Dennis
Diaz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 245
 
Born: April 11, 1984
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Most Valuable Player 2019   
Slick Fielder Award 2016   
All-Star Selections 2011    2012    2014    2015    2016    2017    2018    2019    2022    2023   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 19 ORL GL   0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
2004 20 PAS VL   1 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
2005 21 PAS VL   2 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4
2006 22 PAS VL   3 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6
2007 23 PAS VL   4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 24 PAS VL   4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
2009 25 PAS VL $ 100,000 6 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 5 4 4 6 7 7
2010 26 PAS VL $ 100,000 8 8 8 5 4 4 0 0 0 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
2011 27 PAS VL $ 100,000 9 8 9 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8
2012 28 NRL VL $ 100,000 9 8 8 5 4 4 0 0 0 7 6 6 9 8 8 8 9 8
2013 29 NRL VL $ 100,000 8 8 8 5 4 4 0 0 0 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
2014 30 NRL VL $ 12,830,000 8 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 9 9
2015 31 NRL VL $ 12,830,000 8 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 8
2016 32 NRL VL $ 12,830,000 8 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
2017 33 NRL VL $ 8,890,001 8 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
2018 34 NRL VL $ 8,890,001 8 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
2019 35 NRL VL $ 8,890,001 8 8 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2020 36 NRL VL $ 5,210,001 8 7 8 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2021 37 NRL VL $ 5,210,001 8 7 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2022 38 NRL VL $ 5,210,001 7 6 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2023 39 NRL VL $ 3,400,001 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2024 40 NRL VL $ 3,400,001 5 5 5 4 3 3 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 12,830,000 9 8 9 5 5 5 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 19 A   158 533 49 115 14 0 14 65 4 3 35 75 .216 .264 .321 .585 45.3  
2004 20 A   162 620 77 176 24 0 16 67 4 9 61 88 .284 .348 .400 .748 84.3  
2005 21 A   158 595 57 141 24 0 11 73 11 9 45 105 .237 .291 .333 .623 56.9  
2006 22 AA   112 444 43 116 26 0 12 36 4 3 41 59 .261 .324 .401 .725 57.2  
    A   48 180 21 49 11 0 3 16 2 1 25 37 .272 .361 .383 .744 25.7  
2007 23 AAA   142 560 57 146 45 0 7 52 6 7 42 72 .261 .312 .379 .691 62.9  
    AA   18 67 5 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 8 .254 .324 .284 .608 6.5  
2008 24 AAA   30 110 14 26 7 0 2 12 1 0 14 12 .236 .323 .355 .677 13.3  
2009 25 PAS VL 46 97 7 22 3 0 0 7 1 1 6 11 .227 .267 .258 .524 7.1 0.0
    AAA   65 245 28 63 14 0 2 21 1 5 23 29 .257 .321 .339 .660 25.4  
2010 26 PAS VL 162 610 69 167 18 0 16 63 1 1 58 36 .274 .344 .382 .726 78.3 20.9
2011 27 PAS VL 161 609 110 202 38 0 18 66 2 0 79 38 .332 .411 .483 .894 109.8 24.9
