05-05-2019, 02:29 PM
Only twice in MLB history has a player hit 25 home runs and stolen 80 bases.
In 1986 Eric Davis hit 27 home runs and stole 80 bases.
Rickey Henderson had slighlty better totals (28 HR, 87 SB), but it took him 608 at bats compared to only 415 for Davis. If you project Davis's numbers over 608 at bats he would have hit 40 home runs and stole 117 bases.
Even more incredible is the fact that Davis's 27 home runs was good for FIFTH in the NL during that dead ball era. His home run rate (.065) was almost identical to league leader Mike Schmidt (.067) who hit 37 in 552 at bats.
BTW Eric Davis was only 24 in 1986.
Davis could have been not just great, but one of the greatest of all time if he had stayed healthy.
In 1986 Eric Davis hit 27 home runs and stole 80 bases.
Rickey Henderson had slighlty better totals (28 HR, 87 SB), but it took him 608 at bats compared to only 415 for Davis. If you project Davis's numbers over 608 at bats he would have hit 40 home runs and stole 117 bases.
Even more incredible is the fact that Davis's 27 home runs was good for FIFTH in the NL during that dead ball era. His home run rate (.065) was almost identical to league leader Mike Schmidt (.067) who hit 37 in 552 at bats.
BTW Eric Davis was only 24 in 1986.
Davis could have been not just great, but one of the greatest of all time if he had stayed healthy.
