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Ian Desmond

Ian M. Desmond

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 20, 1985 in Sarasota, FL
High School: Sarasota HS (Sarasota, FL)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2009
Team: Nationals 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$513k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.027, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2009 23 WSN NL 21 89 82 9 23 7 2 4 12 1 0 5 14 .280 .318 .561 .879 128 46 2 0 1 1 0 6/49
2010 24 WSN NL 154 574 525 59 141 27 4 10 65 17 5 28 109 .269 .308 .392 .700 89 206 9 5 9 7 3 *6/9
2011 25 WSN NL 154 639 584 65 148 27 5 8 49 25 10 35 139 .253 .298 .358 .656 80 209 9 4 11 5 2 *6
2012 26 WSN NL 48 222 213 28 57 14 1 8 23 6 2 8 44 .268 .293 .455 .748 101 97 4 0 0 1 0 *6
4 Yrs 377 1524 1404 161 369 75 12 30 149 49 17 76 306 .263 .302 .397 .699 89 558 24 9 21 14 5
162 Game Avg. 162 655 603 69 159 32 5 13 64 21 7 33 131 .263 .302 .397 .699 89 240 10 4 9 6 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2009 23 WSN NL 21 89 2 0 1 -6 1 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .491 .499 0.6 -0.5 6 $ 6/49
2010 24 WSN NL 154 574 -7 2 0 -7 6 -6 -0.6 16 10 0.9 .496 .496 1.6 -0.1 17 $400,000 *6/9
2011 25 WSN NL 154 639 -14 3 2 -3 7 -6 -0.6 18 12 1.1 .496 .496 1.4 0.5 15 $441,500 *6
2012 26 WSN NL 48 222 1 1 -0 -5 2 -1 -0.1 6 5 0.5 .497 .499 1.0 -0.2 10 $ *6
4 Seasons 377 1524 -18 5 3 -21 16 -15 -1.4 42 27 2.5 .496 .498 4.6 -0.3 48 $841,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2009 23 WSN NL 89 63 14 6.0 106 .292 .280 .265 .318 .338 .561 .420 .879 .758 128 .597 2.8 0.3 .852 .354 .280 1.6
2010 24 WSN NL 574 414 64 4.1 101 .317 .269 .261 .308 .331 .392 .411 .700 .741 89 .453 -9.1 -0.9 .631 .200 .124 12.6
2011 25 WSN NL 639 471 63 3.6 98 .317 .253 .259 .298 .326 .358 .403 .656 .730 80 .405 -17.1 -1.7 .578 .190 .104 12.1
2012 26 WSN NL 222 163 27 4.4 99 .302 .268 .258 .293 .326 .455 .408 .748 .734 101 .493 -0.5 -0.1 .673 .244 .188 6.9
4 Yrs 1524 1111 168 4.0 100 .313 .263 .260 .302 .329 .397 .408 .699 .736 89 .450 -23.9 -2.4 .627 .212 .135 37.2
162 Game Avg. 655 477 72 4.0 100 .313 .263 .260 .302 .329 .397 .408 .699 .736 89 .450 -23.9 -2.4 .627 .212 .135 16

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2009 23 WSN NL 89 4.5% 15.7% 5.6% 14.6% 57% 2.80 5.9 20.5 6.8 1.27 1.78 73% 13% 15.4% 13%
2010 24 WSN NL 574 1.7% 19.0% 4.9% 7.1% 29% 3.89 4.8 52.5 8.1 1.11 1.50 72% 17% 5.9% 13%
2011 25 WSN NL 639 1.3% 21.8% 5.5% 6.3% 27% 3.97 4.2 73.0 11.9 1.11 1.43 69% 16% 4.5% 15%
2012 26 WSN NL 222 3.6% 19.8% 3.6% 10.4% 40% 5.50 4.8 26.6 9.3 0.89 0.93 73% 16% 10.8% 17%
4 Yrs 1524 2.0% 20.1% 5.0% 7.7% 32% 4.03 4.6 46.8 9.4 1.08 1.38 71% 16% 6.7% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 35.0 8.1 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 23 WSN NL 2.8 0.3 91 -0.2 1.9 -2.1 1.25 0.3 -0.4 2.6 0.2 1.03 2.8 3.19 1
2010 24 WSN NL -9.1 -0.9 609 -1.2 9.3 -10.5 .99 0.0 -1.2 2.2 0.2 0.95 1.4 0.82 9
2011 25 WSN NL -17.1 -1.7 689 -1.0 11.1 -12.0 1.05 -0.8 -0.2 -11.8 -1.2 1.00 -7.3 1.86 4
2012 26 WSN NL -0.5 -0.1 233 1.3 5.8 -4.5 1.12 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.95 4.4 0
4 Yrs -23.9 -2.4 1622 -1.1 28.0 -29.0 1.05 0.1 -1.1 -6.3 -0.7 0.98 1.3 1.29 14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 23 WSN NL 0 0 21% 36 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 43% 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
2010 24 WSN NL 8 0 30% 204 17 5 77% 17 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 13 50% 21 15 6 5 1 4 14 3 10
2011 25 WSN NL 10 0 32% 244 25 10 71% 21 9 3 1 1 0 5 3 6 16 54% 20 14 6 9 5 4 19 3 16
2012 26 WSN NL 3 0 35% 73 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 42% 8 5 3 2 1 1 2 1 1
4 Yrs 21 0 31% 557 49 17 74% 44 15 4 2 1 0 7 4 17 36 51% 53 37 16 17 7 10 37 8 28