2012 28 NRL VL 151 573 108 186 31 1 32 97 0 0 82 22 .325 .411 .550 .960 119.1 26.5
2013 29 NRL VL 159 597 82 172 27 2 20 74 3 0 89 23 .288 .381 .441 .821 98.3 19.5
2014 30 NRL VL 160 631 105 198 35 1 16 92 1 0 89 22 .314 .398 .448 .847 110.3 25.5
2015 31 NRL VL 135 530 88 168 23 2 25 92 0 0 63 16 .317 .392 .509 .901 101.9 25.7
2016 32 NRL VL 159 615 113 199 28 3 33 107 4 1 86 35 .324 .407 .540 .947 123.6 23.0
2017 33 NRL VL 157 639 120 205 19 0 42 117 0 0 87 22 .321 .402 .548 .949 129.2 21.8
2018 34 NRL VL 160 616 112 209 34 4 21 104 0 0 90 40 .339 .423 .510 .933 123.3 32.0
2019 35 NRL VL 160 627 132 212 28 4 36 115 2 0 75 40 .338 .412 .568 .980 133.5 29.6
2020 36 NRL VL 147 568 96 176 20 2 26 82 3 0 88 38 .310 .404 .489 .893 108.3 22.0
2021 37 NRL VL 160 611 106 197 25 2 27 102 0 0 85 38 .322 .403 .502 .906 118.4 25.6
2022 38 NRL VL 160 615 95 195 18 0 28 96 3 0 69 38 .317 .386 .483 .869 110.5 23.1
2023 39 NRL VL 160 589 109 171 25 2 29 81 0 0 86 42 .290 .379 .487 .867 106.9 14.2
2024 40 NRL VL 28 113 16 26 7 1 6 18 0 0 12 10 .230 .299 .469 .768 16.2 2.0
16 Years Sim 2265 8640 1468 2705 379 24 375 1313 20 3 1144 471 .313 .394 .493 .887 1594.6 336.2
3 Years AAA 237 915 99 235 66 0 11 85 8 12 79 113 .257 .324 .365 .689 101.5  
2 Years AA 130 511 48 133 28 0 12 39 4 3 48 67 .260 .328 .386 .714 63.7  
4 Years A 526 1928 204 481 73 0 44 221 21 22 166 305 .249 .309 .356 .665 212.2  
9 Years Minors 893 3354 351 849 167 0 67 345 33 37 293 485 .253 .316 .363 .679 377.5  
162 Game Average 617 104 193 27 1 26 93 1 0 81 33 .313 .394 .493 .887 114.0  
Career Highs 162 639 132 212 38 4 42 117 4 1 90 42 .339 .423 .568 .980 133.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6489 1047 1980 283 18 264 981 14 1 808 344 .305 .383 .476 .859 1154.2
vs LH   2151 421 725 96 6 111 332 4 2 336 127 .337 .428 .542 .970 468.6
Home 1135 4287 714 1347 182 13 186 653 13 2 544 240 .314 .391 .493 .884 799.8
Away 1130 4353 754 1358 197 11 189 660 5 1 600 231 .312 .397 .493 .890 823.0
RISP   1948 0 609 90 6 84 880 0 0 325 119 .313 .402 .494 .896 388.5
Pinch Hitting   54 9 13 2 0 3 10 0 0 7 4 .241 .328 .444 .772 8.2
Close/Late   873 132 278 38 1 37 136 0 0 137 46 .318 .409 .491 .901 172.1
Mar/Apr 375 1450 246 442 65 6 62 219 3 1 195 75 .305 .388 .486 .874 266.6
May 373 1367 239 443 61 3 67 220 5 0 201 74 .324 .412 .520 .932 280.1
June 357 1367 232 435 58 8 67 214 3 0 154 88 .318 .390 .519 .910 261.0
July 292 1127 200 374 63 0 49 183 2 0 154 59 .332 .413 .518 .932 227.4
August 379 1472 249 448 62 5 49 207 3 1 200 80 .304 .387 .453 .840 256.3
Sep/Oct 489 1857 302 563 70 2 81 270 2 1 240 95 .303 .384 .474 .857 331.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2009 25 PAS VL 3B 35 18 191.7 21 51 2 5 .973 3.38   0.4
2011 27 PAS VL 3B 159 156 1381.3 129 336 16 27 .967 3.03   5.5
    LF 1 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.0
2012 28 NRL VL 3B 151 150 1318.3 104 327 22 23 .951 2.94   2.9
2013 29 NRL VL 3B 121 117 1051.7 75 207 18 21 .940 2.41   3.2
2014 30 NRL VL 3B 159 157 1423.3 81 271 25 17 .934 2.23   3.5
2015 31 NRL VL 3B 135 134 1209.3 80 258 12 19 .966 2.52   6.6
2016 32 NRL VL 3B 156 154 1394.7 117 335 16 35 .966 2.92   7.8
