Gerry Davis (outfielder)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Gerald Edward Davis (born December 25, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball player and outfielder who appeared in 49 games over parts of two seasons, 1983 and 1985, for the San Diego Padres. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed as Script error: No such module "convert". tall and Script error: No such module "convert"..
Amateur career
A native of Trenton, New Jersey, Davis graduated from Ewing High School[1] and Howard University. In 1978, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[2][3] He was drafted by the Padres in the sixth round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.
Professional career
Davis' professional career extended for six seasons (1980–1985 and 1987), and included strong showings in levels ranging from Class A to Triple-A. He was selected an All-Star in the Carolina League (1981) and Pacific Coast League (1983). During his two stints with the Padres, he collected 22 hits, with five doubles and a triple and three runs batted in. He batted .301. The bulk of his MLB service time came in 1985, when he got into 44 games and started seven games in right field and two games in left field. A knee injury suffered in January 1986 caused him to miss the entire 1986 season and curtailed his playing career.[4] He retired from professional baseball after spending 1987 in the minors.
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Eckel, Mark. "Mercer County's Gerry Davis recalls friendship with Tony Gwynn", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 18, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Davis, one of the best hitters Mercer County has ever seen and a standout for Ewing High in the ’70s, was a teammate of Gwynn’s in the San Diego Padres organization in the ’80s and a roommate of his for a short time."
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Article at Los Angeles Times, 13 March 1986
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., or Retrosheet
- Pages with script errors
- 1958 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- Amarillo Gold Sox players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Baseball players from Trenton, New Jersey
- Cardenales de Lara players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Ewing High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Harwich Mariners players
- Hawaii Islanders players
- Howard Bison baseball players
- Howard University alumni
- Lakeland Tigers players
- Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- People from Ewing Township, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Mercer County, New Jersey
- Salem Redbirds players
- San Diego Padres players
- Tiburones de La Guaira players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Walla Walla Padres players
- Wichita Pilots players
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen