Matt Diaz
Matthew Edward Diaz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 206 lb.

Born: March 3, 1978 in Portland, OR
High School: Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland, FL)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 17th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 2003
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Standard Batting

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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
2003 25 TBD AL 4 10 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0 /D7
2004 26 TBD AL 10 24 21 3 4 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 6 .190 .292 .476 .768 99 10 0 2 0 0 0 /D79
2005 27 KCR AL 34 97 89 7 25 4 2 1 9 0 1 4 15 .281 .323 .404 .727 94 36 3 2 1 1 0 7/D9
2006 28 ATL NL 124 322 297 37 97 15 4 7 32 5 5 11 49 .327 .364 .475 .839 114 141 9 9 1 4 3 7/9
2007 29 ATL NL 135 384 358 44 121 21 0 12 45 4 0 16 63 .338 .368 .497 .865 124 178 8 4 1 5 3 7/93D
2008 30 ATL NL 43 140 135 9 33 2 0 2 14 4 2 3 32 .244 .264 .304 .568 50 41 4 1 0 1 0 7
2009 31 ATL NL 125 425 371 56 116 18 4 13 58 12 5 35 90 .313 .390 .488 .878 133 181 14 13 5 1 2 *97/8
7 Seasons 475 1402 1280 158 397 61 11 36 161 25 13 71 258 .310 .358 .459 .817 113 588 38 31 8 12 8
162 Game Avg. 162 478 437 54 135 21 4 12 55 9 4 24 88 .310 .358 .459 .817 113 201 13 11 3 4 3
ATL (4 yrs) 427 1271 1161 146 367 56 8 34 149 25 12 65 234 .316 .363 .466 .829 116 541 35 27 7 11 8
TBD (2 yrs) 14 34 30 5 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 9 .167 .265 .367 .631 66 11 0 2 0 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 34 97 89 7 25 4 2 1 9 0 1 4 15 .281 .323 .404 .727 94 36 3 2 1 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 427 1271 1161 146 367 56 8 34 149 25 12 65 234 .316 .363 .466 .829 116 541 35 27 7 11 8
AL (3 yrs) 48 131 119 12 30 5 3 2 12 0 1 6 24 .252 .308 .395 .703 86 47 3 4 1 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2003 25 TBD AL 10 8 0 0.0 102 .167 .111 .262 .200 .327 .111 .419 .311 .746 -12 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .250 .111 .000
2004 26 TBD AL 24 17 3 4.7 106 .214 .190 .266 .292 .333 .476 .427 .768 .760 99 .458 -0.2 0.0 .765 .333 .286 .0
2005 27 KCR AL 97 70 11 4.2 104 .324 .281 .267 .323 .330 .404 .423 .727 .753 94 .429 -1.0 -0.1 .603 .157 .124 .0
2006 28 ATL NL 322 219 48 5.9 113 .367 .327 .272 .364 .343 .475 .442 .839 .785 114 .564 5.8 0.5 .752 .185 .148 5.8
2007 29 ATL NL 384 251 65 7.0 109 .378 .338 .270 .368 .339 .497 .432 .865 .772 124 .640 12.4 1.2 .824 .215 .159 6.0
2008 30 ATL NL 140 109 10 2.5 106 .304 .244 .265 .264 .336 .304 .423 .568 .759 50 .221 -10.2 -1.0 .435 .096 .059 2.7
2009 31 ATL NL 425 280 69 6.6 105 .383 .313 .263 .390 .336 .488 .418 .878 .754 133 .641 18.1 1.7 .861 .288 .175 12.5
7 Seasons 1402 954 206 5.8 108 .362 .310 .268 .358 .338 .459 .429 .817 .767 113 .569 23.4 2.2 .752 .214 .149 29.5
162 Game Avg. 478 325 70 5.8 108 .362 .310 .268 .358 .338 .459 .429 .817 .767 113 .569 8 1 .752 .214 .149 10
ATL (4 yrs) 1271 859 192 6.0 108 .368 .316 .268 .363 .339 .466 .429 .829 .768 116 .585 26.1 2.4 .768 .217 .150 28.8
