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Delino DeShields
Delino Lamont DeShields

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 9, 1990
  vs. STL 6 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game August 8, 2002
Born January 15, 1969 in Seaford, DE

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1987. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 21 MON NL 129  499   69  144  28  6   4   45  42 22  66  96  .289  .375  .393  116  196   1   2   3   4  10 RoY-2
 1991 22 MON NL 151  563   83  134  15  4  10   51  56 23  95 151  .238  .347  .332   94  187   8   5   2   2   6
 1992 23 MON NL 135  530   82  155  19  8   7   56  46 15  54 108  .292  .359  .398  116  211   9   3   4   3  10 MVP-16
 1993 24 MON NL 123  481   75  142  17  7   2   29  43 10  72  64  .295  .389  .372  102  179   4   2   3   3   6
 1994 25 LAD NL  89  320   51   80  11  3   2   33  27  7  54  53  .250  .357  .322   84  103   1   1   0   0   9
 1995 26 LAD NL 127  425   66  109  18  3   8   37  39 14  63  83  .256  .353  .369   99  157   3   1   4   1   6
 1996 27 LAD NL 154  581   75  130  12  8   5   41  48 11  53 124  .224  .288  .298   60  173   2   5   7   1  12
 1997 28 STL NL 150  572   92  169  26 14  11   58  55 14  55  72  .295  .357  .448  111  256   7   6   1   3   5
 1998 29 STL NL 117  420   74  122  21  8   7   44  26 10  56  61  .290  .371  .429  110  180   4   4   2   0   6
 1999 30 BAL AL  96  330   46   87  11  2   6   34  11  8  37  52  .264  .339  .364   83  120   5   1   0   1   5
 2000 31 BAL AL 151  561   84  166  43  5  10   86  37 10  69  82  .296  .369  .444  110  249   3   9   2   1  16
 2001 32 TOT    126  351   55   82  17  5   5   37  23  2  59  77  .234  .344  .353   87  124   4   2   0   1   8
         BAL AL  58  188   29   37   8  2   3   21  11  1  31  42  .197  .312  .309   69   58   1   1   0   1   3
         CHC NL  68  163   26   45   9  3   2   16  12  1  28  35  .276  .380  .405  108   66   3   1   0   0   5
 2002 33 CHC NL  67  146   20   28   6  1   3   10  10  1  21  38  .192  .292  .308   60   45   6   1   2   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5779      1548     74      561    147    1061  .268  .352  .377   97       57  42  30  20  99
               1615       872      244     80      463    754                            2180
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        580   87  155  24  7   8   56  46 15  76 106  .268  .352  .377   97  219   6   4   3   2  10
 Career High    154  581   92  169  43 14  11   86  56 23  95 151  .296  .389  .448  116  256   9   9   7   4  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 21 MON NL  572  390   75   5.2    95| .289  .260| .375  .325| .393  .390| .768  .715| 116  .572  13.6   1.4  65%
 1991 22 MON NL  673  471   74   4.2    93| .238  .257| .347  .324| .332  .384| .679  .708|  94  .503  -1.5  -0.2  70%
 1992 23 MON NL  599  412   80   5.2    91| .292  .258| .359  .323| .398  .380| .757  .703| 116  .607  11.4   1.2  75%
 1993 24 MON NL  562  361   80   5.9   108| .295  .277| .389  .343| .372  .422| .761  .765| 102  .611   3.5   0.3  81%
 1994 25 LAD NL  376  258   41   4.3   104| .250  .267| .357  .333| .322  .418| .679  .751|  84  .434  -5.0  -0.5  79%
 1995 26 LAD NL  493  340   61   4.8    99| .256  .260| .353  .328| .369  .404| .722  .732|  99  .497   2.3   0.2  73%
 1996 27 LAD NL  642  481   54   3.0   101| .224  .261| .288  .329| .298  .409| .586  .738|  60  .295 -32.9  -3.2  81%
 1997 28 STL NL  643  435   99   6.1   107| .295  .269| .357  .341| .448  .423| .805  .764| 111  .602   8.1   0.8  79%
 1998 29 STL NL  484  322   71   5.9   107| .290  .269| .371  .340| .429  .424| .800  .764| 110  .589   7.3   0.7  72%
 1999 30 BAL AL  374  262   42   4.3   110| .264  .270| .339  .342| .364  .432| .703  .774|  83  .394  -8.0  -0.7  57%
 2000 31 BAL AL  643  433   95   5.8   111| .296  .270| .369  .342| .444  .434| .813  .777| 110  .527  12.0   1.1  78%
 2001 32 TOT     417  285   49   4.6   105| .234  .262| .344  .330| .353  .424| .697  .754|  87  .458  -4.4  -0.4  92%
         BAL AL  222  157   21   3.6   103| .197  .261| .312  .327| .309  .420| .621  .747|  69  .347  -7.6  -0.7  91%
         CHC NL  195  128   28   5.8   107| .276  .263| .380  .333| .405  .430| .785  .763| 108  .569   3.2   0.3  92%
