (9) and intentional walks (12) ... Hit a career high batting average of (.318)

1994
Honored with the Owner's Trophy as team MVP ... Became just the sixth multiple winner in club history and first honored during two different stints with the team ... Paced California in runs (72), average (.311), hits (122), home runs (26), RBI (84) and slugging (.561) ... Became only the fifth Angel to win the club's equivalent of the Triple Crown (leading in average, homers and RBI) ... Became one of only eight switch-hitters to collect 1,000 RBI on July 23 against New York ... Joining Eddie Murray, Mickey Mantle, Ted Simmons, Pete Rose, Frankie Frisch, Reggie Smith and Ken Singleton.

1993
His batting average dropped 45 points from 1992, but Davis set a career high with 112 RBI, up 46 from `92 ... Averaged an RBI per 5.1 at-bats, tied for eighth in the league ... Established team records for most homers and RBI by a switch-hitter and most homers and RBI by a designated hitter ... Hit his 200th career home run May 17 off Chicago's Scott Radinsky ... Had three two-homer games to bring his career total to 20 ... His two-homer effort Sept. 15 against Seattle was the seventh game in his career in which he hit homers from both sides of the plate ... Homered against every American League team, including five against Toronto, three off right-hander Pat Hentgen ... Hit his third career grand slam June 26 against Minnesota ... Batted .228 (90-for-395) in the first six innings and .275 (49-for-178) in innings seven through nine ... Led the team with 12 intentional walks ... His 112 RBI is the fourth highest season total posted by an Angel ... His .243 batting average was his lowest since 1983 ... Made his first major league appearance as a pitcher June 17 vs. Texas, throwing two scoreless innings in an 18-2 loss ... Hit two ninth-inning, game-winning homers, June 18 vs. Chicago and Aug. 21 vs. Milwaukee ... Set a major league record for most RBI in a season (112) without the benefit of a sacrifice fly.

1992
Played in his 1,500th game June 8 at Kansas City and collected his 1,500th major league hit Aug. 11 off Texas' Nolan Ryan ... Had three three-RBI games in May after driving in four runs in April ... Tied a career high with four hits June 28 at Oakland ... Batted .500 (7-for-14) with three home runs and eight RBI during the final week of the season ... Made four appearances in the field (one at first base and three in right field) ... Hit a two-run, two-out, game-winning single in the 15th inning off Baltimore's Gregg Olson July 4, ending Minnesota's longest game of the season ... Signed by the California Angels as a free agent on Dec. 11, 1992.

1991
Led AL designated hitters in homers (29), RBI (93) and total bases (269) ... Led Minnesota in games, homers, RBI, walks, intentional walks and strikeouts ... Homered in his first game as a Twin, April 9 off Oakland's Joe Klink ... Victimized Kansas City twice in a week, going 4-for-4 May 24 and hitting two homers June 1 ... His two homers May 13 against New York gave him 14 for the season, exceeding his 1990 total by two ... Batted .294 (5-for-17) in the AL Championship Series against Toronto ... Hit a two-run homer in Game 2 of the World Series off Atlanta's Tom Glavine and tied Game 3 of the Series 4-4 with a pinch-hit, two-run homer.

1990
Was restricted to only 113 games by a strained lower back that put him on the disabled list July 14-Aug. 9 ... Started slow, hitting .257 with two homers and eight RBI in April, but heated up, hitting six homers in June and driving in 16 runs in both May and June ... Hit three homers in two games against Detroit June 23-24 ... Hit .306 with 10 homers and 39 RBI at home.

1989
Selected as co-winner of the Owner's Trophy (team Most Valuable Player) by California teammates ... AL Player of the Week for July 31-Aug. 6, hitting .448 ... Had 31 game-tying or go-ahead RBI ... Committed only six errors in left field after setting a club record with 19 in 1988 ... Angels were 16-4 in games in which he homered ... Hit .321 (79-for-246) after July 21, raising his batting average from .232 to a season-ending .271 ... Had at least three RBI in nine games.

1988
AL Player of the Month for July, hitting .376 (35-for-93) with 19 runs, seven homers and 25 RBI ... Hit at least one homer against every team except Cleveland and Milwaukee ... Committed 19 errors, breaking Ken Hunt's 1961 team record of 13.

1987
Homered for the 100th time in his career in San Francisco's division-clinching victory over San Diego on Sept. 28. The blow against Mark Davis came in a pinch-hit appearance ... Connected for home runs from both sides of the plate twice, tying the major league record held by Mickey Mantle (1955 and `56), Eddie Murray (1982 and `86) and Kevin Bass (1982) ... Batted .150 in the National League Championship Series against St. Louis.

1986
Earned second NL All-Star selection ... Finished second in the league with 23 intentional walks, three behind Mike Schmidt ... Named NL Player of the Week for June 9-15, batting .333 with two homers, six RBI and an .857 slugging percentage ... Underwent surgery Nov. 5 to repair tendon damage in his left shoulder.

1985
Solid season was cut short by a partial dislocation of his left shoulder in mid-September ... Tied Jeffrey Leonard for the club lead in outfield assists (10) ... Hit only one of his 13 homers right-handed, off Rick Honeycutt.

1984
Led the Giants in hits (157) and homers (21, tied with Leonard) ... Compiled an 18-game hitting streak Aug. 26-Sept. 16, longest by a Giant since Jack Clark's 26-game streak in 1978 ... NL Player of the Week Sept. 10-16 after hitting .440 (10-for-19) with three homers and seven RBI ... Finished the season with six hits in 15 pinch-hit at-bats, including a grand slam ... Had two assists from center field May 10 in Pittsburgh.

1983
Homered on Opening Day and had four long balls in his first four games ... Optioned to Class AAA Phoenix for 10 days after his average dropped to .222 before the All-Star break.

1982
Led all major league rookies in run production, totaling 86 runs and 76 RBI ... Led the Giants in hits (167), triples (six) and stolen bases (a Giants rookie-record 24, which also tied Joe Morgan for the team lead) ... First hit of the season was his first big league homer, April 10 off Mario Soto of Cincinnati.

1981
Made his major league debut April 10, pinch-hitting against San Diego ... Collected his first hit April 18 off John Montefusco ... Optioned to Phoenix May 10 to allow for more playing time and development.


	BASEBALL: Scores / Schedules \| Standings \| Stats \| Transactions \| Injuries