Ike Davis had an absolutely brutal start to the season, hitting .167 with a .533 OPS and 59 strikeouts in 58 games through June 10.
When you’re that bad for that long to begin the year it’s almost impossible for your overall numbers to avoid looking ugly, but Davis has given it a helluva run.
Davis smacked his 26th homer yesterday and is now hitting .267 with 20 homers, 15 doubles, and a .906 OPS in 72 games since June 11. During that time his .573 slugging percentage ranks fifth in the National League and Ryan Braun and Jason Kubel are the only NL hitters with more homers.
His season totals still aren’t pretty, with a .224 batting average, .299 on-base percentage, .451 slugging percentage, and .750 OPS, but Davis’ performance over the past two-and-a-half months is very impressive and pretty damn remarkable considering how awful he was for the first two-and-a-half months.
