Eric Davis is for sure my GOAT... just loved this guy as a kid. Played CF like he did, wore 44 like he did and even tried to mimic his stance. Hahaha. Just a beast offensively and defensively. Saw him play live countless times at Riverfront stadium and all the time on tv. Sealed the deal when I mailed him a letter and a baseball card to the stadium where I got the address out of the back of my Beckett Book.. hahahaha. He was the only player to write back and autograph the card. Still have it to this day. And a baseball signed by him and the whole Reds team when Pete Rose was the manager.. Awesome video
@@Cam23 do you think Paul O'Neill would be worth a video? Really interesting career... 5 All Stars... 5 rings.. 1 with the Reds and 4 with the Yankees. Even won a batting title. Not an all time great but talk about an extremely good player. Around .300 and 20 HR and 90 RBI's a season and you could count on him for 150 games a year bc he didn't sit very often
@@Boss3Nate funny enough I did a video on him a couple years back 😂 I’d have to dig for it but I think he’d be a great one to do a full length. There’s just so many players it’s tough to manage, in all honesty! I enjoyed learning about him last time though I do remember that
Eric the Red was my favorite player as a kid growing up. I was lucky to see many games as a kid from the nosebleeds at Riverfront, including the incredible '90 wire-too-wire season. I used to copy his batting stance as a kid, too!
Even 1 more season of something like 20HR & 50SB in either 1991, 1994 or 1995 when he didn't play or didn't play much, would give him a lofty EIGHT 20/20 seasons in his career, would also have put him over 300 HR and 400 SB mark! It'd have been hard to keep him out of the Hall, and he certainly would have went in if he was a Yankee, Red Sox, or Dodgers player his whole career and led them to the world series in 1990.
@@dallasj244 I was a big fan of Eric Davis (except for when he was a Dodger). The bottom line however is not one of his career totals of any offensive category is Hall Of Fame worthy (not even close) In 17 years he played over 100 games in only 9 seasons, and his most in any year was 135. He was unbelievably talented, and the heart and determination he displayed coming back from injury after injury (even winning Comeback Player of the Year) made him a fan favorite of all 6 teams he played for. Furthermore, his being diagnosed with, going through the treatment , and then coming back after beating colon cancer showed the desire Eric Davis had to play baseball. ,
@@douglasjacobson676 hear hear! Great points. He's inspirational to many fans, that's what matters. Barry said he was the guy for the team, during his HOF speech, so those who listened to the games or went to the park knew how great E.D. was...
He never had ANY truly healthy seasons, he never once played more than 135 games in a season while playing in an era where star position players were basically expected to play all 162 or close to it. I think he needed a bit more to be HOF material. Maybe 3 more good prime seasons AND actually making it through a few seasons without spending multiple weeks on the DL.
I really started getting into baseball back in 1987 when I was 9 years old.. Eric Davis was all over ESPN that year, he was constantly getting compared to the GOAT, Willie Mays.. Made HR robbing catches in back to back games.. I also remember watching him playing for Baltimore at Camden in 1998.. He looked like he was the best player on the field even at 35 years old.
Growing up in Cincinnati and watching Eric Davis was.....amazing. We all emulated his batting stance, we all wanted to be Eric the Red! I was at Game 1 of the 1990 World Series with my grandfather. Davis hit that no-doubter and the place was so loud you might think the stadium would fall apart. The clip of the NLCS throw here doesn't do the play justice. He covered a huge distance to get to the ball, and then turned and nailed a perfect throw to third. Without the injuries, Eric Davis would not only have been first round HoFer, but his name would have been uttered right along with Willie Mays. I like to think that's the kind of thing my son is watching with Elly de la Cruz. The parallels between the two players are amazing: the speed, power and just baseball smarts. One thing that Elly will never do, however, is don Kal Daniel's jersey and steal second base like at 3:44
@Cam 23 Frank and Brooks Robinson? We could each "specialize" in one of the two, then tie it together. You on Twitter? Feel free to hit me there and we could brainstorm further.
