Iván Alvarez DeJesús (born January 9, 1953), is a Puerto Rican former

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and

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, who played in

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(MLB) for the

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, and

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, for 15 seasons (–).

Career

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

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from the Dodgers to the Cubs for

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. 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, DeJesús posted a .254 batting average (1167-for-4602) with 595 runs, 21

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, 324 RBI, 194

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and 466

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. Defensively, he recorded a .963

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. Since retiring as a player, DeJesús has been

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and

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in the

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s – with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 1990–91,

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in 1992, and as a coach with the

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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

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. In 2012, DeJesús returned to manage the

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minor league team in

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which he had managed in 2004. His son,

Iván DeJesús Jr. Iván De Jesús Álvarez Jr. (born May 1, 1987) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball infielder. Born in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, he went to high school at American Military Academy of Guaynabo and was selected by the Los Angeles Dodger ...

, played for the

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In popular culture

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".)

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at SABR (Baseball BioProject) :
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Career

In popular culture

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