Davis attended high school with future professional baseball players Leon McFadden, Willie Crawford, Bobby Tolan and Bob Watson.

He threw and batted left-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).

He was traded along with Jim Colborn and Earl Stephenson by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder José Cardenal on December 3, 1971.

All told, in 242 MLB games played, he collected 141 hits, including 12 doubles and five triples, 43 runs batted in.

On June 14, 1963, Davis hit the only home run of his major league career, against Jack Sanford of the San Francisco Giants.