What years did Chili Davis play?

Chili Davis played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1999.

Was Chili Davis a pitcher?

No. Chili Davis was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Chili Davis hit?

Chili Davis hit 350 career home runs with 2380 hits.

What was Chili Davis's career batting average?

Chili Davis batted .274 over his career, with 2,380 hits in 8,673 at bats.

How many RBI did Chili Davis have?

Chili Davis drove in 1,372 runs in his career.

What was Chili Davis's career ERA?

Chili Davis finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Chili Davis

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1981-1999)

Chili Davis was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1999 for 5 teams, including the San Francisco Giants, a span of 19 seasons. In 2,436 career games, he hit .274 with 2,380 hits, 350 home runs, and 1,372 RBI. Chili Davis was a 3-time All-Star. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 21,833.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .274

HR 350

RBI 1,372

H 2,380

OPS .811

PIV 21,833

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 195 lb
Born: 1/17/1960 in Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica
MLB Debut: 1981-04-10
Last Game: 1999-10-03
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: Charles Theodore Davis

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Career Batting Statistics

Chili Davis — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,436	8,673	1,240	2,380	424	30	350	1,372	142	1,194	1,698	.274	.360	.451	.811	21,833

Career AVG .274 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .360 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — +9.3% above league average.

Career SLG .451 vs. league average .400 across their career seasons — +12.9% above league average.

Career OPS .811 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — +11.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Chili Davis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1981	SFN	NL	8	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	SFN	NL	154	641	86	167	27	6	19	76	24	45	115	.261	.261 (avg)	.324 (-5%)	.388 (+6%)	.712 (+1%)	-38.2
1983	SFN	NL	137	486	54	113	21	2	11	59	10	55	108	.233	.260 (-11%)	.324 (-6%)	.389 (-10%)	.714 (-8%)	-633.3
1984	SFN	NL	137	499	87	157	21	6	21	81	12	42	74	.315	.259 (+21%)	.322 (+14%)	.384 (+32%)	.707 (+24%)	2247.3
1985	SFN	NL	136	481	53	130	25	2	13	56	15	62	74	.270	.257 (+5%)	.323 (+8%)	.390 (+5%)	.714 (+7%)	684.3
1986	SFN	NL	153	526	71	146	28	3	13	70	16	84	96	.278	.257 (+8%)	.325 (+15%)	.395 (+5%)	.720 (+10%)	1294.8
1987	SFN	NL	149	500	80	125	22	1	24	76	16	72	109	.250	.262 (-5%)	.331 (+4%)	.415 (+6%)	.746 (+5%)	647.4
1988	CAL	AL	158	600	81	161	29	3	21	93	9	56	118	.268	.254 (+6%)	.317 (+2%)	.377 (+14%)	.695 (+9%)	936.0
1989	CAL	AL	154	560	81	152	24	1	22	90	3	61	109	.271	.254 (+7%)	.319 (+6%)	.375 (+16%)	.694 (+12%)	1281.2
1990	CAL	AL	113	412	58	109	17	1	12	58	1	61	89	.265	.257 (+3%)	.324 (+10%)	.385 (+3%)	.710 (+6%)	652.8
1991	MIN	AL	153	534	84	148	34	1	29	93	5	95	117	.277	.255 (+8%)	.323 (+19%)	.384 (+32%)	.708 (+26%)	3020.2
1992	MIN	AL	138	444	63	128	27	2	12	66	4	73	76	.288	.255 (+13%)	.322 (+20%)	.377 (+16%)	.699 (+18%)	1748.1
1993	CAL	AL	153	573	74	139	32	0	27	112	4	71	135	.243	.265 (-8%)	.332 (-2%)	.403 (+9%)	.735 (+4%)	534.0
1994	CAL	AL	108	392	72	122	18	1	26	84	3	69	84	.311	.269 (+15%)	.338 (+21%)	.424 (+32%)	.763 (+27%)	2305.4
1995	CAL	AL	119	424	81	135	23	0	20	86	3	89	79	.318	.266 (+19%)	.337 (+27%)	.417 (+23%)	.755 (+25%)	2457.5
1996	CAL	AL	145	530	73	155	24	0	28	95	5	86	99	.292	.269 (+8%)	.340 (+14%)	.426 (+16%)	.767 (+15%)	1898.5
1997	KCA	AL	140	477	71	133	20	0	30	90	6	85	96	.279	.266 (+5%)	.336 (+15%)	.419 (+22%)	.756 (+18%)	2046.7
1998	NYA	AL	35	103	11	30	7	0	3	9	0	14	18	.291	.266 (+9%)	.335 (+11%)	.420 (+6%)	.755 (+8%)	175.4
1999	NYA	AL	146	476	59	128	25	1	19	78	4	73	100	.269	.271 (-1%)	.344 (+6%)	.433 (+3%)	.778 (+4%)	574.6
Career · 19 seasons			2,436	8,673	1,240	2,380	424	30	350	1,372	142	1,194	1,698	.274	—	—	—	—	21,833

