Henry Davis (baseball)

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Henry Davis
Davis with the Altoona Curve in 2022
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 32
Right fielder / Catcher
Born: (1999-09-21) September 21, 1999 (age 24)
Bedford, New York, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 19, 2023, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
(through April 22, 2024)
Batting average.205
Home runs7
Runs batted in28
Teams

Henry Davis (born September 21, 1999) is an American professional baseball right fielder and catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the University of Louisville. Davis was the first overall selection in the 2021 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2023.

Amateur career

Davis attended

runs batted in (RBI).[2] He was named the Perfect Game New York Player of the Year, the Section 1 Player of the Year, and also earned all-state honors.[3] He was undrafted in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at the University of Louisville to play college baseball for the Louisville Cardinals
.

In 2019, Davis' freshman season at Louisville, he appeared in 45 games (making 35 starts) and batted .280/.345/.386 with three home runs and 23 RBI.[4] After the 2019 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and had two hits in 15 at bats.[5] As a sophomore in 2020, he hit .372/.481/.698 with three home runs and 13 RBI over 14 games before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] For the 2021 season, Davis hit .370/.482/.663 with 15 home runs and 48 RBI while registering 31 walks and 24 strikeouts over fifty games.[7] In college, he exclusively played catcher on defense.[8] He was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference First-Team and also garnered All-American honors.[9][10]

Professional career

The

High-A East.[16] After six games with Greensboro, he was placed on the injured list with an oblique injury and missed the remainder of the season.[17] Over eight games for the 2021 season, Davis batted .308 in 26 at-bats with three home runs and seven RBIs, while playing catcher.[18]

Davis returned to Greensboro to open the 2022 season.

Mike Burrows at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game.[23] In early July, he was placed back on the injured list with an injury to the same wrist.[24] Over 59 games for the season, Davis batted .264/.380/.472 with ten home runs and 42 RBI, almost exclusively playing catcher.[25] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Surprise Saguaros after the season, and in 50 at bats hit .260/.435/.440.[26]

To open the 2023 season, Davis returned to Altoona.

40-man roster the following day. He was subsequently slotted into the lineup batting seventh as the starting right fielder in the team's game against the Chicago Cubs. On his first at-bat of the game and in his major league career, he hit a double.[30] On July 21, Davis hit two home runs off of Los Angeles Angels starter Shohei Ohtani. In doing so, he became the first player to hit two home runs off of Ohtani in the same game in Ohtani's career.[31]

References

  1. ^ McCammon, Michael (June 21, 2018). "Incoming catcher Henry Davis excited to begin Louisville career". Cardinal Authority. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Thomson, Josh (June 12, 2018). "Baseball: Fox Lane's Henry Davis, Beacon's Lenny Torres Jr. lead Section 1's honorees". The Journal News. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Thomson, Josh (August 28, 2019). "Vote now: Who was lohud's best baseball player of the decade?". The Journal News. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  4. ^ Zielinski III, Dan (January 21, 2021). "Henry Davis is a well-balanced catcher". Baseball Prospect Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Henry Davis - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  6. ^ McCammon, Michael (February 24, 2021). "Preseason All-American Henry Davis is locked in for Louisville". Cardinal Authority. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Leger, Justin (June 3, 2021). "ESPN projects Red Sox to draft top catching prospect". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Henry Davis Amateur, College, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ^ University of Louisville Public Relations (May 24, 2021). "Four Cards Receive 2021 All-ACC Honors". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  10. ^ McCammon, Michael (June 3, 2021). "Louisville catcher Henry Davis collects All-American honor". 247sports.com. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Gardner, Steve (July 12, 2021). "Pirates select Louisville catcher Henry Davis with No. 1 overall pick in MLB draft". USA Today. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via sports.yahoo.com.
  12. ^ Gorman, Kevin (July 11, 2021). "Pirates surprise by taking Louisville catcher Henry Davis with No. 1 overall pick in MLB Draft". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  13. ^ Anderson, R.J.; Axisa, Mike (July 18, 2021). "Pirates sign No. 1 MLB Draft pick Henry Davis as catcher reportedly gets $6.5 million bonus". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  14. ^ Daniels, Tim (July 18, 2021). "Henry Davis Signs Reported $6.5M Pirates Contract After Going No. 1 in 2021 MLB Draft". Bleacher Report. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  15. ^ "No. 1 pick Henry Davis homers in pro debut". MLB.com.
  16. ^ "Pirates promote first overall pick Henry Davis to High-A Greensboro". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  17. ^ "Pirates' Henry Davis: Out with oblique strain". August 25, 2021.
  18. ^ "Henry Davis' hot start derailed by injury". August 25, 2021.
  19. ^ "Pirates announce minor league roster assignments".
  20. ^ "Pirates farm director on Henry Davis' promotion to Double-A Altoona: 'We think he's ready'". May 9, 2022.
  21. ^ "Pirates prospects news: Henry Davis' injury, Jacob Gonzalez's surge and more".
  22. ^ "Pirates' Henry Davis: Back from injured list". June 10, 2022.
  23. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (July 7, 2022). "Here are the 2022 Futures Game rosters". MLB.com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  24. ^ "Pirates prospect Henry Davis back on injured list". July 8, 2022.
  25. ^ "Henry Davis Stats, Fantasy & News".
  26. ^ "The Arizona Fall League rosters are here -- and they're loaded". MLB.com.
  27. ^ "Where the Pirates' Top 30 Prospects are starting season". MLB.com.
  28. ^ "Bucs promoting prospect Henry Davis to Triple-A". mlb.com. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  29. ^ "Pirates' Henry Davis: Promotion coming Monday". cbssports.com. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  30. ^ "Pirates' Henry Davis: Starting in right field in debut". cbssports.com. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  31. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates' Henry Davis Does Something to Shohei Ohtani That No One Ever Has". si.com. July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

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