Jody Davis

Jody Davis strikes me as the kind of unglamorous craftsman a baseball team is quietly built around. A catcher from Gainesville, Georgia, he spent 1981 to 1990 squatting behind the plate for the Cubs and Braves, doing the thankless work of steering pitchers through a game. His 1986 Gold Glove is the clearest proof of how reliable his defense was, and two All-Star nods confirm he was no afterthought. I have a soft spot for players who climb from a small-town high school to the majors on grit rather than hype. Backstops like him are the spine of the sport, and I think they deserve more credit.

Name (English)

Jody Davis

Name (Japanese)

ジョディ・デービス

Reading

じょでぃ・でーびす

Born

November 12, 1956 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

Origin

Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Occupation

baseball player

High school

North Hall High School

University

Middle Georgia College

Awards & achievements

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%B9%20(%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83)

Tags

• Georgia
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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