I watched Davis play the entire time in Cincinnati,he did get injured often but if he would have stayed in Cincinnati he would be the greatest Reds player of all time. Ppl talk about his power,his speed and his defense in the outfield but his arm was to me the most amazing thing about him. He could throw you out from the deepest part of the outfield to any base,even home plate. If a guy with a great arm is called having a gun,Davis had a cannon.
Thank you for addressing perhaps the greatest talent in baseball history that is overlooked. If he was a New York Yankee and did this insane nearly 50/100 162 game stretch - there'd be hundreds of jerseys with Davis on them at Yankees home games. Eric Davis had 7 20/20 seasons playing 120-130 games a year. Pete Rose, Paul O'Neill, Dave Parker, Cal Ripken and many more called him the greatest player they'd ever saw play! WOW! Now, what upsets me is that new cards rarely show him when they show great players of the past. For example, Will Clark, an excellent player, has over 100 Topps cards the past decade, but Davis has about a dozen! And Davis won the World Series with the Reds and hit THE home run of that series against the McGwire/Canseco/Henderson Athletics in a series sweep! AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! He was legendary, and nearly having a 30/30 season in the FIRST HALF of 1987 showed how amazing his talent was! I wish he received greater acclaim, but you have helped with this great video! :)
And you touched on so many important aspects of his talent and disrespect he received. Not getting in the top 3 of MVP in '87 with that crazy year (I don't care if he was injured half the month of Sept, the other months were absurd x10!) was so disrespectful. I'm not sure if it's because the Reds came in 2nd place because they collapsed because he was injured (but doesn't that point out how VALUABLE he was? in the 130 games he started?). To make matters worse, there was so much racism directed his way by the jerks on 700 wlw the Reds flagship station and whining by racist Reds fans for many years because of his diving to save games and getting injured a few times for several weeks. They said he was soft and was milking his injuries. They said he he didn't want to work. It was grotesque and I called many people racists who absolutely were, and called the station a few times to tell them they were disrespectful to one of the greatest players in MLB history, as they never said these things about white players who got hurt. Subscribed - you really did your work.
@@dallasj244yeah remember Marge wouldn't pay for his flight home after he got out of the hospital in Oakland after they won the World Series. And she called him "her n-word" with the hard R of course
Good to see a bio about Davis. Just a nitpicky note: If at ~2:57 you're going to avoid ending a sentence a preposition with by starting it "for which," don't end it with 'for." 😉
Isn't that nuts? 30/80 season if he'd just have been in from the start of 1986. And again, so close to 40/50 in 1987! Well, we can at least be greatful for his awesome level of play, always trying to save runs when many outfielders will never dive like he did to save games (saved a no hitter in St Louis, June 25th 1999 for rookie Jose Jiminez against Randy Johnson). Davis DESERVES an election by the Veterans Committee to the HoF one day, for being one of the great ambassadors on the field, and when he had cancer in 1997, and his top 10 of all time talent, no question!
@@dallasj244yeah man remember all that Canseco hype in 1988 about first ever 40/40 club? Would have all been non existent if Davis woulda been 40/50 in 1987
I'm watching this realizing Acuna posted a stat line this year of: 217 hits 149 runs 41 HR 107 RBI 73 SB .337/.416/.596 1.012 OPS 168 OPS + 383 TB 😳 Arguably a Top 10 season in MLB history! Granted, his OPS isn't as high as you'd think, but those numbers are historic!! As a lifetime Reds fan (Cincinnati kid who was 10 years old when we won a ring in 90') Eric the Red #44 was my favorite player as a kid. If only he'd stayed healthy!
