Matt Diaz

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 215lb (183cm, 97kg)

Born: March 3, 1978 in Portland, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 17th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

High School: Santa Fe Catholic HS (Lakeland, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: July 19, 2003 (Age 25-138d, 18,316th in major league history)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 18, 2013 (Age 35-076d)
vs. ARI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: Larry Reynolds

Full Name: Matthew Edward Diaz

Pronunciation: \DYE-az\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

1881

546

.290

212

RBI

226

OBP

.338

SLG

.429

OPS

.767

OPS+

103

Summary of 45 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
ATL	43
KCR	1
TBD	1

Platoon
vs LHP	31
vs RHP	14

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	21

Outs
1	21
0	13
2	11

15 Opps
FLA	10
PHI	8
NYM	7
WSN	3
MIL	3
COL	2
PIT	2
SDP	2
CIN	2
MIN	1
KCR	1
STL	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

35 Pitchers
Scott Olsen	4
Dontrelle Willis	3
Óliver Pérez	3
Tom Glavine	2
Brad Lidge	2
Jamie Moyer	2
Cliff Lee	1
Brian Sanches	1
Eric Stults	1
Wade LeBlanc	1
Andrew Miller	1
Tom Gorzelanny	1
Paul Maholm	1
Gary Majewski	1
Darrell May	1
Ricky Nolasco	1
Ubaldo Jiménez	1
Pat Misch	1
Fabio Castro	1
Tyler Walker	1
Cole Hamels	1
J.A. Happ	1
Johan Santana	1
Edward Mujica	1
Jordan Zimmermann	1
Juan Carlos Oviedo	1
Tim Redding	1
Ramón Ortiz	1
Matt Maloney	1
Chris Narveson	1
Chad Durbin	1
Randy Wolf	1
Devern Hansack	1
Manny Parra	1
Mike Maroth	1

15 Parks
Turner Fld (ATL)	20
CitizensBank (PHI)	5
SunLife Stad (MIA)	4
Citi Field (NYC)	3
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Nationals Pk (WAS)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	18
9	16
8	5
78	5
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	16
2	11
4	8
3	6
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	43
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	12
-2-	2
-23	2
--3	1
1-3	1

66 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	27
1 on	15
2 on	3
Any on	18

