Delino DeShields
OF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 7" 190LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #8, Houston Astros | Woodward Academy
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 408 357 42 89 4 24 .249 .325 .347 .672
2020 120 107 10 27 0 3 .252 .310 .318 .628
2021 58 47 4 12 1 2 .255 .375 .426 .801
7 Seasons 2,114 1,828 302 450 19 111 .246 .327 .342 .669
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .249 4 24 .672
2020 .252 0 3 .628
2021 .255 1 2 .801
7 Seasons .246 19 111 .669
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 22 1923 335 4 1.2 0.8 85.8 108.4 10.2 26.9 .220 .303 .317 .283 .304 22.4 20.5 10.8
2016 23 830 132 2 1.5 1.0 86.9 108.6 5.4 23.5 .206 .281 .261 .253 .303 30.3 26.6 7.4
2017 24 1814 284 8 2.8 1.8 83.6 104.4 11.5 28.2 .209 .307 .315 .275 .315 21.9 24.8 10.0
2018 25 1574 264 3 1.1 0.8 84.3 106.3 7.9 27.7 .194 .257 .271 .259 .266 14.0 21.1 10.9
2019 26 1669 267 6 2.2 1.5 86.9 104.0 13.5 34.1 .215 .314 .295 .273 .314 24.3 24.5 9.3
2020 27 448 82 1 1.2 0.8 84.6 102.8 6.7 30.5 .225 .303 .280 .267 .316 19.5 24.2 7.5
2021 28 244 38 3 7.9 5.2 88.2 103.3 13.0 31.6 .216 .405 .352 .328 .338 39.5 19.0 15.5
Player 8502 1402 27 1.9 1.3 85.4 108.6 10.1 28.7 .211 .298 .297 .273 .303 22.1 23.0 10.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 51.6 18.2 24.2 6.0 31.3 41.8 26.9 3.0 36.1 25.4 21.8 4.2 1.2 0.8
2016 59.1 18.9 17.4 4.5 39.4 38.6 22.0 6.8 42.4 18.9 18.9 3.8 1.5 1.0
2017 50.4 19.4 22.2 8.1 33.8 34.2 31.7 6.3 30.3 23.9 23.2 3.9 2.8 1.8
2018 53.8 19.7 20.1 6.4 24.6 41.3 33.7 4.9 38.6 25.4 18.2 3.0 1.1 0.8
2019 47.2 21.0 24.7 7.1 28.8 38.6 32.6 4.9 32.2 25.8 24.7 4.5 2.2 1.5
2020 61.0 17.1 18.3 3.7 30.5 37.8 31.7 12.2 41.5 18.3 22.0 4.9 1.2 0.8
2021 47.4 34.2 18.4 0.0 34.2 50.0 15.8 10.5 26.3 23.7 21.1 10.5 7.9 5.2
Player 52.1 19.7 22.0 6.3 30.9 39.2 29.7 5.5 35.3 24.1 21.7 4.1 1.9 1.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 1 114 46.7 28 .318 .591 .452 15.9 17.9 17.2 .254 .586 .420 58.8
2021 Sinker 4.0 2 42 17.2 7 .250 .500 .750 14.3 0.0 0.0 .175 .259 .291 33.3
2021 Slider -2.1 -1 35 14.3 9 .125 .250 .217 45.5 33.3 25.0 .094 .194 .185 20.0
2021 Curveball -4.6 -1 27 11.1 7 .167 .167 .229 25.0 14.3 11.1 .266 .318 .315 20.0
2021 Changeup 3.1 1 16 6.6 5 .400 .400 .360 27.3 20.0 16.7 .299 .331 .273 25.0
2021 Cutter -8.5 -1 8 3.3 2 .000 .000 .000 75.0 50.0 33.3 .004 .005 .004 0.0
2021 Split-Finger 6.1 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper 2.4 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -1 193 43.1 48 .310 .381 .338 22.5 20.8 20.8 .276 .389 .323 26.5
2020 Slider 0.8 1 102 22.8 22 .286 .429 .325 29.5 18.2 14.3 .242 .336 .269 11.8
2020 Sinker -4.7 -3 62 13.8 23 .167 .167 .229 4.5 17.4 57.1 .185 .231 .261 25.0
2020 Curveball -5.5 -2 41 9.2 12 .083 .083 .075 60.9 58.3 36.8 .137 .155 .131 0.0
2020 Cutter -3.2 -1 19 4.2 5 .200 .200 .180 18.2 20.0 33.3 .169 .186 .164 0.0
2020 Changeup -7.1 -1 15 3.3 6 .000 .000 .117 62.5 33.3 22.2 .111 .117 .205 0.0
2020 Sweeper -1.8 0 8 1.8 1 1.000 1.000 .900 25.0 0.0 0.0 .408 .410 .383 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 9.6 0 5 1.1 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 50.0 33.3 .186 .361 .220 100.0
