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Eric Davis played 17 major-league seasons (1984-2001) as a OF (1,431), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 22 | CIN | 57 | 174 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 48 | .224 | .786 | 126 |
| 1985 | 23 | CIN | 56 | 122 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 39 | .246 | .803 | 128 |
| 1986 | 24 | CIN | 132 | 415 | 97 | 115 | 27 | 71 | 80 | 68 | 100 | .277 | .901 | 155 |
| 1987 | 25 | CIN | 129 | 474 | 120 | 139 | 37 | 100 | 50 | 84 | 134 | .293 | .991 | 168 |
| 1988 | 26 | CIN | 135 | 472 | 81 | 129 | 26 | 93 | 35 | 65 | 124 | .273 | .852 | 152 |
| 1989 | 27 | CIN | 131 | 462 | 74 | 130 | 34 | 101 | 21 | 68 | 116 | .281 | .908 | 166 |
| 1990 | 28 | CIN | 127 | 453 | 84 | 118 | 24 | 86 | 21 | 60 | 100 | .260 | .833 | 135 |
| 1991 | 29 | CIN | 89 | 285 | 39 | 67 | 11 | 33 | 14 | 48 | 92 | .235 | .739 | 115 |
| 1992 | 30 | LAN | 76 | 267 | 21 | 61 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 36 | 71 | .228 | .647 | 90 |
| 1993 | 31 | DET | 23 | 75 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 18 | .253 | .904 | 141 |
| 1993 | 31 | LAN | 108 | 376 | 57 | 88 | 14 | 53 | 33 | 41 | 88 | .234 | .699 | 92 |
| 1994 | 32 | DET | 37 | 120 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 45 | .183 | .582 | 51 |
| 1996 | 34 | CIN | 129 | 415 | 81 | 119 | 26 | 83 | 23 | 70 | 121 | .287 | .917 | 147 |
| 1997 | 35 | BAL | 42 | 158 | 29 | 48 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 47 | .304 | .883 | 128 |
| 1998 | 36 | BAL | 131 | 452 | 81 | 148 | 28 | 89 | 7 | 44 | 108 | .327 | .970 | 149 |
| 1999 | 37 | SLN | 58 | 191 | 27 | 49 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 49 | .257 | .762 | 99 |
| 2000 | 38 | SLN | 92 | 254 | 38 | 77 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 36 | 60 | .303 | .818 | 113 |
| 2001 | 39 | SFN | 74 | 156 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 38 | .205 | .634 | 67 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | OF | 51 | 44 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 1985 | OF | 47 | 24 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | OF | 121 | 109 | 274 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | OF | 128 | 127 | 380 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 1988 | OF | 130 | 130 | 300 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 125 | 123 | 298 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 1990 | OF | 122 | 121 | 257 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 1991 | OF | 81 | 79 | 190 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1992 | OF | 74 | 73 | 123 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | OF | 121 | 112 | 273 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1994 | OF | 35 | 33 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | OF | 126 | 114 | 272 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | OF | 30 | 29 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | OF | 72 | 69 | 119 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | OF | 51 | 48 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | OF | 69 | 61 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | OF | 48 | 34 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 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.
Eric Davis won: Gold Glove 1987 (NL), Silver Slugger 1987 (NL), TSN All-Star 1987 (NL), Gold Glove 1988 (NL), Gold Glove 1989 (NL), Silver Slugger 1989 (NL), TSN All-Star 1989 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1998, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 21 / 336 | 0 |
| 1987 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 73 / 336 | 0 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 14 / 336 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 44 / 336 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
| 1998 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 2 / 392 | 0 |
Eric Davis ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #95 | center fielders | 1987 | 168 OPS+ |
| #104 | center fielders | 1989 | 166 OPS+ |
| #153 | center fielders | 1988 | 152 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.