Daniel Descalso

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. In addition to being recognized for clutch hitting over the course of his career via statistical analysis after he retired, he also at one time was considered "the most perfect pitcher in the history of baseball" after having retired his first nine MLB batters faced as a pitcher without allowing a baserunner, spread over his first four pitching appearances of his MLB career.