2017 33 NRL VL 3B 157 155 1393.3 120 323 20 33 .957 2.86   4.9
2018 34 NRL VL 3B 157 157 1408.0 114 316 20 32 .956 2.75   5.8
2019 35 NRL VL 3B 159 155 1385.3 114 302 21 25 .952 2.70   3.0
2020 36 NRL VL 2B 12 12 102.0 17 21 2 5 .950 3.35   0.2
    3B 135 134 1194.0 91 226 18 25 .946 2.39   2.4
2021 37 NRL VL 3B 156 155 1357.3 123 327 18 36 .962 2.98   1.5
    SS 3 3 27.0 5 6 1 2 .917 3.67   0.0
2022 38 NRL VL 3B 158 156 1385.0 117 331 16 34 .966 2.91   5.7
2023 39 NRL VL 1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 2 1.000 11.00   0.0
    3B 157 156 1389.0 109 280 16 27 .960 2.52   4.9
2024 40 NRL VL 3B 28 28 241.0 20 61 3 4 .964 3.02   0.8
  3B 2023 1982 17723.3 1415 3951 243 363 .957 2.72   58.8
  2B 12 12 102.0 17 21 2 5 .950 3.35   0.2
  SS 3 3 27.0 5 6 1 2 .917 3.67   0.0
  1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 2 1.000 11.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.0
Career Totals   2040 1998 17869.0 1451 3978 246 372 .957 2.73   59.2
Career Highs   160 158 1423.3 132 336 25 38 .973 3.38    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 29 NRL VL 16 59 8 17 2 0 1 3 2 0 11 4 .288 .400 .373 .773
Career Post-Season Batting 16 59 8 17 2 0 1 3 2 0 11 4 .288 .400 .373 .773
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.
Batting Average
2011-2-.332
2012-5-.325
2014-5-.314
2015-3-.317
2016-4-.324
2017-9-.321
2018-2-.339
2019-4-.338
2022-7-.317
CAR-29-.313
On-Base Pct
2011-1-.411
2012-4-.411
2013-5-.381
2014-2-.398
2015-5-.392
2016-2-.407
2017-4-.402
2018-1-.423
2019-4-.412
2020-3-.404
2021-7-.403
CAR-30-.394
Slugging Pct
2012-3-.550
2017-6-.548
2019-3-.568
OPS
2011-7-.894
2012-2-.960
2015-7-.901
2016-5-.947
2017-3-.949
2018-4-.933
2019-2-.980
2021-10-.906
CAR-41-.887
XR
2012-3-119.1
2014-3-110.3
2016-5-123.6
2017-3-129.2
2018-3-123.3
2019-1-133.5
2021-7-118.4
CAR-22-1594.6
Games
2010-1-162
2014-10-160
2018-9-160
2019-9-160
2022-7-160
2023-8-160
CAR-49-2265
At-Bats
CAR-42-8640
Runs
2011-5-110
2012-7-108
2014-8-105
2016-10-113
2017-3-120
2018-3-112
2019-1-132
CAR-29-1468
Hits
2011-3-202
2012-9-186
2014-4-198
2016-5-199
2017-4-205
2018-2-209
2019-1-212
2022-7-195
CAR-24-2705
Total Bases
2012-8-315
2016-9-332
2017-7-350
2018-7-314
2019-2-356
CAR-36-4257
Singles
2011-5-146
2014-4-146
2017-10-144
2018-2-150
2019-6-144
2022-4-149
CAR-17-1927
Homeruns
2017-5-42
2019-4-36
RBIs
2019-6-115
Walks
2011-10-79
2012-7-82
2013-2-89
2014-1-89
2016-4-86
2017-3-87
2018-1-90
CAR-17-1144
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 122    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 118th overall pick, by Orlando (from Hollywood) in 2003
Injured on 9/16/2005 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/4/2007 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/6/2008 with a Torn Hamstring Muscle, out for full season
Had first career hit on 5/9/2009, off Chris McBroom (UTI)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/2010, off Bob Cogburn (ARZ)
Was selected to the 2010 All-Rookie Team
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Injured on 9/17/2012 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks