Dan Davies
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inducted 2017 |
Dan Davies was a crafty left-handed pitcher from Detroit, MI. He was a first team All-State selection and led Bishop Gallagher H.S. to the state baseball championship, and also played on the state championship hockey team. A four-year letterman at Miami, Dan’s best season was his junior campaign in leading UMSHoF member Coach Ron Fraser’s 1985 National Championship team.
Dan finished 1985 with a 15-2 record and a 2.66 earned run average, named the team’s Co-MVP with UMSHoF member Rick Raether. In 22 starts, second-most in UM history for a single season, Dan struck out 105 batters in 138 innings and tossed three shutouts. He won 14 consecutive decisions, including two wins over Florida State and had victories over Florida, Alabama and Southern California.
In 1986, he started out with a stellar 9-0 record, but developed arm and shoulder problems and finished 9-3 for a total of 41 career victories. Before his medical problems, Davies won 24 of 25 decisions, including a 1986 Opening Day rematch victory over Texas, the team Miami beat for the national title at Omaha the preceding season.
He left Miami as the leader in career starts with 66 (now #2), second in victories with 41 (now #3), second in innings pitched (now #4), and 4th in career strikeouts (now #10). He led or was tied for the team lead in victories in 1984, 1985 and 1986. The Hurricanes made it to the College World Series all three seasons Dan was the No. 1 starter.
In 1986, Dan was Tapped for Iron Arrow, the highest honor one can attain at the University of Miami, and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing. He was selected in the 8th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians. He currently lives in Marathon, FL where he works with his family’s business, Captain Hook’s Marina and Dive Center.
Dan finished 1985 with a 15-2 record and a 2.66 earned run average, named the team’s Co-MVP with UMSHoF member Rick Raether. In 22 starts, second-most in UM history for a single season, Dan struck out 105 batters in 138 innings and tossed three shutouts. He won 14 consecutive decisions, including two wins over Florida State and had victories over Florida, Alabama and Southern California.
In 1986, he started out with a stellar 9-0 record, but developed arm and shoulder problems and finished 9-3 for a total of 41 career victories. Before his medical problems, Davies won 24 of 25 decisions, including a 1986 Opening Day rematch victory over Texas, the team Miami beat for the national title at Omaha the preceding season.
He left Miami as the leader in career starts with 66 (now #2), second in victories with 41 (now #3), second in innings pitched (now #4), and 4th in career strikeouts (now #10). He led or was tied for the team lead in victories in 1984, 1985 and 1986. The Hurricanes made it to the College World Series all three seasons Dan was the No. 1 starter.
In 1986, Dan was Tapped for Iron Arrow, the highest honor one can attain at the University of Miami, and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing. He was selected in the 8th round of the 1986 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians. He currently lives in Marathon, FL where he works with his family’s business, Captain Hook’s Marina and Dive Center.
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