{"id":910,"date":"2010-09-24T14:06:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T14:06:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"formerwoodchuckmakesmlbdebut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/battle-creek-battle-jacks\/2010\/09\/24\/formerwoodchuckmakesmlbdebut\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Woodchuck Makes MLB Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\"><img alt=\\\"descalso\\\" src=\\\"images\/stories\/descalso.jpg\\\" width=\\\"436\\\" height=\\\"299\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 8pt;\\\"><em><strong>Descalso Called Up by St. Louis<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\">On Saturday, September 18<sup>th<\/sup>,  the St. Louis Cardinals called up former Wisconsin Woodchuck Daniel  Descalso (California-Davis) to their Major League roster.&nbsp; Descalso  becomes the 10<sup>th<\/sup> former Woodchuck to play in a Major League game.<\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\">Descalso&#8217;s debut came on September 18<sup>th<\/sup> against the San Diego Padres.&nbsp; He was called in to pinch hit in the 6<sup>th<\/sup> inning, but was called back after the Padres brought in a new relief  pitcher.&nbsp; He again came in to pinch hit for the Cardinals this past  Monday and grounded out.&nbsp; Descalso&#8217;s first big league start and base-hit  came on Wednesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates.&nbsp; His double in  the 8<sup>th<\/sup> inning brought in two runs as he finished 1-for-3 with a run scored on the night.<\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\">The  left-handed hitting Descalso was an infielder for the Woodchucks during  the 2006 summer.&nbsp; His numbers that summer were quite impressive.&nbsp; He  had a .277 batting average, .399 on-base percentage, and 10 stolen  bases.&nbsp; The St. Louis Cardinals then drafted Descalso in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> round of the 2007 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\">The  Redwood City, CA native played four seasons in Minor League baseball  (MiLB) (A- 1 season, A+ 1 season, AA 2 seasons, AAA 2 seasons).&nbsp; The  majority of his MiLB career was spent in AA Springfield and AAA  Memphis.&nbsp; He has a .276 career MiLB batting average in 1,808 at-bats  with 224 RBI, 137 extra-base hits and a .970 fielding percentage.<\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\">Follow Descalso in the Majors at <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.northwoodsleague.com\/\\\">www.northwoodsleague.com<\/a> and <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.stlouiscardinals.com\/\\\">www.stlouiscardinals.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\">Descalso will be the 74<sup>th<\/sup> NWL alumni to appear in Major League Baseball and the 46<sup>th<\/sup> player to play in the MLB in 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\"><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\\\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\\\">The  Northwoods League has more teams, plays more games, and draws more fans  than any Summer Collegiate Baseball League in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descalso Called Up by St. Louis On Saturday, September 18th, the St. Louis Cardinals called up former Wisconsin Woodchuck Daniel  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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