Playing career
Davis attended North Carolina State University,where he played college baseball for the Wolfpack from 1982 to 1984. [1]
He was drafted by the California Angels in the ninth round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut that same year with the Single-A Peoria Chiefs. He spent the 1985 season with the Double-A Midland Angels where he batted .258 with six home runs and 29 RBIs in 79 games. He spent the next two seasons with Midland before being promoted to the Triple-A Edmonton Trappers ahead of the 1988 season. In 79 games with Edmonton,Davis slashed .257/.335/.310 with one home run.
On July 8,1988,Davis made his major league debut for the Angels. [2] He arrived at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland,Ohio,just an hour before the start of the game. Not originally in the lineup,Davis entered the game as a pinch runner for third baseman Jack Howell,who was hit by a pitch in the top of fourth inning. Davis remained in Howell’s spot,assuming his duties at third base despite not playing third in the minors. His unorthodox debut was capped off by a bench-clearing brawl after Indians’pitcher Bud Black hit Devon White with a pitch. [2] Davis appeared in six games for the Angels in 1988,going hitless in 12 at-bats. [3]
Davis returned to the minor leagues where he spent the next three seasons in the Angels and Kansas City Royals minor league organizations.
In 1992,Davis split his season between the Double-A Tulsa Drillers and the Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers in the Texas Rangers organization. In April 23,he appeared in his first and only game for the Rangers as a defensive replacement in the top of the ninth inning for catcher Ivan Rodriguez. In the bottom of the ninth,Davis recorded his first career hit,a single off pitcher John Doherty. [4]
Davis spent the 1993,1994 and 1995 seasons in the minor leagues. [3] He was a replacement player with the Angels in spring training in 1995 during the ongoing players' strike. After the strike ended,he became a coach with their Single-A affiliate. [5] [6]
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