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David DeJesus

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 (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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics 2003-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 6 yrs/$19.3M (06-11), 2 yrs/$10M (12-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.146, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Dan Horwits [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:03AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #799. Bake McBride… #800. George McQuinn… #801. Mike Stanley… #802. DAVID DEJESUS… #803. Gregg Jefferies… #804. Johnny Ray… #805. Happy Felsch… 

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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 /
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 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 *
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 *
2007 27 KCR AL 157 703 605 101 157 29 9 7 58 10 4 64 83 .260 .351 .372 .722 92 225 10 23 7 4 7 *
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 *
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 *
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
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
9 Seasons 1007 4305 3797 561 1077 207 50 71 436 51 46 359 575 .284 .356 .421 .776 106 1597 76 82 39 28 18
162 Game Avg. 162 693 611 90 173 33 8 11 70 8 7 58 93 .284 .356 .421 .776 106 257 12 13 6 5 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
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2003 23 KCR AL 10 1 0 0 0 -3 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ /
2004 24 KCR AL 413 1 -4 1 1 -4 1 14 10 1.0 14 1.4 -0.4 $ RoY-6
2005 25 KCR AL 523 11 1 1 1 11 2 17 44 4.4 33 3.3 1.1 $320,000 *
2006 26 KCR AL 552 9 2 -1 0 11 -2 17 36 3.5 25 2.5 1.0 $500,000 *
2007 27 KCR AL 703 -7 4 2 0 8 3 22 33 3.3 24 2.4 0.9 $2,000,000 *
2008 28 KCR AL 577 14 -3 -3 0 13 -3 19 37 3.7 24 2.4 1.3 $2,500,000 *
2009 29 KCR AL 627 6 -3 -2 0 17 -7 20 31 3.0 14 1.4 1.6 $3,600,000 *
2010 30 KCR AL 394 14 -1 -2 1 9 -3 13 31 3.1 22 2.2 0.9 $4,700,000
2011 31 OAK AL 506 -4 1 1 -1 -1 -6 17 6 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $6,000,000 *9/8D
9 Seasons 4305 45 -3 -3 2 61 -15 139 227 22.4 165 16.5 5.9 $19,620,000
KCR (8 yrs) 3799 49 -4 -4 4 62 -9 122 220 21.8 158 15.7 6.1 $13,620,000
OAK (1 yr) 506 -4 1 1 -1 -1 -6 17 6 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $6,000,000

Standard Fielding

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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 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -2 0.22 .985 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 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
2004 KCR AL 24 OF 94 253 246 3 4 0 .984 -4 4 2.65 .985 2.28 RoY-6
2004 KCR AL 24 CF 85 85 80 732.1 238 231 3 4 0 .983 -3 4 -4 7 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 OF 119 317 306 7 4 3 .987 11 9 2.63 .986 2.28
2005 KCR AL 25 CF 119 118 110 1005.1 317 306 7 4 3 .987 11 9 13 11 2.80 2.63 .989 2.69 2.66
2006 KCR AL 26 OF 119 302 287 12 3 1 .990 11 6 2.51 .986 2.27
2006 KCR AL 26 LF 73 60 54 544.2 145 138 5 2 0 .986 5 3 11 7 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 3 16 8 2.93 2.56 .989 2.65 2.61
2007 KCR AL 27 OF 156 410 401 5 4 0 .990 8 2 2.60 .987 2.28
2007 KCR AL 27 CF 156 153 147 1351.1 410 401 5 4 0 .990 8 2 8 2 2.70 2.60 .989 2.71 2.68
2008 KCR AL 28 OF 133 314 310 3 1 1 .997 13 -5 2.35 .986 2.28
2008 KCR AL 28 LF 71 54 45 482.2 137 136 1 0 0 1.000 13 3 32 7 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 -9 2 -21 2.72 2.25 .989 2.71 2.69
2008 KCR AL 28 RF 24 12 10 123.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -10 10 1.68 0.96 .985 2.15 2.13
2008 KCR AL 28 DH 1 1
2009 KCR AL 29 OF 144 323 310 13 0 3 1.000 17 5 2.24 .987 2.30
2009 KCR AL 29 LF 139 138 131 1204.1 307 294 13 0 3 1.000 15 5 15 5 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 -1 0 -48 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 88 188 183 5 0 1 1.000 9 -5 2.14 .986 2.28
2010 KCR AL 30 RF 70 67 65 597.1 137 133 4 0 0 1.000 7 -4 15 -8 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 0 18 0 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 -1 36 -120 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 -1 10 -1 11 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 13 1 16 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 -3 -32 -57 1.29 1.13 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 OAK AL 31 DH 4 2
9 Seasons OF 984 120 111 1055.1 2359 2285 54 20 10 .992 61 24 70 3 2.10 2.38 .986 2.28 2.28
9 Seasons CF 527 506 436 4339.1 1346 1307 25 14 6 .990 22 3 6 0 2.76 2.53 .989 2.69 2.66
5 Seasons LF 289 257 234 2273.2 600 579 19 2 3 .997 34 11 18 5 2.37 2.07 .986 2.09 2.06
6 Seasons RF 219 197 184 1756.0 413 399 10 4 1 .990 6 10 4 6 2.10 1.87 .985 2.10 2.08
9 Seasons TOT 984 120 111 1055.1 2359 2285 54 20 10 .992 61 48 70 54 2.10 2.38 .986 2.28 2.28
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 AL  1.7 (7th)
Active  5.9 (30th)
Career  5.9 (217th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2008 AL  .307 (8th)
Active  .284 (46th)

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  50 (21st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2006 AL  12 (6th)
2007 AL  23 (1st)
2011 AL  11 (8th)
Active  82 (23rd)
Career  82 (139th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (6th)
2008 AL  8 (8th)
2009 AL  9 (8th)
Active  46 (46th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  6.6 (48th)

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

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  579 (21st)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  19 (22nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  527 (24th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,307 (21st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2007 AL  401 (4th)
Active  2,285 (23rd)

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

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  34 (5th)
Career  34 (26th)

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
Active  22 (15th)
Career  22 (58th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2004 AL  2.88 (3rd)
2005 AL  2.80 (4th)
Active  2.76 (7th)
Career  2.76 (48th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2004 AL  2.75 (2nd)
2005 AL  2.63 (4th)
Active  2.53 (8th)
Career  2.53 (96th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  .990 (13th)
Career  .990 (34th)

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  61 (9th)
Career  61 (48th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2004 AL  2.81 (2nd)
2005 AL  2.80 (5th)

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  2.38 (13th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  1.000 (1st)
2010 AL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .992 (11th)
Career  .992 (22nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Marlon Byrd (966)
  2. Phil Bradley (961)
  3. Coco Crisp (960)
  4. Bake McBride (947)
  5. Hoot Evers (945)
  6. Steve Henderson (944)
  7. Al Zarilla (944)
  8. Socks Seybold (943)
  9. Harry Rice (941)
  10. Jim Russell (941)
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  1. Randy Winn (973)
  2. Terry Moore (966)
  3. Phil Bradley (961)
  4. Coco Crisp (960)
  5. Tony Gonzalez (957)
  6. Roberto Kelly (952)
  7. Jose Cruz (950)
  8. Steve Finley (948)
  9. Jim Russell (943)
  10. Dixie Walker (942)
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  2. Dutch Zwilling (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Russell (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roy Weatherly (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tony Gonzalez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Phil Bradley (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Randy Winn (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
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$4,250,000
201333Chicago Cubs$4,250,000
201434Chicago Cubs*$6,500,000$6.5M Team Option, $1.5M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$19,620,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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