Loading players...
Chili Davis played 19 major-league seasons (1981-1999) as a OF (1,184), 1B (1), P (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 21 | SFN | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .133 | .321 | -5 |
| 1982 | 22 | SFN | 154 | 641 | 86 | 167 | 19 | 76 | 24 | 45 | 115 | .261 | .719 | 107 |
| 1983 | 23 | SFN | 137 | 486 | 54 | 113 | 11 | 59 | 10 | 55 | 108 | .233 | .657 | 89 |
| 1984 | 24 | SFN | 137 | 499 | 87 | 157 | 21 | 81 | 12 | 42 | 74 | .315 | .875 | 153 |
| 1985 | 25 | SFN | 136 | 481 | 53 | 130 | 13 | 56 | 15 | 62 | 74 | .270 | .761 | 120 |
| 1986 | 26 | SFN | 153 | 526 | 71 | 146 | 13 | 70 | 16 | 84 | 96 | .278 | .791 | 126 |
| 1987 | 27 | SFN | 149 | 500 | 80 | 125 | 24 | 76 | 16 | 72 | 109 | .250 | .786 | 114 |
| 1988 | 28 | CAL | 158 | 600 | 81 | 161 | 21 | 93 | 9 | 56 | 118 | .268 | .757 | 111 |
| 1989 | 29 | CAL | 154 | 560 | 81 | 152 | 22 | 90 | 3 | 61 | 109 | .271 | .775 | 118 |
| 1990 | 30 | CAL | 113 | 412 | 58 | 109 | 12 | 58 | 1 | 61 | 89 | .265 | .755 | 112 |
| 1991 | 31 | MIN | 153 | 534 | 84 | 148 | 29 | 93 | 5 | 95 | 117 | .277 | .892 | 146 |
| 1992 | 32 | MIN | 138 | 444 | 63 | 128 | 12 | 66 | 4 | 73 | 76 | .288 | .825 | 132 |
| 1993 | 33 | CAL | 153 | 573 | 74 | 139 | 27 | 112 | 4 | 71 | 135 | .243 | .767 | 105 |
| 1994 | 34 | CAL | 108 | 392 | 72 | 122 | 26 | 84 | 3 | 69 | 84 | .311 | .971 | 148 |
| 1995 | 35 | CAL | 119 | 424 | 81 | 135 | 20 | 86 | 3 | 89 | 79 | .318 | .943 | 145 |
| 1996 | 36 | CAL | 145 | 530 | 73 | 155 | 28 | 95 | 5 | 86 | 99 | .292 | .884 | 122 |
| 1997 | 37 | KCA | 140 | 477 | 71 | 133 | 30 | 90 | 6 | 85 | 96 | .279 | .896 | 133 |
| 1998 | 38 | NYA | 35 | 103 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .291 | .819 | 113 |
| 1999 | 39 | NYA | 146 | 476 | 59 | 128 | 19 | 78 | 4 | 73 | 100 | .269 | .812 | 107 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 33 | CAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | OF | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 153 | 153 | 404 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| 1983 | OF | 133 | 127 | 357 | 7 | 9 | 1 |
| 1984 | OF | 123 | 117 | 292 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 1985 | OF | 126 | 126 | 279 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 148 | 145 | 303 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 1987 | OF | 135 | 125 | 265 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 1988 | OF | 153 | 154 | 299 | 10 | 19 | 1 |
| 1989 | OF | 147 | 146 | 270 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | OF | 52 | 52 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1991 | OF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | OF | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1991, 1989, 1982.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 4 | 32 / 120 | 3 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 21 / 392 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
Chili Davis ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #49 | designated hitters | 1994 | 148 OPS+ |
| #53 | designated hitters | 1991 | 146 OPS+ |
| #59 | designated hitters | 1995 | 145 OPS+ |
| #151 | center fielders | 1984 | 153 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.