David DeJesus
David Christopher DeJesus
 
 
Born: December 20, 1979 in Brooklyn, NY
33 years old
Bats: L Throws: L Ht: 5'11" Wt: 190
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2000 - (Round 4)
- High School: Manalapan (Englishtown, NJ)
- College/Univ: Rutgers University (1998-2000)

Comparison

Comparison
Center Fielders
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Ken Griffey
1989 - 2010
CF
83.7
 
83.8
1.3
0.0
1.5
2 Carlos Beltran
1998 - 2013
CF
66.0
 
58.9
8.2
0.0
1.1
3 Andruw Jones
1996 - 2012
CF
62.7
 
39.2
24.1
0.0
0.5
4 Jim Edmonds
1993 - 2010
CF
60.3
 
56.7
5.9
0.0
2.3
5 Johnny Damon
1995 - 2012
CF
56.3
 
55.6
-3.2
0.0
-3.8
6 Torii Hunter
1997 - 2013
CF
48.6
 
41.5
8.5
0.0
1.4
7 Mike Cameron
1995 - 2011
CF
46.4
 
39.4
9.7
0.0
2.7
8 Curtis Granderson
2004 - 2013
CF
34.3
 
31.5
5.4
0.0
2.5
9 Darin Erstad
1996 - 2009
CF
32.4
 
18.0
10.3
0.0
-4.2
10 Vernon Wells
1999 - 2013
CF
30.4
 
32.8
-0.4
0.0
1.9
11 Randy Winn
1998 - 2010
CF
27.6
 
24.3
0.2
0.0
-3.2
12 Grady Sizemore
2004 - 2011
CF
27.6
 
28.1
1.1
0.0
1.7
13 Shane Victorino
2003 - 2013
CF
25.8
 
19.9
5.8
0.0
-0.1
14 Coco Crisp
2002 - 2013
CF
25.3
 
20.9
5.5
0.0
1.1
15 Josh Hamilton
2007 - 2013
CF
23.8
 
24.6
-1.9
0.0
-1.2
16 Mark Kotsay
1997 - 2013
CF
23.1
 
18.4
3.1
0.0
-1.5
17 David DeJesus
2003 - 2013
CF
22.5
 
22.2
-1.1
0.0
-1.4
18 Aaron Rowand
2001 - 2011
CF
20.7
 
17.2
4.7
0.0
1.3
19 Michael Bourn
2006 - 2013
CF
20.6
 
12.9
8.7
0.0
1.0
20 Jose Cruz
1997 - 2008
CF
19.5
 
19.2
-1.6
0.0
-1.8
21 Matt Kemp
2006 - 2013
CF
19.3
 
25.3
-5.6
0.0
0.5
22 Denard Span
2008 - 2013
CF
17.7
 
13.1
5.0
0.0
0.3
23 Juan Pierre
2000 - 2013
CF
17.7
 
18.9
-2.1
0.0
-0.8
24 Milton Bradley
2000 - 2011
CF
16.7
 
17.6
-3.0
0.0
-2.0
25 Marlon Byrd
2002 - 2013
CF
16.4
 
15.8
0.9
0.0
0.3
26 Adam Jones
2006 - 2013
CF
16.0
 
17.7
0.2
0.0
1.8
27 Jacoby Ellsbury
2007 - 2013
CF
16.0
 
14.1
2.7
0.0
0.8
28 Angel Pagan
2006 - 2013
CF
15.8
 
13.2
2.4
0.0
-0.1
29 Franklin Gutierrez
2005 - 2013
CF
15.6
 
7.9
7.8
0.0
0.1
30 Jay Payton
1998 - 2010
CF
15.4
 
10.4
3.5
0.0
-1.5
31 B.J. Upton
2004 - 2013
CF
14.7
 
19.7
-2.8
0.0
2.2
32 Chris Young
2006 - 2013
CF
14.5
 
10.5
5.3
0.0
1.3
33 Gary Matthews
1999 - 2010
CF
14.2
PEDi
 
12.2
1.5
0.0
-0.5
34 Cody Ross
2003 - 2013
CF
12.5
 
10.2
0.2
0.0
-2.1
35 Carlos Gomez
2007 - 2013
CF
10.9
 
4.9
6.8
0.0
0.8
36 Rocco Baldelli
2003 - 2010
CF
10.2
 
8.7
1.6
0.0
0.1
37 Corey Patterson
2000 - 2011
CF
9.6
 
6.6
3.9
0.0
1.0
38 Dexter Fowler
2008 - 2013
CF
9.5
 
11.0
-0.8
0.0
0.8
39 Rick Ankiel
1999 - 2013
CF
9.2
PEDi
 
5.1
0.6
3.6
0.1
40 Dave Roberts
1999 - 2008
CF
9.0
 
9.0
-0.3
0.0
-0.3
41 Gabe Kapler
1998 - 2010
CF
8.8
 
8.5
-1.1
0.0
-1.5
42 Ryan Freel
2001 - 2009
CF
8.7
 
5.7
2.9
0.0
-0.2
43 Cameron Maybin
2007 - 2013
CF
8.2
 
5.4
3.4
0.0
0.6
44 Nyjer Morgan
2007 - 2012
CF
7.2
 
4.7
2.3
0.0
-0.3
45 Andres Torres
2002 - 2013
CF
7.1
 
5.0
2.0
0.0
-0.2
46 Tony Gwynn
2006 - 2012
CF
6.8
 
1.5
5.1
0.0
-0.3
47 Rajai Davis
2006 - 2013
CF
6.7
 
6.3
0.0
0.0
-0.3
48 Nate McLouth
2005 - 2013
CF
6.2
 
12.0
-5.9
0.0
-0.2
49 Alejandro De Aza
2007 - 2013
CF
5.2
 
5.4
-0.0
0.0
0.1
50 Willy Taveras
2004 - 2010
CF
5.1
 
1.6
4.3
0.0
0.8
 
  David DeJesus
2003 - 2013
CF
22.5
 
22.2
-1.1
0.0
-1.4
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