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Matthew Edward Diaz

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 3, 1978 in Portland, OR
High School: Santa Fe Catholic HS (Lakeland, FL)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, 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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/Royals/DevilRays/Marlins 2003-2013
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.157, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Larry Reynolds [*]
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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 124 323 297 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 .865 123 178 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 .878 132 181 14 13 5 1 2 *97/8
2010 32 ATL NL 84 244 224 27 56 17 2 7 31 3 1 13 44 .250 .302 .438 .739 99 98 6 4 2 1 3 7
2011 33 TOT NL 116 268 251 16 66 13 1 0 20 5 2 12 52 .263 .302 .323 .625 76 81 11 3 0 2 0 97/D
2011 33 PIT NL 100 231 216 14 56 12 1 0 19 4 2 11 44 .259 .303 .324 .627 77 70 8 3 0 1 0 97/D
2011 33 ATL NL 16 37 35 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 .286 .297 .314 .612 68 11 3 0 0 1 0 /97
2012 34 ATL NL 51 118 108 10 24 6 0 2 13 0 0 9 21 .222 .280 .333 .613 65 36 4 0 0 1 1 7/9D
2013 35 MIA NL 7 16 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .067 .125 .133 .258 -28 2 1 0 0 0 0 /7
11 Yrs 733 2049 1878 212 544 98 14 45 225 33 16 106 378 .290 .338 .429 .766 103 805 60 38 10 16 12
162 Game Avg. 162 453 415 47 120 22 3 10 50 7 4 23 84 .290 .338 .429 .766 103 178 13 8 2 4 3
ATL (7 yrs) 578 1671 1528 185 457 80 10 43 194 29 13 88 307 .299 .347 .449 .796 108 686 48 31 9 14 12
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
PIT (1 yr) 100 231 216 14 56 12 1 0 19 4 2 11 44 .259 .303 .324 .627 77 70 8 3 0 1 0
MIA (1 yr) 7 16 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .067 .125 .133 .258 -28 2 1 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 685 1918 1759 200 514 93 11 43 213 33 15 100 354 .292 .340 .431 .771 104 758 57 34 9 15 12
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

