2016 Baseball Roster
Joel Davis
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Midwest City, Okla.
- High School:
- Midwest City
2017 (SENIOR): Started 54 games (50 at 1B, three at DH and one in left) hitting 50-for-198 (.253) with six homers, 30 driven in and a .360 OBP... in the season opener (2/17) drove in three with a 2-for-5 day ... hit his first long ball of the season against Prairie View (2/28) ... homered the following day and went 4-for-4 at the plate with a walk, finished the game a double away from the cycle tripling for the second time in the game during his last at bat ... hit 3-for-5 in the Aggies win over No. 10 Texas Tech recording two doubles ... drove in a run in six straight games including against No. 1 TCU ... reached three times in the win over Brown (3/11) ... hit 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBI against Rice (3/21) ... had a 3-for-4 day with a stolen base in the series finale against Vanderbilt (3/26) ... found his way on three times against Texas State scoring twice (3/28) ... walked in five straight games (3/31-4/8) with four of those games coming against top-12 teams ... hit his fourth long ball of the season on a ninth-inning solo shot against No. 11 Auburn ... went deep against Houston Baptist (5/2) in a 2-for-4 day ... reached base three times including a solo home run against Mississippi State (5/6) ...
2016 (JUNIOR): Played in 48 games in his first year at A&M, including 37 starts (22 DH/15 LF)... batted .293 (36-for-123) with 18 runs, nine doubles, four triples, three home runs and 22 RBI... boasted a .504 slugging percentage, .376 on-base percentage and two stolen bases... logged seven multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games... played in 20 SEC games, including 17 starts... hit .246 (15-of-61) in league play with five runs, five doubles, one triple, one home run and five RBI... opened the season with hits in each of the first four games... batted 3-for-9 (.333) with three runs, one walk, one HBP, one stolen base and one RBI in series against Hofstra (2/19-21)... batted 1-for-2 in the season opener against the Pride (2/19)... hit 1-for-2 with two runs, one RBI, one walk, one HBP and one stolen base in series finale versus Hofstra (2/21)... batted 1-for-3 with one double, two runs and one RBI against Stephen F. Austin (2/23)... hit 1-for-2 with one double off the bench against Houston Baptist (3/1)... batted 1-for-1 with one double as a reserve versus Yale (3/5)... logged his first Aggie dinger against Fresno State (3/13), batting 1-for-2 with one walk, one run and two RBI... notched his second consecutive game with a home run, going 1-for-3 with one run and two RBI... opened the series at Auburn (3/19) going 2-for-5 with two runs and one double... hit 1-for-1 with one home run and two RBI against Georgia (4/10)... batted 1-for-3 with one triple, one walk and three RBI versus Abilene Christian (4/12)... hit 8-for-13 (.615) with two runs, three doubles, one triple and two RBI at Mississippi State (4/15-17)... went 3-for-5 with one run, on double, one triple and two RBI in second game versus the Bulldogs (4/16)... batted 3-for-5 with one run and two doubles in finale at Mississippi State (4/17)... hit 1-for-3 with one triple, on walk and three RBI against Texas State (4/19)... recorded his season-best six-game hit streak between April 10-19, batting 11-for-20 (.550) with four runs, three doubles, three triples, one home run and 10 RBI...batted 2-for-4 with one RBI in series clinching win at Arkansas (5/1)... hit 1-for-1 with one HBP, one sacrifice bunt, one run and one RBI in SEC Tournament game versus Vanderbilt (5/27)... went 2-for-3 with one run in SEC Tournament championship game against Florida (5/29)... batted 1-for-2 with one triple and one walk in NCAA Regional championship game against Minnesota (6/5)... hit 3-for-5 (.600) in the NCAA Super Regional against TCU (6/10-12) with one double, one walk and one stolen base.
AT SEMINOLE STATE: Played for two seasons under Coach Lloyd Simmons... played in 52 games as a freshman, batting .384 with 13 home runs, 56 runs and 57 RBI... appeared in 56 games as a sophomore, hitting .356 with 56 runs, 12 home runs and 66 RBI... garnered all-regional and regional all-tournament honors as a freshman and sophomore... played summer ball for the Sanford River Rats and Brazos Valley Bombers and won the championship with both teams... appeared in 17 games for the River Rats in 2015, hitting .340 with four doubles, two triples, 9 RBI and seven stolen bases... played in 12 games for the Bombers in 2015, batting .278 with four doubles, one home run and 12 RBI... batted .300 with three doubles, two home runs and 20 RBI in 34 games for Sanford in 2014.
AT MIDWEST CITY HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Craig Troxell and Coach Jay Vermillion… hit .451 with five home runs and 36 RBI as a senior to earn Oklahoma Coaches Association All-Oklahoma, OCA All-Region 8 and Big All-City First Team from The Oklahoman... was a standout on the Bombers football squad, earning two letters as a QB... threw for 1,500 yards and helped Midwest City to an undefeated regular-season as a junior, but missed senior year due to an arm injury... played summer baseball for the Oklahoma Outlaws, winning the American Legion World Series in 2010.
PERSONAL: Joel Benjamin Davis was born on November 7, 1994 in Midwest City, Oklahoma to John and Lynne Davis... has one older brother Josh... majoring in university studies with a business concentration and minors in leadership studies and communications... hopes to one day be a pastor... enjoys hunting and fishing.