Inning
1	2
2	11
3	1
4	12
5	6
6	6
7	2
8	1
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	14
4-6	24
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	1
+2	7
+1	6
Tied	9
-1	4
-2	9
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	21
Tied	9
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	16
1-0	9
2-1	4
0-2	3
1-2	3
2-0	3
3-2	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	33
RF	10
PH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
6th	14
7th	12
8th	6
2nd	6
5th	3
1st	2
4th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2004-09-22	TBD		KCR	Darrell May	behind 4-6	b 6	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	7	DH	0.131	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2005-09-27	KCR	@	MIN	Johan Santana	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	4,(0-2) SSFX	1	6	9	0.123	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2006-05-16	ATL		FLA	Dontrelle Willis	behind 0-2	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0.125	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
4	4	2	1	2006-05-18	ATL		FLA	Scott Olsen	ahead 7-1	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.012	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	2006-08-02	ATL	@	PIT	Paul Maholm	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.189	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	2006-08-06	ATL	@	CIN	Gary Majewski	ahead 5-4	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	7	0.139	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	5	1	2006-08-14	ATL	@	WSN	Ramón Ortiz	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	7	0.201	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. LaRoche Scores
8	8	6	1	2006-09-03 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	Fabio Castro	behind 4-6	t 9	1	-23	2,(0-1) SX	3	7	7	0.559	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Jones Scores; J. Francoeur Scores
9	9	7	1	2006-09-26	ATL		NYM	Óliver Pérez	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.035	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2007-04-07	ATL		NYM	Tom Glavine	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	0.108	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	2007-04-25	ATL	@	FLA	Scott Olsen	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0.084	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	2007-05-19 (2)	ATL	@	BOS	Devern Hansack	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	7	7	0.088	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	2007-05-24	ATL		NYM	Tom Glavine	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	7	0.091	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	2007-07-19	ATL		STL	Mike Maroth	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	0.074	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	6	1	2007-08-02	ATL		HOU	Brad Lidge	behind 9-11	b 12	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	7	0.473	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Miller Scores
16	16	7	1	2007-08-04	ATL		COL	Ubaldo Jiménez	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0.095	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
17	17	8	1	2007-08-07	ATL	@	NYM	Óliver Pérez	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	0.098	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	9	1	2007-08-10	ATL	@	PHI	Cole Hamels	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	6,(1-2) STBFFX	1	2	7	0.095	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	10	1	2007-08-27	ATL	@	FLA	Scott Olsen	ahead 5-2	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	0.067	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
20	20	11	1	2007-08-29	ATL	@	FLA	Dontrelle Willis	tied 2-2	t 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	7	0.173	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Escobar Scores
21	21	12	2	2007-08-29	ATL	@	FLA	Dontrelle Willis	ahead 4-3	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	0.116	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2008-04-02	ATL		PIT	Tom Gorzelanny	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0.083	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
23	23	2	1	2008-04-23	ATL		FLA	Andrew Miller	behind 1-3	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	7	0.103	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2009-04-08	ATL	@	PHI	Brad Lidge	behind 10-12	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	7	0.054	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	2009-04-20	ATL	@	WSN	Jordan Zimmermann	tied 0-0	t 4	2	--3	3,(0-2) SCX	2	6	7	0.219	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Jones Scores
26	26	3	1	2009-06-18	ATL	@	CIN	Matt Maloney	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	4,(0-2) CFFX	1	4	7	0.113	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	4	1	2009-07-01	ATL		PHI	Tyler Walker	ahead 6-1	b 5	0	1--	4,(1-2) .SBFX	2	5	7	0.021	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. McCann Scores
28	28	5	1	2009-08-04	ATL	@	SDP	Edward Mujica	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBSX	2	8	9	0.194	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); A. LaRoche Scores
29	29	6	1	2009-08-09	ATL	@	LAD	Eric Stults	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	9	0.114	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	7	1	2009-08-16	ATL		PHI	J.A. Happ	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	9	0.141	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	8	1	2009-08-18	ATL	@	NYM	Óliver Pérez	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	9	0.203	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Y. Escobar Scores; G. Anderson Scores
32	32	9	1	2009-08-19	ATL	@	NYM	Tim Redding	ahead 12-2	t 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Y. Escobar Scores
33	33	10	1	2009-08-29	ATL	@	PHI	Cliff Lee	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	-2-	4,(2-1) SBBX	2	1	9	0.144	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Gorecki Scores
34	34	11	1	2009-09-19	ATL		PHI	Chad Durbin	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	9	0.048	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. LaRoche Scores
35	35	12	1	2009-09-21	ATL	@	NYM	Pat Misch	ahead 4-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	9	0.048	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	13	1	2009-09-29	ATL		FLA	Brian Sanches	behind 1-4	b 6	1	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	8	9	0.281	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Anderson Scores; Y. Escobar Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2010-07-07	ATL	@	PHI	Jamie Moyer	ahead 5-3	t 6	1	-2-	6,(2-2) SBFFBX	2	6	7	0.116	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. McCann Scores
38	38	2	1	2010-07-17	ATL		MIL	Chris Narveson	behind 0-1	b 4	2	1--	4,(1-2) BF1FX	2	5	7	0.270	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Á. González Scores
39	39	3	1	2010-07-18	ATL		MIL	Manny Parra	ahead 7-1	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	0.010	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	4	1	2010-07-20	ATL		SDP	Wade LeBlanc	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	7	0.247	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Glaus Scores
41	41	5	1	2010-07-29	ATL	@	WSN	Scott Olsen	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	7	0.207	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Glaus Scores
42	42	6	1	2010-08-28	ATL		FLA	Ricky Nolasco	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.110	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
43	43	7	1	2010-08-29	ATL		FLA	Juan Carlos Oviedo	behind 4-6	b 9	0	1--	4,(2-1) .BC1BX	2	1	PH	0.457	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Conrad Scores
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2012-04-13	ATL		MIL	Randy Wolf	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	7	0.111	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Uggla Scores
45	45	2	1	2012-05-05	ATL	@	COL	Jamie Moyer	behind 3-8	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.037	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)