"Johnny Lance Davis" is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He last played in 2008 for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball/Atlantic League. He is the career Win (baseball)/wins leader for the Ducks with 28 wins. He briefly played for the Cincinnati Reds in .

Davis was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 16th round of the draft. He made his professional debut with the Princeton Devil Rays/Princeton Reds. In 15 games, he had a 3-7 record with a 3.88 earned run average. Davis started 20 games for the Reds in 2001, going 8-4. After the season, Davis became a free agent, but re-signed with the Reds. He split the year between the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts and Triple-A Louisville Bats. Again a free agent after the season, he signed with the Long Island Ducks.

Davis pitched well enough with the Ducks to have his contract purchased by the New York Yankees on August 2, . He appeared in 8 games for the Triple-A Columbus Clippers before being released by the Yankees a month and a half after they purchased his contract. In , he again pitched for the Ducks, recording a 3.76 Earned run average/ERA and being elected to the Atlantic League All-star game.

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