Wade Davis

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2021)

W–L 63–55
ERA 3.94
WHIP 1.30
SO 929
Pitcher PIV 5776.6
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'5" / 225 lb
Born
9/7/1985 in Lake Wales, FL, USA
MLB Debut
2009-09-06
Last Game
2021-09-11
Awards
3× All-Star · Babe Ruth Award

Full name: Wade Allen Davis

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
63 55 557 88 2 1 141 990.3 895 433 104 389 929 3.94 5776.6

Career ERA 3.94 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2009 TBA AL 2 2 6 6 1 1 0 36.3 33 15 13 36 3.72 4.32 (+14%) 1297.0
2010 TBA AL 12 10 29 29 0 0 0 168.0 165 76 62 113 4.07 4.08 (avg) -2971.8
2011 TBA AL 11 10 29 29 1 0 0 184.0 190 91 63 105 4.45 3.94 (-13%) -3331.7
2012 TBA AL 3 0 54 0 0 0 0 70.3 48 19 29 87 2.43 4.01 (+39%) 2198.9
2013 KCA AL 8 11 31 24 0 0 0 135.3 169 80 58 114 5.32 3.87 (-38%) -1058.7
2014 KCA AL 9 2 71 0 0 0 3 72.0 38 8 23 109 1.00 3.74 (+73%) 4663.2
2015 KCA AL 8 1 69 0 0 0 17 67.3 33 7 20 78 0.94 3.96 (+76%) 2857.7
2016 KCA AL 2 1 45 0 0 0 27 43.3 33 9 16 47 1.87 4.19 (+55%) 2073.6
2017 CHN NL 4 2 59 0 0 0 32 58.7 39 15 28 79 2.30 4.36 (+47%) 1452.9
2018 COL NL 3 6 69 0 0 0 43 65.3 43 30 26 78 4.13 4.15 (avg) 825.0
2019 COL NL 1 6 50 0 0 0 15 42.7 51 41 29 42 8.65 4.51 (-92%) -1123.0
2020 COL NL 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 4.3 9 10 3 3 20.77 — 0.0
2021 KCA AL 0 3 40 0 0 0 2 42.7 44 32 19 38 6.75 4.27 (-58%) -1106.5
Career · 13 seasons 63 55 557 88 2 1 141 990.1 895 433 389 929 3.94 — 5,777

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 Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
558 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 0

Career AVG .250 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .250 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 22.1% below league average.

Career SLG .250 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 38.9% below league average.

Career OPS .500 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 31.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2009 TBA AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 TBA AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 TBA AL 30 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
2012 TBA AL 54 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
2013 KCA AL 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 KCA AL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 KCA AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 KCA AL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 CHN NL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 COL NL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 COL NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2020 COL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 KCA AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 13 seasons 558 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 — — — — 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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2018 NLDS1 COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 NLWC COL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 NLCS CHN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2017 NLDS2 CHN 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALCS KCA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALDS1 KCA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 WS KCA 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2014 ALCS KCA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 ALDS1 KCA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 ALWC KCA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 WS KCA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2011 ALDS2 TBA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
4 0 30 1 8 40.0 29 8 18 57 1.80

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2018 NLDS1 COL 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 2 2 2 0 0.00
2018 NLWC COL 0 0 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 1 3 0.00
2017 NLCS CHN 0 0 1 0 1 2.0 1 1 3 3 4.50
2017 NLDS2 CHN 0 0 4 0 3 4.3 4 2 3 5 4.15
2015 ALCS KCA 1 0 2 0 1 2.7 2 0 2 5 0.00
2015 ALDS1 KCA 0 0 3 0 2 4.0 1 0 1 5 0.00
2015 WS KCA 0 0 3 0 1 4.0 3 0 0 8 0.00
2014 ALCS KCA 2 0 4 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 6 0.00
2014 ALDS1 KCA 0 0 3 0 0 3.3 3 1 2 3 2.70
2014 ALWC KCA 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2014 WS KCA 0 0 4 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 10 0.00
2011 ALDS2 TBA 0 0 2 0 0 2.3 1 0 1 1 0.00
2010 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 7 2 3 7 3.60

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home29900000—
Away25980200.250

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home299538.04792302004873.85
Away258452.14162031894424.04

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2021-09-11 KCRMIN — 1.0333200
2021-09-05 KCRCHW — 1.0100120
2021-09-04 KCRCHW — 1.0000030
2021-08-31 KCRCLE — 2.0322021
2021-08-24 KCRHOU — 1.0000010
2021-08-22 KCRCHC — 1.0100000
2021-08-19 KCRHOU L 0.0232100
2021-08-15 KCRSTL — 1.0000010
2021-08-13 KCRSTL — 1.0122210
2021-08-10 KCRNYY — 1.0000010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 557 88 78 85 7 14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2009 TBA P 6 6 5 0 0 0
2010 TBA P 29 29 16 19 2 4
2011 TBA P 29 29 11 18 0 4
2012 TBA P 54 0 6 4 1 0
2013 KCA P 31 24 12 13 1 2
2014 KCA P 71 0 4 3 1 0
2015 KCA P 69 0 9 8 1 1
2016 KCA P 45 0 1 4 0 0
2017 CHN P 59 0 2 8 0 0
2018 COL P 69 0 8 3 0 1
2019 COL P 50 0 2 3 1 2
2020 COL P 5 0 0 0 0 0
2021 KCA P 40 0 2 2 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 557

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2015 Babe Ruth Award
2015 This Year in Baseball Best Major Leaguer - Postseason Esurance
2014 This Year in Baseball Setup Man of the Year MLB.com GIBBY
2010 Rookie of the Month July

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 KCA AL $8,000,000
2015 KCA AL $7,000,000
2014 KCA AL $4,800,000
2013 KCA AL $2,800,000
2012 TBA AL $1,500,000
2011 TBA AL $434,100
2010 TBA AL $404,900
Total Career Earnings $24,939,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2015 Cy Young Award AL 6th 10.0 210 0
2015 Most Valuable Player AL 28th 1.0 420 0
2014 Cy Young Award AL 8th 3.0 210 0
2010 Rookie of the Year AL 4th 11.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Wade Davis (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Brad Hand
    40-55, 3.75 ERA
  2. 94
    Norm Charlton
    51-54, 3.71 ERA
  3. 89
    Jim Gott
    56-74, 3.87 ERA
  4. 87
    Dave LaRoche
    65-58, 3.53 ERA
  5. 86
    Tim Worrell
    48-59, 3.97 ERA
  6. 85
    Joaquin Benoit
    58-49, 3.83 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Wade Davis

What years did Wade Davis play?
Wade Davis played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2021.
Was Wade Davis a pitcher?
Yes. Wade Davis pitched in the major leagues, recording 63 wins and 929 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Wade Davis hit?
Wade Davis hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.