🙋🏾♂️💭MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER ERIC DAVIS HOPEFULLY THAT NUMBER ISN'T HAUNTED AS THE FELLOW SUCCESSOR ELLY DE LA CRUZ IS ROCKING IT DOING JUSTICE FOR THE BIG RED MACHINE
Imma be real, no clue. Looking back at this video, lots of question marks. My guess is there was hardly any footage and I found a Reds player stealing a base around that time frame and used it. I wasn't putting nearly the same amount of time into videos a year ago as I do now
The most aesthetically pleasing ball player ever. He was the embodiment of cool. It looked effortless. Great vid!
Eric the Red was something else to watch! And thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed 😎
Eric Davis is for sure my GOAT... just loved this guy as a kid. Played CF like he did, wore 44 like he did and even tried to mimic his stance. Hahaha. Just a beast offensively and defensively. Saw him play live countless times at Riverfront stadium and all the time on tv. Sealed the deal when I mailed him a letter and a baseball card to the stadium where I got the address out of the back of my Beckett Book.. hahahaha. He was the only player to write back and autograph the card. Still have it to this day. And a baseball signed by him and the whole Reds team when Pete Rose was the manager.. Awesome video
I can see why you loved watching him play! Excellent ballplayer and the power speed combo is such a rarity it’s exciting to see that in action.
@@Cam23 do you think Paul O'Neill would be worth a video? Really interesting career... 5 All Stars... 5 rings.. 1 with the Reds and 4 with the Yankees. Even won a batting title. Not an all time great but talk about an extremely good player. Around .300 and 20 HR and 90 RBI's a season and you could count on him for 150 games a year bc he didn't sit very often
@@Boss3Nate funny enough I did a video on him a couple years back 😂 I’d have to dig for it but I think he’d be a great one to do a full length. There’s just so many players it’s tough to manage, in all honesty! I enjoyed learning about him last time though I do remember that
That stretch is totally bananas.
I believe Eric the Red has the most talent ever, he just tore his body apart playing ball.
He was great but Frank Robinson, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez and Pete Rose were all elite and more talented.
Eric the Red was my favorite player as a kid growing up. I was lucky to see many games as a kid from the nosebleeds at Riverfront, including the incredible '90 wire-too-wire season. I used to copy his batting stance as a kid, too!
His batting stance is iconic!
I still hit like that and was in the nose bleeds from 87 to 91 every chance I could be! Most all around skill as a ball player I ever witnessed.....
Eric Davis, my favorite player. Awesome video.
Thanks! I hope I did him justice on how talented of a player he was
@Cam 23 You did a great job. Can you make a Historic Level video on Don Mattingly?
@@ryanthompsonthompson820 That will be a fun video to make. Thanks for the suggestion!
Eric Davis with 3 more healthy seasons in his prime probably waltzes into the hall.
I agree.
But that also applies to every player close to being a Hall of Famer.
Even 1 more season of something like 20HR & 50SB in either 1991, 1994 or 1995 when he didn't play or didn't play much, would give him a lofty EIGHT 20/20 seasons in his career, would also have put him over 300 HR and 400 SB mark! It'd have been hard to keep him out of the Hall, and he certainly would have went in if he was a Yankee, Red Sox, or Dodgers player his whole career and led them to the world series in 1990.
@@dallasj244 I was a big fan of Eric Davis (except for when he was a Dodger). The bottom line however is not one of his career totals of any offensive category is Hall Of Fame worthy (not even close) In 17 years he played over 100 games in only 9 seasons, and his most in any year was 135. He was unbelievably talented,
and the heart and determination he displayed coming back from injury after injury (even winning Comeback Player of the Year) made him a fan favorite of all 6 teams he played for. Furthermore, his being diagnosed with, going through the treatment , and then coming back after beating colon cancer showed the desire Eric Davis had to play baseball.
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@@douglasjacobson676 hear hear! Great points. He's inspirational to many fans, that's what matters.
Barry said he was the guy for the team, during his HOF speech, so those who listened to the games or went to the park knew how great E.D. was...
He never had ANY truly healthy seasons, he never once played more than 135 games in a season while playing in an era where star position players were basically expected to play all 162 or close to it. I think he needed a bit more to be HOF material. Maybe 3 more good prime seasons AND actually making it through a few seasons without spending multiple weeks on the DL.
