Víctor Díaz

Victor Israel Diaz (Baby Manny or Big Vic)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 10, 1981 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Clemente Community Academy (Chicago, IL)
Drafted
by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 37th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed May 19, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2004
Teams (by GP): Mets/Rangers 2004-2007
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.074 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2004 22 NYM NL 15 53 51 8 15 3 0 3 8 0 0 1 15 .294 .321 .529 .850 116 27 3 1 0 0 0
2005 23 NYM NL 89 313 280 41 72 17 3 12 38 6 2 30 82 .257 .329 .468 .797 108 131 13 1 0 2 7
2006 24 NYM NL 6 11 11 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .273 .455 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 /
2007 25 TEX AL 37 108 104 13 25 4 0 9 25 0 0 1 33 .240 .259 .538 .798 103 56 4 2 0 1 0
4 Seasons 147 485 446 62 114 25 3 24 73 6 2 32 135 .256 .309 .487 .796 106 217 20 4 0 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 534 492 68 126 28 3 26 80 7 2 35 149 .256 .309 .487 .796 106 239 22 4 0 3 8
NYM (3 yrs) 110 377 342 49 89 21 3 15 48 6 2 31 102 .260 .324 .471 .794 107 161 16 2 0 2 7
TEX (1 yr) 37 108 104 13 25 4 0 9 25 0 0 1 33 .240 .259 .538 .798 103 56 4 2 0 1 0
NL (3 yrs) 110 377 342 49 89 21 3 15 48 6 2 31 102 .260 .324 .471 .794 107 161 16 2 0 2 7
AL (1 yr) 37 108 104 13 25 4 0 9 25 0 0 1 33 .240 .259 .538 .798 103 56 4 2 0 1 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
2004 22 NYM NL 53 1 1 0 -1 2 -1 2 5 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $
2005 23 NYM NL 313 3 -1 0 -2 -0 -4 9 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $
2006 24 NYM NL 11 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $335,000 /
2007 25 TEX AL 108 0 0 -1 -1 2 -1 4 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $
4 Seasons 485 3 0 -1 -4 3 -6 15 9 0.9 7 0.7 0.2 $335,000
NYM (3 yrs) 377 3 0 0 -3 0 -5 11 6 0.6 6 0.6 -0.0 $335,000
TEX (1 yr) 108 0 0 -1 -1 2 -1 4 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $

Advanced Batting

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
2004 22 NYM NL 53 39 7 4.8 110 .364 .294 .268 .321 .340 .529 .435 .850 .775 116 .480 0.9 0.1 .744 .255 .235 .0
2005 23 NYM NL 313 225 40 4.7 106 .319 .257 .266 .329 .336 .468 .424 .797 .760 108 .491 2.9 0.3 .744 .332 .211 8.0
2006 24 NYM NL 11 9 1 3.0 111 .333 .182 .270 .182 .340 .273 .438 .455 .778 16 .272 -1.4 -0.1 .333 .091 .091
2007 25 TEX AL 108 84 13 4.1 108 .254 .240 .272 .259 .340 .538 .425 .798 .765 103 .409 -0.6 -0.1 .711 .308 .298 .0
4 Seasons 485 357 61 4.6 107 .310 .256 .268 .309 .337 .487 .426 .796 .763 106 .466 1.8 0.2 .726 .312 .231 9.6
162 Game Avg. 534 393 67 4.6 107 .310 .256 .268 .309 .337 .487 .426 .796 .763 106 .466 2 0 .726 .312 .231 11
NYM (3 yrs) 377 273 48 4.7 107 .326 .260 .267 .324 .337 .471 .426 .794 .763 107 .483 2.4 0.2 .731 .313 .211 8.6
TEX (1 yr) 108 84 13 4.1 108 .254 .240 .272 .259 .340 .538 .425 .798 .765 103 .409 -0.6 -0.1 .711 .308 .298 .0
NL (3 yrs) 377 273 48 4.7 107 .326 .260 .267 .324 .337 .471 .426 .794 .763 107 .483 2.4 0.2 .731 .313 .211 8.6
AL (1 yr) 108 84 13 4.1 108 .254 .240 .272 .259 .340 .538 .425 .798 .765 103 .409 -0.6 -0.1 .711 .308 .298 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
2004 22 NYM NL 53 5.7% 28.3% 1.9% 11.3% 40% 15.00 3.4 17.0 6.4 1.77 3.17 62% 14% 25.0% 8%
2005 23 NYM NL 313 3.8% 26.2% 9.6% 10.2% 44% 2.73 3.4 23.3 7.4 0.98 1.59 60% 16% 12.4% 4%
2006 24 NYM NL 11 0.0% 45.5% 0.0% 9.1% 50% 2.2 5.5 0.50 1.00 55% 33% 0.0% 25%
2007 25 TEX AL 108 8.3% 30.6% 0.9% 12.0% 52% 33.00 3.2 11.6 4.2 1.57 2.92 58% 6% 33.3% 4%
4 Seasons 485 5.0% 27.8% 6.6% 10.7% 46% 4.22 3.3 18.6 6.1 1.15 1.93 60% 13% 17.3% 5%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.4% 8.1% 34% 1.99 5.3 32.1 7.6 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.8% 11%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 22 NYM NL 0.9 0.1 54 0.2 1.5 -1.3 1.18 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.00 1.0 1.84 2
2005 23 NYM NL 2.9 0.3 324 -0.9 5.4 -6.2 1.01 0.2 -1.0 -5.4 -0.5 0.96 1.1 1.22 10
2006 24 NYM NL -1.4 -0.1 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .82 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.94 -1.5 1.67 2
2007 25 TEX AL -0.6 -0.1 109 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 .94 -0.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.0 0.98 -1.2 0.81 11
4 Seasons 1.8 0.2 498 -1.3 8.6 -9.9 1.01 0.2 -1.5 -5.1 -0.5 0.97 -0.7 1.12 25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2004 22 NYM NL 0 0 36% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2005 23 NYM NL 3 0 32% 96 6 2 75% 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 52% 15 10 4 2 0 2 12 3 9
2006 24 NYM NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 0 0 21% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20% 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 1
4 Seasons 3 0 30% 138 6 2 75% 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 5 47% 19 13 5 5 3 2 14 3 11

