Sunday, April 15, 2007

We remember Willie Davis (1940-2010)

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We remember Wille Davis, who was born in Arkansas on this day in 1940.    He died in 2010.

He played most of his career with the LA Dodgers, including trips to the World Series in 1963, 1965 and 1966.      His career numbers were really rather impressive:  .279 average, 2,561 hits, 1,217 runs scored, 396 doubles and 1,053 RBI.

Davis holds a lot of LA Dodgers records:  career hits (2091), runs (1004), triples (110), at bats (7495), total bases (3094) and extra base hits (585).

And he had a 31-game hit streak in 1969, also tops in LA Dodgers history.

Davis was a magnificent outfielder as well and huge fan favorite.

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