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David DeJesus    \da-HAY-soos\

David Christopher DeJesus

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 20, 1979 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Manalapan HS (Englishtown, NJ)
School: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)
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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cubs/Athletics 2003-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$10M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.146, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Dan Horwits [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 6:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #951. Sam Wise… #952. Chico Carrasquel… #953. Johnny Temple… #954. DAVID DEJESUS… #955. Germany Smith… #956. Happy Felsch… #957. Chase Headley… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 98 146 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 .781 107 242 10 8 5 5 0 *7/89
2010 30 KCR AL 91 394 352 46 112 23 3 5 37 3 3 34 47 .318 .384 .443 .827 127 156 10 4 3 1 2 98/D7
2011 31 OAK AL 131 506 442 60 106 20 5 10 46 4 3 45 86 .240 .323 .376 .698 93 166 14 11 4 4 1 *9/8D
2012 32 CHC NL 148 582 506 76 133 28 8 9 50 7 8 61 89 .263 .350 .403 .753 104 204 9 9 2 4 1 *98/7
2013 33 CHC NL 37 134 121 22 34 11 1 4 13 2 0 13 18 .281 .351 .488 .838 126 59 2 0 0 0 0 *8
11 Yrs 1192 5021 4424 659 1244 246 59 84 499 60 54 433 682 .281 .355 .420 .775 107 1860 87 91 41 32 19
162 Game Avg. 162 682 601 90 169 33 8 11 68 8 7 59 93 .281 .355 .420 .775 107 253 12 12 6 4 3
KCR (8 yrs) 876 3799 3355 501 971 187 45 61 390 47 43 314 489 .289 .360 .427 .787 108 1431 62 71 35 24 17
CHC (2 yrs) 185 716 627 98 167 39 9 13 63 9 8 74 107 .266 .350 .419 .770 108 263 11 9 2 4 1
OAK (1 yr) 131 506 442 60 106 20 5 10 46 4 3 45 86 .240 .323 .376 .698 93 166 14 11 4 4 1
AL (9 yrs) 1007 4305 3797 561 1077 207 50 71 436 51 46 359 575 .284 .356 .421 .776 106 1597 76 82 39 28 18
NL (2 yrs) 185 716 627 98 167 39 9 13 63 9 8 74 107 .266 .350 .419 .770 108 263 11 9 2 4 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2003 23 KCR AL 12 10 1 0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 0.1 -0.2 1 /89
2004 24 KCR AL 96 413 3 -5 1 3 1 3 0.4 15 19 1.9 .503 .502 1.5 0.5 16 8/97 RoY-6
2005 25 KCR AL 122 523 11 1 1 10 2 25 2.6 19 45 4.4 .521 .516 3.4 1.3 35 $320,000 *8
2006 26 KCR AL 119 552 5 3 0 5 -2 11 1.2 19 30 3.0 .509 .507 2.4 0.3 25 $500,000 *78
2007 27 KCR AL 157 703 -3 4 -0 -3 3 1 0.2 25 26 2.6 .501 .501 2.9 0.1 29 $2,000,000 *8
2008 28 KCR AL 135 577 13 -4 0 -8 -3 -1 0.2 21 20 2.2 .499 .499 2.9 -1.0 28 $2,500,000 *789/D
2009 29 KCR AL 144 627 5 -4 0 3 -6 -1 0.0 23 22 2.2 .499 .499 1.9 -0.2 19 $3,600,000 *7/89
2010 30 KCR AL 91 394 13 -2 1 -5 -3 4 0.5 14 18 1.9 .504 .502 2.3 -0.8 23 $4,700,000 98/D7
2011 31 OAK AL 131 506 -3 1 -1 1 -5 -7 -0.7 19 12 1.2 .495 .496 1.1 -0.4 11 $6,000,000 *9/8D
2012 32 CHC NL 148 582 10 -1 -1 -4 -3 -0 0.0 18 18 1.8 .500 .500 2.1 -0.8 22 $4,250,000 *98/7
2013 33 CHC NL 37 134 5 2 -0 -1 1 7 0.7 4 12 1.1 .521 .505 1.3 -0.1 13 $4,250,000 *8
11 Seasons 1192 5021 60 -5 1 -1 -14 42 5.0 179 220 22.2 .503 .502 22.0 -1.2 222 $28,120,000
KCR (8 yrs) 876 3799 47 -7 4 3 -6 41 4.9 138 179 18.1 .505 .503 17.5 0.0 176 $13,620,000
CHC (2 yrs) 185 716 15 1 -1 -5 -3 7 0.7 22 30 2.9 .504 .502 3.4 -0.8 35 $8,500,000
OAK (1 yr) 131 506 -3 1 -1 1 -5 -7 -0.7 19 12 1.2 .495 .496 1.1 -0.4 11 $6,000,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 KCR AL 23 OF 9 0 0 22.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -2 -142 -109 0.82 0.22 .985 2.33 2.33
2003 KCR AL 23 CF 8 0 0 21.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -2 -149 -114 0.86 0.25 .990 2.79 2.75
2003 KCR AL 23 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
2004 KCR AL 24 OF 94 92 86 796.1 253 246 3 4 0 .984 -4 3 -6 4 2.81 2.65 .985 2.30 2.28 RoY-6
