LF Diego Mateo #29
New York Knickerbockers MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good
10/18/1972
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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
100 196 51 11 1 6 32 21 45 .260 .335 .418 0 0.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 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
10/03/1972 @ DEN Loss, 6-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/01/1972 DEN Loss, 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/30/1972 DEN Loss, 1-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1972 @ DEN Loss, 3-14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1972 @ DEN Win, 10-6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/22/1972 CLE Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/1972 BRO Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/19/1972 BRO Loss, 1-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/18/1972 BRO Loss, 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/17/1972 PIT Loss, 0-1 1 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:$120,000
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 42 Days
Service This Yr:175 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 100 196 51 11 1 6 32 22 21 45 .260 .335 .418 .753 .347 .158 129
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 39 221 2 0 0 5 1 2 82 18 0 0 0.0 27.8 4.91 .2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   46 13 2 0 2 8 6 3 9 1 0 1 .283 .333 .457 .790
Versus Right   150 38 9 1 4 24 16 18 36 1 1 1 .253 .335 .407 .742
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
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   41 10 1 0 1 8 8 4 8 0 0 0 .244 .311 .341 .653
August   23 7 2 0 0 1 1 4 5 0 1 1 .304 .429 .391 .820
September   18 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 .222 .263 .389 .652
Spring Training   36 5 2 0 0 7 1 10 9 2 0 0 .139 .312 .194 .507
Postseason   5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
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   1774 476 77 4 56 223 213 184 402 10 1 16 .268 .341 .411 .752
Home   118 32 6 1 2 18 11 11 23 1 1 2 .271 .341 .390 .731
Road   78 19 5 0 4 14 11 10 22 1 0 0 .244 .326 .462 .787
Grass   196 51 11 1 6 32 22 21 45 2 1 2 .260 .335 .418 .753
Day   116 34 6 1 5 22 14 11 28 2 1 2 .293 .359 .491 .850
Night   80 17 5 0 1 10 8 10 17 0 0 0 .212 .300 .312 .613
As Starter   140 34 6 1 5 28 14 14 33 2 1 2 .243 .316 .407 .724
As Reliever / Substitution   56 17 5 0 1 4 8 7 12 0 0 0 .304 .381 .446 .827
Pinch Hitting   50 14 4 0 1 4 6 7 11 0 0 0 .280 .368 .420 .788
Close/Late   75 19 3 0 2 9 10 6 20 0 0 0 .253 .309 .373 .682
Inning 1-3   34 7 2 1 0 6 3 6 8 2 0 1 .206 .326 .324 .649
Inning 4-6   56 13 3 0 4 11 7 7 13 0 1 1 .232 .328 .500 .828
Inning 7-9   94 29 6 0 2 15 11 7 22 0 0 0 .309 .356 .436 .793
Extra Innings   12 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .397
0 Outs   62 16 5 0 0 4 8 10 16 1 1 2 .258 .373 .339 .712
1 Outs   78 19 3 0 4 15 10 6 20 1 0 0 .244 .294 .436 .730
2 Outs   56 16 3 1 2 13 4 5 9 0 0 0 .286 .344 .482 .826
Scoring Position   57 16 2 0 2 25 5 4 11 2 1 0 .281 .317 .421 .739
Bases Empty   92 24 6 0 3 3 13 13 23 0 0 1 .261 .358 .424 .782
Runner on 1st   47 11 3 1 1 4 4 4 11 0 0 1 .234 .308 .404 .712
Runner on 2nd   21 6 0 0 1 5 1 1 5 0 1 0 .286 .318 .429 .747
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 4 1 0 1 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 .308 .357 .615 .973
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 .222 .200 .222 .422
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 2 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Bases Loaded   4 2 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350
Two Strikes   94 19 7 0 1 13 4 7 45 1 0 0 .202 .255 .309 .563
First Pitch   25 7 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 .280 .308 .440 .748
Count 0-1   16 5 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 .312 .294 .500 .794
Count 0-2   13 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 9 0 0 0 .231 .231 .538 .769
Count 1-0   17 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .294 .333 .471 .804
Count 1-1   17 7 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .412 .412 .588 1.000
Count 1-2   28 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 17 0 0 0 .143 .143 .214 .357
Count 2-0   12 5 0 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .917 1.333
Count 2-1   13 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .385 .615
Count 2-2   27 7 3 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 0 0 .259 .259 .370 .630
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .750 .000 .750
Full Count   26 5 1 0 0 4 1 7 11 1 0 0 .192 .353 .231 .584
Behind in Count   57 12 3 0 2 12 5 0 26 1 0 0 .211 .207 .368 .575
Ahead in Count   44 13 2 0 3 6 10 14 0 0 0 1 .295 .475 .545 1.020
Batting Leadoff   5 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400
Batting 4th   13 3 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 .231 .286 .615 .901
Batting 5th   5 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .600 .750 .800 1.550
Batting 6th   19 5 2 0 0 3 1 3 6 1 0 0 .263 .348 .368 .716
Batting 7th   114 26 4 0 4 19 13 10 30 1 1 0 .228 .288 .368 .656
Batting 8th   5 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 1.000 1.500
Batting 9th   35 9 3 0 0 2 3 5 6 0 0 0 .257 .350 .343 .693
Low Leverage   68 16 3 0 3 6 7 6 15 0 0 1 .235 .307 .412 .718
Medium Leverage   74 19 5 1 2 10 8 8 21 1 1 0 .257 .325 .432 .758
High Leverage   53 15 3 0 1 16 7 7 9 1 0 1 .283 .371 .396 .767
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 29 100 196 51 11 1 6 32 22 21 2 2 45 0 0 .260 .335 .418 .753 118 129 0.2
Total MLB 701 1774 476 77 4 56 223 213 184 16 10 402 2 6 .268 .341 .411 .752 122 124 6.0
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
1972 New York - MLB 29 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 71 73 -1.2
Total MLB 25 76 19 3 0 1 6 11 6 2 0 25 1 0 .250 .321 .329 .650 101 107
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 5 3 43 4 5 48 1 .979 41.1 10.23 -0.3 .899
1972 New York - MLB LF 15 14 23 0 0 24 1 .958 121.1 1.71 -2.3 .903
1972 New York - MLB RF 24 21 32 0 0 32 0 1.000 200.2 1.44 -5.3 .814
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 68 48 451 34 36 489 4 .992 442.0 9.88 -3.5 .948
TOTAL LF 335 291 553 14 5 580 13 .978 2569.2 1.99 -22.5 .951
TOTAL RF 70 64 105 0 0 105 0 1.000 578.1 1.63 -13.3 .866
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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