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Kenneth
Deskins		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 13, 1972 in USA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 29 POU VL $ 2,160,000 3 4 4 7 9 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5
2002 30 POU VL $ 2,160,000 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5
2003 31 VIR GL $ 101,000 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2004 32 VIR GL $ 160,000 2 4 4 8 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5
2005 33 VIR GL $ 150,000 3 4 4 8 10 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5
2006 34 ESS VL $ 150,000 3 4 4 8 10 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5
2007 35 ESS VL $ 150,000 3 5 4 8 10 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
2008 36 GRN VL $ 200,000 3 4 4 8 10 9 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
2009 37 GRN VL $ 200,000 3 4 4 8 10 9 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
2010 38 DUR GL $ 140,000 3 5 4 8 10 9 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
2011 39 DUR GL $ 100,000 2 4 3 8 9 9 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 5 5 5 4 4
2012 40 SEM GL $ 100,000 0 1 0 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2
Min Ratings $ 100,000 0 1 0 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2
Max Ratings $ 2,160,000 3 5 4 8 10 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 29 POU VL 145 414 58 122 37 4 9 86 10 2 55 91 .295 .379 .469 .848 73.9 13.6
2002 30 POU VL 83 178 23 39 13 2 3 27 3 0 18 35 .219 .300 .365 .665 19.8 1.9
2003 31 VIR GL 36 46 4 12 4 0 2 9 0 1 1 11 .261 .292 .478 .770 6.0 0.4
    AAA   90 352 67 95 34 2 11 47 7 2 45 63 .270 .353 .472 .824 57.6  
2004 32 VIR GL 73 232 35 58 14 2 6 36 7 2 24 58 .250 .328 .405 .733 34.0 4.0
    AAA   72 299 44 86 26 2 8 34 6 2 29 31 .288 .351 .468 .819 47.2  
2005 33 VIR GL 80 201 26 55 23 1 3 21 6 2 23 26 .274 .357 .443 .799 30.1 3.6
2006 34 ESS VL 9 9 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .222 .273 .556 .828 1.6 0.3
    AAA   104 275 38 63 40 1 6 34 3 3 24 44 .229 .291 .447 .738 33.9  
    AA   12 43 7 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 8 9 .209 .333 .326 .659 5.3  
2007 35 ESS VL 83 107 14 26 5 0 5 22 2 1 6 16 .243 .308 .430 .738 12.7 2.5
2008 36 GRN VL 162 602 89 152 55 5 17 97 5 1 55 119 .252 .321 .445 .766 83.7 12.6
2009 37 GRN VL 35 64 8 18 9 0 1 13 1 0 8 12 .281 .373 .469 .842 11.0 2.4
    AAA   93 353 38 84 35 0 8 43 5 2 38 60 .238 .312 .405 .717 44.6  
2010 38 DUR GL 122 343 51 82 27 1 9 41 10 1 22 73 .239 .293 .402 .695 41.9 4.3
2011 39 DUR GL 102 338 54 82 36 2 5 43 9 2 16 76 .243 .293 .405 .698 38.1 5.1
2012 40 SEM GL 87 285 24 62 21 0 2 37 6 1 14 62 .218 .270 .312 .582 24.1 3.3
12 Years Sim 1017 2819 388 710 244 17 63 435 59 13 243 583 .252 .320 .418 .738 377.0 54.0
4 Years AAA 359 1279 187 328 135 5 33 158 21 9 136 198 .256 .336 .447 .783 183.3  
1 Years AA 12 43 7 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 8 9 .209 .327 .326 .653 5.3  
5 Years Minors 371 1322 194 337 137 5 34 162 21 9 144 207 .255 .335 .443 .779 188.6  
162 Game Average 449 61 113 38 2 10 69 9 2 38 92 .252 .320 .418 .738 60.0  
Career Highs 162 602 89 152 55 5 17 97 10 2 55 119 .295 .379 .556 .848 83.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2381 333 625 217 15 56 384 43 12 220 517 .262 .333 .437 .770 331.1
vs LH   438 55 85 27 2 7 51 6 1 23 66 .194 .247 .313 .560 30.8
