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Mike Diaz

Michael Anthony Diaz

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 15, 1960 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Terra Nova (Pacifica, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1983
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox/Cubs 1983-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1983 23 CHC NL 6 7 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 93 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1986 26 PIT NL 97 233 209 22 56 9 0 12 36 0 1 19 43 .268 .330 .483 .814 120 101 5 2 0 3 0 73/529
1987 27 PIT NL 103 282 241 28 58 8 2 16 48 1 0 31 42 .241 .326 .490 .816 113 118 6 3 0 7 3 379/2
1988 28 TOT MLB 87 248 226 18 53 9 0 3 17 0 1 21 43 .235 .302 .314 .617 76 71 7 1 0 0 1 3/792D
1988 28 PIT NL 47 90 74 6 17 3 0 0 5 0 0 16 13 .230 .367 .270 .637 88 20 2 0 0 0 1 /7932
1988 28 CHW AL 40 158 152 12 36 6 0 3 12 0 1 5 30 .237 .266 .336 .601 68 51 5 1 0 0 0 3/D
4 Seasons 293 770 683 70 169 27 2 31 102 1 2 71 128 .247 .319 .429 .748 103 293 18 6 0 10 4
162 Game Avg. 162 426 378 39 93 15 1 17 56 1 1 39 71 .247 .319 .429 .748 103 162 10 3 0 6 2
PIT (3 yrs) 247 605 524 56 131 20 2 28 89 1 1 66 98 .250 .334 .456 .790 113 239 13 5 0 10 4
CHC (1 yr) 6 7 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 93 3 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 40 158 152 12 36 6 0 3 12 0 1 5 30 .237 .266 .336 .601 68 51 5 1 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 253 612 531 58 133 21 2 28 90 1 1 66 98 .250 .333 .456 .789 113 242 13 5 0 10 4
AL (1 yr) 40 158 152 12 36 6 0 3 12 0 1 5 30 .237 .266 .336 .601 68 51 5 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1983 23 CHC NL 7 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
1986 26 PIT NL 233 6 -1 -1 0 -3 -2 7 7 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $66,500 73/529
1987 27 PIT NL 283 4 1 1 -1 -1 -3 9 10 1.0 11 1.1 -0.1 $90,000 379/2
1988 28 PIT NL 90 0 0 0 0 -3 -1 3 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $172,500 /7932
1988 28 CHW AL 158 -7 -2 1 -1 0 -3 5 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ 3/D
4 Seasons 771 3 -2 1 -2 -7 -9 24 8 0.8 15 1.5 -0.7 $329,000
PIT (3 yrs) 606 10 0 0 -1 -6 -6 19 16 1.7 22 2.2 -0.5 $329,000
CHC (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
CHW (1 yr) 158 -7 -2 1 -1 0 -3 5 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1983 CHC NL 23 C 3 0 0 7.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -171 6.43 1.67 .984 6.56 6.53 1 1 2 0 0% 0
1986 PIT NL 26 OF 38 35 9 255.0 58 55 1 2 0 .966 -0 -1 1.98 1.47 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 PIT NL 26 LF 37 34 8 246.0 55 52 1 2 0 .964 -0 -0 1.94 1.43 .975 1.97 1.97
1986 PIT NL 26 1B 20 17 3 119.1 152 146 5 1 9 .993 -2 -24 11.39 7.55 .992 9.94 9.95
1986 PIT NL 26 3B 5 0 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.42 0.20 .950 2.70 2.72
1986 PIT NL 26 C 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .985 7.20 6.90 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 26 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 1.00 1.00 .980 2.00 2.00
1987 PIT NL 27 OF 37 32 11 238.0 50 46 2 2 0 .960 0 1 1.82 1.30 .981 2.19 2.18
1987 PIT NL 27 1B 32 28 15 224.0 254 230 20 4 14 .984 -1 -7 10.04 7.81 .991 9.88 9.83
1987 PIT NL 27 LF 27 22 7 165.1 29 27 0 2 0 .931 -2 -15 1.47 1.00 .981 2.04 2.03
1987 PIT NL 27 RF 10 10 4 72.2 20 18 2 0 0 1.000 2 36 2.48 2.00 .976 2.01 1.99
1987 PIT NL 27 C 8 2 2 34.2 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 7.27 3.50 .987 6.96 6.90 1 1 2 1 33% 0
1988 TOT MLB 28 1B 45 44 29 366.2 434 400 29 5 35 .988 -0 -1 10.53 9.53 .992 9.61 9.56
1988 PIT NL 28 OF 19 11 4 98.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -24 1.37 0.79 .982 2.28 2.29
1988 PIT NL 28 LF 9 5 1 45.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -37 1.39 0.78 .980 2.12 2.13
1988 PIT NL 28 RF 9 6 3 53.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.36 0.89 .979 2.05 2.06
1988 PIT NL 28 1B 6 5 3 40.2 52 48 4 0 5 1.000 -1 -18 11.51 8.67 .991 9.96 9.98
1988 PIT NL 28 C 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.75 6.60 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CHW AL 28 1B 39 39 26 326.0 382 352 25 5 30 .987 0 1 10.41 9.67 .992 9.57 9.49
1988 CHW AL 28 DH 1 1
3 Seasons 1B 97 89 47 710.0 840 776 54 10 58 .988 -4 -7 10.52 8.56 .992 9.75 9.73
3 Seasons OF 94 78 24 591.1 123 116 3 4 0 .967 -2 -4 1.81 1.27 .980 2.20 2.21
3 Seasons LF 73 61 16 456.2 91 86 1 4 0 .956 -3 -9 1.71 1.19 .977 2.01 2.01
3 Seasons RF 20 17 8 134.2 29 27 2 0 0 1.000 1 12 1.94 1.45 .977 2.02 2.02
4 Seasons C 13 2 2 44.2 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -27 7.05 2.69 .987 6.89 6.79 2 2 4 1 20% 0
1 Season 3B 5 0 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.42 0.20 .950 2.70 2.72
4 Seasons TOT 209 169 73 1352.1 999 925 60 14 58 .986 -7 -6 6.56 4.71 .990 6.32 5.99 2 2 4 1 20% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1987 NL  7 (8th)

                                         

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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
198626Pittsburgh Pirates$66,5001986 USA Today survey
198727Pittsburgh Pirates$90,0001987 USA Today survey
198828Pittsburgh Pirates$172,500USA Today, 4/1/88
Career to date (may be incomplete)$329,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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