Butch Davis (baseball)

Butch Davis (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name = Butch Davis
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position = Outfielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1958|6|19
deathdate =
bats =Right
throws = Right
debutdate =August 23
debutyear =1983
debutteam =Kansas City Royals
finaldate =July 31
finalyear =1994
finalteam =Texas Rangers
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value =.243
stat2label =Home runs
stat2value =7
stat3label =Runs batted in
stat3value =50
teams =
*Kansas City Royals (1983-1984)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (1987)
*Baltimore Orioles (1988-1989)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (1991)
*Texas Rangers (1993-1994)
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Wallace McArthur Davis (born June 19, 1958, in Martin County, North Carolina) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He is an alumnus of East Carolina University.

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 12th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft, Davis would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Kansas City Royals on August 23, 1983, and appear in his final game on July 31, 1994.

Butch made a brief cameo appearance in the 1988 film Bull Durham, starring Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.

Following his retirement as a player, Butch began his coaching career. He has been with the Baltimore Orioles minor league system for several years and is currently serving as their roving outfield instructor.

He is married with two children and lives in North Carolina.

External links

*baseball-reference|id=d/davisbu02


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