40-MaN ROsTeR - MLB.com
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062<br />
X-Ray RePORT<br />
2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
<strong>40</strong>-MAN ROSTER › wAde dAVis<br />
RIGHT-HANdEd PITCHER<br />
waDe<br />
DaVIs <strong>40</strong><br />
Wade allen Davis<br />
BATS<br />
Right<br />
ÊÊWade loves working with kids and organized<br />
the Full Count Foundation to help children, especially<br />
those who are at risk or have special<br />
needs or chronic illnesses...Full Count sponsors<br />
the Dutchess Debs, a 12-and-under girls travel<br />
softball team based in New York, and provided<br />
them with jerseys, uniforms, equipment and<br />
more...this offseason he served as a guest instructor<br />
at a free baseball clinic for kids ages<br />
6 to 16 at the Extra Innings training center in<br />
New York.<br />
ÊÊIn April 2011, Wade joined a large group of<br />
Tampa Bay Lightning players and local business<br />
leaders who shaved their heads for the<br />
Cut for a Cure campaign, a fundraiser benefitting<br />
the Pediatric Cancer Foundation in<br />
Tampa...had his head shaved atop the Rays<br />
dugout after a game...Lightning stars Vinny<br />
LeCavalier, Marty St. Louis, Ryan Malone,<br />
Teddy Purcell, Nate Thompson, Victor Hedman<br />
and Mike Smith also participated.<br />
ÊÊHe once shot and bagged a 6-foot, 300-pound<br />
black bear with a crossbow on a hunting trip<br />
in Toronto.<br />
ÊÊWade and his wife, Katelyn, have two dogs: a<br />
Yorkshire terrier named Abigail and a German<br />
Shepherd named Charlie, who joined the family<br />
last year.<br />
2011 seasON<br />
ÊÊWent 11-10 with a 4.45 ERA in 29 starts, throwing<br />
a career-high 184 innings despite a brief<br />
stint on the disabled list with a right forearm<br />
strain.<br />
THROWS<br />
Right<br />
HEIGHT<br />
6'5"<br />
WEIGHT<br />
225<br />
MaJor lEaguE sErVICE 2 years, 32 days<br />
oPENINg Day agE 26<br />
borN 9/7/85 in Lake Wales, FL<br />
rEsIDEs Marlboro, NY<br />
CoNtraCt status Signed through 2014 with club<br />
options for 2015, 2016 and 2017<br />
aCQuIrED Selected in the third round of the<br />
2004 June draft<br />
sIgNINg sCout Kevin Elfering (Rays)<br />
ÊÊHis ERA was more than two runs lower at home<br />
than on the road...went 6-4 with a 3.48 ERA<br />
(101-IP, 39-ER) in 15 home starts...was 5-6 with<br />
a 5.64 ERA (83-IP, 52-ER) in 14 starts away<br />
from Tropicana Field, despite receiving the AL’s<br />
8th-highest run support on the road...received<br />
3.56 R/9 IP (101-IP, <strong>40</strong>-RS) in run support at<br />
home <strong>com</strong>pared to 6.72 R/9 IP (83-IP, 62-RS)<br />
on the road.<br />
ÊÊAfter the All-Star break went 3-0 with a 2.85<br />
ERA (53.2-IP, 17-ER) in 7 starts at Tropicana<br />
Field, with the Rays winning each of those<br />
games...in 6 road starts after the break he went<br />
1-4 with a 7.96 ERA (31.2-IP, 50-H, 28-ER).<br />
ÊÊAveraged only 5.14 SO/9 IP, 6th-lowest rate in<br />
the AL...in 18 starts through July 22, averaged<br />
4.13 SO/9 IP (109-IP, 50-SO)...after that, however,<br />
averaged 6.60 SO/9 IP (75-IP, 55-SO) over<br />
his last 11 starts.<br />
ÊÊHis 46.7 groundball pct. was 5th lowest in the<br />
AL.<br />
ÊÊYielded 12.77 base runners per 9 innings, highest<br />
on the staff and 7th highest in the AL.<br />
ÊÊOpponents stole only 2 bases in 6 SB attempts<br />
(33.3 percent)—tied for the 2nd lowest success<br />
rate in the majors...only CWS Mark Buehrle (3for-10,<br />
30 percent) was better.<br />
ÊÊOn Sep 9 vs. BOS threw his lone <strong>com</strong>plete<br />
game of the season and second of his career,<br />
defeating John Lackey, 7-2, for his 10th win...<br />
also tossed 9 innings on Aug 24 vs. DET but received<br />
no decision in the 10-inning, 3-2 win.
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