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David DeJesus
David Christopher DeJesus

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School Rutgers University

Debut September 2, 2003

Born December 20, 1979 in Brooklyn, NY

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed August 22, 2000. (All Transactions)

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        David sports the same number (9) that I did as a high-school benchwarmer. Here's hoping he has better luck with it than I did.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 23 KCR AL  12    7    0    2   0  1   0    0   0  0   1   2  .286  .444  .571  159    4   1   0   0   1   0
 2004 24 KCR AL  96  363   58  104  15  3   7   39   8 11  33  53  .287  .360  .402   97  146   8   0   0   9   6 RoY-6
 2005 25 KCR AL 122  461   69  135  31  6   9   56   5  5  42  76  .293  .359  .445  114  205   5   6   1   9   6
 2006 26 KCR AL 119  491   83  145  36  7   8   56   6  3  43  70  .295  .364  .446  108  219   2   4   4  12  10
 2007 27 KCR AL 157  605  101  157  29  9   7   58  10  4  64  83  .260  .351  .372   89  225   7   4   7  23  10
 2008 28 KCR AL 109  420   53  122  20  4  10   59  10  7  36  58  .290  .351  .429  104  180   3   2   2   4   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      615 2347  364  665 131 30  41  268  39 30 219 342  .283  .357  .417  102  979  26  16  14  58  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        618   96  175  35  8  11   71  10  8  58  90  .283  .357  .417  102  258   7   4   4  15  10
 Career High    157  605  101  157  36  9  10   59  10 11  64  83  .295  .364  .446  114  225   8   6   7  23  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 23 KCR AL   10    6    2   8.9   113| .286  .276| .444  .343| .571  .441|1.015  .784| 159  .740   0.6   0.1   0%
 2004 24 KCR AL  413  284   52   4.9   111| .287  .273| .360  .341| .402  .438| .762  .779|  97  .475  -1.4  -0.1  42%
 2005 25 KCR AL  523  348   76   5.8   104| .293  .267| .359  .330| .445  .423| .804  .753| 114  .579  10.7   1.0  50%
 2006 26 KCR AL  552  365   81   5.9   112| .295  .277| .364  .341| .446  .440| .810  .781| 108  .557   6.9   0.6  66%
 2007 27 KCR AL  703  473   84   4.7   110| .260  .275| .351  .342| .372  .429| .723  .772|  89  .471  -8.8  -0.8  71%
 2008 28 KCR AL  465  316   63   5.3   108| .290  .271| .351  .340| .429  .425| .780  .765| 104  .536   1.8   0.2  58%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2666 1792  358   5.3   109| .283  .273| .357  .339| .417  .431| .774  .770| 102  .525   9.8   1.0  56%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 23 KCR AL OF 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.22 2.08 0.82 2.33 0 22.0 CF 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.45 0.86 2.79 0 21.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 2004 24 KCR AL OF 94 246 3 4 0 .984 .985 2.65 2.05 2.81 2.30 92 796.3 CF 85 231 3 4 0 .983 .988 2.75 2.35 2.88 2.64 85 732.3 RF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 1.92 1.69 2.22 3 32.0 LF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.73 2.53 2.05 4 32.0 2005 25 KCR AL CF 119 306 7 4 3 .987 .989 2.63 2.38 2.80 2.69 118 1005.3 2006 26 KCR AL OF 119 287 12 3 1 .990 .986 2.51 1.99 2.63 2.30 118 1024.3 LF 73 138 5 2 0 .986 .986 1.96 1.69 2.36 2.06 60 544.7 CF 61 149 7 1 1 .994 .989 2.56 2.29 2.93 2.65 58 479.7 2007 27 KCR AL CF 156 401 5 4 0 .990 .989 2.60 2.42 2.70 2.71 153 1351.3 2008 28 KCR AL LF 59 106 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.81 1.69 2.33 2.06 46 412.7 CF 52 121 2 0 1 1.000 .989 2.37 2.37 2.81 2.70 49 394.0 RF 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 .987 1.00 1.84 1.42 2.14 9 95.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 23 KCR AL CF 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.45 0.86 2.79 0 21.0 2004 24 KCR AL CF 85 231 3 4 0 .983 .988 2.75 2.35 2.88 2.64 85 732.3 2005 25 KCR AL CF 119 306 7 4 3 .987 .989 2.63 2.38 2.80 2.69 118 1005.3 2006 26 KCR AL CF 61 149 7 1 1 .994 .989 2.56 2.29 2.93 2.65 58 479.7 2007 27 KCR AL CF 156 401 5 4 0 .990 .989 2.60 2.42 2.70 2.71 153 1351.3 2008 28 KCR AL CF 52 121 2 0 1 1.000 .989 2.37 2.37 2.81 2.70 49 394.0 2008 28 KCR AL DH 1 2004 24 KCR AL LF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 1.73 2.53 2.05 4 32.0 2006 26 KCR AL LF 73 138 5 2 0 .986 .986 1.96 1.69 2.36 2.06 60 544.7 2008 28 KCR AL LF 59 106 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.81 1.69 2.33 2.06 46 412.7 2003 23 KCR AL OF 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.22 2.08 0.82 2.33 0 22.0 2004 24 KCR AL OF 94 246 3 4 0 .984 .985 2.65 2.05 2.81 2.30 92 796.3 2005 25 KCR AL OF 119 306 7 4 3 .987 .986 2.63 2.05 2.80 2.30 118 1005.3 2006 26 KCR AL OF 119 287 12 3 1 .990 .986 2.51 1.99 2.63 2.30 118 1024.3 2007 27 KCR AL OF 156 401 5 4 0 .990 .987 2.60 2.00 2.70 2.30 153 1351.3 2003 23 KCR AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 2004 24 KCR AL RF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 1.92 1.69 2.22 3 32.0 2008 28 KCR AL RF 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 .987 1.00 1.84 1.42 2.14 9 95.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 497 1242 27 15 4 .988 .986 2.55 2.02 2.72 2.30 481 4199.3 136 481 22# CF* 481 1210 24 13 5 .990 .989 2.57 2.38 2.79 2.68 463 3983.7 LF* 136 253 6 2 0 .992 .985 1.90 1.69 2.36 2.06 110 989.3 RF* 22 21 0 0 0 1.000 .986 0.95 1.86 1.48 2.16 12 128.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 497 1242 27 15 4 .988 .986 2.55 2.02 2.72 2.30 481 4199
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2007 AL-703-8

Triples
2005 AL-6-7
2006 AL-7-7
2007 AL-9-3

Hit By Pitch
2006 AL-12-6
2007 AL-23-1

Caught Stealing
2004 AL-11-6
2008 AL-7-9

Outs
2007 AL-473-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1625) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1585) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 43rd round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed August 22, 2000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Kansas City Royals$320,000
2006Kansas City Royals$500,000
2007Kansas City Royals$2,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,820,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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