The Long Island Ducks have announced another member who will be joining their 25th Anniversary team. Former starting pitcher Lance Davis has been chosen as the eighth member of the honorary squad.
Davis pitched for four seasons with the Ducks. He was with them in 2004-05 and then came back to the ball club in 2007 for two more seasons. In 71 games he had a winning 32-22 record with a 4.17 ERA. Included in those numbers were four complete games, two shutouts and 278 strikeouts with just 80 walks.
The lefty still ranks fourth in franchise history for wins, with those 32 victories, fifth in innings pitched, with more than 433 innings and complete games, sixth in games started and strikeouts, and eighth in ERA. His pinpoint control was on full display in 20027 when his 6.29 strikeout-to-walk ratio was the fourth-best in Atlantic League history for a single season (88 strikeouts, 14 walks).
Davis helped the Ducks to their first Atlantic League championship in 2004, earning the win in the decisive Game Three of the North Division Championship Series with seven and two-thirds scoreless innings. He was a back-to-back Atlantic League All-Star Game selection, in 2004 and 2005, and was named an ALPB Postseason All-Star in 2005.
Davis pitched for the New York Yankees organization as well as the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers.