Chris Davis
2008–2020 · 1B

Chris Davis

6' 4", 255 lbs·Lived to 40·Bats L / Throws R
Silver SluggerAll-Star
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2015–2020 · 1,473 batted balls
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Career Highs
1.004
Best OPS · 2013
53
Most HR · 2013
138
Most RBI · 2013
.286
Best AVG · 2013
Career Arc · OPS
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

13 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2008TEX802951755.285.880117
2009TEX1133912159.238.72697
2010TEX4512014.192.57178
2011BAL59199519.266.70798
2012BAL1395153385.270.827114
2013BAL16058453138.2861.004141
2014BAL1274502672.196.704101
2015BAL16057347117.262.923128
2016BAL1575663884.221.792107
2017BAL1284562661.215.73298
2018BAL1284701649.168.53974
2019BAL1053071236.179.60179
2020BAL165201.115.33746
Career14174978295780.233
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,457 BBE · 2015–2020 · 90.3 mph avg EV · 13.7% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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