Eric Davis: The Biggest "What If" of the 1980s/1990s
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Within every decade of baseball, there is always a group of players where health impeded on their success. That player in the 1980s was Eric Davis. With his combination of power and speed, Davis was truly one of a kind. Unfortunately, he couldn't stay healthy for a full season. Today, we take a look at his career and see just how great he was.
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Hitting a pinch hit home run during cancer treatment is amazing. I had the worst blurry vision during chemo so my hat goes off to the man.
My favorite player of all time!
People don’t understand how talented he was. Right there with Bonds and Griffey
He was amazing. Fastest bat I’ve ever seen, and possibly the fastest player in the game from 85-88
@@hogg4229 I agree. The only other contender for fastest bat was Gary Sheffield. But, without checking, I think Sheffield's rookie season was 89. It may have been 88 though.
@@hogg4229 By the way, I always thought Tim "Rock" Raines was the fastest player in MLB in the 80's. That might be tainted though because he didn't get the name "Rock" for no reason. He was caught more than once for the "powder and rock" 80's PED.
Better athlete than either of them, no contest.
Don't you mean before Bonds began cheating by using Performance Enhancing Drugs??
Two best players I love watching Eric Davis Ken griffey Jr and they both played for my favorite team.
Mine too. These two were naturals.
@Tim Kozlowski I say it all the time to people Griffey is the reason I love playing the outfield, his prime came in the middle of the steroid era and yet still was a dominant superstar NATURALLY. How can anybody not have love for “The Kid” 💯
Same here. Loved seeing them both rob homers.
@Tim Kozlowski Eric Davis is similar.If he stays healthy, he could have been a 40/40 guy easy. Maybe 50/80!
Honestly I trusted Davis more than Jr. Davis was key in the World Series run
The reds had two of the best center fielders ever to play on their teams and both were ravaged by injuries most of their time on the team. Griffey and ED deserved so, so much more.
Eric in the late 1980's was one of baseball's best and most exciting players. He was a Hall of Famer for sure without the injuries.
I loved his hands held low, whip like swing, so frickin cool.
For sure , he played so hard
Currently one of my best bats on the Show
💯 I have to knock out those challenges quick to get that Eric Davis card
Lol I love his swing but he’s about to get replaced on my team
I loved watching Davis. He was a beast. Like really really good. He never played a full season. He would of hit 45 HR and stole 100 bases... wtf... crazy
Brother never cared to smash into the wall either. I went to 1 mlb game ever, n atl vs reds. 7th inning, davis caught a ball, hit the wall, and had to leave the game on stretcher. My man never let me down. #1 on my list all time.
He would have have had 50+ hrs a couple of times with 50+ minimum steals
Speaking of players who could’ve been decade defining players Caesar Cedeno is one who comes to mind for me
He had an issue here in his country that he was the killer of a woman who he went to a motel with, supposedly it was a mistake but it did happen it fucked him up and ever since that day he (supposedly) hasn’t comeback ever again to the DR
Good call. Dude had all the tools.
@@yassercast21 need this vidoe
You ever heard of Mark Fideryd? Detroit pitcher in the 70s?
@@courylanders4142 mark fidrych! The Bird could fucking pitch.
I just started playing Eric Davis's Player Program in the Show the other day too. Wow, what a coincidence.
I’m here because of this too
My dad grew up watching him in Cincinnati. Said he was the best player he’s ever seen play. For sure would be a hall of famer if he did t get injured. But on the bright side he is in the reds hall of fame so basically the same thing
He had a cannon for an arm too. Saw him play left field once and throw a player out trying to steal home without the cut off man. Just threw a laser to home plate.
I grew up watching the the Reds and lived about 20 miles from the stadium . My a Dad and older siblings were all Reds fans so I got to go a lot of games. Davis was without a doubt the most talented player I ever saw. I also watched Griffey Jr whose incredible career could have been even better were it not for injuries. It's frustrating for a fan and I'm sure even more so to the player. Baseball is full of "what if" guys but Eric Davis had the tools to be one of the GOATs for real. He could do things that no one else could
Eric Davis and Barry Larkin were 2 of my favorite players as a kid
He also had one of the most iconic stances!! He held his hands absurdly low and had the wild leg kick to boot! Loved his crazy ass swing that would probably launch softballs to the MOOOOOON!
