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Alex Diaz

Alexis Diaz

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 5, 1968 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: San Sebastian (San Sebastian, PR)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1992 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Brewers/Giants/Astros/Rangers 1992-1999

Final Game: June 20, 1999 (Age 30)
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1987	18	NYM-min	Rk,A-	66	283	259	36	72	13	2	0	21	36	11	18	34	.278	.326	.344	.670		89		1	4	1	0		KPT,LFA · APPY,NYPL
1988	19	NYM-min	A	126	523	487	84	126	14	11	0	38	28	8	21	53	.259	.294	.333	.626		162	1	4	9	2	3		CLM,SCE · SALL,FLOR
1989	20	NYM-min	A,AA	125	545	511	65	132	16	11	3	42	46	20	23	49	.258	.293	.350	.643		179	8	3	5	3	3		SCE,JAC · FLOR,TL
1990	21	NYM-min	AAA	124	479	437	55	112	15	2	1	36	23	13	30	39	.256	.303	.307	.610		134		1	7	4	4		TID · IL
1991	22	WSN-min	AAA	108	403	370	48	90	14	4	1	21	17	3	27	46	.243	.295	.311	.606		115	6	1	3	2	2		INA · AA
1992	23	MIL-min	AAA	106	494	455	67	122	17	4	1	41	42	12	24	36	.268	.309	.330	.638		150	12	5	5	5	0		DEN · AA
1992	23	MIL	AL	22	9	9	5	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	1	0	0	0	0	0	8/D7
1993	24	MIL-min	AAA	16	59	55	8	16	2	0	0	5	7	0	3	6	.291	.328	.327	.655		18	1	0	1	0	1		NOR · AA
1993	24	MIL	AL	32	72	69	9	22	2	0	0	1	5	3	0	12	.319	.319	.348	.667	81	24	3	0	3	0	0	98/7D
1994	25	MIL	AL	79	203	187	17	47	5	7	1	17	5	5	10	19	.251	.285	.369	.654	65	69	5	0	3	3	1	89/4D
1995	26	SEA-min	AAA	10	42	40	3	10	1	0	0	4	1	2	2	5	.250	.286	.275	.561		11	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1995	26	SEA	AL	103	292	270	44	67	14	0	3	27	18	8	13	27	.248	.286	.333	.619	60	90	3	2	5	2	2	87/9
1996	27	SEA-min	AAA	44	187	176	19	43	5	0	0	7	5	6	7	20	.244	.272	.273	.544		48	9	0	3	1	0		TAC · PCL
1996	27	SEA	AL	38	84	79	11	19	2	0	1	5	6	3	2	8	.241	.274	.304	.578	47	24	2	2	0	1	0	7/89D
1997	28	TEX-NYM-min	AAA	112	493	452	65	124	26	2	12	50	26	7	35	56	.274	.329	.420	.749		190	21	3	0	3	3		OKC,NFK · AA,IL
1997	28	TEX	AL	28	97	90	8	20	4	0	2	12	1	1	5	13	.222	.268	.333	.601	53	30	3	1	0	1	0	9/734
1998	29	SFG-min	AAA	11	43	39	2	7	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	5	.179	.214	.179	.394		7	3	0	1	1	0		FRE · PCL
1998	29	SFG	NL	34	62	62	5	8	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	15	.129	.129	.161	.290	-22	10	0	0	0	0	0	8/79
1999	30	HOU	NL	30	53	50	3	11	2	0	1	7	2	2	3	13	.220	.264	.320	.584	48	16	0	0	0	0	0	/79
2000	31	UNL	AAA	23	104	97	24	39	5	0	7	23	7	1	3	18	.402	.423	.670	1.093		65	3	2	0	2	0		UNL · MEX
2001	32	UNL	AAA	77	338	315	53	93	18	1	13	60	9	4	21	54	.295	.340	.483	.823		152	7	1	0	1	6		UNL · MEX
2003	34	OAX	AAA	10	46	42	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	8	.238	.267	.262	.529		11	1	0	1	1	0		OAX · MEX
8 Yrs				366	872	816	102	195	31	7	8	75	41	25	33	107	.239	.271	.324	.594	53	264	16	5	11	7	3
162 Game Avg.				162	386	361	45	86	14	3	4	33	18	11	15	47	.239	.271	.324	.594	53	117	7	2	5	3	1

