Paul DeJong
Paul Sterling DeJong
Born: August 2, 1993
Orlando, FL USA
Primary Position: SS
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 205
Career: 2017-2025
Draft: Round 38 (2014 June Amateur Draft, Pittsburgh Pirates)
Draft: Round 4 (2015 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
School: Illinois State
Minor League Statistics
Paul DeJong compiled a career batting average of .229 with 146 home runs and 423 RBI in his 985-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals. He began playing during the 2017 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.
 St. Louis Cardinals |
 San Francisco Giants |
 Toronto Blue Jays |
 Chicago White Sox |
 Kansas City Royals |
 Washington Nationals |
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 108 | 443 | 417 | 55 | 119 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 124 | .285 | .325 | .532 | .857 | 222 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 115 | 489 | 436 | 68 | 105 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 123 | .241 | .313 | .433 | .746 | 189 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 159 | 664 | 583 | 97 | 136 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 78 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 149 | .233 | .318 | .444 | .762 | 259 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 174 | 152 | 17 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 50 | .250 | .322 | .349 | .671 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 113 | 402 | 356 | 44 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 103 | .197 | .284 | .390 | .674 | 139 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 77 | 237 | 210 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 79 | .157 | .245 | .286 | .530 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 81 | 306 | 279 | 38 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 87 | .233 | .297 | .412 | .710 | 115 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 13 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .068 | .068 | .068 | .136 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 18 | 50 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .184 | .180 | .286 | .466 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 102 | 363 | 337 | 39 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 112 | .228 | .275 | .430 | .706 | 145 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 37 | 119 | 108 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 44 | .222 | .277 | .417 | .694 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | NL | Washington Nationals | 57 | 208 | 193 | 18 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 70 | .228 | .269 | .373 | .642 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 925 | 3499 | 3164 | 413 | 723 | 147 | 4 | 146 | 423 | 29 | 15 | 247 | 975 | .229 | .294 | .416 | .710 | 1316 | 63 | 58 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 86 | 85 | 747.3 | 111 | 233 | 9 | 56 | .975 | 4.143 | 4.000 |
| 2017 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 20 | 19 | 158.0 | 30 | 53 | 3 | 15 | .965 | 4.728 | 4.150 |
| 2018 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 114 | 111 | 1005.3 | 153 | 289 | 12 | 64 | .974 | 3.957 | 3.877 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 157 | 156 | 1372.0 | 211 | 435 | 7 | 119 | .989 | 4.238 | 4.115 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 45 | 45 | 369.0 | 52 | 100 | 4 | 24 | .974 | 3.707 | 3.378 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 107 | 100 | 873.0 | 129 | 256 | 8 | 51 | .980 | 3.969 | 3.598 |
| 2022 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 75 | 57 | 537.0 | 79 | 191 | 6 | 46 | .978 | 4.525 | 3.600 |
| 2022 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2B | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 9.000 | 7.000 |
| 2023 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | 81 | 77 | 687.3 | 93 | 196 | 3 | 37 | .990 | 3.784 | 3.568 |
| 2023 | NL | San Francisco Giants | SS | 16 | 13 | 114.3 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 4 | .963 | 4.093 | 3.250 |
| 2023 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | 13 | 12 | 108.0 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.167 | 2.923 |
| 2023 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 |
| 2024 | AL | Chicago White Sox | SS | 89 | 83 | 729.0 | 110 | 163 | 12 | 29 | .958 | 3.370 | 3.067 |
| 2024 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 3B | 30 | 28 | 239.7 | 24 | 49 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 2.741 | 2.433 |
| 2024 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 3B | 11 | 10 | 88.7 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.436 | 2.182 |
| 2024 | AL | Kansas City Royals | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 2025 | NL | Washington Nationals | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 9.000 |
| Totals | 848 | 798 | 7046.7 | 1044 | 2044 | 70 | 459 | .978 | 3.944 | 3.642 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .429 | .300 | .729 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .214 | .327 | .262 | .588 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLDS2 | SS | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| 2019 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | SS | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.706 | 3.500 |
| 2020 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC2 | SS | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 5.040 | 4.667 |
| 2021 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1.000 |
| 2022 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLWC2 | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 14 | 12 | 107.7 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 6 | .959 | 3.929 | 3.357 |
Awards
2017 - NL Rookie of the Month July
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