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Davis Birch	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 190   Born: June 24, 1956 in Usa

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1978    1979    1980    1986

Ratings - Batting     Help
					AVG			2B			3B			HR			BB			SO
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1975	19	DM	FL	$ 300,000	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	5	6	5	5	6	6	2	3	3
1976	20	DM	FL	$ 300,000	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	5	6	6	6	7	7	3	3	3
1977	21	DM	FL	$ 300,000	5	6	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	8	9	8	7	8	8	3	4	4
1978	22	DM	FL	$ 3,738,929	6	6	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	8	9	9	8	9	9	4	5	4
1979	23	DM	FL	$ 4,757,143	6	7	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	8	9	9	8	9	9	5	5	5
1980	24	DM	FL	$ 4,757,143	6	7	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	8	9	9	8	9	9	5	6	6
OOTP5 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	5	6	5	5	6	6	2	3	3
OOTP5 Max Ratings				$ 4,757,143	6	7	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	8	9	9	8	9	9	5	6	6
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1981	25	DM	FL	$ 11,000,000				15	15	15	16	18	18	9	10	9	20	20	20	14	16	15
1982	26	DM	FL	$ 11,000,000				17	17	16	17	19	18	9	10	9	19	20	20	15	16	16
1983	27	DM	FL	$ 11,000,000				16	16	15	17	19	18	8	9	9	19	20	20	14	16	15
1984	28	DM	FL	$ 11,000,000				16	16	16	17	19	18	9	9	9	20	20	20	14	15	15
1985	29	VAL	JL	$ 10,500,000				16	16	15	17	19	18	9	9	9	19	20	20	14	15	15
1986	30	VAL	JL	$ 10,500,000				16	16	15	17	19	18	9	9	9	19	20	20	14	15	15
1987	31	VAL	JL	$ 10,500,000				17	17	16	17	19	19	9	9	9	19	20	20	14	15	15
1988	32	GRE	JL	$ 10,500,000				16	16	16	17	19	18	9	9	9	19	20	20	14	15	15
1989	33	DM	FL	$ 10,000,000				16	16	15	17	19	18	9	9	9	19	20	20	14	15	15
1990	34	DM	FL	$ 10,000,000				15	15	15	16	17	17	9	9	9	18	20	20	14	15	15
1991	35	HAK	FL	$ 10,000,000				15	15	15	15	17	16	7	7	7	17	19	19	13	15	14
1992	36	HAK	FL	$ 10,000,000				15	15	15	15	17	16	7	7	7	17	19	19	13	14	14
1993	37	WAS	JL	$ 3,310,000				14	14	14	14	16	15	7	7	7	17	19	18	12	14	13
1994	38	WAS	JL	$ 3,310,000				13	13	13	12	14	13	7	7	7	14	16	16	11	13	12
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 3,310,000				13	13	13	12	14	13	7	7	7	14	16	16	11	13	12
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 11,000,000				17	17	16	17	19	19	9	10	9	20	20	20	15	16	16

