style of play, noting, "the lazier I felt the better I hit", and admitting that he often went into the clubhouse to read and even to shave between at bats as a DH with Baltimore. After his retirement from baseball as a player, he served as a Seattle Mariners coach in 1981. See also List of Major League Baseball batting champions List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders References Further reading Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia (2000). Kingston, New York: Total/Sports Illustrated. . External links Official Tommy Davis website 1939 births 2022 deaths African-American baseball players Baltimore Orioles players California Angels players Chicago Cubs players Chicago White Sox players Houston Astros players Kansas City Royals players Los Angeles Dodgers players Kokomo Dodgers players Major League Baseball designated hitters Major League Baseball left fielders National League All-Stars National League batting champions National League RBI champions New York Mets players Oakland Athletics players People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Sportspeople from Brooklyn Baseball players from New York City Seattle Pilots players Spokane Indians players Los Angeles Dodgers Legend Bureau Hornell Dodgers players Montreal Royals players Victoria Rosebuds players Gulf Coast Cubs players Seattle Mariners coaches Boys High School (Brooklyn) alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople