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Daniel Descalso

Daniel William Descalso (twitter: @DanielDescalso)

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 19, 1986 in Redwood City, CA
High School: St. Francis HS (Mountain View, CA)
School: University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2010 (Age 23)
Team: Cardinals 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$511k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.016, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2010 23 STL NL 11 37 34 6 9 2 0 0 4 1 0 2 6 .265 .324 .324 .648 78 11 0 1 0 0 0 /56
2011 24 STL NL 148 375 326 35 86 20 3 1 28 2 2 33 65 .264 .334 .353 .687 91 115 3 3 10 3 9 *546
2012 25 STL NL 143 426 374 41 85 10 7 4 26 6 3 37 83 .227 .303 .324 .627 72 121 5 5 7 3 3 465/3
2013 26 STL NL 26 77 71 8 14 4 0 1 7 3 0 5 14 .197 .260 .296 .556 54 21 1 1 0 0 1 4/6
4 Yrs 328 915 805 90 194 36 10 6 65 12 5 77 168 .241 .313 .333 .646 79 268 9 10 17 6 13
162 Game Avg. 162 452 398 44 96 18 5 3 32 6 2 38 83 .241 .313 .333 .646 79 132 4 5 8 3 6

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
2010 23 STL NL 11 37 0 1 0 1 0 3 0.3 1 4 0.4 .528 .502 0.3 0.1 3 /56
2011 24 STL NL 148 375 -1 1 1 -7 3 -3 -0.4 12 8 0.8 .498 .498 1.5 -0.4 15 $414,000 *546
2012 25 STL NL 143 426 -12 1 1 -7 4 -13 -1.4 13 0 -0.1 .490 .491 0.6 -0.3 7 $495,000 465/3
2013 26 STL NL 26 77 -3 0 0 -3 1 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .477 .496 -0.0 -0.3 0 $511,000 4/6
4 Seasons 328 915 -16 3 2 -16 8 -19 -2.1 29 10 0.7 .494 .497 2.3 -0.9 26 $1,420,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 24 STL NL NLDS PHI W 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2011 24 STL NL NLCS MIL W 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 24 STL NL WS TEX W 5 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 1 0 0
2012 25 STL NL NLWC ATL W 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2012 25 STL NL NLDS WSN W 5 22 19 7 6 1 0 2 6 1 0 1 5 .316 .333 .684 1.018 13 1 0 1 1 0
2012 25 STL NL NLCS SFG L 7 26 25 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .200 .231 .240 .471 6 0 0 0 0 1
2 Yrs (6 Series) 26 63 56 12 14 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 14 .250 .271 .393 .664 22 1 0 4 1 1
1 NLWC 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLDS 9 26 22 7 6 1 0 2 6 1 0 1 7 .273 .292 .591 .883 13 1 0 2 1 0
2 NLCS 11 29 28 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .214 .241 .250 .491 7 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 5 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 1 0 0

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
2010 STL NL 23 3B 9 9 4 73.0 17 2 15 0 4 1.000 1 1 12 18 2.10 1.89 .951 2.54 2.52
2010 STL NL 23 SS 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 360 0 9.00 1.00 .970 4.50 4.30
2011 STL NL 24 3B 117 61 53 666.0 182 51 125 6 18 .967 -5 -6 -10 -11 2.38 1.50 .954 2.53 2.53
2011 STL NL 24 2B 18 9 3 82.2 58 24 34 0 6 1.000 -1 -1 -9 -15 6.31 3.22 .985 4.76 4.75
2011 STL NL 24 SS 13 11 7 97.0 54 17 35 2 9 .963 0 0 2 0 4.82 4.00 .971 4.41 4.40
2012 STL NL 25 2B 96 66 50 626.0 367 137 225 5 47 .986 0 0 0 0 5.20 3.77 .984 4.77 4.72
2012 STL NL 25 SS 26 20 15 184.0 101 24 69 8 17 .921 -4 -7 -28 -46 4.55 3.58 .970 4.26 4.21
2012 STL NL 25 3B 22 8 7 91.1 27 8 17 2 0 .926 -0 -1 -4 -13 2.46 1.14 .952 2.45 2.42
2012 STL NL 25 1B 5 0 0 18.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 1 1 71 67 11.50 4.60 .992 9.30 9.18
2013 STL NL 26 2B 21 14 13 145.0 109 43 62 4 16 .963 -2 -2 -15 -17 6.52 5.00 .983 4.74 4.70
2013 STL NL 26 SS 3 3 2 25.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -3 -1 -143 -48 1.44 1.33 .978 4.39 4.33
3 Seasons 3B 148 78 64 830.1 226 61 157 8 22 .965 -5 -6 -7 -8 2.36 1.47 .954 2.52 2.51
3 Seasons 2B 135 89 66 853.2 534 204 321 9 69 .983 -2 -3 -3 -4 5.53 3.89 .984 4.76 4.72
4 Seasons SS 43 34 24 307.0 161 43 107 11 26 .932 -7 -8 -27 -31 4.40 3.49 .971 4.32 4.28
1 Season 1B 5 0 0 18.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 1 1 71 66 11.50 4.60 .992 9.30 9.18
4 Seasons TOT 331 201 154 2009.0 944 328 588 28 118 .970 -13 -16 -8 -9 4.10 2.77 .975 3.81 3.74
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

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
2013 NL  4 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2011 NL  117 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
2011 NL  18 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
2012 NL  5.20 (2nd)
2013 NL  6.52 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
2013 NL  5.00 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2011 NL  .967 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1794), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Third Base (390th), 1.3 career WAR/1.3 7yr-peak WAR/1.3 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Gil English (965)
  7. Larry Schlafly (964)
  8. John Pickett (964)
  9. Brent Abernathy (962)
  10. Matt Kata (961)
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  5. Connie Ryan (963)
  6. Vern Fuller (963)
  7. Felix Mantilla (962)
  8. Tim Flannery (962)
  9. Brent Abernathy (961)
  10. Damion Easley (960)
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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
201124St. Louis Cardinals$414,000
201225St. Louis Cardinals$495,000contracts
201326St. Louis Cardinals$511,000
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,420,000
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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Name and misspellings: Daniel Daniel William Descalso

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