 2002 33 CHC NL  174  126   16   3.4   105| .192  .263| .292  .337| .308  .419| .600  .756|  60  .347  -8.4  -0.8  90%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6652 4576  837   4.9   102| .268  .265| .352  .333| .377  .411| .729  .744|  97  .512  -2.0  -0.1  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1990 21 MON NL 2B 128 236 371 12 65 .981 .983 4.74 4.28 4.90 5.01 120 1115.0 1991 22 MON NL 2B 148 285 405 27 72 .962 .982 4.66 4.28 4.79 5.14 145 1297.3 1992 23 MON NL 2B 134 251 360 15 71 .976 .981 4.56 4.27 4.65 5.18 133 1183.3 1993 24 MON NL 2B 123 243 381 11 74 .983 .980 5.07 4.49 5.23 5.16 123 1073.7 1994 25 LAD NL 2B 88 155 277 6 52 .986 .981 4.91 4.56 5.44 5.26 84 715.3 SS 10 1 5 1 1 .857 .968 0.60 4.05 3.12 4.53 0 17.3 1995 26 LAD NL 2B 113 204 330 11 55 .980 .984 4.73 4.58 4.96 5.25 108 968.3 1996 27 LAD NL 2B 154 274 400 17 79 .975 .981 4.38 4.40 4.61 5.09 149 1315.3 1997 28 STL NL 2B 147 271 398 19 93 .972 .980 4.55 4.31 4.91 5.07 137 1226.0 1998 29 STL NL 2B 111 247 273 9 66 .983 .982 4.68 4.38 5.22 5.09 102 896.3 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 1999 30 BAL AL 2B 93 178 249 10 54 .977 .981 4.59 4.44 5.12 5.13 87 750.7 2000 31 BAL AL 2B 96 172 254 11 46 .975 .980 4.44 4.32 4.71 5.03 93 813.3 OF 41 77 3 2 1 .976 .985 1.95 2.02 2.13 2.36 40 338.7 LF 39 73 3 1 1 .987 .984 1.95 1.76 2.07 2.16 39 329.7 DH 10 CF 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 1.00 2.45 2.00 2.80 1 9.0 2001 32 TOT OF 80 127 3 4 0 .970 .983 1.62 1.95 1.86 2.26 73 628.0 TOT LF 79 126 3 4 0 .970 .980 1.63 1.62 1.88 2.06 72 619.0 BAL AL OF 47 87 2 3 0 .967 .985 1.89 2.01 1.99 2.30 45 402.0 LF 46 86 2 3 0 .967 .981 1.91 1.72 2.02 2.14 44 393.0 DH 8 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.70 1 9.0 CHC NL LF 33 40 1 1 0 .976 .979 1.24 1.48 1.63 1.91 28 226.0 2B 16 29 21 0 1 1.000 .982 3.12 4.19 5.38 4.86 8 83.7 3B 5 0 4 2 0 .667 .952 0.80 2.16 1.05 2.57 4 34.3 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 7.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 2002 33 CHC NL 2B 41 66 98 5 15 .970 .982 4.00 4.28 4.96 4.96 34 297.7 RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 6.67 2.00 0 2.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 29 STL NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 2001 32 CHC NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 7.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 1990 21 MON NL 2B 128 236 371 12 65 .981 .983 4.74 4.28 4.90 5.01 120 1115.0 1991 22 MON NL 2B 148 285 405 27 72 .962 .982 4.66 4.28 4.79 5.14 145 1297.3 1992 23 MON NL 2B 134 251 360 15 71 .976 .981 4.56 4.27 4.65 5.18 133 1183.3 1993 24 MON NL 2B 123 243 381 11 74 .983 .980 5.07 4.49 5.23 5.16 123 1073.7 1994 25 LAD NL 2B 88 155 277 6 52 .986 .981 4.91 4.56 5.44 5.26 84 715.3 1995 26 LAD NL 2B 113 204 330 11 55 .980 .984 4.73 4.58 4.96 5.25 108 968.3 1996 27 LAD NL 2B 154 274 400 17 79 .975 .981 4.38 4.40 4.61 5.09 149 1315.3 1997 28 STL NL 2B 147 271 398 19 93 .972 .980 4.55 4.31 4.91 5.07 137 1226.0 1998 29 STL NL 2B 111 247 273 9 66 .983 .982 4.68 4.38 5.22 5.09 102 896.3 1999 30 BAL AL 2B 93 178 249 10 54 .977 .981 4.59 4.44 5.12 5.13 87 750.7 2000 31 BAL AL 2B 96 172 254 11 46 .975 .980 4.44 4.32 4.71 5.03 93 813.3 2001 32 CHC NL 2B 16 29 21 0 1 1.000 .982 3.12 4.19 5.38 4.86 8 83.7 2002 33 CHC NL 2B 41 66 98 5 15 .970 .982 4.00 4.28 4.96 4.96 34 297.7 2001 32 CHC NL 3B 5 0 4 2 0 .667 .952 0.80 2.16 1.05 2.57 4 34.3 2000 31 BAL AL CF 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 1.00 2.45 2.00 2.80 1 9.0 2001 32 BAL AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.70 1 9.0 2000 31 BAL AL DH 10 2001 32 BAL AL DH 8 2000 31 BAL AL LF 39 73 3 1 1 .987 .984 1.95 1.76 2.07 2.16 39 329.7 2001 32 TOT LF 79 126 3 4 0 .970 .980 1.63 1.62 1.88 2.06 72 619.0 BAL AL LF 46 86 2 3 0 .967 .981 1.91 1.72 2.02 2.14 44 393.0 CHC NL LF 33 40 1 1 0 .976 .979 1.24 1.48 1.63 1.91 28 226.0 2000 31 BAL AL OF 41 77 3 2 1 .976 .985 1.95 2.02 2.13 2.36 40 338.7 2001 32 TOT OF 80 127 3 4 0 .970 .983 1.62 1.95 1.86 2.26 73 628.0 BAL AL OF 47 87 2 3 0 .967 .985 1.89 2.01 1.99 2.30 45 402.0 CHC NL OF 33 40 1 1 0 .976 .981 1.24 1.86 1.63 2.20 28 226.0 2002 33 CHC NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 6.67 2.33 0 2.7 2002 33 CHC NL RF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 6.67 2.00 0 2.7 1994 25 LAD NL SS 10 1 5 1 1 .857 .968 0.60 4.05 3.12 4.53 0 17.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1392 2611 3817 153 743 .977 .981 4.62 4.38 4.93 5.12 1323 11736.0 OF* 122 206 6 6 1 .972 .984 1.74 1.97 1.97 2.30 113 969.3 118 3 1# LF* 118 199 6 5 1 .976 .982 1.74 1.67 1.94 2.09 111 948.7 DH 18 Games not counted in Overall Total below SS* 10 1 5 1 1 .857 .968 0.60 4.05 3.12 4.53 0 17.3 3B* 5 0 4 2 0 .667 .952 0.80 2.16 1.05 2.57 4 34.3 CF* 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.000 1.00 2.43 1.50 2.75 2 18.0 1B* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 7.90 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 RF* 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.70 6.67 2.00 0 2.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1531 2819 3832 162 745 .976 .981 4.34 4.18 4.69 4.90 1440 12759
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  LAD CIN     L   3  12   1   3  0  0  0   0   1   3  .250  .308  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  LAD ATL     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   5  16   1   3  0  0  0   0   1   4  .188  .235  .188   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1992-NL-16-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1991 NL-673-6

