DeJesús is noteworthy for being involved in two trades that played significantly in the fortunes of the teams involved. In 1976, he was traded along with Bill Buckner from the Dodgers to the Cubs for Rick Monday. In 1981, he was traded from the Cubs to the Phillies for Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa.
In 1977, he had 595 assists, the 5th highest total ever for a shortstop. In 1978 he scored the most runs in the NL, with 104. In 1981 he finished with a .194 batting average, zero home runs, and 13 RBIs garnering the unofficial anti-triple crown for having the lowest number among qualified batters in average, RBI and home runs.
Since retiring as a player, DeJesús has been coaching and managing in the minor leagues – with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 1990–91, Seattle Mariners in 1992, and as a coach with the Houston Astros organization starting in 1994. Since 2001 DeJesús has been a manager with various Astros minor league teams, and received the 2003 Player Development Man of the Year award.
On January 13, 2010, DeJesús was named the Chicago Cubs first-base coach. Previously he worked as a special assistant to Cubs manager Lou Piniella. On August 23, 2010, DeJesús was named the Cubs third-base coach after Mike Quade was named the interim manager of the team. On December 16, 2011, he was not renewed as third base coach for 2012.
DeJesús is mentioned in the Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper song "Where the Hell's My Money", in which Skid takes out his washboard, "winds up like Iván DeJesús" and hits a thieving club owner in the face with it. (Mojo pronounces the ballplayer's name the way it is spelled: "EYE-vun duh-JEE-zuss".)
iván, dejesús, this, article, about, former, player, iván, alvarez, dejesús, born, january, 1953, puerto, rican, former, professional, baseball, shortstop, coach, played, major, league, baseball, angeles, dodgers, chicago, cubs, philadelphia, phillies, louis, . This article is about the former MLB player For his son see Ivan DeJesus Jr Ivan Alvarez DeJesus born January 9 1953 is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball shortstop and coach who played in Major League Baseball MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies St Louis Cardinals New York Yankees San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers for 15 seasons 1974 1988 Ivan DeJesusShortstopBorn 1953 01 09 January 9 1953 age 71 Santurce Puerto RicoBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 13 1974 for the Los Angeles DodgersLast MLB appearanceJuly 15 1988 for the Detroit TigersMLB statisticsBatting average 254Home runs21Runs batted in324TeamsAs player Los Angeles Dodgers 1974 1976 Chicago Cubs 1977 1981 Philadelphia Phillies 1982 1984 St Louis Cardinals 1985 New York Yankees 1986 San Francisco Giants 1987 Detroit Tigers 1988 As coach Chicago Cubs 2010 2011 Contents 1 Career 2 In popular culture 3 See also 4 External linksCareer editDeJesus is noteworthy for being involved in two trades that played significantly in the fortunes of the teams involved In 1976 he was traded along with Bill Buckner from the Dodgers to the Cubs for Rick Monday In 1981 he was traded from the Cubs to the Phillies for Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa In 1977 he had 595 assists the 5th highest total ever for a shortstop In 1978 he scored the most runs in the NL with 104 In 1981 he finished with a 194 batting average zero home runs and 13 RBIs garnering the unofficial anti triple crown for having the lowest number among qualified batters in average RBI and home runs In 1371 games over 15 seasons DeJesus posted a 254 batting average 1167 for 4602 with 595 runs 21 home runs 324 RBI 194 stolen bases and 466 bases on balls Defensively he recorded a 963 fielding percentage Since retiring as a player DeJesus has been coaching and managing in the minor leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 1990 91 Seattle Mariners in 1992 and as a coach with the Houston Astros organization starting in 1994 Since 2001 DeJesus has been a manager with various Astros minor league teams and received the 2003 Player Development Man of the Year award On January 13 2010 DeJesus was named the Chicago Cubs first base coach Previously he worked as a special assistant to Cubs manager Lou Piniella On August 23 2010 DeJesus was named the Cubs third base coach after Mike Quade was named the interim manager of the team On December 16 2011 he was not renewed as third base coach for 2012 In 2012 DeJesus returned to manage the Legends minor league team in Lexington Kentucky which he had managed in 2004 His son Ivan DeJesus Jr played for the Boston Red Sox In popular culture editDeJesus is mentioned in the Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper song Where the Hell s My Money in which Skid takes out his washboard winds up like Ivan DeJesus and hits a thieving club owner in the face with it Mojo pronounces the ballplayer s name the way it is spelled EYE vun duh JEE zuss See also editList of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycleExternal links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Ivan De Jesus at SABR Baseball BioProject AchievementsPreceded byFrank White Hitting for the cycleApril 22 1980 Succeeded byFred LynnSporting positionsPreceded byMike Quade Chicago Cubs third base coach2010 Succeeded byPat Listach Portals nbsp Baseball nbsp Biography nbsp Puerto Rico Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ivan DeJesus amp oldid 1178058779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
