Davis Schneider...At the Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., in 2016, received Most Valuable Hitter honors and led his summer squad, the Dirtbags, to a title win...Named a Rawlings Perfect Game’s Northeast Region All-High School Senior first team All-Star prior to the 2017 season... Went on to hit .444 that year with 16 doubles, setting a single season record for Eastern High School...Established the Vikings mark for most career hits with 138...Committed to play at Rutgers University after high school (Eastern High School in Voorhees, N.J.), but jumped to pro ball instead after being selected by the Blue Jays in the 28th round of the 2017 draft.
2025
Led off Game 5 of the World Series by homering on the first pitch, recording his first career postseason home run...Marked the 27th leadoff HR in World Series history, and the first since Kyle Schwarber in Game 6 of 2022...Became the first player to homer on the first pitch of a World Series game since Derek Jeter in Game 4 of the 2000 World Series...In 10 games batting leadoff this season (reg + post), slashed .267/.353/.600 with one double, three HR, seven RBI and a .953 OPS...Since being recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on June 1, slashed .249/.364/.468 with five doubles, 11 home runs, 30 RBI, 31 runs scored, 31 walks and an .832 OPS in 72 games...Averaged 4.46 P/PA this season, the second-best mark in MLB (min. 200 PA), trailing only Mike Trout (4.46)...His 15.9% walk rate was the third-highest mark in the AL (min. 200 PA), trailing Aaron Judge (18.3%) and Rafael Devers (16.8%)...Posted a 58.1% pull rate this season, the third-highest mark in MLB (min. 200 PA), trailing Isaac Paredes (59.2%) and Kyle Schwarber (58.8%) ...Recorded a 38.8% flyball rate on the year, the fifth-highest mark in MLB (min. 200 PA)...Against right-handed pitching, slashed .259/.384/.531 with eight extra-base hits, 16 RBI, 16 walks and a .915 OPS in 99 plate appearances...In 41 games played at Rogers Centre, slashed .281/.420/.551 with a .970 OPS, 10 extra-base hits, and 21 RBI...Against breaking pitches, posted a .478 SLG and an .847 OPS with four home runs...On Aug. 6 at COL, went 3-for-7 with a double, two home runs and four RBI, his second career multi-HR game (7/2/25 vs. NYY) and his first with three extra-base hits...Recorded his first career multi-home run game on July 2 vs. NYY...Played in 38 games for Triple-A Buffalo, slashing .226/.350/.391 with six doubles, two triples, four home runs, 18 RBI, 17 runs scored, a 15% walk rate and a .741 OPS...Made the Opening Day roster for the second time.
2024
Averaged 4.35 pitchers per plate appearance this season, sixth highest in MLB (min. 240 PA)...Recorded 17 extra-base hits out of 30 total hits in at-bats with two strikes, best in MLB (min. 240 PA)...On Sept. 17 at TEX, crushed a two-run blast to left center field, homering in three consecutive games for the first time this season, and the second time in his career (8/19-27/23)...Became the fourth Blue Jay (sixth occurrence) to homer in three straight games on the year (last: Ernie Clement 8/19-22)...On Sept. 14 vs. STL, hit a solo shot to right center field, his first home run since 6/22 at CLE...Also drove in a run with an RBI single in the sixth, before singling again in the eighth, finishing 3-for-4, his third three-hit game...Became the fourth-fastest player in TOR history to reach 50 career RBI, doing so in his 86th career game on 6/2 vs. PIT...On May 31 vs. PIT, hit his first career walk-off HR (and hit) in the bottom of the 14th...Was the second-latest walk-off HR, by inning and number of outs, in franchise history (Anthony Alford - 15th inn., two out, on 9/23/19 vs. BAL)...In the month of May, batted .233 (20-for-86) with 9-2B, 4HR, 17RBI, 16BB, a .477 SLG and an .832 OPS...Recorded a season-high three RBO on May 28 at CWS, went 3-for-4 with 2-2B and a BB...On May 17 vs. TB, put the Blue Jays on the board in the eighth with a 2R-HR to LCF, his fifth HR of the season...His .939 OPS is the highest in franchise history through a player’s first 71 career games played (min. 5 PA)...Hit his forth home run of the season in the fifth inning on May 11 vs. MIN, finishing the game 3-for-4 with 2RBI, his first three-hit game of the season...On April 21 at SD, hit his third home run of the season...Reached 30RBI and 30 runs scored in 52 career games, the fifth player in TOR history to reach the marks within their first 52 career contests...Hit a game-winning two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning off Josh Hader on April 2 at HOU, marking his 10th career home run...His 10 jacks were tied with Bo Bichette for the most in a player’s first 38 career games in TOR history...Homered in his season debut on March 31 at TB...Joined J.P. Arencibia (2010-11) as the only players in TOR history to homer in each of his first two career season openers, joining Devon Travis (2015), Brett Lawrie (2011-12), Eric Hinske (2002).