Tell’em about it!
Yes! Davis definitely had the coolness and swag factor on lockdown. His batting stance was epic!
His swing in slow-no is amazing.
Eric Davis and Darryl Strawberry two amazing baseball players from LA both on the what if list for totally different reasons
SportStorm gets it.. the guy could really do anything. One of the greatest athletes I have ever seen ⚾
I remember a few years ago I couldn’t find one video on CZcams of this man. I couldn’t believe I thought the world forgot about this Legend with the Legendary batting stance. Thank You great video
I had a similar experience... he really is one of the forgotten gems in sports history!
great video!!! 1990 World Series home run is legendary. A's had won 10 playoff games in a row & the announcers stated Davis had hurt his shoulder and would be looking to make contact; dude hit a bomb to center in the 1st inning and the Reds swept the series... fax!!!
His throw that got Bobby Bonilla going to third base in the NLCS that season is one of the biggest plays I've ever seen. I can't remember what game it was but that was huge.
(I kno this just 1 yr)but this the same dude who legit had 37 Hrs and 50 SBs in 129 games😬 he legit had GOAT Potential
Dang he could have gotten a 40-40 season
@@djk1563 only played 129 games.....could've had a 50-50 season 😬
Wow
Facts. Skinny AF too. Not some roided out freak.
He was 3 homeruns shy of 30/30...in 74 games.
Being a teen in the late 80’s,Davis was my b-ball hero..Collecting cards in those 80’s his rookie went thru the roof!.Today Ronald Acuna is closest in raw talent
Brings back those good memories of window shopping for months as a kid for that 85 Topps rookie card an saving my $2 weekly allowance to for a month and a half to buy it.
How about Randy Arozarena? Maybe not quite the glove but he's been delivering of late!
@@trevorstine8647 Same. I took an Eric Davis rookie card onto the school bus to show this thug ass kid how much I liked cards. He snagged it from me and yelled “Charge!”, which means he was about to steal it. He ran off the bus and I chased him. I caught him and and we squared up. I was scared as shit, but he let me make it. He handed it back to me, and let me go back to the bus. I will always be proud of myself for that.
That dude raped a chick and got brutally murdered for it by her brothers like 2 years later.
I lost that Eric Davis Rookie card when my mom moved and didn’t pay for storage.
He had a batting stance i loved to imitate as a kid.
He will always be Eric the Red. Being a Reds fan, i loved this video. Thanks
I loved the loose waving bat stance that bat speed when he swung was insane my favorite swing of any player
I loved this video. Davis was one of my favorites. That was around the time I fell in love with baseball.
cesar cedeño- the newest “best player i’ve never heard of”. there is so much history to this game i feel like i’m surprised by something i didn’t know/never heard of almost every day and i’ve been a huge fan for 30 years. it’s truly amazing.
He was a beast on the original RBI Baseball
Eric Davis had a beautiful swing and made it look easy. I remember that injury in the 1990 WS.
My son plays little league and has an unusual batting stance compared to his peers, which I've tried correcting, but he refuses to budge. He stands upright, feet close, the hands low and then explodes when the ball is pitched. It works for him, great contact hitter. The whole time his stance reminded me of someone, but I couldn't pinpoint who. One day it hit me, "Eric freakin Davis!", so I looked up Eric Davis videos on CZcams. I was a big fan of Davis when I was a kid. If that swing worked for Davis, it can work for my kid. Just improve it as he gets older.
At what point do you think Eric Davis started to wonder if he had pissed off some cruel injury god by accident? I mean seriously, a lacerated kidney?
I was today years old when I found out you could lacerate your kidneys.
@@tryhardfinessedyou lol
@Don Clark there are actually zero gods and I'm sure the commenter was using the word god figuratively.
@Don Clark Any proof for your claim ? Because your guess is as good as mine , and this conversation will never go anywhere, you're just opening dead ends.
…and finished the inning!! 🤯
God yes. He could’ve been so special. Love him on The Show!
At least 15 X
HELL YEAH!!!! One of my favorite players. I love using him in MLB the show. Dude was epic.
