MLB / Players

Jody Davis

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 192 lb

BornNovember 12, 1956 · Gainesville, GA, USA

MLB debutApril 21, 1981

Final gameMay 13, 1990

Seasons10 (1981–1990)

Chicago Cubs 1981–1987; Atlanta Braves 1988; Chicago Cubs 1988; Atlanta Braves 1989–1990

Percentile snapshot

1986 season — qualified batters

148

40.5

581

35.7

528

45.2

19.8

132

27.8

21.4

66.7

RBI

51.6

25.4

110

84.1

.250

OBP

.300

7.9

SLG

.428

46.8

OPS

.728

28.6

wRC+

89.2

19.8

OPS+

92.4

22.2

wOBA

.326

27.8

sWAR

2.5

45.2

of 127 qualified 1986 batters (min 496 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

89.0

22.1

OPS+

91.1

24.8

sWAR

17.2

92.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1981	56	207	180	14	46	5	1	4	21	21	28	0	1	.256	.333	.361	.694	93.2	93.2	.325	1.0
1982	130	466	418	41	109	20	2	12	52	36	92	0	1	.261	.316	.404	.720	96.8	98.1	.328	2.6
1983	151	550	510	56	138	31	2	24	84	33	93	0	2	.271	.315	.480	.795	111.6	113.6	.355	4.0
1984	150	579	523	55	134	25	2	19	94	47	99	5	6	.256	.315	.421	.736	91.5	98.4	.327	2.7
1985	142	536	482	47	112	30	0	17	58	48	83	1	0	.232	.300	.400	.700	83.5	86.1	.318	2.0
1986	148	581	528	61	132	27	2	21	74	41	110	0	1	.250	.300	.428	.728	89.2	92.4	.326	2.5
1987	125	485	428	57	106	12	2	19	51	52	91	1	2	.248	.331	.418	.749	95.5	93.5	.338	2.4
1988	90	292	257	21	59	9	0	7	36	29	52	0	3	.230	.307	.346	.653	84.3	84.2	.303	1.1
1989	78	257	231	12	39	5	0	4	19	23	61	0	0	.169	.246	.242	.489	33.7	38.2	.232	-0.6
1990	12	31	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	.071	.161	.071	.233	-41.0	-35.0	.132	-0.5

Career totals

1,082

3,984

3,585

364

877

164

127

RBI

490

333

712

.2446

OBP

.3074

SLG

.4028

OPS

.7102

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1984-06-12	WSH @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	4	1	10
1985-09-27	PHI @ CHC Gameday	4	2	4	2	1	2	0	9
1986-04-27	WSH @ CHC Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	5	0	9
1985-08-09	CHC @ NYM Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	2	0	9
1986-09-29	CHC @ PHI Gameday	5	1	4	1	1	5	0	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× Gold Glove2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.