David DeJesus
David Christopher DeJesus
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 20, 1979 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Manalapan (Englishtown, NJ)
School: Rutgers University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed August 22, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2003
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2003 23 KCR AL 12 10 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .444 .571 1.016 159 4 0 1 1 0 0 /89
2004 24 KCR AL 96 413 363 58 104 15 3 7 39 8 11 33 53 .287 .360 .402 .763 97 146 6 9 8 0 0 8/97 RoY-6
2005 25 KCR AL 122 523 461 69 135 31 6 9 56 5 5 42 76 .293 .359 .445 .804 114 205 6 9 5 6 1 *8
2006 26 KCR AL 119 552 491 83 145 36 7 8 56 6 3 43 70 .295 .364 .446 .810 108 219 10 12 2 4 4 *78
2007 27 KCR AL 157 703 605 101 157 29 9 7 58 10 4 64 83 .260 .351 .372 .722 91 225 10 23 7 4 7 *8
2008 28 KCR AL 135 577 518 70 159 25 7 12 73 11 8 46 71 .307 .366 .452 .818 118 234 10 5 4 4 3 *789/D
2009 29 KCR AL 144 627 558 74 157 28 9 13 71 4 9 51 87 .281 .347 .434 .781 106 242 10 8 5 5 0 *7/89
7 Seasons 785 3405 3003 455 859 164 42 56 353 44 40 280 442 .286 .358 .425 .782 106 1275 52 67 32 23 15
162 Game Avg. 162 703 620 94 177 34 9 12 73 9 8 58 91 .286 .358 .425 .782 106 263 11 14 7 5 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2003 23 KCR AL 10 6 2 8.9 113 .400 .286 .276 .444 .343 .571 .441 1.016 .784 159 .740 0.6 0.1 1.200 .429 .286
2004 24 KCR AL 413 284 52 4.9 111 .320 .287 .273 .360 .341 .402 .438 .763 .779 97 .475 -1.4 -0.1 .670 .198 .116 7.5
2005 25 KCR AL 523 348 76 5.8 104 .330 .293 .267 .359 .330 .445 .423 .804 .753 114 .579 10.7 1.0 .760 .243 .152 6.4
2006 26 KCR AL 552 365 81 5.9 112 .329 .295 .277 .364 .341 .446 .440 .810 .781 108 .557 6.9 0.6 .772 .244 .151 6.9
2007 27 KCR AL 703 473 84 4.7 107 .289 .260 .271 .351 .338 .372 .424 .722 .762 91 .471 -6.1 -0.6 .688 .228 .112 8.2
2008 28 KCR AL 577 385 85 5.9 104 .335 .307 .266 .366 .333 .452 .417 .818 .751 118 .580 13.5 1.3 .764 .239 .145 11.5
2009 29 KCR AL 627 430 83 5.2 106 .311 .281 .265 .347 .334 .434 .425 .781 .759 106 .508 5.0 0.5 .705 .235 .152 6.1
7 Seasons 3405 2291 463 5.4 107 .318 .286 .269 .358 .336 .425 .427 .782 .763 106 .530 29.2 2.8 .727 .233 .139 49.3
162 Game Avg. 703 473 96 5.4 107 .318 .286 .269 .358 .336 .425 .427 .782 .763 106 .530 6 1 .727 .233 .139 10

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2003 23 KCR AL 10 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 10.0% 50% 2.00 3.5 0.67 1.00 50% 0% 0.0% 33%
2004 24 KCR AL 413 1.7% 12.8% 8.0% 6.1% 24% 1.61 6.8 51.9 9.3 0.95 1.45 73% 21% 5.0% 8%
2005 25 KCR AL 523 1.7% 14.5% 8.0% 8.8% 34% 1.81 6.1 51.2 8.2 0.85 1.02 73% 21% 4.8% 11%
2006 26 KCR AL 552 1.5% 12.7% 7.8% 9.2% 35% 1.63 7.0 61.4 8.8 0.95 1.24 76% 22% 4.1% 9%
2007 27 KCR AL 703 1.0% 11.8% 9.1% 6.4% 29% 1.30 7.3 86.4 10.4 0.88 1.12 74% 18% 2.8% 11%
2008 28 KCR AL 577 2.1% 12.3% 8.0% 7.6% 28% 1.54 7.3 43.2 7.1 0.88 1.22 76% 24% 5.5% 8%
2009 29 KCR AL 627 2.1% 13.9% 8.1% 8.0% 32% 1.71 6.4 42.9 7.9 0.85 1.21 74% 19% 5.6% 9%
