#12 Alex Diaz, Leftfield, 30 yrs, Oakland Athletics

#12 Alex Diaz, Leftfield, 30 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Thursday, 11/2/1998

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Alex Diaz

10/5/1968
30
USA,NY,BROOKLYN
5"11
180

Leftfield
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Big League Contract
$ 364,286
1998 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 4 Days (692 total Days)
172 Day(s)
4 Year(s), 4 Days (692 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	6	6	3	2	7
Versus LHP	6	6	3	2	7
Versus RHP	6	6	3	2	7
Talent	6	6	4	2	8

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Fielding Ratings
LF : 6 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 1 (Range), .941 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 7 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 9

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
10/11	@KC	W 10-3	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	#1
10/12	@KC	L 7-8	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	#1
10/13	@KC	W 6-5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
10/15	KC	W 4-3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
10/18	TOR	L 0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#1
10/19	TOR	L 7-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#1
10/21	@TOR	W 9-7	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	#1
10/22	@TOR	W 7-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
10/23	@TOR	L 4-5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
10/25	TOR	L 1-10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#1

Batting Stats 1998

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	152	622	193	33	4	10	69	113	47	84	.310	.366	.424	.791	.749	.114
Projected	152	622	193	33	4	10	69	113	47	84	.310	.366	.424	.791	.749	.114

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	145	688	11	0	0	13	3	5	264	47	18	12	60.0	104.4	6.1

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	136	44	6	0	3	17	25	11	18	0	1	3	.324	.384	.434	.818
vs. RHP	486	149	27	4	7	52	88	36	66	5	2	8	.307	.361	.422	.783
Close/Late	53	19	2	2	1	7	10	2	6	0	0	1	.358	.393	.528	.921
Scoring Position	135	37	2	2	1	56	0	10	19	5	1	4	.274	.329	.341	.670
Pinch Hitting	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	75	289	93	17	1	5	30	61	30	33	.322	.394	.439	.833
Road	77	333	100	16	3	5	39	52	17	51	.300	.338	.411	.749
Last Week	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533
March/April	24	102	30	7	0	0	10	15	5	16	.294	.324	.363	.687
May	27	103	35	7	0	3	14	19	12	10	.340	.408	.495	.903
June	25	96	32	2	2	1	7	25	11	9	.333	.414	.427	.841
July	22	87	22	3	1	2	12	11	5	16	.253	.298	.379	.677
August	26	115	43	9	0	2	12	25	6	10	.374	.415	.504	.919
Sept/Oct	28	119	31	5	1	2	14	18	8	23	.261	.318	.370	.688
Postseason	12	47	13	2	0	2	7	8	4	10	.277	.346	.447	.793

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1994	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	OAK
1995	145	481	126	25	6	6	67	82	30	3	3	54	13	1	.262	.308	.376	.684	OAK
1996	152	520	142	29	5	7	59	77	35	3	2	63	10	6	.273	.321	.388	.710	OAK
1997	154	577	180	28	10	5	72	86	31	9	1	64	16	7	.312	.356	.421	.777	OAK
1998	152	622	193	33	4	10	69	113	47	11	5	84	18	12	.310	.366	.424	.791	OAK
Total	604	2200	641	115	25	28	267	359	143	26	11	265	57	26	.291	.340	.405	.745

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1992, A	55	230	73	13	3	4	34	30	11	15	3	3	.317	.343	.452	.795
1992, AA	82	298	80	13	1	16	52	40	22	34	5	4	.268	.314	.480	.794
1993, AA	8	33	6	2	1	0	4	4	1	0	2	0	.182	.200	.303	.503
1993, AAA	127	472	146	17	3	16	56	67	33	46	22	8	.309	.350	.460	.810
1994, AAA	136	568	182	24	2	15	66	90	41	72	17	13	.320	.356	.449	.805

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1995	12	37	5	2	0	0	0	5	2	2	1	0	.135	.179	.189	.369
1998	12	47	13	2	0	2	7	8	4	10	2	0	.277	.346	.447	.793
Total	24	84	18	4	0	2	7	13	6	12	3	0	.214	.267	.333	.600

Fielding Stats 1998

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	144	143	235	12	2	247	0	1.000	1229.1	1.81
Rightfield	8	2	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	29.0	2.79

Player History

Drafted in 4th round, 98th overall pick, by Montreal in 1992...
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 6/5/1992 (Going to OAK: CF Alex Diaz, P David Nied. Going to MON: P Fernando Valenzuela)...
Injured on 4/22/1994 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week...
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1995, off Mike Sirotka (CAL)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1995, off Sam Militello (DET)...
2/3/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $364,286 through salary arbitration...
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 6/15/1998...
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/24/1998...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Triples
1997 - 10 - 3rd

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