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{{short description|American baseball player & coach (born 1969)}}
{{About|the baseball coach and former player|his son and active player|Delino DeShields Jr.}}
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* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2001}})
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|2001}}–{{mlby|2002}})
'''As coach'''
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|2022}})
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'''Delino Lamont DeShields''' (born January 15, 1969), also nicknamed "'''Bop'''", is an American former [[professional baseball]] [[second baseman]]. He played for 13 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Montreal Expos]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], and [[Chicago Cubs]] between 1990 and 2002. He is currently the manager of the minor league [[Harrisburg Senators]], the AA team for the [[Washington Nationals]].
His son [[Delino DeShields Jr.]] plays for the [[
==Early life==
DeShields was born in [[Seaford, Delaware]] where he was raised by his mother and grandmother. He was an All-American in baseball and [[basketball]] at [[Seaford High School (Delaware)|Seaford High School]]. DeShields signed a letter of intent to play [[college basketball]] at [[Villanova Wildcats men's basketball|Villanova University]]. However, after being selected as the 12th overall pick in the [[1987 MLB draft]], he chose a career in baseball; he signed for $130,000 with the [[Montreal Expos]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Greenstein|first1=Teddy|title=Not a stay-at-home fellow|url=
==Career==
DeShields made his Major League debut on Opening Day of the 1990 season for the Expos. He recorded four hits in his debut, the most for a debutant in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] since [[Mack Jones]] 29 seasons earlier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Batting Game Finder |url=https://stathead.com/baseball/game_finder.cgi?request=1&match=basic&order_by_asc=0&order_by=H&series=any&series_game=any&min_year_game=1901&max_year_game=2020&firstgames=1&as=result_batter&class=player&offset=0&type=b&number_matched=1&team_lg=NL&team_id=ANY&opp_lg=&opp_id=ANY&bats=any&throws=any&pos_1=1&pos_2=1&pos_3=1&pos_4=1&pos_5=1&pos_6=1&pos_7=1&pos_8=1&pos_9=1&pos_10=1&pos_11=1&pos_12=1&GS=anyGS&GF=anyGF&lineup_position=&is_birthday=either&location=pob&locationMatch=is&pob=&pod=&pcanada=&pusa=&game_length=any&HV=any&game_site=&temperature_min=0&temperature_max=120&wind_speed_min=0&wind_speed_max=90 |website=Stathead.com |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He became the regular second baseman for the Expos in 1990,<ref>{{cite web |title=1990 Montreal Expos Lineups and Defense |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MON/1990-lineups.shtml |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> finishing in second place for the [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|NL Rookie of the Year]] award.<ref>{{cite web |title=1990 Awards Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1990.shtml#NL_ROY_voting::none |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He suffered from a [[sophomore slump]] in 1991, but went on to post his two best years in 1992 and 1993, [[batting average (baseball)|hitting]] .294 and averaging 45 [[stolen base]]s.
On November 19, 1993, DeShields was traded to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] for then-prospect [[Pedro Martínez]]. In retrospect, this is considered one of the worst trades in Dodgers history.<ref>{{cite news|last=Newhan|first=Ross|author-link=Ross Newhan|title=A Long-Term Trade Deficit|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|pages=D–7|date=22 April 2008|url=https://
In 1996, DeShields signed as a free agent with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], and later played with the [[Baltimore Orioles]] and [[Chicago Cubs]]. In 2001, he was the last out in [[Hideo Nomo]]'s no-hitter against the [[Baltimore Orioles]].
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DeShields is the co-founder of the Urban Baseball League. He also travels with [[Oil Can Boyd]] to promote baseball in [[African American]] communities.
===Cincinnati Reds organization===
DeShields was the manager for the [[Dayton Dragons]], a single-A affiliate of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] organization for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.<ref>{{cite news |last=McClelland |first=Sean |date=7 December 2010 |url=http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayton-sports/dayton-dragons/new-manager-hired-by-dayton-dragons-1022723.html |title=New manager hired by Dayton Dragons |work=Dayton Daily News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010164437/http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/sports/baseball/new-manager-hired-by-dayton-dragons/nMmMf/ |archive-date=10 October 2012}}</ref> On December 12, 2012, it was announced that DeShields would become the manager for the Cincinnati Reds Double–A minor league team, the [[Pensacola Blue Wahoos]]<ref>http://www.pnj.com/article/20121212/SPORTS/121212004/Delino-DeShields-manage-Blue-Wahoos-2013</ref> for the 2013 season. On December 1, 2014, DeShields became manager of the [[Louisville Bats]], replacing [[Jim Riggleman]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sheldon|first1=Mark|title=DeShields to manage Louisville|url=http://marksheldon.mlblogs.com/2014/12/01/deshields-to-manage-louisville/|access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>
After spending the 2022 season as the [[Cincinnati Reds]]' first base and baserunning coach, DeShields was fired on October 6, 2022, following a season that saw Cincinnati lose 100 games.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reds part ways with 5 members of coaching staff|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/reds-fire-5-coaches-after-100-loss-season#:~:text=Reds%20part%20ways%20with%205%20members%20of%20coaching%20staff,-October%206th%2C%202022&text=First%20base%2Fbaserunning%20coach%20Delino,with%20the%20club%20in%202023.|access-date=June 28, 2023|website=mlb.com|language=en}}</ref>
===Washington Nationals organization===
In 2023, he became the manager of the [[Harrisburg Senators]], the AA team of the [[Washington Nationals]].[https://cumberlink.com/sports/minors/delino-deshields-to-manage-harrisburg-senators-in-2023/article_6f45476e-a25e-11ed-adfa-9f0c123eaf2a.html]
==Personal==
DeShields is married to Michelle Elliott DeShields, an educator and television host for the [[PBS]] series Georgia Traveler airing on [[Georgia Public Broadcasting]]. He has five children; two from his first marriage, [[Delino DeShields Jr.|Delino Jr.]] and [[Diamond DeShields|Diamond]], along with three from his current marriage, D'Angelo, Denim and Delaney. Two children from his earlier marriage followed in his footsteps and became professional athletes. Delino Jr. was an outfielder who played for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.milb.com/player/delino-deshields-592261|title= Delino DeShields Stats, Fantasy & News}}</ref> and [[Diamond DeShields|Diamond]] is a [[basketball]] player for the [[
==Highlights==
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* His career 463 stolen bases ranks him 44th on the all-time list
* Wore his socks just below the knee, to honor the players of the defunct [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]
* Inducted into the [[Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.desports.org/inductees/2006/|title=Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in Wilmington, Delaware - 2006|website=www.desports.org}}</ref>
* Inducted into the [[Eastern Shore Baseball Foundation Hall of Fame and Museum]] in 2010.
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[[Category:People from Seaford, Delaware]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Sussex County, Delaware]]
[[Category:Rockford Expos players]]
[[Category:St. Louis Cardinals players]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Atlanta]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from College Park, Georgia]]
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