Snavely and Davis Taken in MLB First-Year Player Draft – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/3/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 3, 2003
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State outfielder Christian Snavely (Jr., Defiance, Ohio/Defiance) and right-handed relief pitcher Matt Davis (So., Mason, Ohio/William Mason) were selected Tuesday in Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft. Snavely was selected in the sixth round as the 170th overall pick by the Toronto Blue Jays, while Davis, was picked in the seventh round as the 198th overall pick by the Cleveland Indians.
Snavely leads the Buckeyes with a .335 batting average this season. He leads the team with 16 home runs, 54 RBI, 58 walks, 131 total bases, a slugging percentage of .675 and an on-base percentage of .483. He has a .338 career average with 189 hits, 31 doubles, 10 triples and 34 home runs and 139 RBI. He has a .612 career slugging percentage.
Davis has a school-record 14 saves this season in 32 appearances, all in relief. He is 3-1 on the year with a 5.17 ERA in 38 1/3 innings. He has struck out 38 batters while walking just nine against 39 hits. He is holding batters to a .264 batting average.
The two will be in action this weekend when the Buckeyes play host to Southwest Missouri State in the NCAA Columbus Super Regional at Bill Davis Stadium. The teams will play at Saturday at 8:05 p.m., Sunday at 6:05 p.m. and Monday, if necessary, at 1:05 p.m. The winner of the best-of-three series will advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., June 13-23.
