2012 Media Guide (working version).qxp - Minor League Baseball

Delino DeShields- MANAGER
DeShields returns for his second year as Dragons manager
after leading the club to a franchise-record 83 wins (83-57)
and a second half Eastern Division title in 2011. With the
youngest team in Dragons history, the club improved dramatically
over the course of the season, finishing the first half at
35-35 before posting a 48-32 record in the second half. Their
second half mark was the best ever in a half for a Dragons
team and the top second half record in 2011 in all of Minor
League Baseball among teams playing a split-season format.
The Dragons were the only minor league team to lead their
league in batting average and earned run average in 2011,
and the first Midwest League team to lead in both categories
in 16 years. The Dragons were just the second MWL team since 1969 to lead the
league in runs scored and fewest runs allowed. Under DeShields, they also led all
of professional baseball in stolen bases in 2011. DeShields will enter his fourth season
in the Reds organization in 2012. He served as manager of the Billings Mustangs
in 2010 and was the hitting coach at Billings in 2009.
PLAYING CAREER - DeShields spent 13 years in the Major Leagues with the
Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, and
Chicago Cubs. He finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting
with the Expos in 1990. His best season came in 1997 with the Cardinals when he
batted .295 with 11 home runs, 55 stolen bases, and a league-leading 14 triples.
DeShields finished in the top three in the league in stolen bases six times during his
career (10 times in the top eight) and ranks among the top 50 all-time in career stolen
bases with 463. He batted .290 or higher in five different seasons of his big league
career. DeShields was originally signed as a first round draft pick in 1987 (12th overall
selection) by the Expos out of Seaford High School in Delaware. He was slated to
play college basketball at Villanova (point guard) before selecting a career in baseball.
DeShields' oldest son, Delino DeShields, Jr. was the eighth overall selection of the first
round in the 2010 draft and signed with the Houston Astros.
Managerial Career
Year Club League Class W-L Pct. Rank
2010 Billings Pioneer Rookie 38-37 .507 3rd-North
2011 Dayton Midwest A 83-57 .593 1st-East
Total 2 Years 121-94 .558
Playing Statistics
Year Team Lg Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS AVG
1987 GCL Expos GCL ss 31 111 17 24 5 2 1 4 16 5 .216
Jamestown NYPL ss 34 96 16 21 1 2 1 5 14 4 .219
1988 Rockford Midw ss 129 460 97 116 26 6 12 46 59 18 .252
1989 Jacksonville Sou ss 93 307 55 83 10 6 3 35 37 12 .270
Indianapolis Amer ss 47 181 29 47 8 4 2 14 16 7 .260
1990 Montreal MLB 2b 129 499 69 144 28 6 4 45 42 22 .289
1991 Montreal MLB 2b 151 563 83 134 15 4 10 51 56 23 .238
1992 Montreal MLB 2b 135 530 82 155 19 8 7 56 46 15 .292
1993 Montreal MLB 2b 123 481 75 142 17 7 2 29 43 10 .295
1994 LA Dodgers MLB 2b 89 320 51 80 11 3 2 33 27 7 .250
1995 LA Dodgers MLB 2b 127 425 66 109 18 3 8 37 39 14 .256
1996 LA Dodgers MLB 2b 154 581 75 130 12 8 5 41 48 11 .224
1997 St. Louis MLB 2b 150 572 92 169 26 14 11 58 55 14 .295
1998 Arkansas Tex 2b 4 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154
St. Louis MLB 2b 117 420 74 122 21 8 7 44 26 10 .290
1999 Delmarva SAL 2b 2 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .286
Frederick Caro 2b 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .125
Bowie East 2b 4 15 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Baltimore MLB 2b 96 330 46 87 11 2 6 34 11 8 .264
2000 Baltimore MLB 2b-lf151 561 84 166 43 5 10 86 37 10 .296
2001 Baltimore MLB lf 58 188 29 37 8 2 3 21 11 1 .197
Chi Cubs MLB lf-2b 68 163 26 45 9 3 2 16 12 1 .276
2002 Chi Cubs MLB 2b 67 146 20 28 6 1 3 10 10 1 .192
Major League Totals 1615 5779 872 1548 244 74 80 561 463 147 .268
Minor League Totals 346 1198 219 300 51 20 21 108 142 48 .250
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2012 Dayton Dragons