I grew up in West Virginia about 3 and a half hours from Cincinnati and I used to get to go to one Reds game per year with my Dad's church. One of those years (probably 85 or 86) they played the Padres and Eric Davis hit an inside the park home run. It should have been an outfield single, but it got by the fielder and rolled to the wall. Davis was just kind of jogging to first, but when he saw it get by the fielder, he turned it on...hit another gear and just flew around the bases. I was amazed. I didn't think a human could run that fast. It wasn't until I had season tickets to Marshall University's football games in 1997-98 when Randy Moss played for The Herd did I see anybody near as fast or faster. It's too bad Davis had all those injuries. He was fun to watch.
He was the most exciting player I ever watched. A shame about his injuries, but he now is a beloved instructor in the Reds' system.
He's still my all time favorite baseball player.
This is really well done. I like how you give the players of the era, the respect they deserve. You see too many channels like this where its just nothing but insults and disgusting language, with no respect for anybody or anything. Great job my friend !
Had amazing talent in his prime and really electrifying to watch.
Sad he couldn't stay healthy. Definitely could have been a hall of famer.
No question.
He was also a Cokehead like his friend Strawberry.
@@stillnessspeaks4080 Ok. Does that take away from his talent? Not everyone perfect smartass.
@@stillnessspeaks4080 i am not sure that is true no proof of him being a cokehead
@@stillnessspeaks4080 that was never said about him back in the days
He was my favorite player as a young red legs fan
Is and always will be my favorite ball player.
My favorite baseball player of all time. I grew up watching as many games as I could that he played in, and given the fact that he packed all those stats into very few games if you got to watch him play you were very likely to see him do something special every time. Also, in 98, I am pretty sure he hit that .327 and 28 home runs in 452 AB while wearing a colostomy bag.
Davis and Strawberry both had HOF natural ability. I would say Bonds and a little later Griffey Jr. Were the only two players from that era that had more natural talent in my opinion
Edit: Bo Jackson belongs somewhere in there aswell
Yes, they all achieved the unlimited talent power up. Gloves, power and speed
I remember when people where pining over Bo Jackson, one baseball writer had to remind us who was the best player with the best physical ability.
And then Bonds juiced and cost himself the HOF.
Davis had a better arm than Griffey and a better glove than Bonds. And he was faster than both.
@@ukwazoo i agree with that; Davis was 6-2 and weighed only 165 pounds...he was an incredible talent his speed in the outfield was just different
This video was awesome. Great tribute to my childhood hero. Thanks.
I'm glad you liked it, thank you!
From mid-season 1988 to mid-season 1990, Eric performed at as high a level as anyone who has ever played the game. I was fortunate to have a front office contact in those years that got me tix and saw a lot of games through the early 90s. The guy was truly a five tool player. It was cool to see him get on base late in a tie or one run game and watch him work his way to third at will. I think I remember a weekend series in Philly where he hit grand slams in back to back games. Unfortunately the fans never seemed to truly embrace him, maybe because of his injury-prone history. I specifically remember a game where I was sitting behind home plate and every time Eric came up the geniuses around me were razzing him. I defended him but my wife kept shooshing me. He came up in a close game with two guys on and laced a double to right-center to clear the bases. I asked all the geniuses for their reactions but amazingly they kept silent. Truly a shame he couldn't stay healthy, I always suspected it might be due to his slim build; not enough meat on him to protect him from injury (combined with the fact he was moving so fricking fast). Peter Edward is my all-time favorite Red, but if I had to choose a #2, Eric would be in the running. I wish him the best; he provided a lot of great memories for me. 44 magnum.
"From mid-season 1988 to mid-season 1990, Eric performed at as high a level as anyone who has ever played the game." That is some wild hyperbole.
@@bauerj3398 i think the guy means from mid season 1986 to 1990 look at his stats from those years and you will see that it is not a far fetched statement those speed power numbers in those five years may be matched by only one other player and that would be rickey henderson plus when you add eric's defense and arm which are better than rickey's
I am a Cardinals fan the hated the Reds, yet always enjoyed watching ED play the game. He truly enjoyed it and it showed.
Great stuff, I appreciate the video. Was always a huge Eric Davis fan. A truly God gifted athlete. Talk about "5 tool player". Stance & swing are legendary & as fast as anyone ever in MLB. A first ballot HOF'ER if not for injuries. I did get a chance to cheer him at the very end here in Detroit.
