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INFIELDER
J.D. DAVIS

MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2023
◆ Began second season with Giants...Led team with career-high 69 RBI and ranked second on Giants with 18
home runs...Appeared in career-high 144 games.
◆ Hit third career grand slam (second of the year) on June 17 at LAD as a pinch-hitter…Became the fourth Giant
to have a pinch-hit grand slam in the last 25 years, joining Rich Aurilia (June 12, 2003), Russ Davis (Aug. 21,
2000) and Austin Slater (July 6, 2019).
◆ Hit first career walk-off home run vs. Boston on July 29…Second career walk-off hit (Aug. 21, 2019 vs. CLE).
◆ Missed final four games of season on injured list with left shoulder strain.
2022
◆ Began seventh MLB season and fourth with Mets...Slashed .238/.324/.359 with 21 RBI and four home runs,
in 66 games with NYM.
◆ Traded by Mets to Giants with LHP Thomas Szapucki, RHP Carson Seymour and LHP Nick Zwack in exchange
for INF Darin Ruf on Aug. 2. DAVIS
◆ Batted .263 (36/137) with eight home runs and a .857 OPS in 49 games for SF...Posted a 140 OPS+ in his time
with the Giants after having a 96 OPS+ with NYM to start the season.
2021
◆ Began third season with New York (N.L.)...Made fourth career Opening Day roster...Batted .285 (51/179)
with a .820 OPS in 73 games for Mets.
◆ Missed more than half of the season with left hand injuries...Placed on injured list with left hand contusion
from Apr. 10-17...Sidelined with left hand sprain on May 3; Sent on rehab assignment to Triple-A Syracuse
and appeared in 14 games and batted .316 (12/38) with 1.206 OPS; activated on July 16...Landed on injured
list with left hand sprain for final time on Sept. 26 and missed remainder of season.
◆ Underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in left hand on October 5...Dr. Thomas Graham performed the
procedure in Dayton, OH.
2020
◆ Played in fifth Major League season and second with Mets...Slashed .247/.371/.389 with nine doubles and
six home runs in 56 games played.
◆ Reached base in 15 straight games from July 26 to Aug. 11...Ended that streak hitting .327/.424/.509 on the
season...In his remaining 39 games, hit .215/.350/.341.
2019
◆ Made second career Opening Day roster in first season with Mets...Set then-career highs in games played
(140), runs (65), hits (126), doubles (22), home runs (22), RBI (57), AVG (.307) and OPS (.895)...Started 74
games in left field and 55 at third base.
◆ Ranked second in the majors with a .354 (73/206) batting average at home, third in slugging at home (.665),
fourth in home OPS (1.078) and seventh in OBP at home (.413).
◆ Slashed .335/.395/.584 with 13 homers and 32 RBI in 64 games after the All-Star break...His batting average
and slugging percentage led the team in the second half.
◆ Batted .423 (22/52) with four homers in the 1st inning, the highest mark in the majors (min. 50 PA).
◆ Hit a walk-off RBI single on Aug. 21 vs. Cleveland, his first career walk-off RBI and hit.
2018
◆ Made first career Opening Day roster with Astros...Appeared in 42 games with Houston across four MLB stints;
Batted .175 (18/103) with three extra-base hits.
◆ Appeared in 85 games for Triple-A Fresno...Slashed .342/.406/.583 with 25 doubles, two triples, and 17 home runs.
◆ Won the Pacific Coast League batting title after posting a .342 batting average (114/333).
◆ Named to Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star Team...Tabbed the PCL Player of the Week for Aug. 13-19.
2017
◆ Opened season with Double-A Corpus Christi and batted .279 (98/351) with a .850 OPS in 87 games.
◆ Promoted to Triple-A Fresno on July 19 and appeared in 16 games...Hit .295 (18/61) with a .993 OPS with Grizzlies.
◆ Contract selected by Astros on Aug. 5 and made Major League debut that night against Toronto...Collected
first MLB hit against RHP Marco Estrada.
◆ Hit first two MLB home runs in consecutive games on Aug. 24-25...Hit first career HR against Washington
LHP Sammy Solís on Aug. 24 in 11th inning.

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