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Delino DeShields

Delino Lamont DeShields

Positions: Second Baseman and Leftfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Expos/Dodgers/Orioles/Cardinals/Cubs 1990-2002
Agents: Tom Reich,Adam Katz [*]
Final Game: August 8, 2002
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 8:04PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #764. Greg Gagne… #765. Ray Schalk… #766. Jose Vidro… #767. DELINO DESHIELDS… #768. Roberto Kelly… #769. Fred Merkle… #770. Bip Roberts… 

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
1990 21 MON NL 129 572 499 69 144 28 6 4 45 42 22 66 96 .289 .375 .393 .768 116 196 10 4 1 2 3 *4 RoY-2
1991 22 MON NL 151 673 563 83 134 15 4 10 51 56 23 95 151 .238 .347 .332 .680 94 187 6 2 8 5 2 *4
1992 23 MON NL 135 599 530 82 155 19 8 7 56 46 15 54 108 .292 .359 .398 .757 116 211 10 3 9 3 4 *4 MVP-16
1993 24 MON NL 123 562 481 75 142 17 7 2 29 43 10 72 64 .295 .389 .372 .761 102 179 6 3 4 2 3 *4
1994 25 LAD NL 89 376 320 51 80 11 3 2 33 27 7 54 53 .250 .357 .322 .679 84 103 9 0 1 1 0 *46
1995 26 LAD NL 127 493 425 66 109 18 3 8 37 39 14 63 83 .256 .353 .369 .722 99 157 6 1 3 1 4 *4
1996 27 LAD NL 154 642 581 75 130 12 8 5 41 48 11 53 124 .224 .288 .298 .585 60 173 12 1 2 5 7 *4
1997 28 STL NL 150 643 572 92 169 26 14 11 58 55 14 55 72 .295 .357 .448 .804 110 256 5 3 7 6 1 *4
1998 29 STL NL 117 484 420 74 122 21 8 7 44 26 10 56 61 .290 .371 .429 .799 110 180 6 0 4 4 2 *4/3
1999 30 BAL AL 96 374 330 46 87 11 2 6 34 11 8 37 52 .264 .339 .364 .702 83 120 5 1 5 1 0 4
2000 31 BAL AL 151 643 561 84 166 43 5 10 86 37 10 69 82 .296 .369 .444 .813 110 249 16 1 3 9 2 4
2001 32 TOT MLB 126 417 351 55 82 17 5 5 37 23 2 59 77 .234 .344 .353 .697 87 124 8 1 4 2 1 74/D538
2001 32 BAL AL 58 222 188 29 37 8 2 3 21 11 1 31 42 .197 .312 .309 .621 69 58 3 1 1 1 1 4/53
2001 32 CHC NL 68 195 163 26 45 9 3 2 16 12 1 28 35 .276 .380 .405 .785 108 66 5 0 3 1 0 4/53
2002 33 CHC NL 67 174 146 20 28 6 1 3 10 10 1 21 38 .192 .292 .308 .600 60 45 0 0 6 1 2 4/
13 Seasons 1615 6652 5779 872 1548 244 74 80 561 463 147 754 1061 .268 .352 .377 .729 97 2180 99 20 57 42 31
162 Game Avg. 162 667 580 87 155 24 7 8 56 46 15 76 106 .268 .352 .377 .729 97 219 10 2 6 4 3
MON (4 yrs) 538 2406 2073 309 575 79 25 23 181 187 70 287 419 .277 .367 .373 .740 106 773 32 12 22 12 12
LAD (3 yrs) 370 1511 1326 192 319 41 14 15 111 114 32 170 260 .241 .326 .327 .653 79 433 27 2 6 7 11
BAL (3 yrs) 305 1239 1079 159 290 62 9 19 141 59 19 137 176 .269 .350 .396 .745 95 427 24 3 9 11 3
STL (2 yrs) 267 1127 992 166 291 47 22 18 102 81 24 111 133 .293 .363 .440 .802 110 436 11 3 11 10 3
CHC (2 yrs) 135 369 309 46 73 15 4 5 26 22 2 49 73 .236 .339 .359 .698 86 111 5 0 9 2 2
NL (11 yrs) 1310 5413 4700 713 1258 182 65 61 420 404 128 617 885 .268 .353 .373 .726 98 1753 75 17 48 31 28
AL (3 yrs) 305 1239 1079 159 290 62 9 19 141 59 19 137 176 .269 .350 .396 .745 95 427 24 3 9 11 3