MIL (3 yrs)				133	284	265	31	70	7	7	1	19	13	10	10	31	.264	.288	.355	.642	66	94	8	0	6	3	1
SEA (2 yrs)				141	376	349	55	86	16	0	4	32	24	11	15	35	.246	.283	.327	.610	57	114	5	4	5	3	2
SFG (1 yr)				34	62	62	5	8	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	15	.129	.129	.161	.290	-22	10	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				28	97	90	8	20	4	0	2	12	1	1	5	13	.222	.268	.333	.601	53	30	3	1	0	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				30	53	50	3	11	2	0	1	7	2	2	3	13	.220	.264	.320	.584	48	16	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				302	757	704	94	176	27	7	7	63	38	22	30	79	.250	.283	.338	.621	60	238	16	5	11	7	3
NL (2 yrs)				64	115	112	8	19	4	0	1	12	3	3	3	28	.170	.191	.232	.423	11	26	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1992	23	MIL	AL	22	9	-2	-1	0	-3	-0	-5	-0.5	0	-4	-0.5	.477	.497	-0.2	-0.3	-2		8/D7
1993	24	MIL	AL	32	72	-2	-1	-0	-2	-1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.4	.481	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$110,000	98/7D
1994	25	MIL	AL	79	203	-11	-3	0	5	0	-7	-0.6	8	0	0.0	.491	.496	-0.5	0.6	-5	$112,000	89/4D
1995	26	SEA	AL	103	292	-13	-0	2	-1	1	-12	-1.1	11	-1	-0.1	.489	.493	-0.0	0.0	-1	$200,000	87/9
1996	27	SEA	AL	38	84	-7	-0	-0	5	-1	-4	-0.3	3	-1	-0.0	.490	.498	-0.5	0.4	-6	$350,000	7/89D
1997	28	TEX	AL	28	97	-7	-0	-1	-1	-1	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.465	.494	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$250,000	9/734
1998	29	SFG	NL	34	62	-10	-0	1	2	0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.476	.495	-0.8	0.2	-8		8/79
1999	30	HOU	NL	30	53	-4	-1	0	-1	-0	-6	-0.6	2	-5	-0.5	.479	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$275,000	/79
8 Seasons				366	872	-57	-6	2	4	-2	-59	-5.7	32	-27	-2.7	.484	.495	-3.1	0.2	-31	$1,297,000

MIL (3 yrs)				133	284	-15	-4	0	0	-0	-18	-1.8	11	-8	-0.8	.486	.496	-0.8	-0.1	-8	$222,000
SEA (2 yrs)				141	376	-21	-1	1	4	-0	-16	-1.4	14	-2	-0.2	.489	.494	-0.6	0.4	-6	$550,000
SFG (1 yr)				34	62	-10	-0	1	2	0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.476	.495	-0.8	0.2	-8
TEX (1 yr)				28	97	-7	-0	-1	-1	-1	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.465	.494	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$250,000
HOU (1 yr)				30	53	-4	-1	0	-1	-0	-6	-0.6	2	-5	-0.5	.479	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$275,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1995	26	SEA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	2	4	3	1	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1
1995	26	SEA	AL	ALCS	CLE	L	4	8	7	3	1	1	1	.429	.500	.571	1.071	4
1 Yr (2 Series)							6	12	10	4	1	2	2	.400	.500	.500	1.000	5
1 ALDS							2	4	3	1	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1
1 ALCS							4	8	7	3	1	1	1	.429	.500	.571	1.071	4

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1992	MIL	AL	23	OF	11	2	1	30.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-3	-108	3.00	0.91	.983	2.46	2.46
1992	MIL	AL	23	CF	10	1	1	22.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-3	-164	3.27	0.80	.986	2.90	2.89
1992	MIL	AL	23	DH	2	0
1992	MIL	AL	23	LF	2	1	0	8.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	45	2.25	1.00	.980	2.25	2.30
1993	MIL	AL	24	OF	28	15	13	168.0	48	46	1	1	0	.979	-2	-17	2.52	1.68	.983	2.41	2.39
1993	MIL	AL	24	RF	13	7	7	78.0	17	17	0	0	0	1.000	-3	-42	1.96	1.31	.978	2.23	2.21
1993	MIL	AL	24	CF	12	7	5	75.0	26	24	1	1	0	.962	-0	-5	3.00	2.08	.986	2.76	2.73
1993	MIL	AL	24	LF	4	1	1	15.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	48	3.00	1.25	.984	2.22	2.20
1993	MIL	AL	24	DH	1	0
1994	MIL	AL	25	OF	73	44	37	470.1	143	137	5	1	0	.993	5	14	2.72	1.95	.982	2.37	2.35
1994	MIL	AL	25	CF	59	35	32	357.1	112	110	2	0	0	1.000	1	3	2.82	1.90	.988	2.76	2.74
1994	MIL	AL	25	RF	20	9	5	113.0	31	27	3	1	0	.968	4	47	2.39	1.50	.980	2.20	2.18
1994	MIL	AL	25	2B	2	1	0	8.0	8	1	6	1	0	.875	0	0	7.88	3.50	.981	5.06	5.05
1994	MIL	AL	25	DH	1	0
1995	SEA	AL	26	OF	88	56	54	577.1	151	145	4	2	2	.987	-1	-2	2.32	1.69	.983	2.33	2.31
1995	SEA	AL	26	CF	68	49	49	483.0	135	130	4	1	2	.993	0	0	2.50	1.97	.987	2.73	2.70
1995	SEA	AL	26	LF	18	4	3	69.2	15	14	0	1	0	.933	-1	-21	1.81	0.78	.982	2.22	2.19
1995	SEA	AL	26	RF	4	3	2	24.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	15	0.73	0.50	.980	2.04	2.02
1996	SEA	AL	27	OF	28	16	14	164.0	57	55	1	1	0	.982	5	37	3.07	2.00	.983	2.38	2.36
1996	SEA	AL	27	LF	19	12	10	117.0	36	36	0	0	0	1.000	2	25	2.77	1.89	.979	2.18	2.17
1996	SEA	AL	27	CF	5	2	2	24.0	13	12	0	1	0	.923	2	85	4.50	2.40	.990	2.78	2.76
1996	SEA	AL	27	RF	5	2	2	23.0	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	1	47	3.13	1.60	.979	2.15	2.16
1996	SEA	AL	27	DH	1	0
1997	TEX	AL	28	OF	23	21	20	194.1	51	48	2	1	0	.980	-1	-4	2.32	2.17	.982	2.32	2.30
1997	TEX	AL	28	RF	20	19	19	174.1	45	42	2	1	0	.978	-0	-1	2.27	2.20	.978	2.18	2.16
1997	TEX	AL	28	LF	3	2	1	20.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-30	2.70	2.00	.978	2.07	2.03
1997	TEX	AL	28	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	18.00	2.00	.990	9.00	9.20
1997	TEX	AL	28	2B	1	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-48	9.00	5.00	.980	4.86	4.90
1998	SFG	NL	29	OF	21	10	7	100.2	30	28	2	0	0	1.000	2	20	2.68	1.43	.980	2.17	2.16
1998	SFG	NL	29	CF	15	9	6	82.0	28	26	2	0	0	1.000	2	32	3.07	1.87	.987	2.54	2.53
1998	SFG	NL	29	LF	4	0	0	6.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-72	1.35	0.25	.980	1.89	1.88
1998	SFG	NL	29	RF	3	1	1	12.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-10	0.75	0.33	.980	2.10	2.07
1999	HOU	NL	30	OF	8	7	3	56.0	10	8	1	1	0	.900	-1	-19	1.45	1.13	.981	2.27	2.24
1999	HOU	NL	30	LF	7	6	3	49.0	9	7	1	1	0	.889	-1	-27	1.47	1.14	.977	2.00	1.99
1999	HOU	NL	30	RF	1	1	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	34	1.29	1.00	.980	2.19	2.10
	8 Seasons			OF	280	171	149	1760.2	500	477	16	7	2	.986	5	3	2.52	1.76	.982	2.34	2.33
	6 Seasons			CF	169	103	95	1043.1	322	310	9	3	2	.991	2	2	2.75	1.89	.987	2.73	2.71
	7 Seasons			RF	66	42	36	432.0	105	97	6	2	0	.981	3	8	2.15	1.56	.979	2.18	2.16
	7 Seasons			LF	57	26	18	285.1	74	71	1	2	0	.973	0	0	2.27	1.26	.980	2.15	2.13
	2 Seasons			2B	3	1	0	13.0	13	5	7	1	0	.923	-0	-18	8.31	4.00	.981	4.98	5.00
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	18.00	2.00	.990	9.00	9.20
	8 Seasons			TOT	284	172	149	1774.2	515	484	23	8	2	.984	4	3	2.57	1.79	.982	2.37	2.38
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1994 AL 7 (4th)	Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1995 AL 2 (3rd)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1994 AL 2.82 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1994 AL 4 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1994 AL 7 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1995 AL 2 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1994 AL 2.82 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1994 AL 4 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2412), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS	Center Field (1027th), -2.7 career WAR/-2.1 7yr-peak WAR/-2.4 JAWS Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

August 24, 1986: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
April 2, 1991: Traded by the New York Mets with Darren Reed to the Montreal Expos for David Sommer (minors) and Terrel Hansen (minors).
October 15, 1991: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Milwaukee Brewers for George Canale.
December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
December 21, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 14, 1994: Selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 8, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
November 19, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
April 13, 1997: Released by the New York Mets.
April 16, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
October 15, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
January 21, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
September 14, 1998: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
January 21, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
August 31, 1999: Released by the Houston Astros.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1993	24	Milwaukee Brewers	$110,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	25	Milwaukee Brewers	$112,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	26	Seattle Mariners	$200,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $25,000 earned bonus
1996	27	Seattle Mariners	$350,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	28	Texas Rangers	$250,000	1997 postseason AP survey

1999	30	Houston Astros	$275,000	4/6/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,297,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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