JASON DAVIS

5/8/80; '99 21st (Cleveland); Cleveland State CC
R/R; 6-6, 230

Level
W-L-Sv
G
GS
IP
H
 HR
BB
K
 BB/9 K/9 WHIP OAVG
ERA
2000 R (Cleve)
4-4-0
10
10
45.0
48
 5
16
35
 3.20 7.00 1.42 .276
4.40
2001 A (Cleve)
14-6-0
27
27
160.0
147
 9
51
115
 2.87 6.47 1.24 .243
2.70
2002 AL (Cleve)
1-0-0
3
2
14.2
12
 1
4
11
 2.46 6.75 1.09 .218
1.84
2002 AA (Cleve)
6-2-0
10
10
59.0
63
 2
16
45
 2.44 6.86 1.34 .278
3.51
2002 A+ (Cleve)
3-6-0
17
17
99.2
107
 7
31
68
 2.80 6.14 1.38 .272
4.15
2003 AL (Cleve)
8-11-0
27
27
165.1
172
 25
47
85
 2.56 4.63 1.32 .273
4.68
2004 AL (Cleve)
2-7-0
26
19
114.1
148
 13
51
72
 4.01 5.67 1.74 .311
5.51
2004 AAA (Cleve)
3-2-0
9
9
54.0
53
 4
18
39
 3.00 6.50 1.31 .261
3.00
2005 AL (Cleve)
4-2-0
11
4
40.1
44
 4
20
32
 4.46
7.14
1.59
.282
4.69
2005 AAA (Cleve)
8-5-0
16
16
95.2
106
 9
27
77
 2.54
7.24
1.39
.283
4.61
2006 AL (Cleve)
3-2-1
39
0
55.1
67
 1
14
37
 2.28
6.02
1.46
.302
3.74
2006 AAA (Cleve)
0-2-4
11
0
16.2
8
 0
3
15
 1.62
8.10
0.66
.138
0.54
2007 AL (Cleve)
0-0-0
8
0
11.1
13
 0
9
5
 7.15
3.97
1.94
.283
4.76
2007 AL (Sea)
2-0-0
16
0
25.2
29
 4
16
14
 5.61
4.91
1.75
.290
6.31
2007 AAA (Sea)
0-2-0
5
5
25.1
37
 2
14
16
 4.97
5.68
2.01
.346
7.11

The Pirates signed Davis at the end of spring training, as they needed another starting pitcher for the Indianapolis rotation.  Davis had gone to spring training with Texas, but opted for free agency when he didn't make the major league roster.  At the beginning of his major league career, Davis pitched reasonably well even though the Indians rushed him to the majors.  He began struggling after that, sometimes but not always with his control, which was good in the minors.  In 2007, the wheels fell off entirely.

A former basketball player, Davis is a big guy with a fastball that can get into the upper 90s, although more often it's around 93-94.  He also throws a splitter.  For a guy with good stuff, he's never had very good K rates.  He's been slightly more effective against LH batters than against RH.  After he spent most of the season in the rotation at Indianapolis, the Pirates added him to the roster and called him up in late July, in what was more a desperation move than anything else. 

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