BIOGRAPHY
Henry Davis was born September 21, 1999, in Bedford, New York. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Davis with the first overall selection of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. On July 18, 2021, Davis signed with Pittsburgh for a $6.5 million signing bonus. Davis made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Florida Complex League Pirates on August 3, homering in his third at-bat of the game. After two games, he was promoted to the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East. After six games with Greensboro, he was placed on the injured list with an oblique injury, and missed the remainder of the season. Over eight games for the 2021 season, Davis batted .308 with three home runs and seven RBIs.
Davis returned to Greensboro to open the 2022 season. After batting .341 with five home runs and 22 RBI over 22 games with Greensboro, he was promoted to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Eastern League in early May. After two games with the Curve, he was placed on the injured list with a wrist injury. He returned to play in mid-June. He was selected to represent the Pirates alongside Mike Burrows at the 2022 All-Star Futures Game. In early July, he was placed back on the injured list with an injury to the same wrist. Over 59 games for the season, Davis batted .264 with ten home runs and 42 RBI. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Surprise Saguaros after the season.
To open the 2023 season, Davis returned to Altoona. After hitting .284 with 10 home runs in 41 games, Davis was promoted to the Triple–A Indianapolis Indians on June 4, 2023. On June 18, after 10 games in Indianapolis, the Pirates announced that Davis would be promoted to the major leagues for the first time the following day. He was formally selected to the 40-man roster the following day. He was subsequently slotted into the lineup batting seventh as the starting right fielder in the team's game against the Chicago Cubs. On his first at-bat of the game and in his major league career, he got a double.
