- Alvin Davis
Infobox MLB retired
name=Alvin Davis
position=First baseman
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1960|9|9
city-state|Riverside|California
debutdate=April 11
debutyear=by|1984
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
finaldate=June 25
finalyear=by|1992
finalteam=California Angels
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.280
stat2label=home runs
stat2value=160
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=683
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (by|1984-by|1991)
* California Angels (by|1992)
*Kintetsu Buffaloes (by|1992)
highlights=
* All-Star selection (1984)
* 1984AL Rookie of the Year Alvin Glenn Davis (born
September 9 ,1960 inRiverside, California ) is a formerMajor League Baseball first baseman /designated hitter who played for theSeattle Mariners and the California Angels. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.Davis played college baseball at Arizona State and broke into the Majors with the Mariners in by|1984 and remained there until by|1992 when he played one season for the Angels before retiring. He was the 1984 winner of the American League Rookie of the Year Award, he also an All-Star in his season debut.
Davis was a career .280 hitter with 160
home run s and 683 RBI in 1206 games. He hit 20-plus homers in three seasons and drove in over 100 runs in two.Though Davis' statistics are by no means mind-blowing, he was well-known by Mariners fans and held just about every offensive team record for quite a few years. He burst onto the major league scene in 1984, homering in his first two big-league games and collecting three doubles in his third. He won his team's MVP award that season and was named American League Rookie of the Year after posting .284, 27 HRs, 116 RBI. Davis, who was nicknamed "Mr. Mariner", was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame in by|1997. [cite web |url=http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/sea/history/mariners_hall_of_fame.jsp?feature=alvin_davis |title=Mariners Hall of Fame |accessdate=2008-08-10 |work=
MLB.com |publisher= |date= [] ]He joined the
Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan, after being let go from the Angels in June 1992. He only appeared in 40 games, hitting 5 home runs and getting 12 RBI.Currently a baseball coach for MLK Highschool in Riverside, CA
ee also
*
Top 500 home run hitters of all time Reference
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