(Reuters) ? The Chicago Cubs signed free agent outfielder David DeJesus to a two-year contract, the National League club said on Wednesday in the first significant move by their new chief baseball executive Theo Epstein.
The 31-year-old DeJesus, who has spent his first eight seasons with the Kansas City Royals before joining the Oakland Athletics last year, is a career.284 hitter with 71 homers and 436 career runs batted in.
Last season, DeJesus batted .240 with 10 homers and 46 RBIs in 131 games for Oakland.
The left-handed hitter has been a solid and versatile defender in his career.
DeJesus, who primarily played the corner outfield spots the past four seasons after starting his career in center field, had a 241-game errorless streak going into the 2011 season, the longest streak among major league outfielders at the time.
He was off to his best start in 2010 with a .318 batting average and an on-base mark of .384 for Kansas City before a thumb injury shut him down after the All-Star break.
(Reporting by Larry Fine, Editing by Simon Evans)
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