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Ian Desmond

Ian M. Desmond

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 20, 1985 in Sarasota, FL
High School: Sarasota (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   vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Nationals 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$442k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.027, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 9:06AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
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 6/4
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/
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
3 Seasons 329 1302 1191 133 312 61 11 22 126 43 15 68 262 .262 .304 .387 .691 87 461 20 9 21 13 5
162 Game Avg. 162 641 586 65 154 30 5 11 62 21 7 33 129 .262 .304 .387 .691 87 227 10 4 10 6 2

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
2009 23 WSN NL 89 3 0 -1 1 -3 1 2 3 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ 6/4
2010 24 WSN NL 574 -9 2 1 0 -9 7 16 8 0.8 17 1.7 -0.9 $400,000 *6/
2011 25 WSN NL 639 -17 3 2 2 -5 7 18 10 1.1 15 1.6 -0.5 $441,500 *6
3 Seasons 1302 -23 5 2 3 -17 15 36 21 2.2 38 3.9 -1.7 $841,500

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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
2009 WSN NL 23 SS 17 84 37 43 4 14 .952 -1 -2 4.71 .974 4.34
2009 WSN NL 23 2B 5 26 12 12 2 2 .923 -2 -2 4.80 .984 4.82
2009 WSN NL 23 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 3.00 .987 2.20
2009 WSN NL 23 RF 1 1 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 0 -171 3.86 3.00 .987 2.06 2.10
2010 WSN NL 24 SS 149 637 221 382 34 87 .947 -9 -7 4.05 .971 4.27
2010 WSN NL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
2010 WSN NL 24 RF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.10
2011 WSN NL 25 SS 152 146 143 1317.2 686 226 437 23 85 .966 -5 -2 -4 -2 4.53 4.36 .971 4.41 4.40
3 Seasons SS 318 146 143 1317.2 1407 484 862 61 186 .957 -14 -11 -13 -10 4.53 4.23 .971 4.41 4.34
1 Season 2B 5 26 12 12 2 2 .923 -2 -2 4.80 .984 4.82
2 Seasons RF 2 1 0 7.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 0 -163 3.68 1.50 .987 2.09 2.10
2 Seasons OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 -163 1.50 .987 2.20
3 Seasons TOT 325 146 143 1317.2 1436 499 874 63 188 .956 -17 -15 -15 -13 4.53 4.22 .971 4.41 4.33
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

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)

Outs Made s c a p y
2011 NL  471 (5th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2010 NL  34 (1st)
2011 NL  23 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  149 (1st)
2011 NL  152 (2nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  221 (1st)
2011 NL  226 (3rd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  382 (4th)
2011 NL  437 (2nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2010 NL  34 (1st)
2011 NL  23 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2010 NL  4.49 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2011 NL  4.36 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Leo Norris (957)
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  5. Alcides Escobar (944)
  6. Lou Klein (942)
  7. Frank Parkinson (942)
  8. Josh Barfield (942)
  9. Jason Phillips (939)
  10. Ike Caveney (938)
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  8. Frank Shugart (956)
  9. Ernie Riles (955)
  10. Bill Cissell (955)
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  2. Orlando Cabrera (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201024Washington Nationals$400,000
201125Washington Nationals$441,500
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$841,500
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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Name and misspellings: Ian Ian M. Desmond

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