Eric Davis was the best player I’ve ever seen. I was at the infamous Philly game in ‘87 where he hit 3 HR’s. My favorite player of all time. He was injury prone unfortunately.
I love that intro background. It LOOKS SO GOOD
Best player the Reds ever had in CF by far!!!!! And he should be in Coopertowns!!! No doubt!
My childhood favorite player!
Eric Davis was my favorite player as a skid. I used his whip like swing in high school. Batting coached hated it but I thought it was cool as hell.
I want to see an in depth video on Cecil Cooper and how if he had gotten the playing time in his first few years in the league, you can make a strong case he'd be in the 3000 hit club. The guy was awesome.
Cecil’s 1980 season was phenomenal!!.But George Brett shown so bright that year a lot of people didn’t see it
No, don't think so. '71, he got a cup of coffee in the MLB after a great AA season. Same in '72 after a good AAA season. You could argue they shouldn't have waited until August to bring him up in '73 but then he hit .238 for the rest of the year. From '74 on he was mostly a starter. It wasn't unreasonable for them to have him in AA & AAA for development. Maybe the 2nd AAA year could be argued, but that doesn't amount to 800 hits.
But yea, looking at his stats, excellent player. I only remembered him from his later years when he wasn't as great, so was fun to look at his career more closely.
He will always be THE GUY for me when I was a young lad...
I understand why baseball doesn’t steal bases like in the 80’s.It can induce injury.But(to me) its just as fun as watching a HR..I would LOVE to see another 100 SB season in MLB
I would love to see it too but we won't. Stealing bases are a thing of the past.
It’s not about inducing injury. That has nothing to do with why baseball doesn’t steal anymore. The analytics say it’s not worth the risk the vast majority of the time. With players trying to hit homers every swing of every game, the difference between a runner on first and one on second does not mean as much as it used to.
He was a clutch player when I use to follow him on the late 90's Orioles. Very down to earth guy also.
First game I ever went to as a kid in Ky, was at Riverfront Stadium, with Eric Davis and Dave "The Cobra," Parker in the outfield. Davis homered I think
Easy HOF'er if he stays healthy but even with the injuries, that is an amazing career
Absolutely. Eric had a stellar career.
Great job. I am a closet Reds fan from Buffalo, NY. Always had a lot of admiration for ED
My favorite player of all time. Also my favorite #. 44
Great job! Only 1 omission, the year after cancer, he had one of his best 5 seasons in 1998, surpassing Derek Jeter & Nomar with nearly a .330 average (4th), he even hit 28 HR to Jeter's 19, but in typical biased fashion, Jeter finished 3rd in MVP, Davis barely cracked top 20. He was called a lot of racist names in Cincy because he didn't play every game because he went ALL OUT in the outfield and basepaths. He was, as Ripken, Rose and Paul O'Neill said, the most talented player EVER! That 47HR-98SB/162 slash line is amazing LOL
He was one of my favorite players on Orioles
Great video! Davis' stats at the all star break in '87 were something you'd hope for from your 1st round fantasy pick over a full season.
He almost had a 30-30 season before the All-Star break!
Not a single thing about his career needs to change. He was my all time favorite athlete when I was 11 in 1987 and he's my all time favorite athlete at 48 in 2024. If you know, you know.
One of the best YT baseball channels. Keep up the great work!
Man that 90's Reds team was so great. Davis and Strawberry were awesome and fun to watch. I miss baseball from the late 80's to the mid 90's.
Great video. Thank you. I was there when he hit for the cycle!
I really thought he was gonna be the first 40/40 man....had sooo much talent, just couldn't stay healthy... always was my favorite player
Really enjoyed the video. Well done and a great summary of Eric "The Red" for us fans. Davis was one of the unique players with his approach at the plate, the way he held his hands low and then crushed the ball with an incredibly violent swing. He always seemed like he was putting 100% into every at-bat and play in the field. Being a Padres, life-long fan, I cheered for Davis because, not only was he fun to watch, but while attending junior high and high school in Florida I was able to go see a bunch of spring training games in Plant City and whenever the Reds played the Tigers in Lakeland. Back then, I used to walk with the players after the games from their training facilities to their cars, chat and ask autographs. Eric was always such a nice guy to all of the fans no matter which teams hat you were wearing. He was never accused of using PEDs and his body shape remained the same throughout his career with a little of the additional bulk a normal person gets as they age. We never heard about Eric outside of the game because he wasn't arrogant and didn't demand the spotlight nor did he ever get into legal trouble. Eric also seemed to be highly respected and loved by his teammates. If he would have remained healthy, he would have definitely been HOF worthy. He'll always remain a favorite of baseball fans.
