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Mike
Diaz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 15, 1960 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1983 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
1984 24 NYG NL     4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
1985 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1986 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1987 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5
1988 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
1989 29 NYG NL     4 4 4 7 6 7 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5
1990 30 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 7 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 7 6 7 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 23 AA   137 526 82 142 14 3 44 108 2 2 54 79 .270 .338 .559 .897 98.3  
1984 24 AAA   136 475 61 126 20 1 27 85 1 0 38 92 .265 .320 .482 .802 72.9  
1985 25 NYG NL 75 259 28 51 13 2 6 21 1 0 21 57 .197 .265 .332 .597 20.2 1.4
    AAA   80 304 49 94 16 3 20 50 1 2 41 49 .309 .391 .579 .970 64.3  
1986 26 NYG NL 152 465 51 100 17 6 20 54 0 0 38 107 .215 .276 .406 .683 52.4 7.8
1987 27 NYG NL 155 489 49 101 18 4 18 50 0 0 32 108 .207 .254 .370 .624 44.7 3.6
1988 28 NYG NL 7 17 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .176 .176 .412 .588 1.4 0.0
    AAA   84 314 41 82 10 1 26 68 1 3 26 60 .261 .318 .548 .865 54.0  
1989 29 AAA   128 534 79 130 16 3 39 92 0 0 46 117 .243 .303 .504 .807 83.7  
1990 30 DET AL 28 71 8 16 4 0 4 13 0 0 6 8 .225 .286 .451 .736 9.0 1.1
    AAA   103 420 67 125 15 0 28 72 0 2 34 99 .298 .350 .533 .884 74.7  
5 Years Sim 417 1301 138 271 53 12 49 141 1 0 97 285 .208 .265 .380 .646 127.7 13.9
5 Years AAA 531 2047 297 557 77 8 140 367 3 7 185 417 .272 .335 .523 .858 349.5  
1 Years AA 137 526 82 142 14 3 44 108 2 2 54 79 .270 .341 .559 .900 98.3  
6 Years Minors 668 2573 379 699 91 11 184 475 5 9 239 496 .272 .337 .530 .867 447.8  
162 Game Average 505 53 105 20 4 19 54 0 0 37 110 .208 .265 .380 .646 49.6  
Career Highs 155 489 51 101 18 6 20 54 1 0 38 108 .225 .286 .451 .736 52.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   867 84 165 31 9 25 79 1 0 53 194 .190 .239 .333 .572 68.5
vs LH   434 54 106 22 3 24 62 0 0 44 91 .244 .316 .475 .791 65.5
Home 211 650 68 131 28 4 28 72 0 0 51 137 .202 .263 .386 .650 67.7
Away 206 651 70 140 25 8 21 69 1 0 46 148 .215 .267 .375 .642 66.3
RISP   312 0 55 11 1 6 79 0 0 25 71 .176 .239 .276 .515 19.9
Pinch Hitting   10 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .300 .364 .600 .964 2.1
Close/Late   124 9 27 3 1 3 11 0 0 16 29 .218 .312 .331 .643 13.6
Mar/Apr 54 173 21 40 8 1 12 26 0 0 9 44 .231 .269 .497 .766 23.9
May 53 177 18 40 7 2 4 21 0 0 10 38 .226 .265 .356 .620 16.6
June 53 166 17 32 3 2 8 20 0 0 13 46 .193 .254 .380 .634 16.8
July 73 225 22 44 12 2 5 20 0 0 17 52 .196 .252 .333 .585 18.8
August 91 280 34 62 12 4 15 33 1 0 24 47 .221 .290 .454 .743 37.3
Sep/Oct 93 280 26 53 11 1 5 21 0 0 24 58 .189 .255 .289 .544 20.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1985 25 NYG NL RF 52 51 443.3 94 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 23 22 187.0 230 26 2 22 .992 12.32 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
1986 26 NYG NL 1B 149 147 1222.0 1409 99 15 130 .990 11.11 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 27 NYG NL 1B 155 152 1283.0 1491 99 11 147 .993 11.15 0 0 .000 0 2.8
1988 28 NYG NL 1B 4 3 27.0 35 1 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 30 DET AL C 26 18 174.0 121 8 0 0 1.000 6.67 14 6 .429 0 1.5
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 331 324 2719.0 3165 225 28 301 .992 11.22 0 0 .000 0 6.0
  RF 55 53 464.3 100 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  C 27 18 175.0 122 8 0 0 1.000 6.69 14 6 .429 0 1.5
  LF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   419 395 3370.3 3391 233 28 301 .992 9.68 14 6 .429 0 8.4
Career Highs   155 152 1283.0 1491 99 15 147 1.000 11.15 14 6 .429 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1990 30 DET AL 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .333 .619
Career Post-Season Batting 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .333 .619
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1987-6-155
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Mark Parent (982)
  2. John Orsino (975)
  3. Ed Bailey (971)
  4. George Mitterwald (953)
  5. Hal King (945)
  6. Rich Gedman (944)
  7. Gary Alexander (944)
  8. Dan Graham (940)
  9. Greg Myers (935)
  10. Johnny Edwards (935)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1969
Injured on 6/16/1972 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 7/9/1972, off Howie Koplitz (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/20/1972, off Jim Derrington (CLN)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1974
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (N) on 5/2/1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1976, hitting .409 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (A) on 3/4/1978 (Going to PIT: P Jeff Terpko. Going to NYA: LF George Hendrick, CF Billy Conigliaro, P Doug Rau)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
3/4/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/3/1981 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/23/1981 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 9 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/23/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1983
Injured on 7/23/1983 with a Bruised Neck, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 7/5/1985, off Jesse Orosco (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/30/1985, off Jeff Lahti (LAD)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1986, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 4/18/1989 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1990 (Going to NYG: P Rick Behenna. Going to DET: C Jerry Willard, C Mike Diaz)
 
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