D. J. Davis (baseball)
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Dylan Jaleel Davis (born July 25, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.
Professional career[edit]
Davis was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft out of Stone High School in Wiggins, Mississippi.[1][2] He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Blue Jays that year.[3] He also played for the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays and Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians, and batted a combined .250 with five home runs, 18 RBI, and 25 stolen bases.[4] He played the 2013 season with Bluefield, batting .240 with six home runs with 25 RBI.[4] He was promoted to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to start the 2014 season, and spent the entire season there. In 121 games, Davis batted .213 with eight home runs and 52 RBI.[4] Davis remained with Lansing for the 2015 season, and set career-highs in several offensive statistics, including batting average (.282), hits (140), and RBI (59).[4] Davis was assigned to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays to open the 2016 minor league season.[5] He had a disappointing campaign, hitting just .197 with one home run, 15 RBI, and 22 stolen bases in 83 games for Dunedin.[4] In the offseason, Davis was assigned to the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League (ABL).[6] Davis spent the entire 2017 season with Dunedin, and batted .258 with two home runs, 33 RBI, and 32 stolen bases.[4]
Davis appeared in 36 games for Dunedin in 2018, hitting .239 with two home runs. On June 15, he was released by the Blue Jays organization.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Davis's father, Wayne, also played in the Blue Jays organization.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Blue Jays take outfielder D.J. Davis with 1st draft pick". CBC. June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Blue Jays make high-school outfielder D.J. Davis top draft pick". National Post. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "With D.J. Davis, there's plenty to Hoot about". Torontosun.com. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "D.J. Davis Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ↑ Rosenbaum, Mike (April 7, 2016). "Where the Blue Jays' Top 30 prospects are starting the season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ↑ Matheson, Keegan (November 16, 2016). "Six Blue Jays prospects headed to Australian Baseball League". Sportsnet. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ↑ "D. J. Davis Stats, Highlights, Bio". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ Centennial College journalism students. "Jays' DJ Davis has speedy dreams, lofty goals". Torontoobserver.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Wayne Davis Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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- 1994 births
- African-American baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Baseball players from Mississippi
- Bluefield Blue Jays players
- Canberra Cavalry players
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Gulf Coast Blue Jays players
- Lansing Lugnuts players
- People from Wiggins, Mississippi
- Vancouver Canadians players
