Top 100 Angels: Chili DAVIS #15

by Rev Halofan on Mar 15, 2009 7:54 PM PDT in 100 Top Angels

#15 CHILI DAVIS - OF/DH (1988-90, 1993-96)

Franchise Top Tens:

3,490+ At Bats and 4,030+ Plate Appearances (Each 8th place)

OBP .365 (7th)

SLG .464 (6th)

OPS .829 (5th)

520 Runs (8th)

973 Hits (7th)

1,620 Total Bases (7th)

156 HR (6th, and 2nd All Time when he set this mark)

618 RBI (5th)

493 Walks (5th)

To give you an example of how great Chili was as an Angel, he had 1 fewer Plate Appearance as an Angel than Gary Discarcina and made 335 fewer outs.

Franchise Win Shares Rank: 11 (114 Regular Season Win Shares)

Post-2005 Season Top 100 Angels Ranking: 23 - Read the essay that had so underestimated him (although the Chronicler called it, ranking him 10th all time back then). Check out his CAREER STATS - he ended up with 3 rings - 91 with the Twins and 98-99 with the Yankees.

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Chili had some really good years......

I feel like he was a great mentor to Salmon and GA and the like…….never heard a bad word about the guy…..

A person who performs good Karma (deeds) is always held in high esteem
12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.

by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 15, 2009 10:17 PM PDT reply actions

BTW.........I really like Matt's comment on the other article.....spot on.

A person who performs good Karma (deeds) is always held in high esteem
12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.

by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 15, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions

and #1 on the Awesomest Name List

Hooters anyone?

by Chone's Chonies on Mar 16, 2009 7:19 AM PDT reply actions

the bearer of

my worst childhood sports memory. Refused to sign my autograph ( I was young) unless I asked my mom for some money and then he would sign. Then When I saw him coming out of the stadium one night after a loss walking to his car, I said in my most admiring voice, Scuse me sir… Are you Chili Davis?"
He said, " No kid I’m the Fucking janitor, out of my way." The security guard saw him push me aside and chastised him,Chili told the guy to fuck off, and sped off in his car…
He went from being my favorite Angel to a jerk in seconds, and to this day I can’t stand the guy

Terrorist plot to blow up Fenway? I'm okay with that

by Sinatrasratpack on Mar 16, 2009 8:06 AM PDT reply actions

Well heck......guess I can no longer say what I said in my first post........

A person who performs good Karma (deeds) is always held in high esteem
12/19/08 - Thank you KLJ for coming into my life.

by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 16, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Dang, that's pretty bad

by Higz on Mar 16, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions

that sux

He could’ve just blown you off, but to make that kind of remark is just earth-shattering to a kid.

Hooters anyone?

by Chone's Chonies on Mar 16, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I recall

Him flipping off the camera in the dugout a few times. Once they cut quick away, but quickly (and probably accidentally) cut back and when he saw the red light go on he raised BOTH middle fingers.

by Rev Halofan on Mar 16, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow

When I asked him for an autograph he just said “sure” and signed it.

I’m always wary of judging a guy on these ’He was an asshole to me" stories because they only capture someone at one moment in their lives then extrapolates that behavior over their entire lives. If he did that to you it was bullshit. But It wont change my opinion of him.

Netherlands-2 Dominican Republic-0

by HaloDutch on Mar 19, 2009 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions

But...

I can put aside my hurt childhood feelings to see the importance of the guy in Angels history

Terrorist plot to blow up Fenway? I'm okay with that

by Sinatrasratpack on Mar 16, 2009 8:07 AM PDT reply actions

I'll never forgive Bill Bavasi for trading Davis while he still had some good seasons left.

Mark Gubicza and Mike Bovee. What the HELL was Bavasi thinking?

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Mar 16, 2009 10:22 AM PDT reply actions

My memory is a bit fuzzy on this, but...

didn’t Chili Davis go down with an injury during the time the Angels collapsed in 1995?

by stolenbases on Mar 16, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions

Negatory...

he was on the Titanic all the way to the ocean bottom:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?n1=davisch01&t=b&year=1995

by Downing Rules on Mar 16, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks for the link

That’s a pretty cool site. Looking back at those scores, I fondly remember how excited I was when the Angels somehow where able to beat Oakland those final games. That all came crashing down of course in Seattle. I remember staying home from school since I was “sick” that day full of hope that the Angels would somehow solve the Big Unit. By the end of the game I was sick alright, crying and thinking the Angels were a cursed team that I would never get to see in the playoffs. My how times have changed for the better! Now, it seems like 1995 was a lifetime ago now.

by stolenbases on Mar 16, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions

"sick"

I faked an injury at school, and even had my mom take me to the hospital. listened to the game the whole way there and back and got home just in time to see langstons implosion against luis sojo

Phys: Well, Coon doesn't have a lot of power but he's a good bunter
Coon: F$%# That!
Thanks Zu

by halofan4life on Mar 16, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions