Ben Davis | Major Leaguer 1998-2004

Full Name: Matthew Benjamin Davis
Born: March 10,1977 in Chester, Pennsylvania
Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Bats: Both Throws: Right
High School: Malvern Prep (Malvern,PA)
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Prospect Rankings*
1996 - 10th ranked Major League prospect
1996 - 1st ranked organizational prospect for San Diego Padres
1997 - 59th ranked Major League prospect
1997 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for San Diego Padres
1998 - 49th ranked Major League prospect
1999 - 24th ranked Major League prospect
1999 - 2nd ranked organizational prospect for San Diego Padres

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by San Diego Padres in 1st Round (2nd overall) of 1995 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 2,1995] - signed [Dec 11,2001] - Traded by Padres with Wascar Serrano and Alex Arias to Mariners for Ramon Vazquez, Tom Lampkin, Brett Tomko and Cash. [Jun 27,2004] - Traded by Mariners with Freddy Garcia to White Sox for Michael Morse, Miguel Olivo and Jeremy Reed. [Dec 21,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Dec 21,2004] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 6,2006] - Signed by Yankees (minor) [Jan 12,2007] - Invited to spring training by Yankees

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1996	Rancho Cuc	Calif	19	Sd	A+	c		98	353	35	71	10	1	6	41	1	1	31	89	0	0	4	2	8	.201	.264	.286	550	--
1997	Rancho Cuc	Calif	20	Sd	A+	c		122	474	67	132	30	1	17	76	3	1	28	107	2	2	2	3	11	.278	.320	.454	774	--
1998	Mobile	Sou	21	Sd	AA	c		116	433	65	124	29	2	14	75	4	2	42	60	6	3	1	7	11	.286	.352	.460	812	--
	San Diego	NL	21	Sd	MLB	c	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1999	Las Vegas	PCL	22	Sd	AAA	c		58	201	27	62	18	1	7	44	4	1	24	41	2	1	0	2	5	.308	.384	.512	896	--
	San Diego	NL	22	Sd	MLB	c		76	266	29	65	14	1	5	30	2	1	25	70	0	3	0	2	9	.244	.307	.361	668	--
2000	Las Vegas	PCL	23	Sd	AAA	c		59	221	38	58	16	1	7	40	5	2	38	43	1	3	1	0	5	.262	.373	.439	812	--
	San Diego	NL	23	Sd	MLB	c	8,7,6	43	130	12	29	6	0	3	14	1	1	14	35	0	1	3	1	2	.223	.297	.338	635	46%
2001	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	c	7,6	138	448	56	107	20	0	11	57	4	4	66	112	4	5	1	7	13	.239	.337	.357	694	51%
2002	Seattle	AL	25	Sea	MLB	c	8	80	228	24	59	10	1	7	43	1	1	18	58	2	1	1	4	6	.259	.313	.404	717	53%
2003	Seattle	AL	26	Sea	MLB	c	9	80	246	25	58	18	0	6	42	0	0	18	61	0	2	1	4	5	.236	.284	.382	666	46%
2004	Tacoma	PCL	27	Sea	AAA	c		39	141	18	35	9	0	4	15	1	0	15	29	0	0	1	0	6	.248	.321	.397	718	--
	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	c	8	14	33	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.162	.091	253	40%
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	c	9,8,7	54	160	21	37	9	0	6	16	1	1	9	40	1	0	1	0	2	.231	.276	.400	676	43%
2005	Charlotte	IL	28	Chw	AAA	c		10	33	1	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	.242	.257	.333	590	--
2006	Tampa	FSL	29	Nyy	A+	c		4	16	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	.188	.235	.438	673	--
	Columbus	IL	29	Nyy	AAA	c		48	162	10	36	6	0	4	20	1	1	7	37	0	0	1	0	5	.222	.254	.333	587	--
2007	Camden	Atl	30		Ind			36	133	18	44	6	3	3	19	1	2	20	23	1	1	0	3	2	.331	.414	.489	903	--
	Las Vegas	PCL	30	La	AAA	c		36	110	13	24	4	0	1	11	0	1	10	24	0	1	0	1	0	.218	.281	.282	563	--
2008	Bowie	East	31	Bal	AA			24	97	10	22	6	1	2	13	0	0	5	15	1	0	0	0	5	.227	.272	.371	643	--
	Norfolk	IL	31	Bal	AAA			20	64	2	11	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	4	.172	.185	.250	435	--

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								486	1512	168	358	77	2	38	204	9	8	153	385	7	12	7	19	40	.237	.306	.366	672	48%
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)								670	2438	306	630	137	10	68	361	20	11	222	493	14	11	10	19	67	.258	.322	.406	728	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1996	Rancho Cuc	Calif	19	Sd	A+	C	77			642	51	9	702	7	12			.987	--

1997	Rancho Cuc	Calif	20	Sd	A+	C	110			992	103	14	1109	9	13			.987	--
1997	Rancho Cuc	Calif	20	Sd	A+	1B	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1998	Mobile	Sou	21	Sd	AA	C	115			920	76	6	1002	7	10			.994	--
1998	San Diego	NL	21	Sd	MLB	C	1			2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	--

1999	Las Vegas	PCL	22	Sd	AAA	C	58			454	32	4	490	5	5			.992	--
1999	San Diego	NL	22	Sd	MLB	C	74			471	29	7	507	7	4	45	20	.986	--

2000	Las Vegas	PCL	23	Sd	AAA	C	59			441	37	7	485	5	5			.986	--
2000	San Diego	NL	23	Sd	MLB	C	38		303.2	236	17	1	254	2	3	20	7	.996	7.50
2000	San Diego	NL	23	Sd	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

2001	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	C	135		1076.2	845	60	9	914	14	8	70	39	.990	7.57
2001	San Diego	NL	24	Sd	MLB	1B	2		10	9	1	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.00

2002	Seattle	AL	25	Sea	MLB	C	77		538.2	416	23	1	440	5	5	23	18	.998	7.33
2002	Seattle	AL	25	Sea	MLB	1B	2		6	8	0	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	12.00

2003	Seattle	AL	26	Sea	MLB	C	73	66	587.2	421	24	4	449	9	8	32	17	.991	6.82
2003	Seattle	AL	26	Sea	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

2004	Tacoma	PCL	27	Sea	AAA	C	38			299	13	1	313	3	4			.997	--
2004	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	C	53	44	397	329	17	3	349	1	5	32	12	.991	7.84
2004	Seattle	AL	27	Sea	MLB	C	14	11	97	71	5	0	76	3	1	2	2	1.000	7.05

2005	Charlotte	IL	28	Chw	AAA	C	10			80	6	1	87	0	0			.989	--

2006	Tampa	FSL	29	Nyy	A+	C	3											---	--
2006	Columbus	IL	29	Nyy	AAA	C	32											---	--
2006	Columbus	IL	29	Nyy	AAA	1B	1								-	-	-	---	--

2007	Las Vegas	PCL	30	La	AAA	C	30											---	--

Awards

[1995] - Pioneer League All-Star C, 1st team High School All-American C, Baseball America High School Player of the Year [1998] - Southern League All-Star C

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1998	*170,000		1,054,037	80
1999	200,000		1,222,537	80
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	235,000		1,609,512	59
2002	350,000		1,654,088	48
2003	1,000,000		1,773,364	32
2004	1,400,000		1,716,303	28

Career:	$3,530,000	estimate

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