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5 Chase Davis

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 216
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Elk Grove, Calif.
  • High School Franklin HS
  • Instagram chasedavis916
  • Twitter chasedavis916

Biography

Honors and Awards
  • 2023: D1Baseball Second Team All-American
  • 2023: ABCA Second Team All-American
  • 2023: Perfect Game Second Team All-American
  • 2023: NCBWA Second Team All-American
  • 2023: ABCA First Team All-West Region
  • 2023: Pac-12 Tournament Most Valuable Player
  • 2023: Pac-12 Baseball All-Tournament Team
  • 2023: Pac-12 All-Conference
  • 2023: Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
  • 2023: Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
  • 2023: Pac-12 Player of the Week (4/24)
  • 2023: Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
  • 2023: Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
  • 2023: Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
  • 2023: Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference
  • 2023: NCBWA Third Team Preseason All-American
  • 2023: D1Baseball Third Team Preseason All-American
  • 2023: Baseball America Third Team Preseason All-American
  • 2023: Perfect Game Second Team Preseason All-American
  • 2023: Collegiate Baseball Second Team Preseason All-American
  • 2022: Coral Gables NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
  • 2022: Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention
2023 MLB Draft
Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round (21st overall) of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft.

Arizona 2023 (Junior)
Completed one of the most prolific slugging careers in Arizona history with a monumental junior campaign...Consensus All-American and Pac-12 All-Conference honoree...Started in 57 of the Wildcats 59 games and led the team with a .362 batting average...Also collected 71 runs scored, 17 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs, 74 RBI, and a .742 slugging percentage...Wrapped up Arizona career with 39 home runs, the third most in program history...Earned ABCA First Team All-West Region honors and picked up semifinalist selections from the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy...Opened the year as a unamious Preseason All-American and delivered on the expectations...Even with teammate Kiko Romero for the team and Pac-12 lead with 21 home runs, tied for the third-best single-season mark in Arizona history...One of six Wildcats to notch double-digit home runs, believed to be a program record...Home run ratio of 10.52 was the second best single-season mark in program history...Finished Arizona career with a .644 slugging percentage, the eighth best mark in program history...Career home run ratio of 12.46 is the fourth best mark in school history...Tallied 40 extra-base hits, tied for sixth most single season in program history...Registered the fourth best single-season slugging percentage in school history...Voted by the media as the Pac-12 Player of the Week for April 24 after hitting .688 with seven runs, 11 hits, two doubles, one triple, two home runs, and nine RBI during a 4-0 week for the Wildcats that included a sweep of Utah...Ranked third on the team with 23 multi-hit games and second among Wildcats with 19 multi-RBI performances...Posted career-high marks in runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage...Reached base safely in nearly half of his plate appearances...Hit safely in 47-of-57 games...Spanning from the end of the 2022 season through May 10 against Nevada, reached base safely in 59 straight games, what is believed to be tied for the longest on-base streak in Arizona history...Crushed Pac-12 pitching to the tune of a .321 batting average while collecting 30 runs scored, eight doubles, two triples, seven home runs, and 26 RBI...Seven home runs, 26 RBI, and 69 total bases were all the second-best marks on the team in Pac-12 play...Made all 57 starts in left field and posted a .964 fielding percentage (4 errors) on 110 total chances...Also contributed five outfield assists and contributed to one double play. POSTSEASON: Started all six games and hit .292 with six runs, two doubles, two home runs, and a team-leading 12 RBI...Voted by the media as the Pac-12 Tournament MVP after hitting .353 (6x17) with five runs, one double, two home runs, and 12 RBI in Scottsdale...Clubbed a grand slam on May 26 against Stanford in the semifinals (3x4,2 R, HR, 6 RBI)...Started both games at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.

Arizona 2022 (Sophomore)
Made 63 appearances (62 starts) in the outfield for Arizona...Posted a ..289 batting average with 56 runs scored, 13 doubles, one triple, 18 home runs, and 54 RBI...Led the team in runs, home runs, and walks; tied for third most home runs in the Pac-12...18 home runs were tied for sixth most in a single season in program history...Swatted 10-of-18 home runs during Pac-12 play, tied for the most hit in conference play in a single season in Arizona history...Drew a team-best 48 walks for a .414 on-base percentage...Tied for the team lead with 14 multi-RBI games and posted 22 multiple-hit performances...Hit first career collegiate home run on Feb. 20 against Texas Tech (3-for-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI)...Picked up first career multi-HR game and a career-high in RBI on March 21 against Stanford (2-for-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI)...Swatted a career-high four base knocks on Feb. 24 against Milwaukee (4-for-6, 3 R, HR, RBI)...Crushed walk-off solo home run on April 22 against Arizona State in series opener (2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, RBI)...Went 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts...Drove in 27 RBI during conference play, the second best mark on the team...Made 61 starts in left field and one in center field...Registered a .979 fielding percentage on 141 chances and notched two outfield assists. POSTSEASON: Offensive force for the Wildcats, hitting .346 with nine runs, two doubles, two home runs, and six RBI across eight starts...Hit home runs in back-to-back games against Ole Miss and Canisius at the NCAA Coral Gables Regional...Hit safely in all eight postseason games, including a pair of two-hit games in the Pac-12 Baseball Tournament...Selected to the Coral Gables NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team...Picked up two outfield assists in postseason play.

Arizona 2021 (Freshman)
Made 27 appearances with one start as a true freshman...Hit .233 (7x30) with five runs scored, three doubles, one triple, and four RBI...Drew five walks and posted a .343 on-base percentage and a .400 slugging percentage...Made collegiate debut off the bench on Feb. 21 versus Ball State, going 0-for-1...Notched first collegiate hit, a triple, on Feb. 26 versus SE Louisiana...Earned first career start on May 28 versus Dixie State; went 0-for-4...Picked up first career RBI on a two-run double at Loyola Marymount on March 22...Hit .273 (3x11) with three runs, one double, and one RBI in a dozen Pac-12 appearances...Played exclusively in the outfield on defense and logged a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on five chances. POSTSEASON: Made two appearances off the bench, once in the Tucson NCAA Super Regional versus Ole Miss and once in the Wildcats College World Series contest versus Stanford...Logged two at-bats but no stats.

High School
Prepped at Franklin High School in Sacramento, California...Lettered four years in baseball under head coach Bryan Kirby…Finished high school ranked as the No. 9 player in the country and No. 1 player in California by Perfect Game…Participated in the 2018 Underclass Area Code Games and 2019 Area Code Games, both times with the Oakland A’s…Played in the 2019 Perfect Game All American Classic…Tabbed as a Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American in 2018 and 2019…Prior to senior year was named a 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American…Excelled in the classroom as well, earning Honor Roll recognition.
 
Personal
Chase Davis…Son of Tommy and Jamille Davis…One younger brother, Jordan…Majoring in Spanish…Father, Tommy, played football at Southern Oregon University…Mother, Jamille, played volleyball at Cornell…Enjoys dancing and listening to Reggaeton in his free time…Speaks Spanish…Chose Arizona because, “The great baseball reputation. Also, the culture of Tucson; the food, the environment, and it feels like home.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2021Freshman

    Outfield
    6'1" 211 lbs
    8
  • 5

    2022Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'1" 217 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2023Junior

    Outfield
    6'1" 216 lbs
    5
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