Brad Davis #6

He and his wife Shannon reside in Ladera Ranch, CA during the off-season. ... Selected by Tampa Bay in the 48th round of the June 2001 draft out of Capistrano Valley High School in California, but he did not sign. ... Hit .317 (58x183) with six doubles, a triple, two home runs and 20 RBI during his freshman season at Long Beach State University in 2002. ... Saw action with Brewster in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2002. ... Earned All-Big West Conference honors as a sophomore in 2003 at Long Beach State University after batting .306 (68x222) with 16 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 26 RBI. ... Hit .291 (50x172) with five doubles, a triple and 16 RBI with Fairbanks in the Alaska League during the summer of 2003. ... Batted .329 (74x225) with nine doubles, four home runs and 38 RBI during his junior season at Long Beach State University in 2004.

2012

Signed by the San Diego Padres as a minor league free agent during the off-season, he was assigned to Triple A Tucson to begin the 2012 season. ... Saw action in 39 games with Tucson before he was released by the Padres organization on July 2. ... Signed by the Miami Marlins as a minor league free agent on July 5, he was assigned to Triple A New Orleans. ... Acquired by the Tigers from the Marlins on July 25 -- assigned to Triple A Toledo by the Tigers. ... Recorded a nine-game hitting streak July 31-August 26, batting .400 (14x35).

2011

Played in 101 games for Triple-A New Orleans, seeing action behind the plate in 99 tilts in the Marlins organization...Marked the most games played since he appeared in 106 for Class A Advanced Jupiter in 2006.

2010

Began his seventh professional season with Triple-A New Orleans, where in 73 total games with the Z's he hit .287 with 14 doubles, nine home runs and 34 RBI ... On June 18 at Memphis, hit one of three three-run home runs in the Zephyrs 13-run fourth inning. Donnie Murphy and Scott Cousins were the other two Z's to homer in the frame as the 13 runs established a Franchise record for most runs in an inning ... His best month came in June as he hit .310 (22x71) with 13 runs scored, two doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI in 20 contests ... Enjoyed two stints with Florida, the first from July 21 to August 5. In that time, had two hits in nine at-bats, including one triple and one RBI in his three starting assignments ... He was recalled for the second time on August 20 and finished the season with the Fish. Started 29 of Florida's 42 remaining games, batting .210 (21x100) with seven doubles, three home runs and 15 RBI in that span ... Tallied first career hit on July 25 vs. Atlanta, a triple to center field off Jair Jurrjens. He was the 26th player since 2000, and second in 2010 (Angels' Cory Aldridge) to record a triple with his first hit. In that game he also recorded his first career RBI, driving in Wes Helms with a single to right in the fourth inning ... Totaled a season-best two hits four different times; July 25 vs. Atlanta, September 1 vs. Washington, September 10 at Washington and September 23 at Milwaukee ... On September 20 vs. St. Louis, drove in a season-high four runs as he became the first Marlins catcher in Franchise history to hit a grand slam ... His grand slam off Chris Carpenter accounted for all the scoring in the Marlins' win over the Cardinals. It was the second time in 2010 that a player hit a grand slam in a 4-0 win; Mark Teixeira did it against the Mets in June. Before this year that hadn't happened since Edgardo Alfonzo did it for the Giants in 2004. Davis was the fourth player ever to hit a grand slam off Carpenter, and the first to do so since Hank Blalock in 2004. - Elias • Owned a caught-stealing percentage of 26.9, throwing out seven of 26 potential basestealers. Had the lowest catchers ERA on the club at 3.92 (278.0 IC/121 ER).

2009

Began campaign with Double-A Jacksonville prior to a 10-day stint with triple-A New Orleans from May 22 to June 2. With Suns, hit .236 with 10 home runs and 43 RBI in 88 games. In 10 games with Zephyrs, batted .114 with two doubles and four RBI...On April 18 vs. West Tennessee, tallied a season-high four hits. Also homered and drove in four runs. Equaled his season-best RBI total on May 14 vs. Mississppi with a ninth-inning walk-off grand slam...His best offensive month came in August, where he posted a .313 average (20x64) with seven doubles, three home runs and eight RBI...Hit .280 (7x25) with one home run and two RBI in Jacksonville's run to the Southern League championship.

2008

Spent entire 2008 season at Double-A Carolina, posting a .205 average with six home runs and 28 RBI in 81 games...started season hitting in first seven games (8x27), scoring five runs with two doubles, two home runs and four RBI...drove in season-high five runs in his final game, August 31 vs. Tennessee.

2007

In 2007, began season at double-A Carolina and was promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque on May 9...appeared in one game with Isotopes before fracturing his right hand, landing him on the Disabled List from May 10-June 10.

2006

Spent all season with Jupiter (A) and hit .259 with four home runs and 46 RBI in 106 games...represented Jupiter in Florida State League All-Star Game...appeared defensively at catcher (103) and first base (1)...Had seven three-hit games and seven three-RBI games, including four games with three hits and three RBI...went 3x5 with three RBI in final game of season on September 3 vs. Palm Beach...had best month in August, when he batted .302 (19x63) with one home run and 12 RBI in 21 games...Batted .500 (5x10) with three RBI in three games as designated hitter...as catcher, threw out 33 of 136 (24 %) of runners.

2005

Played all season with Greensboro (A) and batted .228 with five home runs and 24 RBI in 64 games...saw action as catcher (59 games) and designated hitter (two games)...threw out 38 percent (33x86) of attempted base runners...had season-high four hits (4x5, 2 RBI) on August 23 at Asheville...recorded season-best eight-game hitting streak from August 15-24, hitting .432 (16x37) with one home run and six RBI...had best month in August, batting .310 (26x84) with four home runs and 12 RBI...batted .267 with one home run in 60 at-bats against left-handed pitchers, and .214 with four home runs in 168 at-bats against right-handers.

2004

Batted .295 with 14 RBI in 42 games with Jamestown (A)...had season-high three hits (3x5) on August 12 at Mahoning Valley...recorded season-high two RBI in consecutive games August 30 and September 1 against Staten Island...batted .316 (30x95) with 10 RBI in 25 games in August and September...appeared in 38 games as catcher and four games as designated hitter.