Bill Davis MLB Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1965-1969 (1965-1969)

Proper Name

Arthur Willard Davis

Nickname

Jolly Green Giant

Positions

1B (23)

Positions

Height / Weight

6-7 / 215

Bats / Throws

Left / Left

Birthdate

June 6,1942

Death Date

January 13,2023 Age: 80.221

Place

Graceville, Minnesota

High School

Richfield (Minneapolis,MN)

Colleges

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis,MN)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1964-Cleveland Indians

Signing Bonus

$ 12,000

MLB Debut

September 16,1965

MLBAM ID

113097

Retrosheet#

davib106

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Batting Statistics

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1965	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	12	23	1B	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	1	2	.300	.300	.400	.700	.100	.100	.333	0.00	10.00	0.00	0.00
1966	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	12	24	1B	23	38	2	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	9	0	0	1	0	1	10	45	2	4	.158	.267	.263	.530	.263	.105	.172	13.33	20.00	1.50	38.00
1969	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	SDN	12	27	1B	31	57	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	18	1	0	0	0	2	11	66	1	9	.175	.288	.193	.481	.158	.018	.256	12.12	27.27	2.25	0.00
1965	MLB	Total	--	CLE	--	--	--	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	1	2	.300	.300	.400	.700	.100	.100	.333	0.00	10.00			AL	1965
1966	MLB	Total	--	CLE	--	--	--	23	38	2	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	9	0	0	1	0	1	10	45	2	4	.158	.267	.263	.530	.263	.105	.172	13.33	20.00	1.50	38.00	AL	1966
1969	MLB	Total	--	SDN	--	--	--	31	57	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	18	1	0	0	0	2	11	66	1	9	.175	.288	.193	.481	.158	.018	.256	12.12	27.27	2.25		NL	1969
Tot:	MLB (3 yrs)		MLB					64	105	3	19	3	0	1	5	0	0	14	28	1	0	1	0	3	25	121	4	15	.181	.281	.238	.519	.190	.057	.234	11.57	23.14	2.00	105.00
Tot:	NL (1 yrs)		NL					31	57	1	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	18	1	0	0	0	2	11	66	1	9	.175	.288	.193	.481	.158	.018	.256	12.12	27.27	2.25
Tot:	AL (2 yrs)		AL					33	48	2	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	6	10	0	0	1	0	1	14	55	3	6	.188	.273	.292	.564	.229	.104	.211	10.91	18.18	1.67	48.00

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1966	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	24	1B	9	-	65.0	47	5	1	6	53	52	0	0		.981	5.8	0.80	7.20	5.6	39.1	3
1969	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	27	1B	14	-	102.0	114	5	1	11	120	119	0	0		.992	8.5	1.17	10.53	8.6	45.2	2
Tot:	MLB (2 yrs)		MLB		1B	23	-	167.0	161	10	2	17	173	171	0	0		.988	7.4	1.02	9.22
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team

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1965

Cleveland Indians

MLB

CLE

Birdie Tebbetts

dnq

1966

Cleveland Indians

MLB

CLE

Birdie Tebbetts, George Strickland

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1969

San Diego Padres

MLB

SDN

110

Preston Gomez

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3 record(s)

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Transactions

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date	transaction description	team	minor team	40-man	status
1969-07-01	Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Mel Nelson to Minnesota Twins for Bill Whitby	Minnesota Twins		No	Hist
1969-05-22	Traded from San Diego Padres with Jerry Davanon to St. Louis Cardinals for John Sipin and Sonny Ruberto	St. Louis Cardinals		No	Hist
1968-10-21	Traded from Cleveland Indians to for Zoilo Versalles (12/2/1968)			No	Hist
1964-01-01	Signed as undrafted free agent (Minnesota)	Cleveland Indians		No	Hist
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[Career Highlights]

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[1964] Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in Round #0 (#0) out of Minnesota ... Signing Scout: Walter Shannon

[1965] Played for Cleveland Indians (MLB)

[1966] Played for Cleveland Indians (MLB)

[1969] Played for San Diego Padres (MLB)

[2002] Inducted into the University of Minnesota "M" Club Hall of Fame