7 Seasons 3405 1.6% 13.0% 8.2% 7.7% 31% 1.58 6.8 53.6 8.5 0.89 1.19 74% 21% 4.6% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 23 KCR AL 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2004 24 KCR AL 6 0 37% 187 8 11 42% 8 10 0 1 0 0 5 2 7 10 52% 26 15 11 5 1 4 15 6 9
2005 25 KCR AL 5 0 34% 233 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 18 53% 37 20 17 7 3 4 15 5 10
2006 26 KCR AL 3 0 39% 245 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 21 58% 30 18 12 13 6 6 21 2 19
2007 27 KCR AL 10 0 40% 298 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 25 51% 48 25 22 4 1 3 24 9 14
2008 28 KCR AL 3 0 29% 247 11 8 58% 8 8 3 0 0 0 6 2 10 20 38% 41 26 13 8 3 5 19 9 8
2009 29 KCR AL 3 0 30% 246 4 9 31% 4 9 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 10 41% 42 28 12 10 5 5 17 6 11
7 Seasons 30 0 35% 1465 44 40 52% 39 39 5 1 0 0 21 7 42 105 48% 225 132 88 48 20 27 111 37 71
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2003 23 KCR AL 10 100% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 KCR AL 413 74% 104 6 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 7 0 10 7 0 2 5 0 10 8 80% 60 6 10% 28 15 54% 205 33 16% 24 14 58% 22 10 45% 0
2005 25 KCR AL 523 69% 135 8 1 1 0 0 0 2.76 9 0 7 7 2 6 3 1 5 5 100% 91 6 7% 43 23 53% 257 50 19% 23 14 61% 23 16 70% 0
2006 26 KCR AL 552 71% 145 13 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 13 5 3 4 4 0 4 2 50% 75 10 13% 34 16 47% 264 50 19% 26 14 54% 29 16 55% 0
2007 27 KCR AL 703 71% 157 14 2 1 0 0 0 1.54 7 0 10 5 2 3 4 0 9 7 78% 109 10 9% 50 20 40% 328 54 16% 29 14 48% 41 15 37% 0
2008 28 KCR AL 577 63% 159 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 11 11 1 6 6 1 4 4 100% 88 10 11% 39 13 33% 284 62 22% 30 19 63% 36 16 44% 0
2009 29 KCR AL 627 65% 157 17 4 1 0 0 0 0.16 13 0 9 12 1 4 9 0 10 5 50% 104 10 10% 42 19 45% 315 59 19% 22 14 64% 37 21 57% 0
7 Seasons 3405 69% 859 70 12 5 0 0 0 1.53 56 1 60 47 9 25 31 2 43 32 74% 528 52 10% 237 107 45% 1655 308 19% 154 89 58% 188 94 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 23 KCR AL 10 47 4.70 30 64% 23% 10% 47% 20% 77% 0% 49% 87% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2004 24 KCR AL 413 1613 3.91 1002 62% 35% 6% 27% 32% 65% 0% 40% 91% 20% 5% 19 0 17% 71 20 10% 43 27 51% 0 0 0
2005 25 KCR AL 523 1978 3.78 1230 62% 37% 7% 23% 32% 63% 0% 39% 88% 18% 4% 22 0 13% 69 13 7% 35 18 45% 0 0 0
2006 26 KCR AL 552 2026 3.67 1253 62% 35% 7% 24% 34% 65% 2% 40% 89% 20% 4% 23 0 11% 60 18 8% 45 23 49% 0 0 0
2007 27 KCR AL 703 2574 3.66 1573 61% 34% 7% 25% 34% 66% 2% 40% 89% 22% 5% 32 0 13% 90 24 8% 59 26 40% 0 0 0
2008 28 KCR AL 577 2225 3.86 1382 62% 34% 7% 26% 33% 66% 1% 41% 89% 20% 4% 25 0 12% 70 20 8% 44 15 39% 0 0 0
2009 29 KCR AL 627 2511 4.00 1535 61% 35% 8% 25% 31% 65% 0% 40% 88% 19% 5% 33 1 15% 91 29 11% 69 31 38% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 3405 12974 3.81 8005 62% 35% 7% 25% 33% 65% 1% 40% 89% 20% 5% 154 1 13% 451 124 9% 295 140 43% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 23 12 10 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .444 .571 1.016 159 4 0 1 1 0 0
