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6 unusual facts about Tommy Davis


1959 San Francisco 49ers season

Tommy Davis scored the most points, 67 out of the team's total of 255.

1988 Añejo Rum 65ers season

November 22: The Rum Masters were booted out of the finals picture, following a 127-118 loss to San Miguel, imports Joe Ward and Tommy Davis combined for 105 points out of the 118 Anejo total output, with Joe Ward hitting 75 points.

Lenny Wilkens

At Boys High School, Wilkens was a basketball teammate of longtime Major League Baseball star Tommy Davis.

Tommy Davis

He was also one of the most proficient pinch-hitters in baseball history with a .320 batting average (63-for-197) – the highest in major league history upon his retirement, breaking the .312 mark of Frenchy Bordagaray.

In 1963 he won his second batting title, edging Roberto Clemente by 6 points, and finished eighth in the MVP balloting.

Only two right-handed hitters have won multiple National League batting titles since: Bill Madlock with four, and Roberto Clemente with four.


Al Weis

After that season, he and fleet-footed outfielder Tommie Agee were traded to the New York Mets for four players (among them slugger Tommy Davis and veteran pitcher Jack Fisher).

Tommie Agee

To alleviate this problem, the White Sox imported perennial .300 hitter Tommy Davis, along with pitcher Jack Fisher and two minor leaguers, from the New York Mets for Agee and Al Weis.


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