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| YEAR | TEAM | AGE | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SH | RBI | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | TAv | VORP | FRAA | WARP |
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| 2009 | WAS | 23 | 21 | 89 | 82 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .280 | .318 | .561 | .284 | 5.4 | -1.6 | 0.4 |
| 2010 | WAS | 24 | 154 | 574 | 525 | 59 | 141 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 206 | 28 | 109 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 17 | 5 | .269 | .308 | .392 | .252 | 18.1 | -8.6 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | WAS | 25 | 154 | 639 | 584 | 65 | 148 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 209 | 35 | 139 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 25 | 10 | .253 | .298 | .358 | .245 | 18.6 | -3.6 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | WAS | 26 | 130 | 547 | 513 | 72 | 150 | 33 | 2 | 25 | 262 | 30 | 113 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 21 | 6 | .292 | .335 | .511 | .290 | 32.5 | -14.6 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | WAS | 27 | 47 | 190 | 178 | 19 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 83 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .264 | .295 | .466 | .271 | 9.3 | -1.2 | 0.9 |
| Career | 506 | 2039 | 1882 | 224 | 509 | 108 | 15 | 53 | 806 | 107 | 421 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 219 | 69 | 22 | .270 | .311 | .428 | .263 | 84.0 | -29.6 | 5.9 | ||
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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.| YEAR | Team | Lg | G | PA | TAv | oppAVG | oppOBP | oppSLG | oppTAv | BABIP | BPF | BRAA | repLVL | POS_ADJ | FRAA | BRR | BVORP | BWARP | VORP | WARP |
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| 2004 | VER | A- | 4 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .222 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 2005 | SAV | A | 73 | 320 | .223 | .260 | .333 | .389 | .000 | .292 | 100 | -9.9 | 6.2 | 3.3 | -3.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | POT | A+ | 55 | 248 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .315 | 0.0 | -5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 2006 | POT | A+ | 92 | 408 | .240 | .258 | .333 | .384 | .000 | .287 | 98 | -7.6 | 9.5 | 4.7 | -11.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | HAR | AA | 37 | 132 | .168 | .253 | .328 | .394 | .000 | .239 | 107 | -11 | 3.2 | 1.5 | -4.4 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | POT | A+ | 129 | 536 | .276 | .261 | .332 | .390 | .000 | .307 | 101 | 9.7 | 15.0 | 7.4 | 8.1 | -3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | HAR | AA | 93 | 364 | .241 | .267 | .337 | .407 | .000 | .289 | 104 | -7.5 | 10.2 | 4.9 | 3.1 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | NAT | Rk | 3 | 13 | .283 | .265 | .356 | .391 | .000 | .455 | 106 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -0.7 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | WAS | MLB | 21 | 89 | .284 | .258 | .322 | .404 | .000 | .292 | 101 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | -1.6 | -0.0 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| 2009 | HAR | AA | 42 | 189 | .301 | .270 | .337 | .417 | .000 | .368 | 101 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 | -1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | SYR | AAA | 55 | 205 | .316 | .262 | .329 | .393 | .000 | .413 | 102 | 12.3 | 5.7 | 2.7 | -2.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | WAS | MLB | 154 | 574 | .252 | .255 | .315 | .394 | .000 | .317 | 101 | -4.9 | 16.1 | 7.2 | -8.6 | 1.6 | 18.1 | 1.1 | 18.1 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | WAS | MLB | 154 | 639 | .245 | .252 | .310 | .389 | .000 | .317 | 99 | -9.3 | 11.0 | 7.9 | -3.6 | 4.8 | 18.6 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | WAS | MLB | 130 | 547 | .290 | .252 | .309 | .400 | .000 | .332 | 100 | 16.1 | 9.4 | 6.8 | -14.6 | 1.1 | 32.5 | 1.9 | 32.5 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | WAS | MLB | 47 | 190 | .271 | .247 | .303 | .387 | .251 | .318 | 100 | 2 | 5.2 | 2.4 | -1.2 | 0.5 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Career | MLB | 2039 | .261 | .253 | .311 | .394 | .254 | .320 | 101 | 2.2 | 52.0 | 25.2 | -28.8 | 7.7 | 80.0 | 5.4 | 80.0 | 5.4 | ||
Statistics For All Levels
| Year | Team | Lg | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | TAv | VORP | FRAA | WARP |
