18 Facts About Chili Davis

1.

Charles Theodore "Chili" Davis was born on January 17,1960 and is a Jamaican-American former professional baseball player.

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2.

Chili Davis played as an outfielder and designated hitter from 1981 to 1999 for the San Francisco Giants, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees.

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3.

Chili Davis coached for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets.

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4.

Chili Davis is the first ballplayer born in Jamaica to appear in an MLB game.

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5.

Chili Davis originally attended Fremont High School before transferring to Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles.

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6.

Chili Davis was an outfielder developed in the Giants minors system.

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7.

Chili Davis contributed to the Twins with his switch-hitting ability, as the Twins' lineup already possessed right-handed batting Kirby Puckett and left-handed batting Kent Hrbek.

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8.

Chili Davis declined in production in 1992, and as a free agent the following year returned to the Angels.

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9.

Chili Davis provided four years of solid production for California, including 27 home runs and a career-high 112 RBI in 1993.

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10.

Chili Davis spent his final two seasons with the Yankees, winning his second and third World Series rings.

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11.

Chili Davis finished his career with 350 home runs which ranks seventh all-time by a switch hitter, following Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray, Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira, Carlos Beltran and Lance Berkman.

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12.

Eleven times, Chili Davis hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game and finished his career tied with Eddie Murray for first in this category, which has since been broken by Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher and Carlos Beltran.

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13.

Chili Davis faced seven batters, while allowing no runs, no hits, and surrendering no walks.

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14.

Chili Davis was specifically a designated hitter from 1995 to 1999, and did not log any innings in the field the final five seasons of his career.

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15.

On November 25,2011, Chili Davis was hired to be the Oakland Athletics hitting coach.

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16.

On October 11,2018, Chili Davis was relieved of duties as hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs.

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17.

Chili Davis spends his time with his wife, Ann, and their three sons in Arizona and his family in California.

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18.

Chili Davis has a sister named Olive who organized a fundraising event where Davis pitched to fund money for education.

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