Ever since the death of Vin Scully, a certain set have been wondering who will take the legendary Dodgers sportscaster’s place in the world of professional baseball calling, a profession arguably as vaunted as the players themselves.
Of course, Scully’s most obvious heir apparent is Joe Davis, the 37-year-old Michigan native who began his broadcasting career while still in college and has been calling Dodger games for nearly a decade. Currently signed to a lucrative Fox Sports contract, Davis is limited to 90 games a year for the Dodgers due to his work calling other national games.
While we don’t know the exact value of Davis’s sports contract(s), it’s clearly built him a substantial net worth. The Beloit College alum and his wife Libby were the buyers who recently bought an $8 million house prominently positioned on one of Pasadena’s most prestigious streets, located just a short walk to the posh Langham Huntington hotel.
Built in 1917 and last sold in 1999 for $2.5 million, the house is large even by contemporary standards. Including its semi-finished basement, the elegant spread spans three floors and measures in with roughly 7,500 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms. There’s also a compact detached guesthouse out back.
The listing waxes poetic about the home, calling it the “epitome of Pasadena’s Gilded Age” and “a classic Italianate-Colonial revival.” It’s certainly stately and elegant, with a traditional layout—all of the public rooms are located on the main level, with the bedrooms upstairs—and the living, family, and dining rooms all feature sets of French doors that spill out to various parts of the gardens.
Naturally, the structure has seen some upgrades and renovations over the past 100+ years. The kitchen looks to have been remodeled in the early 2000s, as do the primary bathrooms and some of the additional baths. We also doubt that the wood-paneled elevator, nice as it is, or the basement sauna are original to the house.
Speaking of the primary suite, its bedroom is open to a what once was an additional bedroom, but is now a private sitting room. There are two primary baths, one offering a built-in soaking tub, and four additional bedrooms upstairs for family and visiting friends.
In addition to the sauna, the basement level also includes a bathroom, a gym, and an unfinished bonus space that could be a movie theater or lounge.
Out back, an octagonal plunge pool is surrounded by a red-brick terrace. High hedges run the perimeter of the estate, guarding the gazebo, grassy lawns, and a built-in barbecue center. The 0.78-acre lot also includes a covered outdoor dining area, plus a front motorcourt with ample space for 4-5 cars.
Before buying his big Pasadena mansion, Davis previously resided in the neighboring city of South Pasadena, in a very blue colonial-style house on prestigious Milan Avenue. He bought that place for $2.7 million way back in 2017 and recently sold it to a married pair of doctors, who apparently really wanted the 1923 house—they paid $4 million, a full $700,000 over the property’s asking price, for the keys.
