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Ben Davis

ベン・デイビス　/　べん・でいびす

American baseball player

March 10, 1977 (age 49)　・　Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania
baseball player

My Take

What strikes me about Ben Davis is how the catcher's career bends toward a single bright moment. Drafted high and tagged as a promising backstop, he only ever cleared half his team's games in one season, 2001. That gap between expectation and the day-to-day reality of catching is the part I keep returning to. A Pennsylvania kid bouncing among the Padres, Mariners, and White Sox between 1998 and 2004 reads less like a flameout and more like the ordinary arc of most prospects, which I think is the honest, underrated story here. I'd love to know what the daily grind behind the plate actually felt like.

Overview

Mark Christopher "Ben" Davis (born March 10, 1977), is an American former professional baseball player, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, and Chicago White Sox, between 1998 and 2004. Davis began his career as a promising catcher, but 2001 was the only season in which he played in more than half of his team's games.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ben Davis
Name (Japanese): ベン・デイビス
Reading: べん・でいびす
Born: March 10, 1977 (age 49)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Snake
Origin: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%B9%20(%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83)

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