Daniel Descalso

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: October 19, 1986 in Redwood City, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Davis (Davis, CA).

High School: St. Francis HS (Mountain View, CA)

School: University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)

Debut: September 18, 2010 (Age 23-334d, 19,869th in major league history)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 2019 (Age 32-345d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

Agents: Steve Canter Pro Edge Sports

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Daniel William Descalso

Nicknames: Scals

Pronunciation: \dehs-KAL-soh\

Twitter: @DanielDescalso

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2011 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

2519

593

.235

326

RBI

294

OBP

.320

SLG

.362

OPS

.683

OPS+

Summary of 48 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 14 go ahead

4 Tms
ARI	23
COL	13
STL	10
CHC	2

Platoon
vs RHP	39
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	18

Outs
2	21
0	15
1	12

18 Opps
LAD	8
SDP	6
ARI	5
CIN	4
HOU	3
MIA/FLA	3
MIL	3
COL	2
SFG	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
WSN	2
STL	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
CHW	1

45 Pitchers
Brandon Woodruff	2
Braden Shipley	2
Luis Castillo	2
Tony Cingrani	1
Cory Gearrin	1
Clay Hensley	1
Anthony Bass	1
Joaquín Benoit	1
Jason Motte	1
Kenley Jansen	1
Kirby Yates	1
Silvino Bracho	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1
Mike Fiers	1
Jerad Eickhoff	1
Yacksel Ríos	1
Bud Norris	1
Clayton Kershaw	1
Tom Gorzelanny	1
Josh Edgin	1
Joe Blanton	1
Curtis Partch	1
Adam Wainwright	1
Sean Burnett	1
Félix Hernández	1
Craig Stammen	1
Ian Kennedy	1
Logan Ondrusek	1
Max Scherzer	1
Casey Fien	1
Caleb Ferguson	1
Elieser Hernández	1
Yimi García	1
Roberto Osuna	1
Jordan Lyles	1
Miguel Díaz	1
Tommy Hanson	1
Jared Hughes	1
Seth Lugo	1
Trey Wingenter	1
Sergio Santos	1
Adam Conley	1
Mike Dunn	1
Miguel González	1
Edwin Escobar	1

15 Parks
Chase Field (PHO)	14
Dodger Stad (LOS)	7
Coors Fld (DEN)	5
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Petco Pk (SAN)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	3
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Nationals Pk (WAS)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	35
89	10
8	2
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	10
3	9
2	9
6	7
1	5
7+	5
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	13
12-	5
-2-	4
-23	2
123	1

82 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	23
1 on	17
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	25

Inning
1	5
2	2
3	1
4	6
5	4
6	5
7	10
8	8
9	5
Extra	2

1-3	8
4-6	15
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	1
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	11
-1	4
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	20
Tied	11
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	9
2-1	6
0-0	5
0-1	5
0-2	4
1-2	4
1-0	4
2-2	4
2-0	3
1-1	2
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	17
SS	10
3B	10
PH	6
1B	2
LF	2
DH	1

OrderPos
8th	11
7th	10
6th	10
5th	6
9th	5
1st	2
4th	2
3rd	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2011-05-03	STL		FLA	Clay Hensley	behind 4-5	b 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) ..FX	3	8	5	0.553	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Rasmus Scores; Y. Molina Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2012-04-20	STL	@	PIT	Jared Hughes	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	4	0.093	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	2	1	2012-05-28	STL	@	ATL	Tommy Hanson	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	8,(3-2) *BF1SB1B>F>F>X	2	7	5	0.151	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Y. Molina Scores
4	4	3	1	2012-06-06	STL	@	HOU	Bud Norris	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	0.104	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	4	1	2012-09-02	STL	@	WSN	Sean Burnett	behind 0-2	t 7	2	1--	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	8	4	0.295	43%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); P. Kozma Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2013-05-04	STL	@	MIL	Tom Gorzelanny	behind 4-5	t 7	1	1--	4,(1-2) CB1FX	2	9	4	0.385	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); P. Kozma Scores
7	7	2	1	2013-05-21	STL	@	SDP	Anthony Bass	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	123	4,(1-2) *BCCX	4	7	4	0.015	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Holliday Scores; A. Craig Scores; J. Jay Scores
8	8	3	1	2013-06-06	STL		ARI	Ian Kennedy	ahead 8-2	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	6	0.019	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Freese Scores
9	9	4	1	2013-08-02	STL	@	CIN	Curtis Partch	ahead 9-0	t 5	0	---	7,(3-2) CBFBFBX	1	8	6	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	5	2	2013-08-02	STL	@	CIN	Logan Ondrusek	ahead 12-3	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	8	6	0.001	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2015-05-16	COL	@	LAD	Sergio Santos	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	6	0.189	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); M. McKenry Scores
12	12	2	1	2015-05-23 (2)	COL		SFG	Yusmeiro Petit	tied 2-2	b 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	8	6	0.278	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Barnes Scores
13	13	3	1	2015-07-27	COL	@	CHC	Jason Motte	behind 4-7	t 9	0	---	10,(2-2) ..BCBFFFFFFX	1	9	PH	0.038	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
14	14	4	1	2015-08-09	COL	@	WSN	Max Scherzer	behind 1-3	t 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	0.106	32%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
15	15	5	1	2015-09-10	COL	@	SDP	Joaquín Benoit	tied 3-3	t 8	0	---	6,(3-2) ....SBBFBX	1	8	4	0.265	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2016-06-07	COL	@	LAD	Joe Blanton	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	4,(1-2) .CCBX	1	9	PH	0.124	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
17	17	2	1	2016-07-03	COL	@	LAD	Casey Fien	behind 0-3	t 7	1	---	7,(3-2) BCBFBFX	1	5	3	0.066	14%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
18	18	3	1	2016-08-13	COL	@	PHI	Jerad Eickhoff	behind 0-4	t 6	1	-2-	6,(3-2) CCBBBX	2	6	6	0.097	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Dahl Scores
19	19	4	1	2016-09-02	COL		ARI	Silvino Bracho	ahead 13-7	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	7	PH	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	5	1	2016-09-03	COL		ARI	Braden Shipley	behind 1-6	b 5	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	8	6	0.086	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Parra Scores
21	21	6	1	2016-09-12	COL	@	ARI	Edwin Escobar	tied 6-6	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	7	6	0.157	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
22	22	7	1	2016-09-14	COL	@	ARI	Braden Shipley	behind 1-7	t 6	2	1--	6,(3-2) BBBCC>X	2	8	6	0.037	6%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); T. Murphy Scores
23	23	8	1	2016-09-20	COL		STL	Adam Wainwright	behind 1-5	b 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.064	19%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2017-04-25	ARI		SDP	Craig Stammen	ahead 6-1	b 5	0	---	7,(3-2) BFBSFBX	1	6	5	0.019	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	2017-04-30	ARI		COL	Jordan Lyles	tied 0-0	b 13	0	1--	3,(0-2) C>F1X	2	6	7	0.278	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Drury Scores
26	26	3	1	2017-05-15	ARI		NYM	Josh Edgin	ahead 6-1	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) ..FBBX	1	9	PH	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	4	1	2017-05-22	ARI		CHW	Miguel González	tied 0-0	b 4	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	4	0.279	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Goldschmidt Scores; C. Owings Scores
28	28	5	1	2017-06-08	ARI		SDP	Kirby Yates	ahead 10-3	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBFX	1	5	7	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	6	1	2017-07-04	ARI	@	LAD	Kenley Jansen	behind 0-4	t 9	2	-23	4,(2-1) >B.BSX	3	7	5	0.021	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); P. Goldschmidt Scores; B. Drury Scores
30	30	7	1	2017-08-17	ARI	@	HOU	Mike Fiers	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	4	0.117	70%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	8	1	2017-08-27	ARI		SFG	Cory Gearrin	ahead 10-0	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	4	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	9	1	2017-09-01	ARI	@	COL	Mike Dunn	ahead 6-2	t 7	2	-23	3,(0-2) .S>C.X	3	8	PH	0.057	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Martinez Scores; J. Lamb Scores
33	33	10	1	2017-09-09	ARI		SDP	Miguel Díaz	ahead 4-0	b 6	0	---	6,(3-2) .BCBFBX	1	7	4	0.024	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2018-04-03	ARI		LAD	Clayton Kershaw	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	4	0.109	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
35	35	2	1	2018-04-13	ARI	@	LAD	Tony Cingrani	ahead 5-2	t 7	2	1--	6,(2-2) 1CS*BFBX	2	4	5	0.075	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); P. Goldschmidt Scores
36	36	3	1	2018-04-24	ARI	@	PHI	Yacksel Ríos	ahead 6-4	t 8	0	-2-	5,(3-1) >B.BBC>X	2	5	5	0.064	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Pollock Scores
37	37	4	1	2018-05-08	ARI	@	LAD	Yimi García	tied 5-5	t 12	2	12-	4,(1-2) CBSX	3	5	5	0.485	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Avila Scores; P. Goldschmidt Scores
38	38	5	1	2018-05-16	ARI		MIL	Brandon Woodruff	behind 0-3	b 1	1	1--	6,(2-2) 1C1B1CBF>X	2	3	5	0.156	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Dyson Scores
39	39	6	1	2018-05-29	ARI		CIN	Luis Castillo	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	4	3	0.194	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Lamb Scores
40	40	7	1	2018-06-01	ARI		MIA	Elieser Hernández	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	-2-	3,(2-0) *BBX	2	1	4	0.160	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Dyson Scores
41	41	8	1	2018-06-15	ARI		NYM	Seth Lugo	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	1--	6,(3-2) 1BF*BBF>X	2	5	4	0.186	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Peralta Scores
42	42	9	1	2018-06-27	ARI	@	MIA	Adam Conley	ahead 1-0	t 8	0	---	3,(2-0) ..BBX	1	9	PH	0.116	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
43	43	10	1	2018-08-12	ARI	@	CIN	Luis Castillo	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3,(0-2) CFX	3	5	5	0.252	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Jay Scores; D. Peralta Scores
44	44	11	1	2018-08-19	ARI	@	SDP	Trey Wingenter	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---	3,(0-2) SSX	1	6	4	0.270	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	12	1	2018-09-02	ARI	@	LAD	Caleb Ferguson	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	5	0.344	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	13	1	2018-09-16	ARI	@	HOU	Roberto Osuna	behind 2-5	t 9	2	1--	5,(2-2) BSF*BX	2	6	DH	0.025	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Goldschmidt Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2019-04-05	CHC	@	MIL	Brandon Woodruff	behind 0-8	t 4	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	4	0.044	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Schwarber Scores; W. Contreras Scores
48	48	2	1	2019-04-30	CHC	@	SEA	Félix Hernández	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	4	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)