TBD (2 yrs) 34 25 3 3.2 105 .200 .167 .265 .265 .331 .367 .424 .631 .756 66 .297 -1.6 -0.1 .600 .267 .200 .0
KCR (1 yr) 97 70 11 4.2 104 .324 .281 .267 .323 .330 .404 .423 .727 .753 94 .429 -1.0 -0.1 .603 .157 .124 .0
NL (4 yrs) 1271 859 192 6.0 108 .368 .316 .268 .363 .339 .466 .429 .829 .768 116 .585 26.1 2.4 .768 .217 .150 28.8
AL (3 yrs) 131 95 14 3.9 104 .298 .252 .266 .308 .330 .395 .424 .703 .754 86 .396 -2.6 -0.2 .602 .185 .143 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2003 25 TBD AL 10 0.0% 30.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.0 2.00 1.50 60% 0% 0.0% 0%
2004 26 TBD AL 24 4.2% 25.0% 4.2% 12.5% 75% 6.00 3.5 21.0 7.0 0.88 0.80 58% 7% 12.5% 0%
2005 27 KCR AL 97 1.0% 15.5% 4.1% 7.2% 28% 3.75 5.9 89.0 9.9 1.03 1.36 76% 20% 2.7% 0%
2006 28 ATL NL 322 2.2% 15.2% 3.4% 8.1% 27% 4.45 6.1 42.4 9.3 0.98 1.54 76% 24% 5.8% 5%
2007 29 ATL NL 384 3.1% 16.4% 4.2% 8.6% 27% 3.94 5.7 29.8 8.0 0.84 1.07 75% 17% 7.9% 6%
2008 30 ATL NL 140 1.4% 22.9% 2.1% 2.9% 12% 10.67 4.2 67.5 9.6 1.08 1.43 73% 15% 4.3% 4%
2009 31 ATL NL 425 3.1% 21.2% 8.2% 8.2% 30% 2.57 4.1 28.5 6.4 0.96 1.72 63% 18% 9.6% 4%
7 Seasons 1402 2.6% 18.4% 5.1% 7.7% 27% 3.63 5.0 35.6 8.0 0.95 1.39 71% 19% 7.2% 4%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2003 25 TBD AL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2004 26 TBD AL 2 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
2005 27 KCR AL 3 0 20% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 25% 5 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
2006 28 ATL NL 4 1 27% 138 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 8 44% 16 12 4 5 1 4 11 4 6
2007 29 ATL NL 3 0 25% 165 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 33% 27 22 5 6 5 1 18 5 11
2008 30 ATL NL 3 0 20% 32 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 44% 5 2 3 1 0 1 3 3 0
2009 31 ATL NL 4 0 29% 215 12 5 71% 11 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 9 32% 24 20 4 7 5 2 19 8 10
7 Seasons 19 1 26% 596 25 13 66% 23 11 2 2 0 0 3 3 14 33 36% 80 62 18 23 13 10 52 21 27
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2003 25 TBD AL 10 40% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
2004 26 TBD AL 24 71% 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.02 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 17 2 12% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
2005 27 KCR AL 97 62% 25 1 0 8 1 0 0 1.73 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 28 3 11% 11 4 36% 62 9 15% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 0
2006 28 ATL NL 323 49% 97 9 0 43 13 0 5 1.70 7 0 10 2 5 3 4 0 1 1 100% 63 9 14% 39 14 36% 209 28 13% 26 16 62% 23 11 48% 0
2007 29 ATL NL 384 53% 121 13 1 48 14 0 4 1.12 12 0 13 3 9 5 7 0 3 1 33% 59 8 14% 24 10 42% 237 33 14% 13 11 85% 23 12 52% 0
2008 30 ATL NL 140 53% 33 7 0 8 3 0 0 0.96 2 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 28 4 14% 14 5 36% 95 14 15% 10 7 70% 10 7 70% 0
2009 31 ATL NL 425 36% 116 11 2 15 4 0 1 1.10 13 0 16 7 6 4 9 0 10 5 50% 87 14 16% 41 12 29% 283 50 18% 30 17 57% 29 13 45% 0
