Born: (1986-10-19) October 19, 1986 (age 37) Redwood City, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 18, 2010, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 2019, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average
.235
Home runs
48
Runs batted in
294
Teams
As player
St. Louis Cardinals (2010–2014)
Colorado Rockies (2015–2016)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2017–2018)
Chicago Cubs (2019)
As coach
St. Louis Cardinals (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (2011)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing United States
Baseball World Cup
2009 Nettuno
Team
Daniel William Descalso (born October 19, 1986) is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder who is the bench coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Chicago Cubs from 2010 to 2019.
Daniel William Descalso (born October 19, 1986) is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder who is the bench coach for the St. Louis...
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Anthony Rizzo and Schwarber each homered. Trailing 10–9 in the eighth, DanielDescalso then drove in Báez to tie it, but Pedro Strop threw a wild pitch in...
followed by a two-run home run by David Freese. In the fourth inning, DanielDescalso doubled and scored on a Pete Kozma double; Kozma then stole third base...
out and the bases loaded (David Freese walked, Jon Jay singled and DanielDescalso walked), Carpenter hit a fly ball to Gomes in left field for the second...
when Freese singled with one out off of Mark Lowe and pinch-runner DanielDescalso scored on Molina's double. Then in the ninth, Pujols hit his third...
"Position players pitch: Alex Blandino outdoes fellow St. Francis HS alum DanielDescalso". "Catcher turned third baseman turned knuckleballer ... In one day"...
winning run with a line drive into the right-field corner that scored DanielDescalso from second off of Kenley Jansen. The game was the third longest NLCS...
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in the bottom of the inning off of him, David Freese's double and DanielDescalso's single scored a run each. After a strikeout, Skip Schumaker's groundout...
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struck out seven and allowed only two hits and one run (a home run by DanielDescalso in the fifth). Meanwhile, Zack Greinke labored through his five innings...
the bag. Lackey got two quick outs in the top of the seventh, before DanielDescalso hit a long single into right field and Carpenter followed him with...