2023
His 1.315 OPS through his first 25 career games was the highest mark by any player in MLB history in the modern era (since 1901)...Selected to the Major League roster on Aug. 4 and made his MLB debut that night at BOS...Became the fourth Blue Jay ever to hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat, joining Al Woods (April 7, 1977 vs. CWS), Junior Felix (May 4, 1989 vs. CAL), and J.P. Arencibia (Aug. 7, 2010 vs. TB)...Finished 2-for-5...Went 3-for-3 with a walk on Aug. 5 at BOS, becoming the fourth player in club history with five hits in his first two career games...Finished 4-for-5 with his second home run, four RBI and a HBP on Aug. 6 at BOS...Became the third player ever with 9+ hits in his first three career MLB games (Nap Lajoie - 10H in 1901; Coaker Triplett - 9H in 1938) and the only one to do so with multiple home runs...Hit a game-winning home run on Aug. 19 at CIN, breaking a 3-3 tie with a solo shot in the fifth...Was his third homer in his ninth career game, the fourth Blue Jay to do so...Went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, a walk, three RBI, and three runs scored on Aug. 26 vs. CLE...Joined Carlos Delgado (five in 1994) as the only players in team history with four homers in their first 10 career games...Among Blue Jays in their first 10 MLB games, ranked second in home runs (four), second in times on base (21), T-3rd in RBI (nine), T-3rd in runs scored (eight) and fourth in hits (14)...Doubled and connected for his fifth longball on Aug. 27 vs. CLE...Became the third rookie in franchise history to homer in three consecutive games, joining Teoscar Hernández (Sept. 22-24, 2017) and Danny Jansen (July 2-4, 2019)...Drilled his sixth homer of the year as part of a 2-for-5 night on Aug. 29 vs. WAS...Was his fourth blast in the last five games and his sixth multi-hit effort of the year...Went 1-for-2 with his seventh bomb and a pair of walks on Sept. 6 at OAK...His seven homers trailed only Carlos Delgado (8 in 1994) for the most homers by a Blue Jay in a player’s first 20 career contests...Reached base safely all four times with two doubles and two walks on Sept. 8 vs. KC...Went 2-for-4 with his 10th double and eighth home run on Sept. 12 vs. TEX...Marked his eighth multi-hit game and fifth with multiple extra-base hits...Was named to Toronto’s AL Wild Card roster but did not play...Appeared in 87 games for Triple-A Buffalo, batting .275 with 43 extra-base hits, 64 RBI, and 72 walks for a .416 OBP and a .969 OPS...At the time of his promotion to the Blue Jays on Aug. 4, led all International League batters in walks while sixth in home runs (21) and eighth in OPS.
2022
Spent parts of the 2022 season at High-A Vancouver, Double-A New Hampshire, and Triple-A Buffalo...Over 113 games between the three levels, combined to hit .253 (97-for-383) with 22 doubles, 4 triples, 16 home runs, and 56 RBI while walking 65 times (.823 OPS)...Made appearances at second base (46), third base (3), left field (46), right field (4), pitcher (1), and designated hitter (17)...Combined to commit just four errors on the year, posting a .984 fielding percentage...Named the Northwest League Player of the Week for June 6-12, batting .478 (11-for-23) with five doubles, two homers, six RBI, and five runs scored...Hit safely in all six games and had multiple knocks on three occasions, raising his season batting average by 55 points.