2020 Slurve 13.0 0 3 0.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .270 .306 .243 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 691 41.4 161 .246 .381 .331 17.3 21.7 16.5 .213 .355 .305 29.1
2019 Slider -2.2 -7 319 19.1 84 .178 .205 .223 27.9 29.8 20.3 .145 .187 .214 8.2
2019 Sinker -0.2 -1 260 15.6 63 .321 .375 .364 13.5 19.0 20.3 .301 .392 .329 37.0
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 153 9.2 38 .306 .472 .344 21.5 28.9 21.2 .277 .392 .285 25.9
2019 Changeup -0.9 -1 118 7.1 30 .276 .379 .298 48.4 43.3 28.9 .158 .202 .171 25.0
2019 Cutter -0.3 0 102 6.1 26 .174 .304 .254 14.6 7.7 6.9 .222 .327 .277 13.6
2019 Sweeper 3.6 1 15 0.9 2 .500 .500 .450 66.7 50.0 16.7 .147 .165 .133 0.0
2019 Split-Finger 2.6 0 8 0.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 33.3 25.0 .161 .170 .149 0.0
2019 Knuckleball -8.0 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .160 .295 .179 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -4 557 35.4 135 .227 .309 .310 14.1 18.5 15.2 .190 .281 .289 18.2
2018 Sinker 0.6 2 360 22.9 93 .263 .368 .340 6.5 5.4 6.6 .237 .322 .308 18.4
2018 Slider -3.5 -10 287 18.2 74 .106 .121 .142 37.0 39.2 25.2 .123 .153 .176 10.3
2018 Cutter 0.5 1 124 7.9 38 .242 .273 .270 20.8 18.4 14.3 .238 .278 .283 3.7
2018 Changeup -1.2 -1 113 7.2 25 .261 .304 .272 31.4 24.0 16.7 .233 .263 .274 5.6
2018 Curveball -0.3 0 87 5.5 17 .200 .333 .256 34.5 35.3 19.4 .135 .152 .162 10.0
2018 Sweeper -1.5 0 25 1.6 7 .286 .286 .257 33.3 28.6 15.4 .290 .317 .270 0.0
2018 Split-Finger -0.6 0 11 0.7 2 .500 .500 .450 40.0 50.0 25.0 .202 .237 .186 0.0
2018 Slurve 5.7 0 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 100.0 28.6 -- -- .350 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 683 37.7 171 .254 .373 .329 15.6 22.2 18.9 .205 .341 .297 30.0
2017 Sinker 0.2 1 452 24.9 121 .370 .500 .422 16.4 13.2 17.2 .272 .395 .354 23.3
2017 Slider -1.0 -3 314 17.3 73 .182 .197 .193 32.3 37.0 20.1 .143 .170 .154 9.1
2017 Curveball 1.1 2 154 8.5 32 .300 .467 .352 27.5 28.1 13.0 .211 .282 .242 19.0
2017 Changeup -1.6 -2 113 6.2 23 .286 .333 .243 41.4 47.8 32.4 .240 .290 .228 8.3
2017 Cutter -2.7 -2 62 3.4 13 .091 .091 .208 33.3 46.2 21.4 .075 .089 .123 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -4.5 0 11 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .117 .143 .105 0.0
2017 Sweeper -7.5 -1 11 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 80.0 50.0 25.0 .033 .036 .034 0.0
2017 Knuckleball -2.0 0 10 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .546 .450 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 515 2,001 -16 -2 15 4 1
2016 203 830 -2 -10 2 3 -8
2017 438 1,810 -16 -14 14 8 -9
2018 393 1,572 -21 -10 11 6 -13
2019 408 1,669 -9 -19 14 6 -8
2020 128 481 -8 -3 3 2 -6
2021 58 244 -3 -1 3 1 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,923 54.8 55.0 80.7 19.3 51.8 43.0 23.2 38.9 22.1 8.7 62.9
2016 830 53.9 56.6 78.3 27.4 43.8 44.6 22.2 43.1 27.1 10.0 63.9
2017 1,814 54.0 58.2 81.0 19.0 50.6 44.8 20.0 40.2 22.6 7.5 67.6
2018 1,574 50.3 59.0 85.0 22.0 52.9 42.9 24.9 40.6 19.7 8.1 73.4
2019 1,669 51.2 63.2 81.7 22.7 53.5 44.5 23.5 43.4 21.8 6.6 79.1
2020 448 50.2 67.6 78.3 23.8 41.5 42.4 27.5 45.8 28.3 7.1 75.0
2021 244 52.9 65.1 77.4 13.9 62.5 45.1 24.1 41.0 24.0 4.9 75.0
Player 8,502 52.7 59.1 81.2 21.3 50.8 43.8 23.1 41.2 22.6 7.9 69.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 16 7 3 11 47 6 9 10 63 8 37 86 45 98 100
2016 64 99
2017 4 2 1 7 16 9 14 3 39 5 20 65 55 95 99 85
2018 2 1 1 2 15 2 2 1 48 1 48 80 76 81 99 97
2019 3 3 3 5 11 3 6 13 33 5 32 57 70 83 97 96
2020 13 91 62 3
2021 30 82
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 20.7 4 3.4 1 1 3 2 50.0
2017 19.6 6 5.5 1 5 3 3 50.0
2018 20.5 2 1.0 1 1 1 0 0.0
2019 21.3 4 5.8 -2 8 4 2 50.0
2020 -- 0 0.5 -1 1 1 0 --
2021 21.1 1 1.1 0 1 0 1 100.0
Player 20.5 17 17.3 0 17 12 8 47.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 4 3 2 4 4 5 2 5 2 4 6 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 5 4 2 3 5 5 2 5 3
2017 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 9 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 6 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 5 6 5
2018 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 4 7 4 9 6 7 6 7 4 4 4 8 9 4 5 4 3 5 6 5 7 6 8 6 5 4 5 5 10 5 5
2020 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 17 19 15 21 20 19 20 15 16 13 16 26 18 13 16 14 10 14 19 19 16 17 24 19 14 14 18 20 19 19 15
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.8 86.9 1.1 83.6 -3.3 84.3 0.7 86.9 2.6 84.6 -2.3 88.2 3.6
Launch Angle 10.2 5.4 -4.8 11.5 6.1 7.9 -3.6 13.5 5.6 6.7 -6.8 13.0 6.3
Barrel % 1.2 1.5 0.3 2.8 1.3 1.1 -1.7 2.2 1.1 1.2 -1.0 7.9 6.7
Hard Hit % 22.4 30.3 7.9 21.9 -8.4 14.0 -7.9 24.3 10.3 19.5 -4.8 39.5 20.0
Sweet Spot % 26.9 23.5 -3.4 28.2 4.7 27.7 -0.5 34.1 6.4 30.5 -3.6 31.6 1.1
xBA .220 .206 -0.014 .209 0.003 .194 -0.015 .215 0.021 .225 0.010 .216 -0.009
BA .261 .209 -0.052 .269 0.060 .216 -0.053 .249 0.033 .252 0.003 .255 0.003
xwOBA .283 .253 -0.030 .275 0.022 .259 -0.016 .273 0.014 .267 -0.006 .328 0.061
wOBA .317 .261 -0.056 .315 0.054 .271 -0.044 .295 0.024 .280 -0.015 .352 0.072
xSLG .303 .281 -0.022 .307 0.026 .257 -0.050 .314 0.057 .303 -0.011 .405 0.102
SLG .374 .313 -0.061 .367 0.054 .281 -0.086 .347 0.066 .318 -0.029 .426 0.108
K% 20.5 26.6 6.1 24.8 -1.8 21.1 -3.7 24.5 3.4 24.2 -0.3 19.0 -5.2
BB% 10.8 7.4 -3.4 10.0 2.6 10.9 0.9 9.3 -1.6 7.5 -1.8 15.5 8.0
Swing % 38.9 43.1 4.2 40.2 -2.9 40.6 0.4 43.4 2.8 45.8 2.4 41.0 -4.8
Whiff% 22.1 27.1 5.0 22.6 -4.5 19.7 -2.9 21.8 2.1 28.3 6.5 24.0 -4.3
In Zone % 54.8 53.9 -0.9 54.0 0.1 50.3 -3.7 51.2 0.9 50.2 -1.0 52.9 2.7
Out of Zone % 45.2 46.1 0.9 46.0 -0.1 49.7 3.7 48.8 -0.9 49.8 1.0 47.1 -2.7
Out of Zone Swing % 19.3 27.4 8.1 19.0 -8.4 22.0 3.0 22.7 0.7 23.8 1.1 13.9 -9.9
First Pitch Swing % 23.2 22.2 -1.0 20.0 -2.2 24.9 4.9 23.5 -1.4 27.5 4.0 24.1 -3.4
First Pitch Strike % 62.4 63.5 1.1 64.5 1.0 62.3 -2.2 62.5 0.2 59.2 -3.3 50.0 -9.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 195 5 2.6 .264 .314
2017 Shifts R 439 0 0.0 .316
2018 Shifts R 393 1 0.3 .272 .000
2019 Shifts R 408 7 1.7 .289 .619
2020 Shifts R 120 6 5.0 .289 .116
2021 Shifts R 58 4 6.9 .312 .876
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 785 17.1 33.8% 5.1% 233 24.8 8.6% 22.3%
2016 309 16.3 38.8% 2.6% 107 22.8 7.5% 15.9%
2017 701 17.1 22.7% 2.3% 246 23.8 2.0% 11.4%
2018 615 17.2 25.0% 1.6% 208 23.1 0.0% 9.1%
2019 536 17.5 24.8% 1.1% 293 23.9 1.0% 8.9%
2020 151 16.9 36.4% 2.0% 67 22.4 0.0% 10.4%
2021 64 19.0 17.2% 1.6% 64 22.3 0.0% 3.1%
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Statcast Rankings