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| 2004 | VER | A- | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .308 | .500 | .250 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | SAV | A | 320 | 37 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 60 | 20 | 6 | .247 | .288 | .334 | .088 | .223 | 0.0 | -3.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | POT | A+ | 248 | 37 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 53 | 13 | 6 | .256 | .320 | .384 | .128 | .000 | 0.0 | -5.3 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | POT | A+ | 408 | 50 | 89 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 29 | 79 | 14 | 8 | .244 | .314 | .384 | .140 | .240 | 0.0 | -11.7 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | HAR | AA | 132 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .182 | .205 | .231 | .050 | .168 | 0.0 | -4.4 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | POT | A+ | 536 | 69 | 121 | 30 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 57 | 99 | 27 | 11 | .264 | .355 | .432 | .168 | .276 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | NAT | Rk | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .462 | .077 | .283 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | HAR | AA | 364 | 42 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 31 | 78 | 12 | 8 | .251 | .315 | .406 | .155 | .241 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | WAS | MLB | 89 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .280 | .318 | .561 | .280 | .284 | 5.4 | -1.6 | 0.4 |
| 2009 | HAR | AA | 189 | 29 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 40 | 13 | 4 | .306 | .370 | .494 | .188 | .301 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | SYR | AAA | 205 | 25 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 1 | .354 | .420 | .461 | .107 | .316 | 0.0 | -2.3 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | WAS | MLB | 574 | 59 | 141 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 28 | 109 | 17 | 5 | .269 | .308 | .392 | .124 | .252 | 18.1 | -8.6 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | WAS | MLB | 639 | 65 | 148 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 139 | 25 | 10 | .253 | .298 | .358 | .104 | .245 | 18.6 | -3.6 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | WAS | MLB | 547 | 72 | 150 | 33 | 2 | 25 | 73 | 30 | 113 | 21 | 6 | .292 | .335 | .511 | .218 | .290 | 32.5 | -14.6 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | WAS | MLB | 190 | 19 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 46 | 5 | 1 | .264 | .295 | .466 | .202 | .271 | 9.3 | -1.2 | 0.9 |
Injury History beta
| Date On | Date Off | Transaction | Days | Games | Side | Body Part | Injury | Severity | Surgery Date | Reaggravation |
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| 2012-08-23 | 2012-08-26 | DTD | 3 | 0 | Right | Thigh | Strain | Hamstring | - | - |
| 2012-07-22 | 2012-08-17 | 15-DL | 26 | 0 | Left | Abdomen | Strain | Oblique | - | |
| 2012-07-18 | 2012-07-19 | DTD | 1 | 0 | Left | Abdomen | Soreness | Oblique | - | |
| 2012-07-15 | 2012-07-17 | DTD | 2 | 0 | Left | Abdomen | Strain | Oblique | - | - |
| 2012-07-07 | 2012-07-07 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Left | Abdomen | Strain | Oblique | - | - |
| 2012-06-16 | 2012-06-16 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Left | Abdomen | Soreness | Oblique | - | - |
| 2011-06-29 | 2011-06-29 | DTD | 0 | 0 | Left | Thigh | Soreness | Quadriceps | - | |
| 2011-06-19 | 2011-06-21 | DTD | 2 | 1 | Left | Thigh | Soreness | Quadriceps | - | |
| 2011-05-14 | 2011-05-16 | DTD | 2 | 2 | Left | Thigh | Strain | Quadriceps | - | |
| 2010-09-06 | 2010-09-06 | DTD | 0 | 0 | - | Thigh | Strain | Hamstring | - | |
| 2010-08-23 | 2010-08-24 | DTD | 1 | 1 | - | Thumb | Soreness | - | ||
| 2009-04-18 | 2009-06-07 | Minors | 50 | 0 | Left | Wrist | Surgery | Hamate | 2009-04-23 | |
| 2009-02-19 | 2009-02-26 | Camp | 7 | 0 | Left | Wrist | Soreness | - | ||
| 2008-06-01 | 2008-07-21 | Minors | 50 | 0 | Left | Wrist | Fracture | Hamate | - | |
| 2006-05-09 | 2006-05-16 | Minors | 7 | 0 | Not Disclosed | - |
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| 2011-09-06 14:00:00 | With Strasburg back and Zimmerman in the fold am I crazy for thinking that a good lefty bat would make the Nationals contenders next year? (Steve N from Delaware) | How was the hurricane for you in Delaware? I hear a lot about SC, NY, NJ, VT, but not so much about Delaware... Does your lefty bat mean that Davey Johnson won't be leading off Ian Desmond and his .290 OBP? What's up with that? He used to be such a brilliant manager. Except for that whole letting Dwight Gooden pitch to Mike Scioscia in '88 thing... (Steven Goldman) |
| 2011-05-05 13:00:00 | Ian Desmond has hit the ball well and looked very good in the field since the birth of his child. How possible do you think it is that players can play poorly due to external factors, and how often do you think it happens, without us noticing? (Charlie from Bethesda, MD) | I've said this before, so forgive me. If you're watching the Tigers game, Kelly just dove for a ball and missed, allowing Eric Chavez a triple (Chavez was so unused to running that hard that he's apparently hurt himself--surprise!). One of my favorite Casey Stengel lines is something he said in praise of Joe DiMaggio, that DiMaggio never dove because he knew he wasn't going swimming. At first it might seem odd that a manager would praise a player for NOT diving, but if you think about it, it's better fundamental baseball not to, because if you don't dive you have a single, if you do dive and miss you have a triple, as we saw here.