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
1990 21 MON NL 572 12 -4 -2 -2 -13 2 15 8 0.8 21 2.2 -1.4 $100,000 *4 RoY-2
1991 22 MON NL 673 -8 4 0 1 -11 2 17 5 0.5 16 1.8 -1.3 $ *4
1992 23 MON NL 599 15 5 -3 0 -4 2 16 31 3.3 35 3.8 -0.5 $302,500 *4 MVP-16
1993 24 MON NL 562 6 7 -1 0 11 2 14 39 4.0 28 2.9 1.1 $1,537,500 *4
1994 25 LAD NL 376 -3 4 1 0 2 1 10 15 1.5 13 1.3 0.2 $2,700,000 *46
1995 26 LAD NL 493 -3 4 -3 2 8 1 14 24 2.4 15 1.5 0.9 $3,000,000 *4
1996 27 LAD NL 642 -36 7 1 1 -12 2 18 -19 -2.0 -7 -0.7 -1.3 $3,000,000 *4
1997 28 STL NL 643 8 8 -1 1 3 2 17 38 3.9 35 3.5 0.4 $1,600,000 *4
1998 29 STL NL 484 3 -1 -3 1 -4 1 13 10 1.1 14 1.4 -0.3 $3,000,000 *4/3
1999 30 BAL AL 374 -10 1 0 1 1 1 13 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $3,719,758 4
2000 31 BAL AL 643 11 4 0 0 -7 -1 21 29 2.8 35 3.4 -0.6 $4,209,324 4
2001 32 BAL AL 222 -7 3 -1 1 -1 -3 8 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $4,333,667 4/53
2001 32 CHC NL 195 4 2 -1 -1 -4 -1 6 5 0.5 9 0.9 -0.4 $ 4/53
2002 33 CHC NL 174 -9 3 0 1 3 1 5 5 0.5 1 0.1 0.4 $1,250,000 4/
13 Seasons 6652 -17 47 -13 6 -27 12 187 196 19.9 222 22.8 -2.9 $28,752,749
MON (4 yrs) 2406 25 12 -6 -1 -17 8 62 83 8.6 100 10.7 -2.1 $1,940,000
LAD (3 yrs) 1511 -42 15 -1 3 -1 4 42 20 1.9 21 2.1 -0.2 $8,700,000
BAL (3 yrs) 1239 -6 8 -1 2 -7 -3 42 35 3.4 42 4.1 -0.7 $12,262,749
STL (2 yrs) 1127 11 7 -4 2 -1 3 30 48 5.0 49 4.9 0.1 $4,600,000
CHC (2 yrs) 369 -5 5 -1 0 -1 0 11 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $1,250,000

