07-01-2020, 12:54 AM
Over the 2 year span 1986-'87 Vince Coleman was the only player to steal more bases than Davis's 130.
Davis' 64 HR ranked 8th, but the 7 players ahead of him all played at least 20 more games. Davis missed 61 games or about one-fifth of those two seasons. Eric's rate of home runs per game played (.245) was second only to George Bell's .248.
So basically, over a 2 year stretch Davis was the second biggest threat to steal a base or hit a home run. If you project his per game production over 162 games you get 40 HR, 81 SB, 95 BB, 135 runs, and 107 RBI
And at the start of that '87 season Davis was still just TWENTY-FOUR years old. It is not crazy hype to say he would have been one of the greatest players in history if he could have stayed healthy.
The thing I remember about Davis is the way he made everything look so easy. He wasn't that big and he did not look like he was swinging from his heels, but he hit some monster shots. And he was one of those outfielders who looked like he was just gliding but he could run down anything or leap over the wall to steal home runs.
Davis' 64 HR ranked 8th, but the 7 players ahead of him all played at least 20 more games. Davis missed 61 games or about one-fifth of those two seasons. Eric's rate of home runs per game played (.245) was second only to George Bell's .248.
So basically, over a 2 year stretch Davis was the second biggest threat to steal a base or hit a home run. If you project his per game production over 162 games you get 40 HR, 81 SB, 95 BB, 135 runs, and 107 RBI
And at the start of that '87 season Davis was still just TWENTY-FOUR years old. It is not crazy hype to say he would have been one of the greatest players in history if he could have stayed healthy.
The thing I remember about Davis is the way he made everything look so easy. He wasn't that big and he did not look like he was swinging from his heels, but he hit some monster shots. And he was one of those outfielders who looked like he was just gliding but he could run down anything or leap over the wall to steal home runs.
