Delino DeShields
Delino Lamont DeShields
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 15, 1969 in Seaford, DE
High School: Seaford (Seaford, DE)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1990
Final Game: August 8, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 MON NL 21 2B 128 120 1115.0 619 236 371 12 65 .981 -13.4 -14.4 -10.4 -3.0 -7.4 -3 4.90 4.74 .983 5.01 4.28 RoY-2
1991 MON NL 22 2B 148 145 1297.1 717 285 405 27 72 .962 -10.7 -9.9 -8.7 -7.2 -1.5 -2 4.79 4.66 .982 5.14 4.28
1992 MON NL 23 2B 134 133 1183.1 626 251 360 15 71 .976 -3.9 -4.0 -2.9 -0.8 -2.1 -1 4.65 4.56 .981 5.18 4.27 MVP-16
1993 MON NL 24 2B 123 123 1073.2 635 243 381 11 74 .983 10.6 11.8 11.6 2.9 8.7 -1 5.23 5.07 .980 5.16 4.49
1994 LAD NL 25 2B 88 84 715.1 438 155 277 6 52 .986 3.0 5.0 4.0 -1.5 5.5 -1 5.44 4.91 .981 5.26 4.56
1994 LAD NL 25 SS 10 0 17.1 7 1 5 1 1 .857 -1.1 -76.2 -1.1 -1.3 0.2 0 3.12 0.60 .971 4.52 4.05
1995 LAD NL 26 2B 113 108 968.1 545 204 330 11 55 .980 8.5 10.5 10.5 3.8 6.7 -2 4.96 4.73 .984 5.25 4.58
1996 LAD NL 27 2B 154 149 1315.1 691 274 400 17 79 .975 -11.7 -10.7 -9.7 -5.9 -3.8 -2 4.61 4.38 .981 5.09 4.40
1997 STL NL 28 2B 147 137 1226.0 688 271 398 19 93 .972 2.7 2.6 3.7 1.7 2.0 -1 4.91 4.55 .980 5.07 4.31
1998 STL NL 29 2B 111 102 896.1 529 247 273 9 66 .983 -4.0 -5.4 -2.0 -2.7 0.7 -2 5.22 4.68 .982 5.09 4.38
1998 STL NL 29 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.00
1999 BAL AL 30 2B 93 87 750.2 437 178 249 10 54 .977 1.2 1.9 1.2 -1.6 2.8 0 5.12 4.59 .981 5.13 4.44
2000 BAL AL 31 2B 96 93 813.1 437 172 254 11 46 .975 -10.4 -15.3 -8.4 -6.5 -1.9 -2 4.71 4.44 .980 5.03 4.32
2000 BAL AL 31 OF 41 40 338.2 82 77 3 2 1 .976 3.8 13.5 1.8 1.3 0.5 2 2.13 1.95 .985 2.36 2.02
2000 BAL AL 31 LF 39 39 329.2 77 73 3 1 1 .987 4.6 16.7 2.6 2.1 0.5 2 2.07 1.95 .984 2.16 1.76
2000 BAL AL 31 DH 10
2000 BAL AL 31 CF 2 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.80 2.45
2001 TOT MLB 32 OF 80 73 628.0 134 127 3 4 0 .970 -4.3 -8.2 -3.3 -2.7 -0.7 -1 1.86 1.63 .984 2.26 1.95
2001 TOT MLB 32 LF 79 72 619.0 133 126 3 4 0 .970 -2.8 -5.4 -2.8 -2.7 -0.2 0 1.88 1.63 .980 2.06 1.62
2001 BAL AL 32 OF 47 45 402.0 92 87 2 3 0 .967 -1.4 -4.2 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 -1 1.99 1.89 .985 2.30 2.01
2001 BAL AL 32 LF 46 44 393.0 91 86 2 3 0 .967 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.6 0.7 0 2.02 1.91 .981 2.14 1.72
2001 BAL AL 32 DH 8
2001 BAL AL 32 CF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -200.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 -1 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
2001 CHC NL 32 LF 33 28 226.0 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -2.9 -15.4 -2.9 -2.1 -0.9 0 1.63 1.24 .979 1.91 1.48
2001 CHC NL 32 OF 33 28 226.0 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -2.9 -15.4 -2.9 -2.1 -0.9 0 1.63 1.24 .981 2.20 1.86
2001 CHC NL 32 2B 16 8 83.2 50 29 21 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -1.4 0.9 0.5 0.5 -1 5.38 3.13 .982 4.86 4.19
2001 CHC NL 32 3B 5 4 34.1 6 0 4 2 0 .667 -1.0 -35.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 1.05 0.80 .967 2.57 2.16
2001 CHC NL 32 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 7.80
2002 CHC NL 33 2B 41 34 297.2 169 66 98 5 15 .970 2.8 11.3 3.8 2.3 1.5 -1 4.96 4.00 .982 4.96 4.28
2002 CHC NL 33 OF 1 0 2.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 225.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 1.000 2.36 1.80
2002 CHC NL 33 RF 1 0 2.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 225.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
13 Seasons 2B 1392 1323 11736.0 6581 2611 3817 153 743 .977 -25.4 -2.6 -6.4 -18.0 11.7 -19 4.93 4.62 .981 5.12 4.38
3 Seasons OF 122 113 969.1 218 206 6 6 1 .972 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.2 1 1.97 1.74 .984 2.30 1.97
2 Seasons LF 118 111 948.2 210 199 6 5 1 .976 1.8 2.3 -0.2 -0.6 0.3 2 1.94 1.74 .982 2.09 1.67
2 Seasons DH 18
1 Season SS 10 0 17.1 7 1 5 1 1 .857 -1.1 -76.2 -1.1 -1.3 0.2 0 3.12 0.60 .971 4.52 4.05
1 Season 3B 5 4 34.1 6 0 4 2 0 .667 -1.0 -35.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 1.05 0.80 .967 2.57 2.16
2 Seasons CF 3 2 18.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2.3 -153.3 -1.3 -0.8 -0.5 -1 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.75 2.43
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 0.50 1.000 9.45 7.90
1 Season RF 1 0 2.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 225.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
13 Seasons TOT 1531 1440 12759.0 6811 2817 3832 162 745 .976 -27.5 -2.6 -9.5 -20.2 10.7 1 -19 4.69 4.34 .958 4.88 4.16
