Major League Baseball Player. For eighteen seasons (1960 to 1976, 1979), he played at the center fielder position with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and California Angels. Born William Henry Davis, he attended Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles) where he excelled at multiple sports including track. He made his big league debut with the Dodgers on September 8, 1960, and appeared in 22 games that season posting a .318 batting average. He succeeded Duke Snider as the starting center fielder and shared the outfield with Wally Moon, Tommy Davis, Frank Howard, Lou Johnson and Ron Fairly among others with the Dodgers; en route to three National League pennant-winning seasons (1963, 1965 and 1966), including two World Championship years (1963 and 1965); as he appeared in 15 career total World Series games, recording 54 at bats with 9 hits and a .167 batting average. He twice led the National League in triples (10 in 1962 and 16 in 1970), and was named two-times to the National League All-Star Team (1971 and 1974). During the course of his career, Davis stole 20 or more bases in eleven consecutive seasons (1962 to 1972), twelve-times overall, and was recurrently among the league leaders in that statistic. In 1969, he set a Dodgers' team record of hitting safely in 31 straight games. In addition, he displayed exceptional fielding skills, as he was recipient of three Golden Glove Awards (1971 to 1973). However, he was noted for committing a record three errors in one inning during the 1966 World Series. In 2,429 career regular season games, Davis amassed 2,561 hits, 398 stolen bases and a .279 lifetime batting average. He extended his baseball career while playing in the Japanese League.