Davis started his professional career calling football, basketball, baseball and hockey for
ESPN and was formerly the voice of the
Montgomery Biscuits. From 2010 to 2012, Davis called college football, basketball, and baseball for
Comcast Sports Southeast and served as a studio host for the Baylor ISP Network for the
Baylor Bears and called
NCAA Division III football and basketball for D3Sports.com. For one season, Joe was the lead voice of the 2009 Illinois High School Volleyball State Championships and was the manager of broadcasting and media as well as calling games for the
Schaumburg Flyers. His past work includes
Beloit College basketball (men's and women's) and baseball as well as fill-in work for the
Loyola Ramblers men's volleyball and women's basketball. He also called
Sun Belt football and basketball for the Sun Belt Network. In 2012, he worked college football for ESPN, including the memorable
Texas A&M win over
Louisiana Tech with
Johnny Manziel.
Fox Sports, NFL Network, and FS1 (2014-present) (2020-21) In July 2014, Davis was hired by
Fox Sports, where he called
college football and
basketball, plus
Major League Baseball and select
National Football League games for
Fox and
FS1. Davis has handled
Division Series broadcasts on Fox/FS1 and filled in on Game 4 of the
2019 American League Championship Series while
Joe Buck called
Thursday Night Football the same evening. Davis also filled in on Game 7 of the
2020 National League Championship Series while Buck called an
NFL on Fox game between the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the
Green Bay Packers. Later that year, Davis replaced
Mike Tirico on the
NFL Network broadcast of a Saturday night game between the
Carolina Panthers and the Green Bay Packers after Tirico was dispatched to fill-in for
Al Michaels on
NBC Sunday Night Football, and would fulfill the same role in
2021. Also in 2021, Davis filled-in on an
NFL on Fox game between the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the
New Orleans Saints while Buck called Game 5 of the
World Series between the
Atlanta Braves and the
Houston Astros. For the
2022 MLB season, after Buck left Fox for ESPN, Davis was named his full-time replacement for MLB on Fox. Later that year, Davis was selected to be Fox’s new #2 play-by-play man for their NFL coverage, replacing
Kevin Burkhardt, who became Buck’s replacement on their #1 NFL crew, with
Greg Olsen as his
color commentator as of the 2024 season. Thus far, his most memorable calls were
Bryce Harper’s home run in Game 5 of the
NLCS in 2022, Yordan Alvarez’s go-ahead home run in Game 6 of the 2022 World Series,
Adolis Garcia’s walk off home run in Game 1 of the
2023 World Series,
Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of the
2024 World Series, and the final out of Game 5 in which the Dodgers won the World Series.
Los Angeles Dodgers (2016-present) In November 2015, Davis was hired by
SportsNet LA to serve as an alternate play-by-play commentator for the
Los Angeles Dodgers during the 2016 season. He split the play-by-play role with
Charley Steiner for games that were not called by
Vin Scully, who would be retiring as the team's television broadcaster at the end of the season. Davis subsequently became Scully's successor for the 2017 season, alongside
Orel Hershiser on color. In interviews, Davis stated that he did not plan to entirely emulate Vin Scully's style, use his catchphrases, or be viewed as a "replacement" of him, arguing that one cannot "replace the greatest anyone of all time in anything". He did, however, state that he wanted to maintain Scully's focus upon storytelling as a reminder of the traits of Scully. In regard to his transition to the role, Davis explained that "hopefully, some have listened and at least learned to tolerate me. But for my comfort level, last year was very important, and having Orel in the booth has been the best part, and biggest reason, for this being an enjoyable experience so far, personally and professionally. I'm eternally grateful to him for how he has gone out of his way." Since then, he has only called a maximum of 90 games per season for the club, limited by his other work calling national games. When the Dodgers won the
2024 World Series, it was Davis who made the call on Fox, saying, "Start the party, Los Angeles! Your Dodgers have won the World Series!" When the Dodgers won the
2025 World Series, it was Davis who once again made the call on Fox, saying, "To beat the champ, you gotta knock 'em out! The Dodgers stand tall and win back-to-back titles!" ==Personal life==