Doubles
2000 AL-43-8

Triples
1992 NL-8-6
1993 NL-7-8
1996 NL-8-5
1997 NL-14-1
1998 NL-8-5

Bases on Balls
1991 NL-95-4

Strikeouts
1991 NL-151-1
1992 NL-108-4
1996 NL-124-8

Stolen Bases
1990 NL-42-8
1991 NL-56-3
1992 NL-46-2
1993 NL-43-6
1994 NL-27-7
1995 NL-39-3
1996 NL-48-3
1997 NL-55-3
1998 NL-26-8
2000 AL-37-3
Car-463-45

Times on Base
1991 NL-231-9

Sac. Flies
2000 AL-9-10

Caught Stealing
1990 NL-22-2
1991 NL-23-2
1992 NL-15-7
1995 NL-14-3
1996 NL-11-7
1997 NL-14-4
1998 NL-10-8
2000 AL-10-5
Car-147-22

Power/Speed Number
1991 NL-17.0-8

Outs
1991 NL-471-2
1996 NL-481-7

Youngest Player
1990 NL-21-6

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (723) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (787) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 24.8 (438) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1676) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1987.

November 19, 1993: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Pedro Martinez.

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

November 20, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 2, 2001: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

July 7, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Montreal Expos$100,000
1992Montreal Expos$302,500
1993Montreal Expos$1,537,500
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$2,700,000
1995Los Angeles Dodgers$3,000,000
1996Los Angeles Dodgers$3,000,000
1997St. Louis Cardinals$1,600,000
1998St. Louis Cardinals$3,000,000
1999Baltimore Orioles$3,719,758
2000Baltimore Orioles$4,209,324
2001Baltimore Orioles$4,333,667
2002Chicago Cubs$1,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$28,752,749

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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