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Chili Davis — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Chili Davis — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	CAL	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chili Davis — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
34	100	14	21	4	0	3	14	16	30	.210

Playoff Batting by Year

Chili Davis — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1999	ALCS	NYA	5	11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	.091
1999	ALDS2	NYA	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333
1999	WS	NYA	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1998	ALCS	NYA	5	14	2	4	1	1	5	2	3	.286
1998	ALDS2	NYA	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167
1998	WS	NYA	3	7	3	2	0	0	2	3	2	.286
1991	ALCS	MIN	5	17	3	5	2	0	2	5	8	.294
1991	WS	MIN	6	18	4	4	0	2	4	2	3	.222
1987	NLCS	SFN	6	20	2	3	1	0	0	1	4	.150

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chili Davis — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1252	4359	622	1209	177	691	.277
Away	1183	4312	618	1171	173	681	.272

Pitching — Home / Away

Chili Davis — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Chili Davis — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1999-10-03	NYY	TBR	L	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
1999-10-02	NYY	TBR	W	4	1	2	1	2	0	2
1999-09-30	NYY	BAL	W	4	0	1	0	2	1	1
1999-09-27	NYY	TBR	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
1999-09-26	NYY	TBR	L	5	0	0	0	0	0	3
1999-09-25	NYY	TBR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999-09-24	NYY	TBR	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
1999-09-23	NYY	CHW	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999-09-22	NYY	CHW	W	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1999-09-21	NYY	CHW	W	3	0	1	0	0	0	1

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Chili Davis — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1993-06-17	LAA	TEX	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chili Davis — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
OF	1184	1151	2565	77	80	15
P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chili Davis — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1981	SFN	OF	6	2	7	0	0	0
1982	SFN	OF	153	153	404	16	12	4
1983	SFN	OF	133	127	357	7	9	1
1984	SFN	OF	123	117	292	9	9	2
1985	SFN	OF	126	126	279	10	6	2
1986	SFN	OF	148	145	303	9	9	2
1987	SFN	OF	135	125	265	6	7	2
1988	CAL	OF	153	154	299	10	19	1
1989	CAL	OF	147	146	270	5	6	0
1990	CAL	OF	52	52	77	5	3	1
1991	MIN	OF	2	0	2	0	0	0
1992	MIN	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1992	MIN	OF	4	2	5	0	0	0
1993	CAL	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1994	CAL	OF	2	2	5	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Chili Davis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	1
Left Field	231
Center Field	539
Right Field	480
Designated Hitter	1160

Awards & Honors

Chili Davis — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1999	Player of the Week	Week of 1999-04-10
1991	Outstanding DH Award
1989	Player of the Week	Week of 1989-08-04
1988	Player of the Month	July
1988	Player of the Week	Week of 1988-07-08
1986	Player of the Week	Week of 1986-06-13
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-09-14

Salary History

Chili Davis — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1999	NYA	AL	$4,333,333
1998	NYA	AL	$4,333,333
1997	KCA	AL	$3,800,000
1996	CAL	AL	$3,800,000
1995	CAL	AL	$3,800,000
1994	CAL	AL	$2,900,000
1993	CAL	AL	$2,400,000
1992	MIN	AL	$2,800,000
1991	MIN	AL	$1,700,000
1990	CAL	AL	$1,375,000
1989	CAL	AL	$1,475,000
1988	CAL	AL	$850,000
1987	CAL	AL	$815,000
1986	SFN	NL	$690,000
1985	SFN	NL	$550,000
Total Career Earnings			$35,621,666

Award Voting History

Chili Davis — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1994	Most Valuable Player	AL	22th	3.0	392	0
1991	Most Valuable Player	AL	14th	21.0	392	0
1989	Most Valuable Player	AL	25th	1.0	392	0
1982	Rookie of the Year	NL	4th	32.0	120	3

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Chili Davis: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 10, 1981 and the final game on October 3, 1999, Chili Davis built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the San Francisco Giants (1981 to 1987), the California Angels (1988 to 1996), the Minnesota Twins (1991 to 1992), the Kansas City Royals (1997), and the New York Yankees (1998 to 1999). At 195 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame, Davis is listed as an outfielder. Davis switch-hit and threw right-handed, per the bio block. Davis was born on January 17, 1960, in Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica. The bio lists the given name Charles Theodore.

Davis's career batting table shows 2,436 games, 8,673 at bats and 2,380 hits, a .274 average, along with 350 homers, 1,372 RBI, and 142 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .360 and the slugging percentage .451, for an OPS of .811. The .274 career average is close to the .262 the league hit across the same seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chili Davis

What years did Chili Davis play?: Chili Davis played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1999.
Was Chili Davis a pitcher?: No. Chili Davis was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Chili Davis hit?: Chili Davis hit 350 career home runs with 2380 hits.
What was Chili Davis's career batting average?: Chili Davis batted .274 over his career, with 2,380 hits in 8,673 at bats.
How many RBI did Chili Davis have?: Chili Davis drove in 1,372 runs in his career.
What was Chili Davis's career ERA?: Chili Davis finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.