As to your question, a good one, I think it happens all the time. Players are like us--they have off-field issues all the time that serve as distractions, and some are better at screening those out than others. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2011-05-18 13:00:00 | Are Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa going to hit this year? (Charlie from Bethesda, MD) | Espinosa yet, Desmond no. I think Espinosa is going to be one of those guys who quietly has a very good career. (John Perrotto) |
| 2011-03-08 14:00:00 | In a NFBC 15 Team (Mixed) format how would you approach the limited SS position? (bfitzge3 from Upstate NY) | Obviously getting Hanley or Tulo in the early going would be ideal, but I'm leery of the Reyes/Jeter/Rollins group this year for various reasons... too much uncertainty with all three. I'd rather wait a few more rounds and try for a Stephen Drew or Alexei Ramirez, or go a little deeper for Ian Desmond. (Cory Schwartz) |
| 2010-12-07 13:00:00 | Do the Nationals have a plan for creating an effective lineup or are they simply throwing tons of cash at whoever is willing to play for a 90-loss team? RH-heavy and still quite a weak infield (Markol19 from Virginia) | The Nationals have tried to acquire every other major free agent that has been available the past few seasons, and they finally got one of them to sign a contract. They know how to identify hitters at least, but if they are thinking about trading Ian Desmond with the state of the shortstop market, and are looking for defense at first, then I'm not really sure what it is they think they are doing. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-12-02 13:00:00 | For a year where there weren't any SS to be had, it sure appears like there are a lot of SS to be had. Bartlett, Hardy, Drew, Alexei Ramirez, Jeter!, OCab, then on through to Ian Desmond, Nishioka, Brendan Ryan, Ryan Theriot, and down to Punto, Tejada, Augie Ojada and anyone else. Was it a bad year for SS, or just for decent ones? (Cris E from St Paul, MN) | Some of those names said to be available I just don't quite get -- not that you're wrong in naming them. Why wouldn't a team want to keep guys like Drew or Ramirez, given how rare any offensive production from a shortstop has become? There's a lot of guys out there, but not too many I like.
Going from Ryan to Theriot mystifies me, BTW, because Ryan's glove is a godsend behind all those groundball pitchers in Busch, and it's not like Theriot is Arky Vaughan or something. I can see trying to upgrade on offense, but I'm not convincd the possible improvement at the plate is worth the defensive hit. (Ken Funck) |
| 2010-12-02 13:00:00 | Will Ian Desmond mature into a decent hitting SS with a solid glove to complement his range? (Charlie from Bethesda) | I actually wrote his comment in last year's annual, so let's see what Ken had to say last winter:
"If Desmond sticks he should provide double digits in homers and steals as well as adequate glove work. Last year’s offensive breakout was a bit of a mirage produced by a BABIP north of .400, and his non-descript walk rate precludes any chance he’ll become a valuable table-setter, but a broad-based tool set gives him a good chance to become more than just standard middle-infield filler." I have to say, a year later, I still agree with me. I guess that means I'm saying "yes". (Ken Funck) |
| 2010-10-20 13:00:00 | Do you think Ian Desmond has the potential that the organization seems to think he has? (Charlie from Bethesda, MD) | The errors trouble me, the lack of selectivity troubles me, but as Christina pointed out in her aforementioned GM for a Day piece, putting Desmond and Danny Espinosa together up the middle seems like a no-brainer, a chance to have some above-average pop at those positions. As she said, they're not going to be Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell (Trammell for the Hall of Fame NOW!) but they don't need to be. (Steven Goldman) |
| 2010-09-13 13:00:00 | What do you think of the Ian Desmond - Danny Espinosa middle infield combo? It seems to me the Nats will have quite the infield for years to come, no matter who's on first (Charlie from Bethesda, MD) | Meh, they look stopgappy to me. Desmond seems competent enough but he's going to have to get that OBP above league average for me to be at all impressed; .320 with a 4/1 K/BB ratio doesn't cut it. And as I pointed out in last week's NL Hit List, Espinosa's translations for his minor league work come out to a .208 True Average. I think it's dangerous to get too excited about his hot start at the big league level - call it the Taylor Teagarden effect. (Jay Jaffe) |
