LF Diego Mateo #29
New York Knickerbockers MLB
Age: 28 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good
09/20/1971
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LF DIEGO MATEO #29 - AGE: 28 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
114 212 52 6 0 7 32 29 55 .245 .332 .373 0 -0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 45 50 50
Gap 55 50 55 55
Power 55 50 55 55
Eye 50 50 55 55
Avoid K's 40 40 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 40
Errors: - 35 55
Arm: 20 40 55
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 40
1st Base: 40 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 30
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 25
Stealing Aggressiveness: 30
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 35
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/19/1971 @ BRO Loss, 0-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/1971 @ BRO Loss, 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/17/1971 @ BRO Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/1971 @ PIT Win, 5-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/15/1971 @ PIT Loss, 1-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/1971 @ PHI Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10/1971 @ PHI Loss, 6-8 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
09/09/1971 BRO Loss, 3-8 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
09/08/1971 BRO Win, 8-7 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0
09/07/1971 BRO Win, 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Likes to do crossword puzzles in his spare time.
Birthday:05/04/1943
Born in:Moca, ESP
Nationality:Dominican
Height:5' 11"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$90,000
Signed Through:1971 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 42 Days
Service This Yr:167 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1964, 22nd Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1971 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 114 212 52 6 0 7 32 22 29 55 .245 .332 .373 .705 .327 .127 108
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 43 244 0 0 0 3 0 3 79 13 0 1 0.0 27.8 4.49 -0.0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   40 7 0 0 0 4 2 6 10 0 0 0 .175 .283 .175 .458
Versus Right   172 45 6 0 7 28 20 23 45 3 0 0 .262 .343 .419 .762
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .400 .733
April   26 6 1 0 4 6 4 1 7 0 0 0 .231 .259 .731 .990
May   25 7 1 0 0 2 2 3 7 0 0 0 .280 .357 .320 .677
June   33 10 2 0 1 8 5 10 4 0 0 0 .303 .465 .455 .920
July   41 10 1 0 1 7 4 3 12 2 0 0 .244 .283 .341 .624
August   57 11 0 0 0 5 3 5 17 0 0 0 .193 .258 .193 .451
September   30 8 1 0 1 4 4 7 8 1 0 0 .267 .395 .400 .795
Spring Training   51 13 2 0 2 4 8 15 16 0 0 2 .255 .441 .412 .853
Last Year   146 44 5 0 4 19 18 15 32 1 0 1 .301 .368 .418 .786
2 Years Ago   406 107 18 1 14 52 52 55 102 0 0 2 .264 .354 .416 .770
Career   1566 421 65 3 50 190 191 163 357 8 0 14 .269 .342 .410 .751
Home   115 31 4 0 5 21 13 14 29 2 0 0 .270 .344 .435 .778
Road   97 21 2 0 2 11 9 15 26 1 0 0 .216 .319 .299 .618
Grass   212 52 6 0 7 32 22 29 55 3 0 0 .245 .332 .373 .705
Day   141 37 3 0 4 21 14 17 37 2 0 0 .262 .338 .369 .706
Night   71 15 3 0 3 11 8 12 18 1 0 0 .211 .321 .380 .702
As Starter   149 34 4 0 4 19 12 20 41 2 0 0 .228 .316 .336 .651
As Reliever / Substitution   63 18 2 0 3 13 10 9 14 1 0 0 .286 .370 .460 .830
Pinch Hitting   47 16 2 0 3 11 8 9 8 0 0 0 .340 .446 .574 1.021
Close/Late   83 24 4 0 3 13 8 13 21 2 0 0 .289 .378 .446 .823
Inning 1-3   45 5 0 0 0 1 2 6 17 0 0 0 .111 .216 .111 .327
Inning 4-6   54 14 1 0 3 12 6 8 12 1 0 0 .259 .349 .444 .794
Inning 7-9   100 30 4 0 3 17 13 14 20 2 0 0 .300 .379 .430 .809
Extra Innings   13 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 .231 .286 .538 .824
0 Outs   63 13 1 0 2 5 9 10 16 0 0 0 .206 .315 .317 .633
1 Outs   82 20 2 0 3 16 11 10 25 3 0 0 .244 .316 .378 .694
2 Outs   67 19 3 0 2 11 2 9 14 0 0 0 .284 .368 .418 .786
Scoring Position   54 17 2 0 1 24 5 6 15 3 0 0 .315 .365 .407 .772
Bases Empty   106 20 3 0 4 4 13 19 29 0 0 0 .189 .312 .330 .642
Runner on 1st   52 15 1 0 2 4 4 4 11 0 0 0 .288 .339 .423 .762
Runner on 2nd   15 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 .200 .294 .200 .494
Runner on 3rd   5 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 .200 .286 .400 .686
Runner on 1st & 2nd   12 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 .417 .417 .417 .833
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 3 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 .500 .375 .667 1.042
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 3 0 0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 .429 .500 .857 1.357
Bases Loaded   9 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 .222 .364 .222 .586
Two Strikes   107 16 2 0 3 11 7 12 55 1 0 0 .150 .233 .252 .486
First Pitch   24 8 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .320 .500 .820
Count 0-1   25 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .240 .231 .280 .511
Count 0-2   23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 .043 .043 .043 .087
