LF Diego Mateo #29
New York Knickerbockers MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good
07/03/1972
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LF DIEGO MATEO #29 - AGE: 29 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
53 118 32 8 1 5 26 12 27 .271 .338 .483 0 0.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 45 50 50
Gap 55 50 55 55
Power 50 50 55 50
Eye 55 50 55 60
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
07/02/1972 @ CLE Loss, 6-10 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 0
06/30/1972 @ CLE Win, 2-0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
06/29/1972 WAS Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/28/1972 WAS Win, 6-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/25/1972 CIN Loss, 5-7 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
06/25/1972 CIN Win, 9-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
06/24/1972 CIN Loss, 2-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/23/1972 CIN Loss, 2-5 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
06/21/1972 CLE Win, 7-5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
06/18/1972 @ SDC Loss, 4-8 1 0 1 1 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:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$120,000
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 42 Days
Service This Yr:90 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1964, 22nd Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 53 118 32 8 1 5 26 13 12 27 .271 .338 .483 .821 .373 .212 148
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 24 133 1 0 0 3 0 2 57 14 0 0 0.0 19.4 5.75 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   37 11 2 0 2 8 4 2 9 1 0 0 .297 .325 .514 .839
Versus Right   81 21 6 1 3 18 9 10 18 1 0 1 .259 .344 .469 .813
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   9 3 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .400 .667 1.067
April   40 10 1 1 2 10 6 2 10 0 0 1 .250 .302 .475 .777
May   34 6 3 0 1 5 4 4 11 2 0 0 .176 .250 .353 .603
June   40 14 4 0 1 7 1 6 6 0 0 0 .350 .435 .525 .960
July   4 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
Spring Training   36 5 2 0 0 7 1 10 9 2 0 0 .139 .312 .194 .507
Last Year   224 56 7 0 7 33 22 29 55 3 0 0 .250 .332 .375 .707
2 Years Ago   146 44 5 0 4 19 18 15 32 1 0 1 .301 .368 .418 .786
Career   1696 457 74 4 55 217 204 175 384 10 0 15 .269 .341 .415 .756
Home   70 18 3 1 2 15 5 5 15 1 0 1 .257 .312 .414 .726
Road   48 14 5 0 3 11 8 7 12 1 0 0 .292 .375 .583 .958
Grass   118 32 8 1 5 26 13 12 27 2 0 1 .271 .338 .483 .821
Day   84 25 6 1 4 20 9 7 19 2 0 1 .298 .351 .536 .887
Night   34 7 2 0 1 6 4 5 8 0 0 0 .206 .308 .353 .661
As Starter   92 27 4 1 5 23 11 8 22 2 0 1 .293 .350 .522 .871
As Reliever / Substitution   26 5 4 0 0 3 2 4 5 0 0 0 .192 .300 .346 .646
Pinch Hitting   23 4 3 0 0 3 2 4 5 0 0 0 .174 .296 .304 .601
Close/Late   50 11 2 0 1 7 6 4 13 0 0 0 .220 .278 .320 .598
Inning 1-3   21 5 1 1 0 6 2 5 4 2 0 0 .238 .357 .381 .738
Inning 4-6   33 11 3 0 4 10 5 2 9 0 0 1 .333 .389 .788 1.177
Inning 7-9   55 15 4 0 1 10 6 4 13 0 0 0 .273 .322 .400 .722
Extra Innings   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
0 Outs   36 8 4 0 0 3 3 7 12 1 0 1 .222 .356 .333 .689
1 Outs   47 13 2 0 3 13 6 2 11 1 0 0 .277 .300 .511 .811
2 Outs   35 11 2 1 2 10 4 3 4 0 0 0 .314 .368 .600 .968
Scoring Position   37 14 1 0 2 20 4 2 5 2 0 0 .378 .390 .568 .958
Bases Empty   50 9 4 0 2 2 6 9 16 0 0 1 .180 .317 .380 .697
Runner on 1st   31 9 3 1 1 4 3 1 6 0 0 0 .290 .312 .548 .861
Runner on 2nd   13 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 .385 .385 .615 1.000
Runner on 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   9 4 1 0 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .444 .500 .889 1.389
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .286 .333 .619
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
Bases Loaded   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Two Strikes   60 16 5 0 1 9 3 4 27 1 0 0 .267 .308 .400 .708
First Pitch   13 4 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .357 .538 .896
Count 0-1   11 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .364 .333 .636 .970
Count 0-2   9 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 .333 .333 .778 1.111
Count 1-0   11 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .455 .636
Count 1-1   12 3 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Count 1-2   18 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .389
Count 2-0   5 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
Count 2-1   6 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Count 2-2   19 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 .316 .316 .421 .737
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Full Count   14 4 1 0 0 3 0 4 5 1 0 0 .286 .421 .357 .778
Behind in Count   38 10 2 0 2 8 3 0 16 1 0 0 .263 .256 .474 .730
Ahead in Count   22 5 2 0 2 5 5 8 0 0 0 0 .227 .433 .591 1.024
Batting Leadoff   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Batting 4th   4 3 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 .750 .800 2.000 2.800
Batting 5th   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 6th   13 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 .308 .333 .462 .795
Batting 7th   79 21 3 0 4 18 9 7 21 1 0 0 .266 .322 .456 .778
Batting 8th   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Batting 9th   17 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 .118 .211 .235 .446
Low Leverage   37 8 3 0 3 6 3 2 7 0 0 1 .216 .275 .541 .816
Medium Leverage   45 12 3 1 2 10 6 5 15 1 0 0 .267 .333 .511 .844
High Leverage   35 11 2 0 0 10 4 5 5 1 0 0 .314 .390 .371 .762
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 28 120 224 56 7 0 7 33 22 29 0 3 55 0 1 .250 .332 .375 .707 105 107 0.0
1972 New York - MLB 29 53 118 32 8 1 5 26 13 12 1 2 27 0 0 .271 .338 .483 .821 136 148 0.6
Total MLB 654 1696 457 74 4 55 217 204 175 15 10 384 2 6 .269 .341 .415 .756 124 125 6.4
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 .917
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 34 34 66 0 0 66 0 1.000 299.2 1.98 -6.7 .893
1972 New York - MLB C 1 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.5 .000 2 0 0 0.0
1972 New York - MLB 1B 4 3 42 4 5 47 1 .979 40.1 10.26 -0.3 .903
1972 New York - MLB LF 8 7 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 63.1 1.71 -1.3 .907
1972 New York - MLB RF 14 13 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 123.1 1.02 -1.4 .906
TOTAL C 1 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.5 .000 2 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 67 48 450 34 36 488 4 .992 441.0 9.88 -3.5 .948
TOTAL LF 328 284 542 14 5 568 12 .979 2511.2 1.99 -21.5 .953
TOTAL RF 60 56 87 0 0 87 0 1.000 501.0 1.56 -9.4 .892
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).
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $120,000.
01/01/1972 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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