Willie Davis
1960–1979 · bats L / throws L · California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, NLS, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
2,429G
.279AVG
.311OBP
.412SLG
More career statistics
2,561H
182HR
1,053RBI
398SB
14Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 131 | 130 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 977 | 976 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 398 | 399 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,429 | 9,822 | 9,174 | 1,217 | 2,561 | 395 | 138 | 182 | 1,053 | 418 | 977 | 398 | 131 | 51 | 96 | 3,778 | .279 | .311 | .412 | .723 |
Streaks
31longest hitting streak · 1969-08-01 to 1969-09-03
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1973-05-24 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1960-10-01 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1963-09-06 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1206 | 4751 | 1205 | 70 | 471 | 204 | 448 | .272 | .297 | .381 |
| Away | 1223 | 5071 | 1356 | 112 | 582 | 214 | 528 | .286 | .310 | .441 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 261 | 1031 | 259 | 22 | 103 | 40 | 104 | .268 | .290 | .407 |
| May | 426 | 1807 | 479 | 36 | 217 | 83 | 166 | .286 | .311 | .422 |
| June | 415 | 1689 | 425 | 26 | 177 | 77 | 175 | .269 | .297 | .405 |
| July | 425 | 1715 | 443 | 32 | 184 | 74 | 190 | .278 | .301 | .421 |
| August | 446 | 1796 | 496 | 32 | 196 | 80 | 181 | .296 | .321 | .424 |
| September | 434 | 1695 | 438 | 33 | 168 | 60 | 150 | .274 | .294 | .393 |
| October | 22 | 89 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | .256 | .281 | .341 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| san-francisco-giants | 260 | 1056 | 263 | 31 | 130 | 33 | 90 | .262 | .280 | .409 |
| houston-astros | 244 | 1029 | 261 | 11 | 98 | 53 | 99 | .277 | .305 | .385 |
| cincinnati-reds | 242 | 968 | 242 | 18 | 77 | 36 | 84 | .264 | .287 | .395 |
| chicago-cubs | 240 | 1002 | 261 | 25 | 121 | 56 | 96 | .284 | .316 | .451 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 234 | 946 | 258 | 15 | 109 | 44 | 96 | .293 | .319 | .419 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 226 | 902 | 238 | 10 | 95 | 32 | 103 | .282 | .299 | .381 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 223 | 936 | 234 | 15 | 87 | 35 | 113 | .266 | .287 | .394 |
| new-york-mets | 218 | 901 | 256 | 20 | 100 | 47 | 91 | .307 | .336 | .448 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 22 | 88 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 3 | .318 | – | – | |
| 1961 | 128 | 339 | 86 | 12 | 45 | 12 | .254 | – | – | |
| 1962 | 157 | 600 | 171 | 21 | 85 | 32 | .285 | – | – | |
| 1963 | 156 | 515 | 126 | 9 | 60 | 25 | .245 | – | – | |
| 1964 | 157 | 613 | 180 | 12 | 77 | 42 | .294 | – | – | |
| 1965 | 142 | 558 | 133 | 10 | 57 | 25 | .238 | – | – | |
| 1966 | 153 | 624 | 177 | 11 | 61 | 21 | .284 | – | – | |
| 1967 | 143 | 569 | 146 | 6 | 41 | 20 | .257 | – | – | |
| 1968 | 160 | 643 | 161 | 7 | 31 | 36 | .250 | – | – | |
| 1969 | 129 | 498 | 155 | 11 | 59 | 24 | .311 | – | – | |
| 1970 | 146 | 593 | 181 | 8 | 93 | 38 | .305 | – | – | |
| 1971 | 158 | 641 | 198 | 10 | 74 | 21 | .309 | – | – | |
| 1972 | 149 | 615 | 178 | 19 | 79 | 20 | .289 | – | – | |
| 1973 | 152 | 599 | 171 | 16 | 77 | 17 | .285 | – | – | |
| 1974 | 153 | 611 | 180 | 12 | 89 | 25 | .295 | – | – | |
| 1975 | St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers | 140 | 519 | 144 | 11 | 67 | 23 | .277 | – | – |
| 1976 | 141 | 493 | 132 | 5 | 46 | 14 | .268 | – | – | |
| 1979 | 43 | 56 | 14 | – | 2 | 1 | .250 | – | – |