Reds AA minor league team, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos for the 2013 season. On December 1, 2014 DeShields became manager of the Louisville Bats, replacing Jim Riggleman. Personal DeShields is married to Michelle Elliott DeShields, an educator and television host for the PBS series Georgia Traveler airing on Georgia Public Broadcasting. He has five children; four from his first marriage, Delino Jr., Diamond, D'Angelo and Denim; and one from his current marriage, Delaney. Two children from his earlier marriage followed in his footsteps and became professional athletes. Delino Jr. was an outfielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) and Diamond is a basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Highlights Named State Baseball Player of the Year in 1986. Placed second in Rookie of the Year Award voting in 1990 Led National League in triples (14, 1997) Nine-time top 10 finisher among NL base stealers (1990–98) His career 463 stolen bases ranks him 44th on the all-time list Wore his socks just below the knee, to honor the players of the defunct Negro leagues Inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 2006. Inducted into the Eastern Shore Baseball Foundation Hall of Fame and Museum in 2010. See also List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders List of second-generation Major League Baseball players References External links Delino DeShields Baseball Biography 1969 births Living people African-American baseball coaches African-American baseball managers African-American baseball players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Arkansas Travelers players Baltimore Orioles players Baseball coaches from Delaware Baseball players from Delaware Billings Mustangs managers Bowie Baysox players Chicago Cubs players Cincinnati Reds coaches Delmarva Shorebirds players Frederick Keys players Gulf Coast Expos players Indianapolis Indians players Jacksonville Expos players Jamestown Expos players Los Angeles Dodgers players Louisville Bats managers Major League Baseball first base coaches Major League Baseball second basemen Montreal Expos players People from Seaford, Delaware Rockford Expos players St. Louis Cardinals players Baseball players from Atlanta Sportspeople from College Park, Georgia 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople