Gainesville’s Jody Davis will be inducted into the Chicago Cubs’ Hall of Fame this year. The selection committee announced the 2026 inductees on Friday.
Davis was a two-time All-Star catcher with the Cubs from 1981-88, batting .256 with 19 home runs and 94 RBI in 1984 when the team made it to the National League Championship Series (NLCS). He won his only career Gold Glove in 1986, when he threw out 89 base stealers, the most by a catcher in a season since 1920.
In his eight years with the Cubs, he had 122 home runs and 467 RBI, leading the team in home runs each year from 1983 to 1986.
Davis is a graduate of North Hall High School and attended Middle Georgia College before being drafted by the New York Mets. He was included in the inaugural class of the North Hall High School Athletics Hall of Fame, which was created in 2023. The baseball field at the school is named in his honor.
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