2013: Selected by the Kansas City Royals (July 13, 2013). ...Davis completed his career as NJIT's Division I career leader in wins (19), innings pitched (382.1), and games started (58), while ranking second to Leiter in career strikeouts (309). Davis was the team leader in innings pitched each of the last three seasons and he led or shared the team lead for wins in all four of his seasons, with a high of six in his sophomore season when he finished 6-6. ... He did not win any season playing honors as a senior in a year that saw him finish with a 5-7 record and an ERA of 4.72. Davis made one of his worst starts of 2013 in the opening game, allowing seven runs in six innings in a loss to North Carolina Central. After that, he endured a remarkable run of bad luck with little hitting support and crucial errors made behind him in the field. He made four straight starts in which he lasted at least six innings and allowed either zero or one earned run, but got just three no-decisions and a loss to show for it. The loss in the stretch was six innings with one earned run at Oklahoma State, which would go on to qualify for the 2013 NCAA Division I Tournament. ...In starting the season with a 1-7 record, Davis made five starts of at least six innings and two, or fewer, earned runs without getting a win. However, after a couple of difficult road conference starts, he righted the ship and won each of his last four starts, including a nine-inning complete-game seven-hitter in a 5-3 win over Houston Baptist on May 16. That game was Houston Baptist's only defeat in its last 14 games of 2013, including a four-game sweep to the Great West Conference Tournament Championship. It was one of just three times in the 13-1 surge that HBU was held to as few as three runs. ....He accounted for four of his team's 11 regular season conference wins and also kept the season alive with a win in the first elimination game against NYIT in the Great West Conference Tournament in what would be his final college appearance.Davis, a two-time All-GWC first-team honoree, won each of his last four starts after beginning the season 1-7 (he also had a loss or no decision in five starts of at least six innings where he allowed two, or fewer earned runs). He finished with a 5-7 win/loss record with 4.72 ERA in 97.1 innings and 87 strikeouts (second on the team). He was 4-3 in conference games this year.
2012: Davis, a top starting pitcher since he arrived at NJIT, was 4-1 with a 1.94 earned run average in seven 2012 conference starts, as he earned repeat first-team all-Great West honors. ....Davis finishes the year 5-2 overall, with a team-best 3.29 ERA in a team-leading 98.1 innings.
Summer 2011: Played for the Sanford Mainers in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. ... posted a 4-2 record (3.52 ERA) with 42 strikeouts in 46 innings pitched. ... registered one shutout (7-0 @ North Shore; Aug. 5) and fanned a season-high 10 batters at Mystic on July 7.
2011: NJIT’s most reliable pitcher since the start of the year. ...first-team all-Great West honoree. ...NJCBA All-State Division I second team. ... team-leading earned run average (3.69). ... sixth complete game vs. Chicago State (5/25) is a new NJIT Division I record, while his 107.1 innings pitched in 2011 is a new all-time school record. ...Davis' six wins (6-6) matched the school Division I record for a season, as he joined PJ Saporito, who was 6-5 for the Highlanders in 2007, their first year of Division I competition. ... career-high 13 strikeouts vs. defending Great West Conference champion Utah Valley on April 10 was a school DI record later broken by classmate Mark Leiter, Jr. .... named to the GWC all-Tournament team for his performance against Chicago State, a 5-2 victory, in the first elimination game on Wednesday, May 25.
2010: Shared team leadership in wins with teammate Mark Leiter, Jr. (3). ...second on the team in innings pitched 79.1. ... Davis and Leiter shared the team lead with 14 games started. ...
Prior to NJIT: Voted 2nd-team all-area by the Miami (OH) Valley Baseball Coaches Association (2009); honorable mention all-area (2008) at Greenville High for head coach Ryan Fiely. ... tied the school-record for career wins and wins in a season (2008). ... two-time team best pitcher award (2008, 2009) ... played in the Buckeye Scout Showcase … played basketball for three seasons and one year of football.
Personal: Tripp Johnathan Davis ... son of Mark and Gretchen Davis ... business major ... born 2/12/91 in Dayton, Ohio.
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Davis's Game-by-Game Stats
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