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 Awards
2003 25 TBD AL 4 10 -1 -0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .461 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /D7
2004 26 TBD AL 10 24 1 1 0 -3 -1 -2 -0.1 1 -1 -0.0 .486 .499 0.2 -0.3 2 /D79
2005 27 KCR AL 34 97 1 -1 0 -5 -2 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .483 .496 0.3 -0.6 3 7/D9
2006 28 ATL NL 124 323 7 -1 -0 8 -3 10 1.0 10 20 1.9 .508 .506 1.1 0.5 12 $330,000 7/9
2007 29 ATL NL 135 384 12 -1 -1 8 -4 15 1.4 12 27 2.6 .511 .509 1.8 0.4 19 $395,000 7/93D
2008 30 ATL NL 43 140 -8 -0 -0 -3 -1 -13 -1.4 4 -9 -0.9 .469 .492 -0.6 -0.4 -6 $1,225,000 7
2009 31 ATL NL 125 425 19 -1 -1 -8 -5 4 0.4 13 18 1.7 .504 .503 2.5 -1.4 26 $1,237,500 *97/8
2010 32 ATL NL 84 244 1 -0 0 0 -2 -1 -0.2 8 6 0.6 .499 .499 0.6 -0.2 6 $2,550,000 7
2011 33 PIT NL 100 231 -6 -1 -1 -2 -2 -12 -1.4 7 -5 -0.6 .486 .492 -0.5 -0.5 -3 $2,125,000 97/D
2011 33 ATL NL 16 37 -2 0 -0 -1 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .476 .498 -0.2 -0.2 -1 /97
2012 34 ATL NL 51 118 -5 -1 -0 -4 -1 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.8 .477 .493 -0.4 -0.5 -3 $2,000,000 7/9D
2013 35 MIA NL 7 16 -3 0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .470 .499 -0.3 0.1 -2 /7
11 Seasons 733 2049 17 -6 -3 -9 -21 -22 -2.7 65 43 3.5 .497 .499 4.4 -3.3 52 $9,862,500
ATL (7 yrs) 578 1671 25 -4 -3 0 -16 1 -0.3 52 53 4.8 .500 .500 4.8 -1.9 53 $7,737,500
TBD (2 yrs) 14 34 -0 0 0 -3 -1 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .479 .499 0.1 -0.3 1
KCR (1 yr) 34 97 1 -1 0 -5 -2 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .483 .496 0.3 -0.6 3
PIT (1 yr) 100 231 -6 -1 -1 -2 -2 -12 -1.4 7 -5 -0.6 .486 .492 -0.5 -0.5 -3 $2,125,000
MIA (1 yr) 7 16 -3 0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .470 .499 -0.3 0.1 -2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 32 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 4 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 TBD AL 25 DH 1 1
2003 TBD AL 25 LF 1 1 1 9.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 0 0 53 0 6.00 6.00 .986 2.20 2.10
2003 TBD AL 25 OF 1 1 1 9.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 0 0 53 0 6.00 6.00 .986 2.40 2.30
2004 TBD AL 26 DH 4 3
2004 TBD AL 26 OF 4 4 2 29.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 -21 -124 3.41 2.75 .985 2.30 2.28
2004 TBD AL 26 LF 3 3 1 20.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 12 0 3.60 2.67 .982 2.02 2.03
2004 TBD AL 26 RF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 -93 -400 3.00 3.00 .983 2.20 2.20
2005 KCR AL 27 OF 21 17 12 147.0 40 38 0 2 0 .950 -3 -5 -21 -40 2.33 1.81 .986 2.30 2.28
2005 KCR AL 27 LF 19 16 11 136.0 36 34 0 2 0 .944 -4 -5 -35 -44 2.25 1.79 .988 2.10 2.08
2005 KCR AL 27 DH 7 5
2005 KCR AL 27 RF 2 1 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 153 0 3.27 2.00 .982 2.13 2.10
2006 ATL NL 28 OF 99 62 44 600.1 175 166 5 4 1 .977 10 8 19 16 2.56 1.73 .984 2.22 2.20
2006 ATL NL 28 LF 95 62 44 587.1 172 163 5 4 1 .977 10 7 19 14 2.57 1.77 .982 1.97 1.95
2006 ATL NL 28 RF 6 0 0 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 92 2.08 0.50 .980 2.08 2.08
2007 ATL NL 29 OF 98 77 53 694.0 164 158 4 2 1 .988 -5 8 -8 13 2.10 1.65 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 ATL NL 29 LF 95 77 53 678.1 161 155 4 2 1 .988 -6 7 -10 12 2.11 1.67 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 ATL NL 29 RF 5 0 0 15.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 46 69 1.72 0.60 .980 2.18 2.16
2007 ATL NL 29 1B 2 0 0 2.2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 13.50 2.00 .992 9.45 9.15
2007 ATL NL 29 DH 1 1
2008 ATL NL 30 LF 37 33 27 288.2 62 59 2 1 1 .984 -2 -3 -7 -12 1.90 1.65 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 ATL NL 30 OF 37 33 27 288.2 62 59 2 1 1 .984 -2 -3 -7 -12 1.90 1.65 .985 2.21 2.20
2009 ATL NL 31 OF 109 92 79 847.2 162 157 2 3 0 .981 0 -8 0 -11 1.69 1.46 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 ATL NL 31 RF 66 61 51 540.2 93 89 2 2 0 .978 -2 -6 -4 -13 1.51 1.38 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 ATL NL 31 LF 50 30 28 301.0 68 67 0 1 0 .985 2 -2 7 -8 2.00 1.34 .982 1.93 1.91
