Pirates Acquire Davis in Exchange for Thornton

| April 18, 2014

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired first baseman Ike Davis from the New York Mets in exchange for Minor League right-handed pitcher Zack Thornton and a player to be named on Friday.

Davis was hitting .208 (5-for-24) with a double, home run, five RBIs and four runs scored in 12 games this year for the Mets before being acquired by Pittsburgh.

The 27-year-old Davis hit .205 (65-for-317) with 14 doubles, nine home runs and 33 RBIs in 103 games last year for New York prior to suffering a season-ending right oblique strain on Aug. 31.

In his final two months of the 2013 campaign, the left-handed-hitting Davis also hit .267 (35-for-131) with 11 doubles, four homers and 17 RBIs along with a .429 on-base percentage, .443 slugging percentage and .872 OPS in 48 games.


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