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1975	19	DM	FL	62	183	22	43	5	0	7	16	1	0	29	42	.235	.344	.377	.721	27.0	3.8
		AAA		71	282	40	76	7	0	10	43	4	6	42	59	.270	.364	.401	.765	42.2
		AA		10	41	7	12	0	0	1	6	2	0	5	10	.293	.370	.366	.735	6.2
1976	20	DM	FL	29	81	17	24	2	1	4	13	0	0	8	17	.296	.383	.494	.877	15.6	3.1
		AAA		99	353	47	93	16	1	17	44	6	6	47	67	.263	.350	.459	.809	56.7
1977	21	DM	FL	130	434	68	108	21	3	19	68	1	1	56	105	.249	.337	.442	.779	65.2	12.2
		AAA		27	107	16	22	4	1	5	16	0	1	12	24	.206	.286	.402	.688	12.7
1978	22	DM	FL	157	567	90	170	28	4	29	100	5	3	71	147	.300	.383	.517	.900	105.4	23.1
1979	23	DM	FL	155	548	109	172	15	7	27	88	3	4	79	98	.314	.403	.515	.917	107.7	23.8
1980	24	DM	FL	151	500	89	140	23	5	21	82	1	2	78	82	.280	.382	.472	.854	88.1	17.8
1981	25	DM	FL	131	440	78	119	15	3	22	82	1	1	97	71	.270	.401	.468	.869	88.9	17.8
1982	26	DM	FL	154	543	96	152	24	3	25	90	0	1	79	78	.280	.370	.473	.843	89.1	17.3
1983	27	DM	FL	130	460	72	142	22	2	18	71	1	0	69	62	.309	.401	.483	.884	87.1	19.3
1984	28	DM	FL	136	471	76	121	17	1	27	89	0	0	57	83	.257	.338	.469	.807	78.0	12.3
1985	29	DM	FL	35	123	15	25	4	0	4	12	1	0	23	29	.203	.327	.333	.660	14.8	1.8
		VAL	JL	116	353	55	93	12	1	18	66	2	1	66	64	.263	.377	.456	.833	62.7	12.3
		TOT		151	476	70	118	16	1	22	78	3	1	89	93	.248	.364	.424	.789	77.5	14.1
1986	30	VAL	JL	128	409	103	141	21	1	35	102	3	2	80	59	.345	.463	.658	1.121	112.1	27.0
1987	31	VAL	JL	155	573	103	151	12	2	31	114	5	0	101	116	.264	.378	.454	.832	101.9	14.0
1988	32	VAL	JL	103	373	56	114	7	2	19	69	1	2	43	50	.306	.380	.488	.868	67.4	11.1
		GRE	JL	56	198	28	53	4	1	8	23	0	1	20	38	.268	.338	.419	.757	28.2	4.7
		TOT		159	571	84	167	11	3	27	92	1	3	63	88	.292	.365	.464	.829	95.6	15.8
1989	33	DM	FL	157	548	83	148	25	3	25	89	1	0	62	85	.270	.342	.464	.806	87.6	12.6
1990	34	DM	FL	118	416	79	135	29	3	22	91	2	2	53	58	.325	.400	.567	.968	85.9	17.0
1991	35	DM	FL	98	339	50	76	4	0	12	47	2	0	52	59	.224	.331	.342	.673	40.0	3.2
		HAK	FL	49	70	17	23	1	2	4	14	0	0	15	11	.329	.448	.571	1.020	16.8	3.1
		TOT		147	409	67	99	5	2	16	61	2	0	67	70	.242	.352	.381	.733	56.8	6.3
1992	36	HAK	FL	138	435	56	107	16	2	10	54	0	1	44	69	.246	.322	.361	.683	51.5	4.9
1993	37	WAS	JL	157	563	77	146	11	2	25	90	0	2	64	96	.259	.338	.419	.757	81.9	9.4
1994	38	WAS	JL	115	196	36	50	5	2	9	25	0	0	24	32	.255	.336	.439	.775	28.9	3.3
20 Years Sim				2660	8823	1475	2453	323	50	421	1495	30	23	1270	1551	.278	.372	.469	.841	1531.7	275.1
3 Years AAA				197	742	103	191	27	2	32	103	10	13	101	150	.257	.352	.429	.781	111.7
1 Years AA				10	41	7	12	0	0	1	6	2	0	5	10	.293	.362	.366	.728	6.2
4 Years Minors				207	783	110	203	27	2	33	109	12	13	106	160	.259	.353	.425	.778	117.9
162 Game Average					537	89	149	19	3	25	91	1	1	77	94	.278	.372	.469	.841	93.3
Career Highs				159	573	109	172	29	7	35	114	5	4	101	147	.345	.463	.658	1.121	112.1

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		6078	1093	1785	225	37	323	1123	20	14	931	1032	.294	.390	.502	.892	1169.1
vs LH		2745	382	668	98	13	98	372	10	9	339	519	.243	.330	.396	.726	369.5
Home	1335	4324	742	1248	165	28	214	756	18	15	613	739	.289	.380	.488	.868	788.1
Away	1325	4499	733	1205	158	22	207	739	12	8	657	812	.268	.363	.451	.814	750.5
RISP		2441	0	700	93	18	120	1055	0	0	466	434	.287	.398	.487	.885	484.3
Pinch Hitting		285	57	86	10	3	19	62	1	1	45	42	.302	.406	.558	.964	60.7
Close/Late		1108	197	304	33	6	61	191	0	0	220	198	.274	.398	.480	.878	217.5
Mar/Apr	430	1494	238	401	49	8	67	253	3	2	224	259	.268	.366	.446	.812	249.7
May	433	1456	251	421	58	9	72	259	5	7	194	254	.289	.376	.490	.865	261.1
June	448	1485	260	396	54	5	69	242	3	3	213	254	.267	.364	.449	.813	244.9
July	434	1464	242	419	58	8	74	258	4	4	217	252	.286	.380	.488	.868	269.0
August	476	1549	246	421	55	6	73	246	12	1	209	295	.272	.361	.456	.817	259.1
Sep/Oct	439	1375	238	395	49	14	66	237	3	6	213	237	.287	.385	.487	.872	254.8

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1975	19	DM	FL	LF	37	34	321.0	67	1	2	0	.971	1.91					0.9
				RF	20	16	126.3	28	1	0	0	1.000	2.07
1976	20	DM	FL	RF	22	20	182.7	39	1	2	1	.952	1.97					0.3
				LF	3	1	12.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.75
1977	21	DM	FL	RF	125	118	1030.0	212	7	5	1	.978	1.91					1.4
				LF	4	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
1978	22	DM	FL	RF	152	146	1308.3	324	7	7	3	.979	2.28					4.2
				LF	5	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	6.43
1979	23	DM	FL	RF	113	109	984.0	221	3	6	0	.974	2.05					3.0
				LF	41	37	338.0	71	1	3	0	.960	1.92
1980	24	DM	FL	RF	137	126	1141.3	251	3	5	0	.981	2.00					5.1
				LF	11	3	39.3	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.06
1981	25	DM	FL	LF	109	107	955.3	196	4	5	1	.976	1.88					4.1
				RF	22	15	149.7	34	1	1	0	.972	2.10
1982	26	DM	FL	RF	89	85	766.0	188	6	6	1	.970	2.28					2.8
				LF	65	56	516.7	92	4	1	3	.990	1.67
1983	27	DM	FL	RF	86	84	774.7	177	3	5	2	.973	2.09					3.3
				LF	34	32	285.0	65	3	0	1	1.000	2.15
				SS	5	5	44.0	6	11	2	2	.895	3.48					0.1
1984	28	DM	FL	RF	124	122	1068.0	237	8	7	1	.972	2.06					2.4
				LF	6	0	13.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.66
1985	29	DM	FL	LF	22	21	217.9	48	1	1	1	.980	2.02					0.3
				RF	10	7	83.4	23	0	1	0	.958	2.48					0.0
		VAL	JL	LF	74	70	628.4	138	2	2	1	.986	2.01					2.8
				RF	34	25	240.6	68	1	2	1	.972	2.58					0.0
		TOT		LF	96	91	846.3	186	3	3	2	.984	2.01					3.1
				RF	44	32	324.0	91	1	3	1	.968	2.56					0.0
1986	30	VAL	JL	LF	107	105	933.3	203	5	8	1	.963	2.01					1.2
				RF	14	5	62.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.16
1987	31	VAL	JL	LF	154	152	1351.0	259	6	5	2	.981	1.77					2.5
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1988	32	VAL	JL	LF	51	48	434.7	91	2	2	1	.979	1.93					1.8
				RF	47	45	414.4	87	3	3	1	.968	1.95					0.0
		GRE	JL	LF	28	26	227.6	47	1	1	1	.980	1.90					1.0
				RF	25	24	217.0	45	1	1	0	.979	1.91					0.0
		TOT		LF	79	74	662.3	138	3	3	2	.979	1.92					2.9
				RF	72	69	631.4	132	4	4	1	.971	1.94					0.0
1989	33	DM	FL	RF	144	142	1269.7	274	8	6	1	.979	2.00					2.2
				LF	6	0	12.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
1990	34	DM	FL	RF	109	108	949.7	213	5	4	2	.982	2.07					2.3
				LF	6	0	11.3	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.18
1991	35	DM	FL	RF	63	63	701.3	134	2	2	0	.986	1.75					0.5
				LF	13	3	51.4	13	0	1	0	.929	2.28					0.0
		HAK	FL	RF	32	31	154.1	29	1	1	0	.968	1.75					0.4
				LF	7	1	11.3	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.39					0.0
		TOT		RF	95	94	855.4	163	3	3	0	.982	1.75					0.8
				LF	20	4	62.7	16	0	1	0	.941	2.30					0.0
1992	36	HAK	FL	LF	109	105	886.7	204	7	3	2	.986	2.14					3.0
				RF	7	5	44.0	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.66
				CF	2	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				SS	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1993	37	WAS	JL	RF	151	145	1283.0	323	8	4	3	.988	2.32					3.8
				LF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
1994	38	WAS	JL	RF	27	16	177.3	35	0	1	0	.972	1.78					0.5
				LF	28	12	138.7	32	0	0	0	1.000	2.08
				RF	1554	1457	13129.4	2963	69	69	17	.978	2.08					32.2
				LF	921	813	7402.3	1555	37	34	14	.979	1.94					17.6
				SS	6	5	46.0	6	11	2	2	.895	3.33					0.1
				CF	2	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					2484	2275	20586.7	4524	117	105	33	.978	2.03					49.9
Career Highs					157	152	1353.0	329	17	9	5	.988	2.33