Home 505 1401 197 355 115 10 35 227 32 9 130 301 .253 .324 .425 .748 187.8
Away 512 1418 191 355 129 7 28 208 17 4 113 282 .250 .317 .410 .727 174.1
RISP   741 0 212 80 5 19 332 0 0 79 147 .286 .352 .484 .837 120.2
Pinch Hitting   215 25 52 16 1 9 50 6 1 21 56 .242 .314 .451 .765 30.8
Close/Late   356 40 88 29 4 9 58 0 0 35 77 .247 .325 .427 .752 47.2
Mar/Apr 154 434 55 108 41 2 11 56 7 2 36 102 .249 .317 .429 .745 56.0
May 167 487 63 118 46 4 6 75 3 0 43 96 .242 .313 .390 .703 56.7
June 137 388 48 110 36 1 10 72 6 3 32 58 .284 .350 .459 .808 57.2
July 133 370 44 93 35 2 11 63 4 0 35 72 .251 .321 .446 .767 51.6
August 156 442 79 113 34 6 15 81 12 3 38 89 .256 .321 .462 .783 63.9
Sep/Oct 270 698 99 168 52 2 10 88 17 5 59 166 .241 .311 .364 .675 76.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 29 POU VL 2B 138 111 1034.3 246 361 12 95 .981 5.28 0 0 .000 0 5.4
2002 30 POU VL 2B 75 36 405.3 94 164 2 39 .992 5.73 0 0 .000 0 3.1
2003 31 VIR GL 2B 32 0 76.7 14 21 1 4 .972 4.11 0 0 .000 0 0.5
2004 32 VIR GL 2B 71 66 576.7 105 201 4 39 .987 4.78 0 0 .000 0 3.7
2005 33 VIR GL 1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 71 54 501.3 101 187 7 45 .976 5.17 0 0 .000 0 4.4
2006 34 ESS VL 2B 5 0 13.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 35 ESS VL 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 69 6 185.3 40 70 1 17 .991 5.34 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 36 GRN VL 2B 162 162 1405.0 308 527 13 138 .985 5.35 0 0 .000 0 9.3
2009 37 GRN VL 2B 14 0 37.3 12 14 2 3 .929 6.27 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 1 0 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 2 0.0
2010 38 DUR GL 2B 104 74 682.7 159 265 11 70 .975 5.59 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 39 DUR GL 2B 101 95 833.0 185 289 6 70 .988 5.12 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 40 SEM GL 2B 26 24 200.3 50 91 2 24 .986 6.33 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  2B 868 628 5950.9 1316 2191 61 544 .983 5.30 0 0 .000 0 36.3
  3B 2 1 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 2 1 10.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 2 0.0
Career Totals   875 632 5996.9 1339 2193 61 544 .983 5.30 0 0 .000 2 36.4
Career Highs   162 162 1405.0 308 527 13 138 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2001 29 POU VL 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154
2004 32 VIR GL 12 45 5 10 4 1 0 8 0 0 3 7 .222 .280 .356 .636
Career Post-Season Batting 16 58 5 11 4 1 0 9 0 0 3 9 .190 .238 .293 .531
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2008-1-162
 Doubles
2008-2-55
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bruce Westbrooks (937)
  2. William Dalrymple (933)
  3. Robert Woody (932)
  4. Ronald Kendig (924)
  5. Duane Balthrop (920)
  6. Andrew Jacobson (914)
  7. John Lyons (913)
  8. Lino Whipkey (910)
  9. Peter Shaw (910)
  10. Ronald Hinrichs (909)
History
Drafted in 20th round, 702nd overall pick, by Poughkeepsie in 2001
Won Solecismic Series with Virginia in 2004
Injured on 6/6/2005 with a Strained Back, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Virginia to Essex on 6/11/2006
Drove in 6 runs against Kentucky on 4/21/2008
Drove in 6 runs against Essex on 6/8/2008
Drove in 6 runs against Montana on 8/7/2008
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Philadelphia on 8/26/2008
 
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