Tommy Davis, 2-time NL batting champion with Dodgers, dead at 83

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Tommy Davis, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 83.

He died Sunday night in Phoenix, the Dodgers announced Monday without providing a cause. They were informed of his death by his daughter, Morgana.

Davis was an athletic standout at Boys High School in Brooklyn, where he was a basketball teammate of future Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkins. Davis also played baseball and was a long jumper on the school's track and field team.

Davis was set to sign with the Yankees in 1956 when a phone call from Jackie Robinson changed his mind.

Robinson was playing what would be his final season with the Dodgers that year when he called Davis' house and encouraged him to sign with the Brooklyn organization. Scouting director Al Campanis knew Davis' mother was a Dodgers fan.

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FILE - Former Los Angeles Dodgers great Tommy Davis throws out a ceremonial pitch before an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. Davis, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, died Sunday night, April 3, 2022, in Phoenix, the Dodgers announced Monday. He was 83. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File) (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

"My mother wondered who was calling," Davis said in 2019. "I pointed to the receiver and mouthed the words, 'It's Jackie Robinson!' I couldn’t believe I was speaking to one of my heroes, although I don’t remember doing much talking."

Davis received a $4,000 bonus for signing with the Dodgers.

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