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1978	22	DM	FL	8	30	3	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	2	7	.233	.303	.400	.703
1979	23	DM	FL	3	11	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	.273	.333	.455	.788
1980	24	DM	FL	5	18	0	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	4	.222	.364	.333	.697
1981	25	DM	FL	12	42	5	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	7	9	.262	.380	.357	.737
1985	29	VAL	JL	9	26	3	7	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	7	.269	.321	.423	.745
1986	30	VAL	JL	10	32	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	7	.125	.326	.156	.482
1989	33	DM	FL	5	20	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.050	.174	.050	.224
1990	34	DM	FL	12	46	3	13	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	8	.283	.340	.348	.688
1994	38	WAS	JL	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533
Career Post-Season Batting				70	230	19	51	13	1	2	28	0	2	33	48	.222	.326	.313	.639

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1979-7-.314 1986-2-.345 On-Base Pct 1978-4-.383 1979-4-.403 1980-9-.382 1981-5-.401 1983-2-.401 1986-1-.463 1990-10-.380* CAR-38-.372 Slugging Pct 1978-6-.517 1979-5-.515 1986-2-.658 OPS 1978-5-.900 1979-4-.917 1980-10-.854 1981-10-.869 1983-7-.884 1986-2-1.121 1990-7-.916* XR 1978-3-105.4 1979-4-107.7 CAR-6-1531.7 Games 1978-7-157 1988-4-159 1989-2-157 1993-9-157 CAR-1-2660 At-Bats CAR-4-8823 Runs 1978-10-90 1979-3-109 1982-10-96 CAR-8-1475 Hits CAR-12-2453 Total Bases 1979-8-282 CAR-11-4139 Singles CAR-11-1659 Homeruns 1978-6-29 1979-6-27 1982-10-25 1984-6-27 CAR-8-421 RBIs 1978-7-100 1979-10-88 CAR-6-1495 Walks 1978-3-71 1979-3-79 1980-5-78 1981-1-97 1982-6-79 1983-7-69 1987-2-101 CAR-2-1270 Strikeouts 1978-9-147 CAR-22-1551

Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)    Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)    Hall of Fame Standards: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Des Moines in 1975

Had first career hit on 7/3/1975, off Gerardo Caputo (BIR)

Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1975, off Mo Ostin (LEX)

Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1978, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 3 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1978, hitting .407 with 7 HR, 20 RBI

Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game

Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game

Injured on 4/29/1981 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks

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