2004 KCR AL 24 CF 85 85 80 732.1 238 231 3 4 0 .983 -3 3 -4 5 2.88 2.75 .988 2.64 2.62 RoY-6
2004 KCR AL 24 RF 6 3 3 32.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -83 -38 1.69 1.00 .983 2.22 2.22 RoY-6
2004 KCR AL 24 LF 4 4 3 32.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 26 38 2.53 2.25 .983 2.05 2.02 RoY-6
2005 KCR AL 25 CF 119 118 110 1005.1 317 306 7 4 3 .987 11 10 13 12 2.80 2.63 .989 2.69 2.66
2005 KCR AL 25 OF 119 118 110 1005.1 317 306 7 4 3 .987 11 10 13 11 2.80 2.63 .986 2.30 2.28
2006 KCR AL 26 OF 119 118 96 1024.1 302 287 12 3 1 .990 11 5 13 5 2.63 2.51 .986 2.30 2.27
2006 KCR AL 26 LF 73 60 54 544.2 145 138 5 2 0 .986 5 1 11 2 2.36 1.96 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 KCR AL 26 CF 61 58 42 479.2 157 149 7 1 1 .994 6 4 16 10 2.93 2.56 .989 2.65 2.61
2007 KCR AL 27 CF 156 153 147 1351.1 410 401 5 4 0 .990 8 -3 8 -3 2.70 2.60 .989 2.71 2.68
2007 KCR AL 27 OF 156 153 147 1351.1 410 401 5 4 0 .990 8 -3 8 -2 2.70 2.60 .987 2.30 2.28
2008 KCR AL 28 OF 133 129 88 1112.2 314 310 3 1 1 .997 13 -8 14 -8 2.53 2.35 .986 2.31 2.28
2008 KCR AL 28 LF 71 54 45 482.2 137 136 1 0 0 1.000 13 1 32 3 2.55 1.93 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 KCR AL 28 CF 68 64 33 507.0 154 151 2 1 1 .994 1 -10 2 -24 2.72 2.25 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 KCR AL 28 RF 23 11 10 123.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -10 10 1.68 1.00 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 KCR AL 28 DH 1 1
2009 KCR AL 29 OF 144 142 135 1239.1 323 310 13 0 3 1.000 17 3 16 2 2.35 2.24 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 KCR AL 29 LF 139 138 131 1204.1 307 294 13 0 3 1.000 15 4 15 4 2.29 2.21 .987 2.12 2.09
2009 KCR AL 29 CF 3 3 3 25.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 -2 0 -96 3.60 3.33 .992 2.74 2.70
2009 KCR AL 29 RF 2 1 1 10.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 192 120 5.40 3.00 .982 2.16 2.10
2010 KCR AL 30 OF 88 87 81 762.1 188 183 5 0 1 1.000 9 -5 14 -7 2.22 2.14 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 KCR AL 30 RF 70 67 65 597.1 137 133 4 0 0 1.000 7 -2 15 -4 2.06 1.96 .984 2.10 2.08
2010 KCR AL 30 CF 19 19 15 155.0 49 48 1 0 1 1.000 2 -3 18 -23 2.85 2.58 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 KCR AL 30 DH 2 2
2010 KCR AL 30 LF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 36 0 1.80 1.00 .985 2.07 2.05
2011 OAK AL 31 OF 122 120 111 1055.1 250 240 6 4 1 .984 -0 1 -1 1 2.10 2.02 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 OAK AL 31 RF 116 114 105 992.2 241 231 6 4 1 .983 1 5 1 6 2.15 2.04 .986 2.09 2.07
2011 OAK AL 31 CF 8 6 6 62.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -4 -40 -77 1.29 1.13 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 OAK AL 31 DH 4 2
2012 CHC NL 32 OF 143 125 109 1125.1 272 262 8 2 1 .993 -8 -4 -8 -4 2.16 1.89 .987 2.11 2.09
2012 CHC NL 32 RF 100 86 74 767.0 175 168 5 2 1 .989 -11 -1 -17 -2 2.03 1.73 .984 2.01 1.99
2012 CHC NL 32 CF 50 36 33 336.1 93 90 3 0 0 1.000 3 -4 12 -14 2.49 1.86 .989 2.49 2.46
2012 CHC NL 32 LF 3 3 2 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -16 55 1.64 1.33 .988 1.84 1.80
2013 CHC NL 33 CF 33 28 25 256.0 68 68 0 0 0 1.000 4 -1 20 -5 2.39 2.06 .987 2.42 2.40
2013 CHC NL 33 OF 33 28 25 256.0 68 68 0 0 0 1.000 4 -1 20 -4 2.39 2.06 .986 2.14 2.12
11 Seasons OF 1160 1112 988 9750.1 2699 2615 62 22 11 .992 58 -1 7 0 2.47 2.31 .986 2.28 2.25
11 Seasons CF 610 570 494 4931.2 1507 1465 28 14 6 .991 29 -12 7 -2 2.72 2.45 .989 2.66 2.63
7 Seasons RF 318 282 258 2523.0 588 567 15 6 2 .990 -5 3 -2 1 2.08 1.83 .985 2.07 2.05
6 Seasons LF 292 260 236 2295.2 604 583 19 2 3 .997 33 8 18 4 2.36 2.06 .986 2.09 2.06
11 Seasons TOT 1160 1112 988 9750.1 2699 2615 62 22 11 .992 58 -1 7 0 2.47 2.31 .986 2.28 2.25
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  .281 (46th)

