The Three-time MLB All-Star, Wade Allen Davis a.k.a Wade Davis is currently engaged with the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was included with numerous teams including Tampa Bay Rays, Kansas City Royals, and Chicago Cubs.
Davis is the member of the Kansas City Royals that won Royals' 2015 World Series.
Wade Davis was born as Wade Allen Davis on September 7, 1985, in Lake Wales, Florida. Davis belongs to white ethnicity and holds an American nationality. Son of Ben and Linda Davis, Wade grew up with his brother, Dustin Huguley in the small town of Lake Wales, Florida.
Davis went to his hometown school, Lake Wales High School. He then joined the University of Florida but later developed a keen interest towards baseball.
As of 2018, Davis will receive around $16,000,000 as a yearly salary from his current club. Back in 2016, his salary was estimated at $8 million. He has a net worth of approximately $5 million.
Wade Davis was drafted by Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the third round, of the 2004 MLB draft. His first major league appearances came on September 6, 2009, against the Detroit Tigers.
Davis got his big-break in 2010 season after being named as the Rookie Pitcher of the July, starting on Baseball America’s All-Rookie Team and the Most Outstanding Rookie of the Tampa Bay Rays. He also claimed the 4th position for the AL Rookie of the year in the voting system.
Davis completed his transfer to Kansas City on December 9, 2012, along with James Shields in exchange for Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery and Patrick Leonard. In his 2014 seasons, he did not give up a home run.
Davis 's streak came in the second longest in Royals history in 2015, and the longest such streak by a reliever as well. He was awarded the 2015 Babe Ruth Award and for his performance in the 2015 MLB postseason.
Davis was traded to the American professional baseball team, Chicago Cubs on December 7, 2016, and drafted as the only Cub representative to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. And then, he gave up a winning tenth inning home run to a professional baseball player, Robinson Cano.
Davis tied with Aroldis Chapman in the division series record of the 2017 National League Division Series.
Davis agreed to a three-year, $52 million free-agent contract with an American professional baseball team, Colorado Rockies on December 2017. He was then named as the highest-paid relief pitcher on a per-year basis in Major League Baseball history. While he was in a Tampa Bay, he pitched alongside David Price.
Davis is the second-cousin of the minor league coach, Jody Davis. He and his beautiful girlfriend, Katelyn Casey tied the holy knot in November 2009 in her hometown of Marlboro, New York.
Davis met his girlfriend in 2005 when she was 17. After four years, they welcomed their first child, Sully Rose Davis in 2013. They have two children and three dogs. They together run a non-organization named “Full Kount”.
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