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Paul DeJong

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: August 2, 1993 in Orlando, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 38th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Illinois State University (Normal, IL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from Illinois State University (Normal, IL).

High School: Antioch Community HS (Antioch, IL)

School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)

Debut: May 28, 2017 (Age 23-299d, 21,381st in major league history)
vs. COL 1 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.75M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 6.057 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: C.L. Rocks Corporation

Full Name: Paul Sterling DeJong

Nicknames: Pauly

Pronunciation: \de-YUNG\

Twitter: @RealPaulDeJong

Instagram: @pauldejong11

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.3

12.9

159

2685

614

123

.226

.229

360

RBI

361

OBP

.279

.298

SLG

.409

.417

OPS

.688

.714

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 29	STL	@	NYM	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
2	2	Mar 31	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 1	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 2	STL	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 3	STL	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 4	STL	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 5	STL		ARI	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 7	STL		ARI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 8	STL		ARI	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 9	STL		MIL	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 10	STL		MIL	W,5-3	CG	49	11.0	2	3	0	5	1
12	13 (1)	Apr 12	STL	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	14	Apr 13	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	15	Apr 14	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
15	16	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	17	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	18	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	19	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
19	20	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
20	21	Apr 22	STL		CIN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	22	Apr 24	STL		NYM	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	23	Apr 25	STL		NYM	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
23	24	Apr 26	STL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	2	2	1	5	0
24	25	Apr 27	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	48	10.2	1	2	0	3	0
25	26	Apr 28	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
26	27	Apr 29	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	28	May 1	STL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	29	May 2	STL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
29	30	May 4	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
30	31	May 5	STL		CHC	W,8-6	CG	45	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	32	May 6	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	53	14.0	2	5	0	7	1
32	33	May 7	STL		MIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	34	May 8	STL		MIN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	35	May 10	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	36	May 11	STL	@	SDP	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	37	May 12	STL	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	38	May 13	STL	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
38	39	May 15	STL	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	40	May 16	STL	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
40	41	May 17	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	87 (45)	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	88	Jul 7	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	89	Jul 8	STL	@	SFG	L,8-13	CG	48	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
44	90	Jul 10	STL	@	CHW	W,14-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
45	91	Jul 11	STL	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	92	Jul 13	STL		CIN	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
47	93	Jul 14	STL		CIN	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
48	94	Jul 15	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
49	95	Jul 19	STL	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
50	96	Jul 20	STL	@	CHC	W,18-5	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	97	Jul 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
52	98	Jul 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
53	99	Jul 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
54	100	Jul 23	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
55	101	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	3	5	1	9	0
56	102	Jul 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
57	103	Jul 27	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	104	Jul 28	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	3
59	105	Jul 29	STL		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	106	Jul 30	STL		COL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
61	107	Jul 31	STL		COL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	108	Aug 1	STL		COL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	109	Aug 2	STL		COL	W,3-2	GF	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	110	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
65	111	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	113 (1)	Aug 6	STL	@	MIA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
67	114	Aug 7	STL	@	MIA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
68	115	Aug 8	STL	@	MIA	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
69	116	Aug 10	STL	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
70	117	Aug 11	STL	@	KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
71	118	Aug 12	STL	@	KCR	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
72	119	Aug 13	STL		WSN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
73	120	Aug 14	STL		WSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	121	Aug 15	STL		WSN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
75	122	Aug 16	STL		WSN	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	123	Aug 17	STL		MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
77	124	Aug 18	STL		MIL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	125	Aug 19	STL		MIL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
79	126	Aug 20	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
80	127	Aug 21	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
81	128	Aug 22	STL	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	129	Aug 24	STL	@	COL	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
83	131 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	COL	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
84	132	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
85	133	Aug 29	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
86	134	Aug 30	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
87	135	Aug 31	STL		CIN	W,12-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	136	Sep 1	STL		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	137	Sep 2	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	1
90	138	Sep 3	STL	@	WSN	L,3-4	CG	48	9.2	2	3	0	5	0
91	139	Sep 4	STL	@	WSN	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
92	140	Sep 5	STL	@	WSN	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
93	141	Sep 7	STL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	37	8.1	0	2	0	2	1
94	142	Sep 8	STL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	2	5	0	7	1
95	143	Sep 9	STL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	144	Sep 10	STL		PIT	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
97	145	Sep 11	STL		PIT	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
98	146	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	147	Sep 13	STL		LAD	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
100	148	Sep 14	STL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
101	149	Sep 15	STL		LAD	L,4-17	CG	52	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
102	150	Sep 16	STL		LAD	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
103	151	Sep 17	STL	@	ATL	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	152	Sep 18	STL	@	ATL	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	153	Sep 19	STL	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	154	Sep 21	STL		SFG	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	155	Sep 22	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	156	Sep 23	STL		SFG	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
109	157	Sep 24	STL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
110	158	Sep 25	STL		MIL	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
111	159	Sep 26	STL		MIL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
112	160	Sep 28	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	161	Sep 29	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
114	162	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
							114gm		1005.1	153	289	12	454	64