| 2010-05-05 13:00:00 | I'm staring at using Alex Escobar or Ian Desmond every day at SS in an OBP/SLG redraft league. Maintain the course with two of my favorite preseason SS sleepers, or upgrade quickly? (Will from Mactaquac) | I would upgrade if you can, but SS is an easy position to punt as well. I have Cesar Izturis in an AL-only league and don't even feel bad about it. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2010-01-28 14:00:00 | What do you think of the job Mike Rizzo has done so far digging out from the Jim Bowden era in DC (Drew W from NoVA) | Hard to say so far, although I like some things well enough. It isn't like picking Stephen Strasburg was all that surprising, however much phony drama was invested in the "will they/won't they" buildup. I'm glad to see Ian Desmond taken seriously, but Danny Espinosa's already coming into the picture, making for a nice problem to have. Weeping over the "expense" of employing Pudge seems overstated, there seems to be something coherent about what they're doing with the pitching staff (unlike Bowden's 'try everything' approach). We'll see, but I'm hopeful, and there really wasn't anywhere to go but up. (Christina Kahrl) |
| 2010-01-28 14:00:00 | Hi CK - Love it! Any prospects that you have unexplained affinities for? (iorg34 from Minny) | Todd Frazier, because the bat will play. I find myself hoping Zack Cozart gets taken seriously, given that Paul Janish isn't really a solution, and I'm interested in how Tommy Manzella pans out. It's hard not to like Scott Sizemore and Alex Avila for the Tigers. I'm interested in seeing how Jose Ceda's comeback goes. I think this is the year for Brandon Wood, or at least I hope so. I root for Hank Conger. I'm more fond of Ian Desmond and Shairon Martis than probably makes sense. (Christina Kahrl) |
| 2009-12-01 13:00:00 | Is Ian Desmond good enough to be the starting SS for the Nats? Or should they be looking for a short term fill-in? (Charlie from Bethesda, MD) | Word on the street (which in part I think I heard from you, actually) is that he can field very well, and though it goes without saying he won't slug .561 in 2010 if he plays everyday, as long as he's passable at the plate and can field he's a valuable SS. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2009-10-13 14:00:00 | What are your thoughts on Ian Desmond? Does his surprising September power help his case to start? (Charlie from Bethesda) | I really like Desmond, and don't think his power spike's a transient phenomenon. Given that this ballclub just wasted more than two-thirds of a season's second-base starts on Andy Hernandez, Alberto Gonzalez, and Pete Orr, I think Desmond's bid for a middle-infield job should be on next year's list of "make it so." (Christina Kahrl) |
| 2009-10-05 16:00:00 | Is Ian Desmond a future starting SS? By that I mean a decent one, because I suppose I could start if management was stupid enough. (Charlie from Bethesda, MD) | If I'm the Nationals he's my opening day SS next year, or goes into spring training with the job to lose. They'll be in a position to give Desmond a shot, and they really need to given that his 21 games this season is by no means a large enough sample to derive anything from. If Kevin Goldstein says he has the tools and could be a solid SS, I have no reason to think otherwise. (Eric Seidman) |
| 2009-09-17 14:00:00 | What is your take on Ian Desmond? (jon from Se) | I kind of believe it. The tools where always there -- I'd certainly give him a long look if I was Washington. (Kevin Goldstein) |
| 2009-09-08 13:00:00 | What are your thoughts on Ian Desmond? Is he a starting SS for the next couple of years? Can he hit enough to start? (Charlie from Bethesda) | He's had a pretty good year at two levels, but a lot of it is BABIP fueled. I'd like to see a repeat performance before I anoint him as a useful major league starter, especially given his numbers prior to 2009. How is his glove supposed to be? Shortstop is such a terrible offensive position that he doesn't need to hit to be a good starter. (Marc Normandin) |
| 2009-09-08 13:00:00 | Ian Desmond is supposedly a GREAT fielder. Rangy with a nasty arm. So what are the chances that the Nats will have three real good defenders (him, Zim and Morgan) and move Guzman to 2B? Seems like the way to go... (Charlie from Bethesda) | If he can field that well, then bring him up. If he's not a good hitter, he may not become one either, so if he's an upgrade due to the glove, let him at it. (Marc Normandin) |
BP Roundtables
| Date | Roundtable Name | Comment |
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| 2010-04-05 09:30:00 | Season Opener Roundtable | DPOTD #6 (featuring twice-busted prospect Paul Strand) is up, now loading up MLB.tv. "Congratulations! Our records indicate that you reside within the continental United States! This game is blacked out, as are all other games! You're probably wondering what isn't blacked out. So are we." Nice sequence in the Phillies-Nats game, E6 on Ian Desmond, Jimmy Rollins tries to score from second on the misplay, out at the plate. (Steven Goldman) |
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