My all time favorite player. He was a combo of Junior and Bonds before Junior and Bonds. Not a great average hitter but in his prime he was close to .300 and a 30/30 guy with 100 RBI's. So fast.... on his feet and with his bat. Eric the Red
Exactly. He was amazing. Bonds hit like .260 his first five years with around 19 HR a year and 25 SB. Davis FAR exceeded that! Then Bonds, somehow, ballooned into what Davis would have been if he wasn't injured so much playing so hard for his team to win. But that's why Davis won the 1990 world series and Bonds team didn't make it, the Reds players wanted it more! Bonds was never that good in the outfield, probably didn't want to get hurt.
This is an awesome segment. 😀
"the 1990 world series would mark the beginning of the end". I understand your statement being where his otherworldly ascent ended for several years, but despite the injuries that plagued him and took him out of 1 year, he returned in 1996 to have another 20HR/20SB season, and then had cancer in 1997, and came back in 1998 and had a .327 batting average with nearly 30 homers and had a 30-game hitting streak. It was more of a dark time in his career, that he showed great strength in rebounding from in becoming the undeniable Comeback Player of the year in 1996, and again in 1998 after cancer! (he hit a homer just days after chemo in the AL playoffs!)
Davis was my hero as a kid. I played centerfield in high school, and would do his thigh slap before catching a fly ball. I tried to use his stance, and needless to say I was behind any pitcher who could throw above 70-75 MPH, but Davis was the best power-speed player in history when he was healthy.
Fun fact, Davis started out as a shortstop/2nd Baseman. He really didnt start to become an outfielder until 1983 as while his hitting tools were MLB quality the Reds thought it would take too long for him to becomes an MLB quality middle infielder at the time.
That said, a lot of the injuries Davis sustained were because of his reckless abandon as a center fielder. Nobody put themselves more on the line to make a play than Davis did and it cost him a good chunk of time each season he was in his prime. That's not to say that he couldnt get hurt as a middle infielder as each and every double play risks the chance of aomebody taking you out on a hard slide but still.
I always respected Eric Davis as up until Griffey Jr, Davis was my generation's version of Willie Mays.
Dude was pure style!
My idol as a teen...
I know Bonds won 4 NL MVPs in the 2000s but he's really a 90s player.
Good stuff man. Thanks for sharing 👍🏾
Love this video
Great work
Appreciate you
My childhood baseball hero!
This is dope. Happy to see this
And now, people know where I live. Thanks, SportStorm. 😆
I can't even begin to imagine how much Eric Davis would be getting paid in today's game.
he would be more hyped than acuna
@Don Clark Nonsense. Most team owners and managers are excellent businessmen. Overall, they don't overpay at all. In fact, they create salary caps and such to reduce an already limited market for the players services and even in the past been found guilty of colluding to underpay the players. The chance for players to get the big bucks, free agency, comes at a number of years the average player never even reaches. Yes, the players get paid a lot, but as a group they usually bring in even more. If they were overpaid, the MLB would go out of business and no longer exist. They deserve what they get.
@Don Clark Correct, most players don't last 6 years in the majors and thus never reach free agency, much less have multiple teams having a bidding war for their services.
It's a multi-billion dollar business with numerous other businesses feeding off of them. Yes, the top 10 salaries are quite high, but they are the main products of this multi-billion dollar industy. The "luxury tax" on salaries over a certain amount actually keeps salaries down, meaning the players are not getting their fair market value and thus are actually under-paid.
I never can understand why so many people are against players making a good salary. Right wingers talk about the free market and should be OK with people getting their market value. Left wingers talk about wanting the super wealthy pay more to the employees. It also is a method of transferring generational wealth from the super wealthy to very often pretty low income people. Again, I'd think that would be considered a good thing.