7 Seasons 1403 48% 397 42 3 125 35 0 10 1.32 36 0 46 12 24 15 21 0 15 8 53% 274 38 14% 136 46 34% 913 136 15% 84 53 63% 95 46 48% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2003 25 TBD AL 10 38 3.80 29 76% 21% 21% 38% 21% 79% 0% 61% 74% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2004 26 TBD AL 24 98 4.08 68 69% 13% 28% 37% 22% 87% 0% 60% 68% 54% 0% 0 0 13% 3 2 4% 1 1 17% 0 0 0
2005 27 KCR AL 97 319 3.29 227 71% 19% 17% 30% 33% 81% 0% 57% 79% 49% 2% 2 0 11% 11 6 3% 3 2 20% 0 0 0
2006 28 ATL NL 323 1114 3.45 750 67% 17% 20% 29% 34% 83% 3% 56% 76% 44% 2% 7 0 10% 32 18 6% 19 14 22% 0 0 1
2007 29 ATL NL 384 1294 3.37 886 68% 18% 20% 28% 34% 82% 2% 56% 75% 42% 2% 9 1 9% 33 21 5% 18 13 21% 0 0 0
2008 30 ATL NL 140 482 3.44 334 69% 16% 28% 25% 31% 84% 0% 58% 67% 44% 2% 3 0 13% 18 13 4% 6 5 16% 0 0 0
2009 31 ATL NL 425 1468 3.45 960 65% 21% 23% 26% 30% 79% 1% 51% 71% 40% 2% 9 0 10% 44 25 7% 30 16 21% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1403 4813 3.43 3254 68% 19% 22% 28% 32% 81% 2% 55% 73% 43% 2% 30 1 10% 141 85 5% 77 51 21% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 25 4 10 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .111 .200 .111 .311 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 14 34 30 5 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 9 .167 .265 .367 .631 66 11 0 2 0 0 0
2005 27 48 131 119 12 30 5 3 2 12 0 1 6 24 .252 .308 .395 .703 86 47 3 4 1 1 0
2006 28 172 453 416 49 127 20 7 9 44 5 6 17 73 .305 .348 .452 .800 106 188 12 13 2 5 3
2007 29 307 837 774 93 248 41 7 21 89 9 6 33 136 .320 .357 .473 .830 114 366 20 17 3 10 6
2008 30 350 977 909 102 281 43 7 23 103 13 8 36 168 .309 .344 .448 .792 105 407 24 18 3 11 6
2009 31 475 1402 1280 158 397 61 11 36 161 25 13 71 258 .310 .358 .459 .817 113 588 38 31 8 12 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2003 25 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 4
2004 26 10 25 22 3 5 1 1 1 3 0 1 6 .227 .320 .500 .820 3 10
2005 27 34 96 89 7 25 4 2 1 9 0 4 15 .281 .323 .404 .727 11 34
2006 28 124 315 292 35 92 14 4 7 30 5 10 49 .315 .352 .462 .815 45 124
2007 29 135 378 354 42 117 20 0 12 43 4 15 63 .331 .360 .489 .848 62 135
2008 30 43 139 134 9 32 2 0 2 14 4 3 32 .239 .259 .299 .558 10 43
2009 31 125 423 373 56 118 18 4 13 58 12 36 90 .316 .395 .491 .885 69 125
7 Seasons 475 1386 1273 152 389 59 11 36 157 25 70 258 .306 .354 .454 .808 200 475
162 Game Avg. 162 473 434 52 133 20 4 12 54 9 24 88 .306 .354 .454 .808 68 475

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 NL--13--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (921), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (735), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Shin-Soo Choo (938)
  7. David Murphy (936)
  8. Al Wingo (934)
  9. Ryan Spilborghs (934)
  10. Benny Agbayani (933)
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  2. Hack Miller (949)
  3. Walt Moryn (947)
  4. Harvey Hendrick (944)
  5. Danny Taylor (943)
  6. Wes Schulmerich (941)
  7. Socks Seybold (941)
  8. Charley Jones (937)
  9. Dave Harris (937)
  10. Ron Coomer (937)
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