Matt Davis played professional baseball over 8 seasons
Matt Davis ' hometown Chico Enterprise-Record checked in with him in May 1992, during his third pro season. Davis' thoughts turned back to 1990, when he'd gone undrafted, then signed on with a semipro team to catch his break , which he eventually did. "There was a time when I didn't think I'd ever play professional baseball, so if they release me tomorrow, I'd still have gotten to play 180 games more than I ever thought I'd play," Davis told The Enterprise-Record . Davis ended up playing games over eight pro seasons - more than 700 games in all. He topped out at AAA. Davis' career began that year in 1990, signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent out of UC Riverside . Davis got signed after his semipro manager got called to fill in as manager with the Giants at short-season Everett. The team then had an opening and his old manager called, The Enterprise-Record wrote . Davis then played the season at Everett. He saw 39 games and hit ....
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