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Born on March 10, 1977, Ben Davis is from Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Ben Davis is a baseball player. The age as of 2026 is 49.
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.
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- 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
- Occupation
- baseball player
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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When was Ben Davis born?
Born March 10, 1977 (age 49).
Where is Ben Davis from?
Ben Davis is from Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
What does Ben Davis do?
Ben Davis works as baseball player.
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