What a card: This is the seventh rookie card in the set and one of the more obscure players. Davis played in 44 games for the Padres in 1985, batting .293. He never returned to the majors.
My observation on the front: Brown is an odd color for a professional team (unless your name is "the Browns"), but the Padres need to own it as part of their history from the beginning by including the color in their primary uniform. None of this blue stuff.
More opinion from me: I have absolutely no memory of Jerry Davis.
Something you might know: Davis won the starting left field job and led off during the defending NL champion Padres' opening game in 1985. A knee injury forced him to retire by 1987.
Something you might not know: If you're looking for this card on COMC, you will have to do a search for former 1970s infielder Jerry DaVanon because that's the name listed on the site for Davis' 1985 Traded cards.
My observation on the back: Davis is a Christmas baby.
The blog wants to speak now: The Other Cards category is updated.
2 comments:
Jerry Davis is the 1985 Padres equivalent of Mike Ramsey for the 1987 Dodgers. A random outfielder that came out of nowhere to get the Opening Day starting assignment whose time in the Majors was over before the season even ended.
His minor league stats intrigued me so I looked Davis up on baseball reference where he is listed as Gerry. Career minor league OBP of 437 is quite remarkable. The Padres sure took their time moving him up the ladder though. I wonder if his defense was suspect? Too bad his career was thwarted by injuries. Looks like he could have had a productive MLB career.
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