Ian Desmond #20

Ian M. Desmond … resides in Sarasota, Fla., in the offseason...Married to Chelsey and father to sons, Grayson, Cruz and Ashton...Graduated from Sarasota High School in 2004...Committed to play collegiately at University of South Florida prior to signing with the Expos in 2004...In 2014, worked to start an Indiegogo charity campaign to combat neurofibromatosis, "End NF," which raised over $30,000 to support research … hosted a group on the field during batting practice prior to every Rockies Friday home game in 2017 as part of his "End NF" campaign.

Signed a five-year contract with Colorado on Dec. 13, 2016 … appeared in 95 games, his fewest since his rookie season in 2009 after landing on the disabled list three separate times...Fractured his left hand in a Spring Training game and was reinstated on April 30 at Arizona, his first stint on the disabled list since 2012 … went 1-for-5 in his Rockies debut that night...Had two separate stints on the disabled list with a right calf strain: July 3-16 and July 28-Aug. 28...Led the Rockies with 15 stolen bases … was caught stealing four times for a 78.9 stolen base percentage...Started 64 games in left field, 22 games at first base, one game in center field and one game at shortstop … made his first career start at first base on May 2 at San Diego, and made his one start at shortstop on Sept. 4 vs. San Francisco, his first start at shortstop since Oct. 4, 2015...Four of his seven home runs came at Petco Park, including his third career multi-home run game on May 3 and his third career grand slam on June 3.

Signed a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers and converted to outfield after spending parts of seven Major League seasons as a shortstop ... was selected as an All-Star for the second time in his career...Set career highs in at-bats (625), runs (107), hits (178) and total bases (279)...Became just the fifth player in Rangers history to record at least 100 runs, 20 home runs, 80 RBI and 20 stolen bases in a single season, joining Rafael Palmeiro (1993), Ivan Rodriguez (1999), Alfonso Soriano (2005) and Ian Kinsler (2009)...Batted .322 (113-for-351) with 65 runs, 22 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs, 55 RBI, 28 walks, 94 strikeouts and 15 stolen bases in 89 first-half games en route to his second career All-Star selection ... reached on a fielder's choice in his one plate appearance at the All-Star game in San Diego...Stole home plate for the second time in his career Sept. 3 vs. Houston...Started all three games of the ALDS in center field for the Rangers and batted second ... went 3-for-14 (.214) with one double, two RBI and three strikeouts.

Won third straight NL Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger award after hitting .255 with 26 doubles, three triples, 24 home runs, 91 RBI, 24 stolen bases and 73 runs scored...Posted third straight 20-homer, 20-stolen base campaign...Only two shortstops in history have more: J. Rollins & H.Ramirez (4 each)...Was one of just five players to post a 20-20 season (T. Frazier, B. Dozier, C. Gomez, M. Brantley)...24 HR in 2014 paced MLB shortstops (T.Tulowitzki & J.Peralta tied for second with 21)...Hit game-winning homers in NL East clincher (W3-0, Sept. 26 at ATL) & J.Zimmermann's no-hitter (W1-0, Sept. 28 vs. MIA)...Career high 15 GWRBI paced MLB shortstops...Went 8-for-12 (.750) with one double, one home run and 17 RBI with the bases loaded...Hit second career grand slam, April 10 vs. MIA (Arquimedes Caminero)...For the second straight seasons, posted a career-high in walks (46)...Posted a career-high five RBI, June 9 at SF (3-for-5, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI)...Collected a team-high five hits, matching a career mark, July 21 at COL...Hit safely in seven straight plate appearances, July 21-22, nearly matching club record (8, Dmitri Young, May 31-June 1, 2007)

Won 2nd consecutive NL Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger after hitting .280 with a career-high 38 doubles, 3 triples, 20 home runs, 80 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 4th complete big-league campaign...started a career-high 158 games at shortstop...earned 20-home run, 20-stolen base status for 2nd straight year...was one of just nine 20-20 players in MLB this season, the only infielder (the other 8 were all outfielders: Shin-Soo Choo, Coco Crisp, Carlos Gomez, Carlos Gonzalez, Andrew McCutchen, Hunter Pence, Mike Trout, Will Venable)...paced MLB shortstops with 61 extra-base hits and 12 GWRBI...earned a career-high 43 walks...28 June RBI set a Nationals single-month mark (bested Adam Dunn, 27 in May 2009)...first career grand slam came in 11th-inning of 6-2 win, June 19 at PHI...NL Gold Glove finalist played career-high/DC-baseball record 59 straight errorless games at SS, April 22-June 27...hit solo homer in the 11th inning to snap a 5-5 tie and set stage for a 7-6 win on April 6 at CIN...starting/batting cleanup for the first time in career, plated both runs in 2-0 win on May 1 at ATL with 2-run shot in the 4th inning of Paul Maholm.