2004 24 108 423 370 58 106 15 4 7 39 8 11 34 55 .286 .362 .405 .768 99 150 6 10 9 0 0
2005 25 230 946 831 127 241 46 10 16 95 13 16 76 131 .290 .361 .427 .788 107 355 12 19 14 6 1
2006 26 349 1498 1322 210 386 82 17 24 151 19 19 119 201 .292 .362 .434 .796 107 574 22 31 16 10 5
2007 27 506 2201 1927 311 543 111 26 31 209 29 23 183 284 .282 .358 .415 .773 102 799 32 54 23 14 12
2008 28 641 2778 2445 381 702 136 33 43 282 40 31 229 355 .287 .360 .422 .782 106 1033 42 59 27 18 15
2009 29 785 3405 3003 455 859 164 42 56 353 44 40 280 442 .286 .358 .425 .782 106 1275 52 67 32 23 15

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 23 12 9 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .444 .571 1.016 2 12
2004 24 96 401 360 54 101 15 3 7 36 8 32 53 .281 .354 .397 .751 48 96
2005 25 122 523 465 69 139 32 6 9 56 5 43 76 .299 .365 .452 .817 76 122
2006 26 119 549 490 78 144 36 7 8 53 6 43 70 .294 .362 .445 .807 76 119
2007 27 157 708 613 97 165 30 9 7 56 11 67 83 .269 .362 .382 .743 81 157
2008 28 135 574 519 71 160 25 7 12 74 11 46 71 .308 .368 .453 .820 86 135
2009 29 144 625 560 75 159 28 9 13 72 4 52 87 .284 .350 .436 .786 84 144
7 Seasons 785 3389 3014 444 870 166 42 56 347 45 284 442 .289 .361 .427 .788 453 785
162 Game Avg. 162 699 622 92 180 34 9 12 72 9 59 91 .289 .361 .427 .788 93 785

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
2008 AL  .307 (8th)
Active  .286 (48th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2007 AL  703 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
2005 AL  6 (7th)
2006 AL  7 (7th)
2007 AL  9 (3rd)
2008 AL  7 (6th)
2009 AL  9 (3rd)
Active  42 (31st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  12 (6th)
2007 AL  23 (1st)
Active  67 (45th)
Career  67 (206th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (6th)
2008 AL  8 (8th)
2009 AL  9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2007 AL  473 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1343), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Coco Crisp (963)
  2. Roy Weatherly (960)
  3. Marlon Byrd (956)
  4. Pete Reiser (951)
  5. Dave Robertson (949)
  6. George Watkins (947)
  7. Beau Bell (944)
  8. Reed Johnson (942)
  9. Terrence Long (942)
  10. Floyd Robinson (941)
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  1. Tony Gonzalez (966)
  2. Coco Crisp (963)
  3. Roberto Kelly (960)
  4. Jim Russell (958)
  5. Roy Weatherly (956)
  6. Terry Moore (954)
  7. Tommy Holmes (953)
  8. Floyd Robinson (953)
  9. Mule Haas (952)
  10. Bob Skinner (947)
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  2. Dutch Zwilling (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Russell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roy Weatherly (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Gonzalez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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