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 MON NL 21 129 120 129 128 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1991 MON NL 22 151 145 151 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1992 MON NL 23 135 133 135 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1993 MON NL 24 123 123 123 123 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 LAD NL 25 89 84 89 88 0 0 0 88 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1995 LAD NL 26 127 108 127 114 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3
1996 LAD NL 27 154 149 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 STL NL 28 150 137 150 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1998 STL NL 29 117 102 117 111 0 0 1 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1999 BAL AL 30 96 87 96 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2000 BAL AL 31 151 142 151 137 0 0 0 96 0 0 39 2 0 41 9 7 2
2001 CHC NL 32 68 40 68 53 0 0 1 16 5 0 33 0 0 33 0 21 0
2001 BAL AL 32 58 52 58 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 1 0 47 7 3 1
2002 CHC NL 33 67 34 67 42 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 6
13 Seasons 1615 1456 1615 1519 0 0 2 1393 5 10 118 3 1 122 16 114 18
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1990 MON NL 21 4933 48% 76% 31% 450 94% 0 240 92 95 54 371 322 39 0 5 12 1 9 2 11 64 18 11 17 5 55 23 31 7 4 3
1991 MON NL 22 5741 54% 76% 31% 549 81% 1 285 90 116 79 405 348 44 1 3 27 2 14 11 21 72 22 12 18 3 62 22 39 7 2 5
1992 MON NL 23 5212 51% 75% 32% 493 81% 2 253 84 110 60 360 292 56 1 1 15 2 8 5 11 71 24 18 19 2 66 21 42 3 2 1
1993 MON NL 24 4769 54% 77% 34% 439 93% 1 237 77 111 50 381 339 34 0 1 11 2 6 3 8 74 26 18 15 8 70 23 45 4 4 0
1994 LAD NL 25 3162 49% 75% 33% 330 92% 0 154 55 66 33 277 227 46 0 3 6 0 3 3 4 52 17 2 23 3 46 27 19 5 2 3
1995 LAD NL 26 4292 52% 73% 32% 384 93% 12 199 56 87 56 335 283 37 1 1 11 1 7 3 8 56 19 7 20 5 53 25 26 2 2 0
1996 LAD NL 27 5835 56% 73% 30% 483 91% 2 273 89 123 61 402 342 52 1 2 17 1 14 2 12 79 35 6 29 4 76 33 42 3 3 0
1997 STL NL 28 5438 54% 73% 31% 457 92% 1 271 90 112 69 398 332 47 0 4 19 2 12 5 16 93 33 15 21 2 76 23 49 11 7 1
1998 STL NL 29 4037 55% 75% 32% 399 85% 1 246 100 91 56 276 233 36 1 7 9 1 6 2 7 66 20 11 24 2 59 26 32 5 2 2
1999 BAL AL 30 3398 53% 75% 32% 303 93% 0 177 64 83 30 249 209 35 0 6 10 0 10 0 4 54 18 5 22 2 48 24 23 4 1 2
2000 BAL AL 31 3773 54% 74% 28% 294 97% 1 172 65 82 25 251 202 40 0 3 11 0 8 3 8 46 11 10 17 1 40 19 21 5 4 0
2001 CHC NL 32 360 62% 71% 28% 34 100% 0 28 14 7 7 21 19 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2002 CHC NL 33 1327 55% 69% 27% 119 96% 2 51 23 21 7 99 87 10 0 0 5 0 3 2 4 15 7 1 4 0 12 4 8 1 0 1
13 Seasons 52277 53% 75% 31% 4734 90% 23 2586 899 1104 587 3825 3235 478 5 37 153 12 100 41 114 743 250 116 229 37 664 270 378 57 33 18
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 18 16 0 7 1 0 4 3 0 2 1 1 7 7 0 38 28 73.7% 9 1 2.6% 2 1485 52% 74% 38% 159 48%
2001 BAL AL 32 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 12 9 1 10 3 0 11 8 0 5 2 0 8 8 0 46 30 65.2% 15 1 2.2% 1 1767 49% 75% 40% 181 49%
2001 CHC NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 4 1 1 3 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 16 7 43.8% 8 1 6.3% 0 990 63% 73% 38% 92 45%
2 Seasons 5 0 5 0 4 6 0 1 3 2 35 28 1 21 5 1 18 13 0 11 4 1 15 15 0 100 65 65.0% 32 3 3.0% 3 4242 53% 74% 39% 432 48%
MLB Averages 60.7% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1994 LAD NL 25 80 49% 71% 29% 10 50% 0 1 0 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 80 49% 71% 29% 10 50% 0 1 0 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2001 CHC NL 32 158 51% 57% 27% 7 57% 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1 Season 158 51% 57% 27% 7 57% 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2000 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 58% 79% 52% 4 50%
2001 BAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 46 54% 74% 30% 6 17%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 94 56% 77% 41% 10 30%
MLB Averages 41.7% 1.9% 56% 75% 38% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1998 STL NL 29 3 0% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHC NL 32 4 50% 75% 50% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 7 29% 71% 29% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 CHC NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 56% 67% 44% 3 67%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 56% 67% 44% 3 67%
MLB Averages 45.5% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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