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2009 23 WSN NL 89 13% 23 4 1 1 0 0 0 3.19 4 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 100% 25 2 8% 14 8 57% 62 9 15% 3 2 67% 4 3 75% 0
2010 24 WSN NL 574 27% 141 23 6 9 1 0 2 0.82 10 0 12 7 3 8 2 0 12 9 75% 103 9 9% 55 24 44% 356 56 16% 30 19 63% 26 18 69% 0
2011 25 WSN NL 639 22% 148 24 4 4 1 0 0 1.86 8 0 13 5 3 7 1 0 16 11 69% 104 9 9% 61 26 43% 314 42 13% 38 21 55% 24 17 71% 0
2012 26 WSN NL 222 20% 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 7 1 5 3 0 2 0 0% 26 4 15% 12 4 33% 119 15 13% 6 3 50% 7 2 29% 0
4 Yrs 1524 23% 369 57 11 14 2 0 2 1.29 30 0 29 23 7 22 8 0 31 21 68% 258 24 9% 142 62 44% 851 122 14% 77 45 58% 61 40 66% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2009 23 WSN NL 91 320 3.52 208 65% 27% 15% 24% 34% 73% 0% 47% 79% 29% 4% 4 0 12% 11 3 9% 8 1 43% -2 0 0
2010 24 WSN NL 575 2013 3.50 1321 66% 26% 17% 25% 33% 74% 1% 49% 77% 32% 3% 19 3 12% 67 27 6% 33 19 22% -1 0 0
2011 25 WSN NL 641 2334 3.64 1525 65% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 1% 45% 80% 30% 3% 22 1 13% 81 30 7% 45 22 38% -2 0 0
2012 26 WSN NL 222 728 3.28 516 71% 22% 17% 28% 33% 78% 0% 55% 78% 47% 3% 6 0 9% 20 13 4% 9 5 32% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1529 5395 3.53 3570 66% 27% 16% 25% 32% 73% 1% 48% 79% 33% 3% 51 4 12% 179 73 6% 95 47 32% -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 23 21 89 82 9 23 7 2 4 12 1 0 5 14 .280 .318 .561 .879 128 46 2 0 1 1 0
2010 24 175 663 607 68 164 34 6 14 77 18 5 33 123 .270 .309 .415 .724 94 252 11 5 10 8 3
2011 25 329 1302 1191 133 312 61 11 22 126 43 15 68 262 .262 .304 .387 .691 87 461 20 9 21 13 5
2012 26 377 1524 1404 161 369 75 12 30 149 49 17 76 306 .263 .302 .397 .699 89 558 24 9 21 14 5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2009 23 21 89 82 9 23 7 2 4 12 1 5 14 .280 .318 .561 .879 15 21
2010 24 154 578 528 61 144 28 4 10 67 17 29 109 .273 .313 .398 .711 65 154
2011 25 154 646 590 69 154 28 5 8 52 26 36 139 .261 .306 .366 .672 66 154
2012 26 48 225 216 30 60 15 1 8 25 6 8 44 .278 .302 .468 .770 31 48
4 Yrs 377 1538 1416 169 381 78 12 30 156 50 78 306 .269 .309 .405 .713 177 377
162 Game Avg. 162 661 608 73 164 34 5 13 67 21 34 131 .269 .309 .405 .713 76 377

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

At Bats s c a p y
2012 NL  213 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2012 NL  222 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  57 (9th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2012 NL  97 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
2012 NL  14 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  23 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2011 NL  11 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2011 NL  10 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 NL  6.9 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 NL  471 (5th)
2012 NL  163 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1700), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Cliff Pennington (970)
  2. Mackey Sasser (960)
  3. Leo Norris (957)
  4. Orlando Miller (955)
  5. Alcides Escobar (944)
  6. Lou Klein (942)
  7. Frank Parkinson (942)
  8. Josh Barfield (942)
  9. Jason Phillips (939)
  10. Ike Caveney (938)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Orlando Cabrera (973)
  2. Greg Gagne (967)
  3. Gene Alley (962)
  4. Bill Spiers (960)
  5. Lew Brown (957)
  6. Todd Zeile (956)
  7. Neifi Perez (956)
  8. Frank Shugart (956)
  9. Ernie Riles (955)
  10. Bill Cissell (955)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Russ Adams (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Orlando Cabrera (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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