Situational Hitting*

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
2004 22 NYM NL 53 23% 15 4 0 2 2 0 0 1.84 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 3 33% 3 1 33% 35 5 14% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2005 23 NYM NL 313 19% 72 3 0 10 1 0 1 1.22 12 0 8 11 1 4 8 0 0 0 63 13 21% 34 8 24% 211 26 12% 24 8 33% 13 10 77% 0
2006 24 NYM NL 11 64% 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.67 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 2 29% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 108 50% 25 2 0 11 3 1 2 0.81 9 2 3 4 5 2 7 0 0 0 19 4 21% 13 3 23% 72 16 22% 5 4 80% 6 4 67% 0
4 Seasons 485 28% 114 9 0 25 6 1 3 1.12 24 2 15 18 6 7 17 0 0 0 92 20 22% 51 12 24% 325 49 15% 32 12 38% 20 15 75% 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2004 22 NYM NL 53 197 3.72 135 69% 18% 24% 32% 27% 82% 0% 56% 71% 40% 0% 0 0 11% 6 4 4% 2 2 27% 0 0 0
2005 23 NYM NL 313 1149 3.67 741 64% 18% 25% 29% 27% 82% 6% 53% 69% 45% 6% 19 1 14% 45 15 6% 18 12 17% 0 0 0
2006 24 NYM NL 11 41 3.73 30 73% 20% 30% 30% 20% 80% 0% 59% 63% 36% 0% 0 0 9% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 25 TEX AL 108 396 3.67 273 69% 18% 26% 30% 26% 82% 0% 57% 69% 40% 2% 2 0 13% 14 10 1% 1 1 9% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 485 1783 3.68 1179 66% 18% 25% 30% 27% 82% 4% 54% 69% 43% 4% 21 1 14% 66 30 4% 21 15 16% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

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
2004 22 15 53 51 8 15 3 0 3 8 0 0 1 15 .294 .321 .529 .850 116 27 3 1 0 0 0
2005 23 104 366 331 49 87 20 3 15 46 6 2 31 97 .263 .328 .477 .805 110 158 16 2 0 2 7
2006 24 110 377 342 49 89 21 3 15 48 6 2 31 102 .260 .324 .471 .794 107 161 16 2 0 2 7
2007 25 147 485 446 62 114 25 3 24 73 6 2 32 135 .256 .309 .487 .796 106 217 20 4 0 3 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 22 15 53 51 8 15 3 0 3 8 0 1 15 .294 .321 .529 .850 8 15
2005 23 89 314 281 42 73 17 3 12 39 6 30 82 .260 .331 .470 .801 44 89
2006 24 6 12 12 0 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 .250 .250 .417 .667 1 6
2007 25 37 107 103 12 24 4 0 9 23 0 1 33 .233 .252 .534 .786 13 37
4 Seasons 147 486 447 62 115 26 3 24 74 6 32 135 .257 .311 .490 .801 66 147
162 Game Avg. 162 536 493 68 127 29 3 26 82 7 35 149 .257 .311 .490 .801 73 147

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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