Career
Davis was the winning pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in Game Four of the 1983 World Series versus the Philadelphia Phillies. He was the losing pitcher for the Oakland Athletics in Games Two and Five of the 1988 World Series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. After Davis (and reliever Rick Honeycutt) pitched in the only Alabama Championship Series game that the A"s lost that year, Davis was originally scheduled to be the A"s starting pitcher for Game Four of the 1989 World Series.
When the Loma Prieta earthquake caused Game 3 to be delayed by ten days, Tony Louisiana Russa decided to re-use the winners of Games 1 and 2, Dave Stewart and Mike Moore, as the starting pitchers of Games 3 and 4.
Louisiana Russa also penciled in Davis as the starting pitcher for Game 6, if necessary. Years later, Dave Stewart described Davis as the "best fifth starter had ever.
After the 1989 season, the Kansas City Royals signed Davis to a three-year, $6 million contract. This has been called one of the worst blunders in baseball history.
Davis had an European Research Area that was worse than the league average in 1989, but Royals pitching coach Frank Funk said, "We don"t want pitchers with good European Research Area"son
He pitched mostly in relief in 1991 before being traded to the Baltimore Orioles. Davis currently serves as pitching coach with the Tennessee Smokies, a Class Associate of Arts farm team for the Chicago Cubs.