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .355 (41st)

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

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,244 (45th)

Doubles s c a p y
2013 NL  11 (7th)

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)
2012 NL  8 (9th)
Active  59 (11th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  855 (41st)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  1,768 (47th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  12 (6th)
2007 AL  23 (1st)
2011 AL  11 (8th)
Active  91 (18th)
Career  91 (103rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (6th)
2008 AL  8 (8th)
2009 AL  9 (8th)
Active  54 (23rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  6.5 (41st)

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

Total Zone Runss c a p y
Active  58 (24th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  139 (3rd)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  294 (3rd)
Active  583 (19th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  13 (2nd)
Active  19 (21st)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (1st)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  156 (3rd)
Active  610 (17th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 AL  401 (4th)
Active  1,465 (17th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  7 (3rd)
2006 AL  7 (3rd)
Active  28 (19th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  4 (5th)
2007 AL  4 (3rd)
Active  14 (24th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  3 (3rd)
2008 AL  1 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  4 (4th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
Active  1,160 (13th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  401 (4th)
Active  2,615 (11th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  12 (2nd)
2009 AL  13 (2nd)
Active  62 (18th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 AL  13 (4th)
2009 AL  15 (1st)
Active  34 (4th)
Career  34 (27th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)s c a p y
2009 AL  2.29 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  2.21 (1st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2005 AL  11 (2nd)
2007 AL  9 (5th)
2013 NL  4 (3rd)
Active  29 (10th)
Career  29 (50th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)s c a p y
2004 AL  2.88 (3rd)
2005 AL  2.80 (4th)
Active  2.72 (5th)
Career  2.72 (53rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 AL  2.75 (2nd)
2005 AL  2.63 (4th)
Active  2.45 (12th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .991 (9th)
Career  .991 (23rd)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2010 AL  7 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)s c a p y
2011 AL  2.15 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  2.04 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2006 AL  11 (3rd)
2009 AL  17 (5th)
Active  58 (6th)
Career  58 (54th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OFs c a p y
2004 AL  2.81 (2nd)
2005 AL  2.80 (5th)
Active  2.47 (22nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2004 AL  2.65 (3rd)
2005 AL  2.63 (4th)
2006 AL  2.51 (5th)
Active  2.31 (14th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2008 AL  .997 (3rd)
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .992 (9th)
Career  .992 (19th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1325), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1402), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1177), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (124th), 20.8 career WAR/18.1 7yr-peak WAR/19.5 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200525Kansas City Royals$320,000
200626Kansas City Royals$500,000
200727Kansas City Royals$2,000,000
200828Kansas City Royals$2,500,000
200929Kansas City Royals$3,600,000
201030Kansas City Royals$4,700,000
201131Oakland Athletics$6,000,000
201232Chicago Cubs$4,250,000contracts
201333Chicago Cubs$4,250,000
201434Chicago Cubs*$6,500,000$6.5M Team Option, $1.5M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,120,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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