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
1995 26 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 3 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0 0 0
1996 27 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 5 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 MON NL 21 2B 128 619 236 371 12 65 .981 -13 4.74 .983 4.98 RoY-2
1991 MON NL 22 2B 148 717 285 405 27 72 .962 -11 4.66 .982 5.12
1992 MON NL 23 2B 134 626 251 360 15 71 .976 -4 4.56 .981 5.18 MVP-16
1993 MON NL 24 2B 123 635 243 381 11 74 .983 11 5.07 .980 5.13
1994 LAD NL 25 2B 88 438 155 277 6 52 .986 3 4.91 .981 5.23
1994 LAD NL 25 SS 10 7 1 5 1 1 .857 -1 0.60 .966 4.50
1995 LAD NL 26 2B 113 545 204 330 11 55 .980 8 4.73 .984 5.23
1996 LAD NL 27 2B 154 691 274 400 17 79 .975 -12 4.38 .981 5.06
1997 STL NL 28 2B 147 688 271 398 19 93 .972 3 4.55 .980 5.03
1998 STL NL 29 2B 111 529 247 273 9 66 .983 -4 4.68 .982 5.06
1998 STL NL 29 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.40
1999 BAL AL 30 2B 93 437 178 249 10 54 .977 1 4.59 .981 5.05
2000 BAL AL 31 2B 96 436 171 254 11 46 .975 -10 4.43 .980 4.97
2000 BAL AL 31 OF 41 81 76 3 2 1 .975 4 1.93 .985 2.33
2000 BAL AL 31 LF 39 39 30 329.2 79 75 3 1 1 .987 5 17 2.13 2.00 .985 2.16 2.14
2000 BAL AL 31 DH 9 9
2000 BAL AL 31 CF 2 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1 -107 2.00 1.00 .987 2.80 2.70
2001 TOT MLB 32 OF 80 134 127 3 4 0 .970 -4 1.63 .983 2.24
2001 TOT MLB 32 LF 79 72 53 619.0 133 126 3 4 0 .970 -3 -5 1.88 1.63 .980 2.06 2.02
2001 BAL AL 32 OF 47 92 87 2 3 0 .967 -1 1.89 .984 2.28
2001 CHC NL 32 OF 33 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -3 1.24 .982 2.18
2001 CHC NL 32 2B 16 49 28 21 0 1 1.000 -0 3.06 .983 4.80
2001 CHC NL 32 3B 5 6 0 4 2 0 .667 -1 0.80 .950 2.54
2001 CHC NL 32 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.20
2001 BAL AL 32 LF 46 44 42 393.0 91 86 2 3 0 .967 0 0 2.02 1.91 .981 2.14 2.12
2001 BAL AL 32 DH 7 7
2001 BAL AL 32 CF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -200 1.00 1.00 .990 2.70 2.60
2001 CHC NL 32 LF 33 28 11 226.0 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -3 -15 1.63 1.24 .979 1.91 1.89
2002 CHC NL 33 2B 41 168 65 98 5 15 .970 3 3.98 .981 4.92
2002 CHC NL 33 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .985 2.20
2002 CHC NL 33 RF 1 0 0 2.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 225 6.75 2.00 .985 2.02 2.00
13 Seasons 2B 1392 6578 2608 3817 153 743 .977 -25 4.62 .981 5.08
3 Seasons OF 122 217 205 6 6 1 .972 -0 1.73 .984 2.27
2 Seasons LF 118 111 83 948.2 212 201 6 5 1 .976 2 2 1.96 1.75 .982 2.09 2.06
1 Season SS 10 7 1 5 1 1 .857 -1 0.60 .966 4.50
1 Season 3B 5 6 0 4 2 0 .667 -1 0.80 .950 2.54
2 Seasons CF 3 2 2 18.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2 -153 1.50 1.00 .988 2.75 2.67
2 Seasons 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .990 9.30
1 Season RF 1 0 0 2.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 225 6.75 2.00 .985 2.02 2.00
13 Seasons TOT 1531 6809 2815 3832 162 745 .976 -27 4.34 .981 4.85
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1992 NL (16, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1362nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1991 NL  673 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
2000 AL  43 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1992 NL  8 (6th)
1993 NL  7 (8th)
1996 NL  8 (5th)
1997 NL  14 (1st)
1998 NL  8 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1991 NL  95 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1991 NL  151 (1st)
1992 NL  108 (4th)
1996 NL  124 (8th)
Career  1,061 (212th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1990 NL  42 (8th)
1991 NL  56 (3rd)
1992 NL  46 (2nd)
1993 NL  43 (6th)
1994 NL  27 (7th)
1995 NL  39 (3rd)
1996 NL  48 (3rd)
1997 NL  55 (3rd)
1998 NL  26 (8th)
2000 AL  37 (3rd)
Career  463 (46th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1991 NL  231 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2000 AL  9 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1990 NL  22 (2nd)
1991 NL  23 (2nd)
1992 NL  15 (7th)
1995 NL  14 (3rd)
1996 NL  11 (7th)
1997 NL  14 (4th)
1998 NL  10 (8th)
2000 AL  10 (5th)
Career  147 (25th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1991 NL  17.0 (8th)
Career  136.4 (223rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1991 NL  471 (2nd)
1996 NL  481 (7th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1991 NL  27 (2nd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1991 NL  148 (4th)
1992 NL  134 (4th)
1996 NL  154 (3rd)
1997 NL  147 (5th)
Career  1,392 (46th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1991 NL  285 (4th)
1992 NL  251 (5th)
Career  2,608 (83rd)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1991 NL  405 (4th)
1992 NL  360 (5th)
1993 NL  381 (5th)
Career  3,817 (58th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1990 NL  12 (5th)
1991 NL  27 (1st)
1992 NL  15 (2nd)
1995 NL  11 (1st)
1996 NL  17 (2nd)
1997 NL  19 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1993 NL  11 (3rd)
1995 NL  9 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1994 NL  5.44 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1993 NL  5.07 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1994 NL  .986 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1990 NL  born 1969-01-15 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 29 (805), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (510), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Adam Kennedy (907)
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  5. Eric Young (897)
  6. Julian Javier (889)
  7. Billy Werber (886)
  8. Phil Garner (884)
  9. Mark McLemore (883)
  10. Johnny Evers (880) *
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  3. Willie Randolph (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lou Whitaker (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Willie Randolph (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Taylor (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie Randolph (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie Randolph (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Randolph (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Randolph (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jose Offerman (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jose Offerman (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
199021Montreal Expos$100,000USA Today
199223Montreal Expos$302,5004/2/92 USA Today
199324Montreal Expos$1,537,5001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199425Los Angeles Dodgers$2,700,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199526Los Angeles Dodgers$3,000,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199627Los Angeles Dodgers$3,000,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199728St. Louis Cardinals$1,600,0001997 AP survey
199829St. Louis Cardinals$3,000,0004/3/98 USA Today
199930Baltimore Orioles$3,719,7582001 Joint Exhibit 1
200031Baltimore Orioles$4,209,324*
200132Baltimore Orioles$4,333,6672001 Joint Exhibit 1
200233Chicago Cubs$1,250,0004/3/02 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,752,749
Disputed Salaries
*2000 - $4,219,758 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 -
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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