Joel Davis
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Joel Clark Davis is a former Major League Baseball pitcher
for the Chicago White Sox
from 1985-1988. He is a left-handed batter and is a right-handed thrower. He was drafted in 1983 in the first round and was picked number 13th.
After a major surgery on his right shoulder, Joel had to quit baseball. He entered college and started teaching in 1996, after five years he joined the faculty of Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, Florida as a HOPE teacher. He also coaches the successful baseball team at Stanton. He now is the baseball coach at Atlantic Coast High School. Joel has four children; a son "Christopher" born 1985, a daughter "Amanda" born 1986, a daughter, 12 and a son, 8.
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
for the Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
from 1985-1988. He is a left-handed batter and is a right-handed thrower. He was drafted in 1983 in the first round and was picked number 13th.
After a major surgery on his right shoulder, Joel had to quit baseball. He entered college and started teaching in 1996, after five years he joined the faculty of Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, Florida as a HOPE teacher. He also coaches the successful baseball team at Stanton. He now is the baseball coach at Atlantic Coast High School. Joel has four children; a son "Christopher" born 1985, a daughter "Amanda" born 1986, a daughter, 12 and a son, 8.