I really started getting into baseball back in 1987 when I was 9 years old..
Eric Davis was all over ESPN that year, he was constantly getting compared to the GOAT, Willie Mays.. Made HR robbing catches in back to back games..
I also remember watching him playing for Baltimore at Camden in 1998.. He looked like he was the best player on the field even at 35 years old.
I was 10. In 87 and 88 he was lights out. Kevin Mitchell hit the scene for a couple years right after him.
I was born in 77, Eric Davis was an absolute legend to our age group. You watched SportsCenter just to see what he did for a couple years.
He's responsible for my allegiance switching from the Pirates to the Reds as an 11 year old in 1987. Still a Reds diehard 37 years later.
I’ve always wondered if someone would make this video. Seeing it a year later. Thanks for posting, really one of baseballs underrated greats
He's MY GUY to this day!!!!!! Haven't seen anyone better SINCE!
Growing up in Cincinnati and watching Eric Davis was.....amazing. We all emulated his batting stance, we all wanted to be Eric the Red! I was at Game 1 of the 1990 World Series with my grandfather. Davis hit that no-doubter and the place was so loud you might think the stadium would fall apart. The clip of the NLCS throw here doesn't do the play justice. He covered a huge distance to get to the ball, and then turned and nailed a perfect throw to third. Without the injuries, Eric Davis would not only have been first round HoFer, but his name would have been uttered right along with Willie Mays.
I like to think that's the kind of thing my son is watching with Elly de la Cruz. The parallels between the two players are amazing: the speed, power and just baseball smarts.
One thing that Elly will never do, however, is don Kal Daniel's jersey and steal second base like at 3:44
This was so well done, man. Keep it up!
Thanks, that means a lot!
Want to collaborate on an O's video sometime in the near future? 🙂
@@Hatbilly I'm down! You got a topic in mind?
@Cam 23 Frank and Brooks Robinson? We could each "specialize" in one of the two, then tie it together. You on Twitter? Feel free to hit me there and we could brainstorm further.
@MiLB_Hatbilly
I watched Davis play the entire time in Cincinnati,he did get injured often but if he would have stayed in Cincinnati he would be the greatest Reds player of all time. Ppl talk about his power,his speed and his defense in the outfield but his arm was to me the most amazing thing about him. He could throw you out from the deepest part of the outfield to any base,even home plate. If a guy with a great arm is called having a gun,Davis had a cannon.
I wish Eric the red would be able to play in this modern baseball fields ,( malls ) and not the riverfront,and could stay healthy ,ease HOF .
@@juanfranciscosantana4793 no doubt in my mind,I also think he should have stayed in Cincy.
@@goodwoodBD me too ,but remrmber that is business 💰 ,
This is one of my favorite videos you ever did.. Great job!
Thank you!
3 more hr and Davis would have been 40/50 club in 1987.
That would have made all that Canseco hype in 1988 about first ever 40/40 non existent
I dig your channel bro…keep up the good work
Thank you! I’m glad you’re enjoying the content 😎
Thank you for addressing perhaps the greatest talent in baseball history that is overlooked. If he was a New York Yankee and did this insane nearly 50/100 162 game stretch - there'd be hundreds of jerseys with Davis on them at Yankees home games. Eric Davis had 7 20/20 seasons playing 120-130 games a year. Pete Rose, Paul O'Neill, Dave Parker, Cal Ripken and many more called him the greatest player they'd ever saw play! WOW! Now, what upsets me is that new cards rarely show him when they show great players of the past. For example, Will Clark, an excellent player, has over 100 Topps cards the past decade, but Davis has about a dozen! And Davis won the World Series with the Reds and hit THE home run of that series against the McGwire/Canseco/Henderson Athletics in a series sweep! AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO! He was legendary, and nearly having a 30/30 season in the FIRST HALF of 1987 showed how amazing his talent was! I wish he received greater acclaim, but you have helped with this great video! :)
And you touched on so many important aspects of his talent and disrespect he received. Not getting in the top 3 of MVP in '87 with that crazy year (I don't care if he was injured half the month of Sept, the other months were absurd x10!) was so disrespectful. I'm not sure if it's because the Reds came in 2nd place because they collapsed because he was injured (but doesn't that point out how VALUABLE he was? in the 130 games he started?). To make matters worse, there was so much racism directed his way by the jerks on 700 wlw the Reds flagship station and whining by racist Reds fans for many years because of his diving to save games and getting injured a few times for several weeks. They said he was soft and was milking his injuries. They said he he didn't want to work. It was grotesque and I called many people racists who absolutely were, and called the station a few times to tell them they were disrespectful to one of the greatest players in MLB history, as they never said these things about white players who got hurt.
Subscribed - you really did your work.
I don’t know how I missed this comment but thank you! You provide some great insight!
@@dallasj244yeah remember Marge wouldn't pay for his flight home after he got out of the hospital in Oakland after they won the World Series.
And she called him "her n-word" with the hard R of course
Good to see a bio about Davis. Just a nitpicky note: If at ~2:57 you're going to avoid ending a sentence a preposition with by starting it "for which," don't end it with 'for." 😉
My favorite player, ever. He was like a cartoon character. 6'2" and like 150 lbs.
Acuna at 40/70 this year
A great player who suffered injuries. 87 through 89 seasons were amazing.
20/80 club? Three more hr and he woulda been 30/80 club thats insane (1986 season by the way)
Isn't that nuts? 30/80 season if he'd just have been in from the start of 1986. And again, so close to 40/50 in 1987! Well, we can at least be greatful for his awesome level of play, always trying to save runs when many outfielders will never dive like he did to save games (saved a no hitter in St Louis, June 25th 1999 for rookie Jose Jiminez against Randy Johnson). Davis DESERVES an election by the Veterans Committee to the HoF one day, for being one of the great ambassadors on the field, and when he had cancer in 1997, and his top 10 of all time talent, no question!
@@dallasj244yeah man remember all that Canseco hype in 1988 about first ever 40/40 club?
Would have all been non existent if Davis woulda been 40/50 in 1987
Awesome player
I'm watching this realizing Acuna posted a stat line this year of:
217 hits
149 runs
41 HR
107 RBI
73 SB
.337/.416/.596
1.012 OPS
168 OPS +
383 TB
😳
Arguably a Top 10 season in MLB history! Granted, his OPS isn't as high as you'd think, but those numbers are historic!!
As a lifetime Reds fan (Cincinnati kid who was 10 years old when we won a ring in 90') Eric the Red #44 was my favorite player as a kid. If only he'd stayed healthy!
I always thought that Eric Davis, was the reincarnation of Roberto Clemente. He looks just like him!!!
🙋🏾♂️💭MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER ERIC DAVIS HOPEFULLY THAT NUMBER ISN'T HAUNTED AS THE FELLOW SUCCESSOR ELLY DE LA CRUZ IS ROCKING IT DOING JUSTICE FOR THE BIG RED MACHINE
I’m salty #44 has bounced on the back of team jerseys this long, mostly to other great players
well, you were right, acuna was most definitely a candidate lol
Holy smokes I forgot about my take, not too shabby 😂
Who is shown stealing second base at the 3:44 mark?
Imma be real, no clue. Looking back at this video, lots of question marks. My guess is there was hardly any footage and I found a Reds player stealing a base around that time frame and used it. I wasn't putting nearly the same amount of time into videos a year ago as I do now
Just looked it up. It was Kal Daniels.
Bonds was 40/40 in 96? Interesting...........
Elly De La Cruz’s father
Marge Schott treated davis like shit
Soooooo when players play well, the team wins........ahhhhhh, I get it now.....
explain it to the rest of us then. this comment has NOTHING to do with the context of this video.