Jonathan D’Gregory “J D” Davis is an American professional baseball third baseman and left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Born April 27, 1993, J D Davis attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. However, he did not sign and attended California State University, Fullerton. He played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans from 2012 to 2014.

In his three years with the Titans, he hit .307/.394/.461 with 14 home runs and 113 runs batted in (RBIs) in 156 games. As a pitcher, he had a 3.00 earned run average (ERA) and 11 saves. In 2013, he was named East Division MVP of the league’s annual all-star game while playing collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL).

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He has previously played in the MLB for the Houston Astros and the New York Mets. On January 6, 2019, the Astros traded Davis and Cody Bohanek to the New York Mets for Ross Adolph, Luis Santana, and Scott Manea. The same year, he was awarded with the MLB Play of the Week.

Since coming over from the Astros in a January 2019 trade, Davis had posted a 125 wRC+ for the Mets in 1,100 plate appearances. This year, Davis posted just a 102 wRC+ for the Mets in 207 plate appearances.

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Davis played in 140 games for the Mets in 2019 but has played in only 195 games since 2020 due to injuries. In June 2021, he was placed on the 60-day injured list with a left-hand sprain.

On August 2, 2022, Davis was traded to the San Francisco Giants of the NL Western Division.