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Name Team Age
Desi Messi Retired (1982, Age 36) Died (2017, Age 72)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7
(1970)
1B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Vince Coleman League 0 13 years (74 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- A- B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 11/20/1945
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
4 6 9
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
(0.0 %) (0.0 %) (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1970 C NYN 2 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 6.75 1.000
2B NYN 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 4.00 1.000
RF NYN 107 105 938.0 169 167 0 2 0 -7 1.60 .988
1971 1B NYN 82 82 735.0 825 790 25 10 59 -14 9.98 .988
RF NYN 40 38 346.33 74 74 0 0 0 0 1.92 1.000
1972 C NYN 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 18.00 1.000
1B NYN 120 117 1061.66 1148 1124 20 4 79 -7 9.70 .997
2B NYN 1 1 8.66 5 2 3 0 0 -1 5.20 1.000
1973 C NYN 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1B NYN 112 111 990.66 1127 1091 31 5 73 -3 10.19 .996
2B NYN 3 3 25.0 18 8 9 1 4 -1 6.12 .944
1974 1B NYN 125 124 1129.0 1235 1185 41 9 71 -3 9.77 .993
1975 1B NYN 117 114 1027.33 1151 1115 28 8 83 -5 10.01 .993
2B NYN 2 2 20.0 15 4 9 2 3 0 5.85 .867
1976 1B NYN 88 88 790.0 920 898 18 4 61 -3 10.44 .996
2B NYN 6 6 52.0 41 13 27 1 9 -3 6.92 .976
1977 1B NYN 116 111 1007.0 1068 1026 35 7 69 -12 9.48 .993
2B NYN 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 -3 3.00 1.000
1978 1B NYN 116 116 1046.0 1097 1054 35 8 92 -15 9.37 .993
1979 1B NYN 97 97 862.0 964 927 34 3 71 -9 10.03 .997
2B NYN 3 2 18.0 11 3 8 0 0 -1 5.50 1.000
1980 1B NYN 120 117 1062.33 1178 1141 31 6 83 -1 9.93 .995
1981 1B NYN 106 106 950.33 1022 986 24 12 68 -13 9.57 .988
2B NYN 1 1 8.0 7 2 5 0 1 0 7.88 1.000
1982 1B FLA 32 32 284.0 328 315 12 1 33 -1 10.36 .997
Pos Total C 4 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 7.50 1.000
1B 1231 1215 10945.31 12063 11652 334 77 842 -86 9.86 .994
2B 18 17 149.66 104 36 64 4 18 -9 6.01 .962
RF 147 143 1284.33 243 241 0 2 0 -7 1.69 .992
Total 1400 1375 12385.3 12415 11934 398 83 860 0 0 0 NaN% -102 8.96 .993
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Desi Messi has retired from the Florida Fins
1979-09-20Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1979-07-20Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1978-05-15Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1977-09-11Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1976-05-23Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1973-09-02Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1970-10-07Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1970-08-04Desi Messi of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1970-04-01The New York Mets have renamed Desi White to Desi Messi.
1970-04-01The New York Mets have promoted Desi White to the major league team. The New York Mets have sent John Burke to the minors.