Rajai Davis 11 | RF

• Full Name: Rajai Lavae Davis 
• Born: October 19, 1980 in Norwich, CT
• Height: 5′ 10”
• Weight: 195
• Bats: Right
• Throws: Right
• College: Connecticut – Avery Point
• MLB Debut: August 14, 2006

Began the season as the A’s fourth outfielder but played himself into a starting role in center field and ended up hitting .305 in 125 games…started 11 of the A’s 48 games through May 31 and hit .146 with no extra base hits and no RBI in 25 games over that span…then started 86 of the final 114 games and batted .324 with 27 doubles, five triples, three home runs and 48 RBI in 100 games over that stretch…had the fourth best batting average in the American League from June 1 through the end of the season… overall, he ranked fifth in the AL with a career-high 41 stolen bases…became the ninth player (24th time) in Oakland history steal 40 bases in a season…is the first to do it since Rickey Henderson had 66 in 1998…he had the most steals by an Athletic not named Rickey Henderson since Miguel Dilone stole 50 bases in 1978…stole 25 bases for Oakland in 2008 and is the first Athletic with back-to-back 20-steal seasons since Rickey Henderson and Stan Javier both did it in 1994 and 1995 (Henderson did it seven straight years from 1989-95)…led the A’s in stolen bases for the second consecutive season and also topped the club with five triples …hit .325 after the All-Star Break and tied for the Major League lead with 30 stolen bases…the last Athletic to steal 30 bases after the break was Rickey Henderson, who had 41 in 1989…also tied for second in the AL in doubles (24) after the break, ranked ninth in batting and tied for ninth in hits (90) and triples (4)…now has a .233 (61 for 262) career batting average and 31 stolen bases in 142 games before the ASB and a .302 (165 for 546) average and 62 stolen bases in 191 games after the break…had a .338 batting average when leading off an inning, .324 with runners in scoring position, .316 against left-handed pitching, .316 at home and .306 at night…now has a .314 (69 for 220) career average leading off an inning…was 4 for 7 (.571) with a double, triple, walk, hit by pitch, sacrifice fly and 11 RBI with the bases loaded…his batting average tied for third best in the AL (min. 10 PA)…is 9 for 18 (.500) with 23 RBI in his career with the bases full…hit .326 in 52 games in the two spot in the order, which was the second best average in the AL (Aybar, LAA .338)…batted .304 in 113 games as a center fielder, which also ranked second best in the AL (Span, MIN .318)…hit .402 against the AL Central and .261 against everyone else…that included a .438 mark against Chicago, .435 against Kansas City and .429 against Cleveland…started a team-leading 93 games in center field and also had four starts in right field…had eight assists, which ranked third among AL center fielders, but also committed four errors, which tied for third most…was also 2 for 8 (.250) with a triple, two RBI and four strikeouts as a pinch hitter.