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Joe DeSa
Joseph DeSa

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 6, 1980
  vs. HOU 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1985
Born July 27, 1959 in Honolulu, HI
Died December 20, 1986 in San Juan, P.R.

Nephew of John Matias

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 20 STL NL   7   11    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .273  .273  .273   51    3   0   0   0   0   1
 1985 25 CHW AL  28   44    5    8   2  0   2    7   0  0   3   6  .182  .234  .364   59   16   1   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       35   55    5   11   2  0   2    7   0  0   3   8  .200  .241  .345   57   19   1   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        255   23   51   9  0   9   32   0  0  14  37  .200  .241  .345   57   88   5   0   5   0   5
 Career High     28   44    5    8   2  0   2    7   0  0   3   6                          16   1   0   1   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1980 20 STL NL   11    9    1   3.0    98| .273  .271| .273  .334| .273  .394| .546  .728|  51  .347  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1985 25 CHW AL   48   37    4   2.9   102| .182  .266| .234  .332| .364  .413| .598  .745|  59  .300  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        59   46    5   2.9   102| .200  .267| .241  .333| .345  .409| .586  .742|  57  .309  -3.6  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 20 STL NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.00 3.60 10.08 0 5.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.00 2.10 1 9.0 1985 25 CHW AL 1B 9 70 7 0 4 1.000 .991 8.56 8.67 11.95 9.76 6 58.0 DH 4 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 20 STL NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.00 3.60 10.08 0 5.0 1985 25 CHW AL 1B 9 70 7 0 4 1.000 .991 8.56 8.67 11.95 9.76 6 58.0 1985 25 CHW AL DH 4 1985 25 CHW AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1980 20 STL NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.30 1 9.0 1985 25 CHW AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1980 20 STL NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.00 2.10 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 10 72 7 0 4 1.000 .991 7.90 8.70 11.29 9.79 6 63.0 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.05 0.90 2.34 1 10.0 1 0 1# RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.00 2.10 1 9.0 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 12 73 7 0 4 1.000 .991 6.67 7.59 9.86 8.77 7 73
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1980 NL-20-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

October 20, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October, 1986: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

November 15, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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