Count 1-0   15 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533
Count 1-1   16 10 1 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .625 .625 1.062 1.688
Count 1-2   27 3 0 0 1 5 1 0 19 1 0 0 .111 .107 .222 .329
Count 2-0   9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 2-1   11 5 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .455 .455 .818 1.273
Count 2-2   31 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 .097 .097 .129 .226
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   5 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 .200 .692 .200 .892
Full Count   26 9 1 0 2 5 5 12 9 0 0 0 .346 .553 .615 1.168
Behind in Count   75 10 1 0 1 9 2 0 32 2 0 0 .133 .130 .187 .317
Ahead in Count   40 12 1 0 1 7 7 17 0 0 0 0 .300 .509 .400 .909
Batting 2nd   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   17 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 7 0 0 0 .176 .333 .176 .510
Batting 6th   45 9 2 0 3 4 6 2 10 0 0 0 .200 .234 .444 .678
Batting 7th   73 20 3 0 2 14 4 10 18 1 0 0 .274 .357 .397 .754
Batting 8th   36 10 0 0 0 4 4 5 11 2 0 0 .278 .349 .278 .627
Batting 9th   34 9 0 0 2 8 6 8 8 0 0 0 .265 .405 .441 .846
Low Leverage   77 18 4 0 2 7 6 8 18 0 0 0 .234 .306 .364 .670
Medium Leverage   73 15 0 0 2 3 9 11 18 0 0 0 .205 .310 .288 .597
High Leverage   61 19 2 0 3 22 6 9 19 3 0 0 .311 .384 .492 .875
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 New York - MLB 23 21 70 23 2 1 2 6 7 0 3 0 8 1 0 .329 .356 .471 .828 142 146 0.2
1967 New York - MLB 24 102 355 94 16 0 13 39 44 30 5 3 87 0 2 .265 .328 .420 .748 126 127 1.4
1968 New York - MLB 25 120 377 101 18 1 10 42 48 34 3 1 73 1 3 .268 .333 .401 .733 129 133 2.3
1969 New York - MLB 26 133 406 107 18 1 14 52 52 55 2 0 102 0 0 .264 .354 .416 .770 124 121 1.3
1970 New York - MLB 27 105 146 44 5 0 4 19 18 15 1 1 32 0 0 .301 .368 .418 .786 116 116 0.5
1971 New York - MLB 28 114 212 52 6 0 7 32 22 29 0 3 55 0 1 .245 .332 .373 .705 97 108 -0.0
Total MLB 595 1566 421 65 3 50 190 191 163 14 8 357 2 6 .269 .342 .410 .751 122 124 5.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1964 Total - 21 41 178 56 10 1 10 44 55 22 4 2 25 20 9 .315 .398 .551 .949 100 100 2.1
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 New York - MLB 25 17 64 17 2 0 1 5 10 4 2 0 23 1 0 .266 .329 .344 .672 111 115 -0.6
1969 New York - MLB 26 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476 44 62 -1.2
Total MLB 20 71 18 2 0 1 5 10 6 2 0 25 1 0 .254 .329 .324 .653 103 109
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 New York - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 New York - MLB LF 19 18 39 0 0 40 1 .975 146.2 2.39 -0.2 .965
1967 New York - MLB LF 93 92 177 4 3 188 7 .963 770.1 2.11 -7.0 .956
1968 New York - MLB 1B 33 27 220 20 16 242 2 .992 225.0 9.60 -1.6 .941
1968 New York - MLB LF 64 60 139 2 1 141 0 1.000 542.1 2.34 -5.3 .952
1968 New York - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 New York - MLB 1B 5 2 16 0 2 16 0 1.000 19.2 7.32 +0.0 1.047
1969 New York - MLB LF 99 95 150 7 1 160 3 .981 817.0 1.73 -4.7 .959
1969 New York - MLB RF 8 8 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 65.0 0.83 -1.3 .839
1970 New York - MLB 1B 10 5 66 5 5 71 0 1.000 57.2 11.08 -0.5 1.030
1970 New York - MLB LF 25 12 20 0 0 21 1 .952 121.1 1.48 -1.5 .928
1970 New York - MLB RF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.0 0.82 +0.0 .979
1971 New York - MLB 1B 14 11 106 5 8 112 1 .991 97.2 10.23 -1.1 .916
1971 New York - MLB LF 20 0 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 50.2 1.07 -1.5 .814
1971 New York - MLB RF 32 32 60 0 0 60 0 1.000 280.2 1.92 -6.9 .884
TOTAL 1B 63 45 408 30 31 441 3 .993 400.2 9.84 -3.2 .952
TOTAL LF 320 277 530 14 5 556 12 .978 2448.1 2.00 -20.2 .954
TOTAL RF 44 41 67 0 0 67 0 1.000 358.2 1.68 -8.2 .881
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1964 Drafted in the 1964 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 22, 22nd overall pick) by the New York Knickerbockers, out of college UCLA
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 35 (50); Eye: 40 (55).
04/13/1965 Named the #63 prospect in the MLB
07/08/1965 Named the #31 prospect in the MLB
10/21/1965 Named the #21 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (55).
04/12/1966 Named the #51 prospect in the MLB
07/07/1966 Named the #59 prospect in the MLB
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,800.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (55).
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 55 (55).
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
12/16/1968 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at left field at the New York Knickerbockers development complex.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 55 (55).
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $55,000.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 55 (60); Eye: 55 (55).
10/21/1970 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 2 days.
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $90,000.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 50 (55).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1969 7 5
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