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Delino Lamont DeShields or "Bop" (born January 15, 1969 in Seaford, Delaware) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Montreal Expos (1990-93), Los Angeles Dodgers (1994-96), St. Louis Cardinals (1997-98), Baltimore Orioles (2000-01) and Chicago Cubs (2001-02). He batted left handed and threw right handed. DeShields was to attend Villanova University where he would have played point guard on the basketball team; however, after being selected as the 12th overall pick in the 1987 MLB draft he chose a career in baseball.

Career

In a 13-season career, DeShields posted a .268 batting average with 80 home runs and 561 RBI in 1615 games. After a decent 1993 campaign with Montreal, in which he stole 43 bases and hit .295, he was traded to the Dodgers for a skinny pitching prospect named Pedro Martinez, who has since won three Cy Young Awards.

Highlights

Led National League in triples (14, 1997)
9-time Top 10 finisher among NL base-stealers (1990-98)
His career 463 stolen bases ranks him 44th on the All-Time list
Has a blog (not) named after him

Sources

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