@Don Clark Fair? What does that even really mean? I'd say it IS fair that the people that drive a multi-billion dollar industry that provides sufficient profit that the business owners obviously can still afford to pay them that. If someone can generate significantly more than $100 million in profit a year for the company, why shouldn't they make $100 million in salary a year?
The early players largely were criminally under-paid and treated unfairly. This went to court and the players won, which is why free-agency exists.
You have yet to give any logical reasons why players shouldn't get paid whatever they can get a super rich person to pay them. You just sound jealous.
I think it's great the players get paid well. It results in more people having money. Ultra rich people already have all the fun toys and relatively speaking effectively hoard money and don't spend as much of it. That's bad for the economy. Pro sports creates several hundred (in not thousand) more millionaires who get heavily taxed and then buy a bunch of stuff. That's great for the economy. It's also a voluntary transfer of wealth away from the ultra rich. Do you think that's a bad thing?
@Don Clark Sure, people can get greedy or competitive with trying to top each other's #s/salary. But again, the owners aren't going to pay a salary they know will lose them money or only if they are OK with losing money, so no problem there. Players don't sign the paychecks. Whatever they ask for still has to be accepted by someone who is willing to pay it.
As for one team (or rich teams) getting all the better players, that's a different debate. I'm a Pirates fan, so believe me, I know what you are talking about there. :) But it's completely irrelevant to the issue of if players are overpaid.
The very nature of putting a cap on spending guarantees the players are underpaid, not over paid. If you want to say a cap would bring more parity to the sport and be better for the sport and fans, you could be right. But don't pretend that means players are overpaid. :)
“I still need to talk about Jimmy Rollins...”
A Mets fan here, with PTSD: “Please don’t!”
Eric Davis was so good that even Pete rose wouldn’t bet against him.
Iconic batting stance
I still remember watching him dive for that ball and lacerating his kidney live. It ruined his career. What coukd have been Eric was an unbelievable talent before that for sure!
I saw a stat where during a span of 162 games that Davis played, between June 1986-July 1987, Eric Davis hit .308/.406/.622, with 47 HR and 123 RBI, 149 Runs and 98 SB!!! That’s Babe Ruth and Rickey Henderson combined!
1990 World Series Champion 🏆 4 Game Sweep.
In Game 4 Win he blew out his kidney making a diving catch.
Thank Goodness REDS Won that Game 4.
Would have been huge going on without him. ED 44 & Barry Larkin 11 are The GOATs.
Larkin is The GOAT SS Real talk. All around Great.
Ray Lankford I always enjoyed watching. The guy struck out a lot but when he connected, that ball was cranked outta there! That and he was a great fielder and base stealer!
I liked Ray Lankford. He was the Cardinals' best player for a while in the '90s. Good power hitter with amazing speed.
you should make a video on Dave Parker. man should be in the HOF
His bat speed was phenomenal as well as his center field play. I loved those high top cleats he wore in the 1980s.
Eric Davis is likely the best player to not end up in the HOF thanks to those injuries. He wa simply amazing to watch play. What a talent! Sadly, if you can believe it, Reds' owner Marge Schott made him pay his own airfare back to Cincinnati after he was released from the hospital after lacerating his kidney in Gm4 since he wasn't on the team flight. Can you imagine that?
After what has been said about her, I wouldn't doubt it.
Great video
This was a great video, thanks for sharing with us.
Here's another Davis I wondered about....Tommy Davis, Dodger in early 1960s.Unreal talent
He gave my Metsies a hard time! That swing!!!! One of my all time greats!!!!!
miss the 80s and Eric and Pete and my Reds!
Unbridald power.. Eric & Darryl had some athletic unmatched power that could take a ball out the stadium. Perfect stance and swing. Must be an LA thing ⚾
Would have been in HOF if not for injuries. As talented as any player I have ever seen. Complete package.
I liked how he slapped his thigh when catching a fly ball. His batting stance ...both were so fucking cool.
Darryl strawberry and Chien Ming wang are also a massive what ifs
I'll never forget when Davis threw out Bobby Bonilla in the 1990 NLCS. Best defensive play I ever saw.
I got 80's newspaper posters of him on my wall, didn't even know.
He was an amazing player. Sometimes unlimited potential is a huge curse.
He got hurt because he always played 110% and got banged around.