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AS A JUNIOR (2009): Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll all three years while at UF…Chosen in the 12th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft with the 372nd choice by the Minnesota Twins…Was a perfect 5-0 and led the Gator pitching staff with a 2.25 earned run average…Over 32 appearances, the southpaw limited foes to a .190 effort at the plate and notched 37 strikeouts in a career-high 44.0 innings…Earned his initial win of the campaign in the Orange and Blue’s 5-4 victory over No. 17 Florida State on St. Patrick’s Day and defeated SEC East rivals Tennessee, Vanderbilt and South Carolina…In 15 league appearances, a total which matched Billy Bullock for the team high, Davis turned in a 3-0 mark and a 2.18 ERA…He also registered 23 K in 20.2 innings of work…Proved to be Florida’s most effective pitcher during the postseason, compiling a 0.90 ERA in six appearances totaling 10 innings…Was a bright spot in the NCAA Super Regional against Southern Miss, giving up one hit and one run in 4.1 innings over the two games…Established a career high with a 3.2-inning stint out of the bullpen in game two…Fired 2.2 scoreless innings during Regional action…Equaled his career best of four strikeouts over 3.1 innings against Kentucky on May 15…Held eventual national champion LSU scoreless over three innings in a 4-0 setback at Alex Box Stadium…Appeared in all three games during the sweep of No. 6 Georgia…Collected the Gators’ second win over South Carolina with three K in two innings…Had four punchouts in three innings against No. 16 Ole Miss on April 17…Was credited with the victory in the opener at Vanderbilt, when he delivered four strikeouts and held the Commodores scoreless and hitless over 3.1 innings…Pitched the ninth against Florida State at McKethan Stadium entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out immediately got three straight Seminole outs and then earned the victory when Buddy Munroe came through with a walk-off single with the bases loaded…In his six-career appearances against the Miami Hurricanes, the southpaw surrendered only one run.

Opposing left handed hitters were just 12-for-63 (.190) against Davis, who limited foes to an 8-for-56 (.143) average with two outs.

Defensively Davis finished the year as the number two Gator defender behind J. Piggott with a fielding percentage of 1.000% on 17 fielding opportunities.

According to the 2010 Florida Baseball Guide page 126, Tony finished his Gator career with a .190 OBA (Opponent Batting Average) - good enough to put him into the Florida Gator record books as the number two all time lowest Opponent Batting Average in Gator baseball history!

2009 Bio from

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