2009 ATL NL 31 CF 2 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 20 0 1.50 0.50 .990 2.55 2.55
2010 ATL NL 32 LF 63 53 33 448.0 96 93 1 2 0 .979 4 0 10 0 1.89 1.49 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 ATL NL 32 OF 63 53 33 448.0 96 93 1 2 0 .979 4 0 10 0 1.89 1.49 .987 2.17 2.15
2011 TOT NL 33 OF 69 56 15 440.1 83 78 3 2 0 .976 -0 -3 -1 -8 1.66 1.17 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 TOT NL 33 RF 54 45 10 335.2 65 61 3 1 0 .985 -0 -2 -1 -7 1.72 1.19 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 TOT NL 33 LF 18 11 5 104.2 18 17 0 1 0 .944 0 -1 0 -11 1.46 0.94 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 PIT NL 33 OF 57 46 12 367.0 67 62 3 2 0 .970 -0 -2 -2 -6 1.59 1.14 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 PIT NL 33 RF 45 37 7 276.2 49 45 3 1 0 .980 -2 -2 -7 -9 1.56 1.07 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 PIT NL 33 LF 15 9 5 90.1 18 17 0 1 0 .944 1 0 13 0 1.69 1.13 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 PIT NL 33 DH 2 2
2011 ATL NL 33 OF 12 10 3 73.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 2 -16 1.96 1.33 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 ATL NL 33 RF 9 8 3 59.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 22 0 2.44 1.78 .983 2.04 2.04
2011 ATL NL 33 LF 3 2 0 14.1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -84 -92 0.00 0.00 1.88 1.87
2012 ATL NL 34 OF 24 22 14 182.1 52 50 2 0 2 1.000 -0 -4 -1 -26 2.57 2.17 .987 2.11 2.09
2012 ATL NL 34 LF 19 17 11 141.0 37 35 2 0 2 1.000 -0 -3 -1 -26 2.36 1.95 .987 1.83 1.81
2012 ATL NL 34 RF 6 5 3 41.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 1 -29 3.27 2.50 .984 2.00 1.98
2012 ATL NL 34 DH 2 1
2013 MIA NL 35 LF 4 3 3 27.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 1 1 40 44 2.00 1.50 .983 1.87 1.85
2013 MIA NL 35 OF 4 3 3 27.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 1 1 40 44 2.00 1.50 .987 2.13 2.12
11 Seasons OF 529 420 283 3713.1 858 820 21 17 6 .980 4 -9 1 -2 2.04 1.59 .985 2.21 2.20
11 Seasons LF 404 306 217 2741.0 671 641 16 14 6 .979 5 1 2 0 2.16 1.63 .984 1.94 1.92
7 Seasons RF 140 113 66 966.1 186 178 5 3 0 .984 -1 -10 -1 -12 1.70 1.31 .985 2.07 2.06
1 Season 1B 2 0 0 2.2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 13.50 2.00 .992 9.45 9.15
1 Season CF 2 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 20 0 1.50 0.50 .990 2.55 2.55
11 Seasons TOT 531 420 283 3716.0 862 823 22 17 7 .980 4 -9 1 -2 2.05 1.59 .985 2.22 2.22
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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

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

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  404 (16th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  641 (17th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 NL  2 (4th)
Active  16 (23rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  14 (11th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (4th)
2012 NL  2 (4th)
2013 NL  1 (1st)
Active  6 (10th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2013 NL  1 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  10 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2006 NL  2.57 (1st)
2007 NL  2.11 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1340), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1704), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (288th), 3.7 career WAR/6.4 7yr-peak WAR/5.0 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  8. Austin McHenry (939)
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  10. Alex Ochoa (938)
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  8. Lou Johnson (931)
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Transactions

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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
200628Atlanta Braves$330,000
200729Atlanta Braves$395,000
200830Atlanta Braves$1,225,000
200931Atlanta Braves$1,237,500
201032Atlanta Braves$2,550,000
201133Pittsburgh Pirates$2,125,000
201234Atlanta Braves$2,000,000contracts
Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,862,500
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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