Francisco
Diaz
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: August 25, 1981 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bick Horizon Award 2007   
Zachary Matthews Award 2019    2020    2021   
All-Star Selections 2018   
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
2000 18 MA FF   1 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 2
2001 19 MA FF   1 0 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3
2002 20 MA FF   2 1 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 4 3
2003 21 MA FF   3 2 2 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4
2004 22 MA FF   4 3 3 5 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4
2005 23 TN FF   5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 2 2 3 4 4
2006 24 TN FF $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 2 2 3 4 4
2007 25 TN FF $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 2 2 3 4 4
2008 26 TN FF $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 2 2 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 2 2 2 3 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 TN FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 3 3 3 5 6 6
2010 28 TN FF $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 3 3 3 5 7 6
2011 29 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 3 3 6 7 7
2012 30 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 7 6
2013 31 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 6
2014 32 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
2015 33 KS GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
2016 34 KS GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 7 6
2017 35 CO GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 5 7 6
2018 36 CO GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 5 6 6
2019 37 CO GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3 4 5 5
2020 38 CO GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5
2021 39 CO GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 4 3 3 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 18 A   159 669 81 182 20 3 13 56 27 5 40 130 .272 .313 .369 .682 79.3  
2001 19 A   158 602 66 144 18 6 17 76 14 9 45 144 .239 .292 .374 .666 66.2  
2002 20 A   131 484 50 115 9 5 10 56 19 7 23 96 .238 .272 .339 .611 45.2  
2003 21 A   136 541 71 158 26 2 23 66 18 8 39 102 .292 .340 .475 .815 84.6  
2004 22 AA   77 295 41 88 19 1 7 32 4 2 11 59 .298 .324 .441 .764 39.2  
    A   45 184 30 74 19 0 7 19 2 3 13 26 .402 .442 .620 1.061 41.0  
2005 23 AAA   138 536 67 168 27 3 21 70 12 6 38 105 .313 .359 .493 .851 89.1  
2006 24 TN FF 41 94 12 21 3 0 4 10 2 1 4 24 .223 .255 .383 .638 9.6 1.5
    AAA   103 405 54 115 17 0 8 53 14 6 29 77 .284 .332 .385 .717 51.4  
2007 25 TN FF 112 365 52 117 29 2 15 48 6 4 15 89 .321 .346 .534 .881 61.4 14.1
    AAA   38 151 23 43 7 1 5 27 3 5 12 30 .285 .337 .444 .781 20.9  
2008 26 TN FF 123 450 51 123 29 4 8 32 11 4 14 116 .273 .302 .409 .711 54.3 11.4
2009 27 TN FF 136 413 36 82 12 0 13 29 6 3 11 73 .199 .223 .322 .545 27.8 0.2
2010 28 TN FF 136 327 38 80 20 3 10 27 9 6 23 43 .245 .295 .416 .711 38.9 7.0
2011 29 TN FF 90 332 47 90 14 1 10 35 10 4 16 35 .271 .307 .410 .716 41.2 10.3
  IL GE 50 168 19 48 5 0 6 19 5 2 4 19 .286 .305 .423 .727 20.9 4.6
  TOT   140 500 66 138 19 1 16 54 15 6 20 54 .276 .306 .414 .720 62.1 14.9
2012 30 IL GE 143 487 53 144 23 1 15 60 6 11 14 57 .296 .317 .439 .756 62.6 12.7
2013 31 IL GE 152 538 59 140 29 4 11 75 11 2 23 67 .260 .289 .390 .679 59.7 10.3
2014 32 IL GE 156 516 50 145 13 4 16 61 16 6 28 61 .281 .323 .415 .738 68.2 12.3
2015 33 IL GE 67 176 19 47 12 0 3 14 5 3 9 25 .267 .305 .386 .691 19.8 3.4
  KS GE 75 236 27 72 17 1 7 41 6 3 12 23 .305 .341 .475 .816 36.4 9.2
  TOT   142 412 46 119 29 1 10 55 11 6 21 48 .289 .326 .437 .763 56.2 12.6
2016 34 KS GE 155 541 75 141 34 3 16 73 12 8 31 64 .261 .302 .423 .725 64.7 11.8
2017 35 KS GE 82 315 40 85 11 0 8 34 14 5 23 31 .270 .325 .381 .706 37.4 6.5
  CO GE 67 253 24 55 10 1 9 25 11 4 7 32 .217 .243 .372 .615 21.7 1.7
  TOT   149 568 64 140 21 1 17 59 25 9 30 63 .246 .289 .377 .666 59.1 8.2
2018 36 CO GE 153 558 99 170 25 3 20 97 28 12 47 64 .305 .364 .468 .832 88.3 19.4
2019 37 CO GE 154 562 65 157 27 2 8 58 19 14 31 82 .279 .318 .377 .695 62.0 6.2
2020 38 CO GE 153 528 53 129 22 2 9 57 18 5 28 98 .244 .282 .345 .627 50.3 5.8
2021 39 CO GE 147 511 49 125 19 6 7 43 10 9 30 94 .245 .292 .346 .638 50.6 5.3
16 Years Sim 2192 7370 868 1971 354 37 195 838 205 106 370 1097 .267 .305 .405 .710 875.9 153.6
3 Years AAA 279 1092 144 326 51 4 34 150 29 17 79 212 .299 .348 .446 .794 161.4  
1 Years AA 77 295 41 88 19 1 7 32 4 2 11 59 .298 .323 .441 .763 39.2  
5 Years A 629 2480 298 673 92 16 70 273 80 32 160 498 .271 .317 .406 .723 316.3  
9 Years Minors 985 3867 483 1087 162 21 111 455 113 51 250 769 .281 .326 .420 .746 517.0  
162 Game Average 544 64 145 26 2 14 61 15 7 27 81 .267 .305 .405 .710 64.7  
Career Highs 156 568 99 170 34 6 20 97 28 14 47 116 .321 .364 .534 .881 88.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5128 566 1315 246 24 118 579 137 75 272 757 .256 .296 .383 .679 562.6
vs LH   2242 302 656 108 13 77 259 68 31 98 340 .293 .325 .455 .780 314.5
Home 1090 3617 409 941 159 18 96 408 98 55 191 541 .260 .300 .394 .694 413.5
Away 1102 3753 459 1030 195 19 99 430 107 51 179 556 .274 .310 .416 .726 463.6
RISP   1680 0 430 79 7 43 612 0 0 103 259 .256 .295 .388 .683 191.6
Pinch Hitting   177 16 48 7 0 2 12 6 1 5 29 .271 .295 .345 .640 17.5
Close/Late   952 104 273 38 5 24 99 0 0 48 142 .287 .323 .413 .736 121.3
Mar/Apr 295 1015 120 259 51 5 24 133 32 15 43 140 .255 .290 .386 .676 109.0
May 377 1267 146 333 55 3 29 107 36 17 61 208 .263 .302 .380 .681 139.6
June 373 1254 148 331 54 5 33 129 42 15 67 194 .264 .302 .394 .696 148.0
July 321 1114 129 303 60 2 34 140 31 25 57 155 .272 .309 .421 .730 136.8
August 390 1336 164 369 69 13 38 178 40 17 82 205 .276 .319 .433 .752 179.2
Sep/Oct 436 1384 161 376 65 9 37 151 24 17 60 195 .272 .304 .412 .716 164.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 24 TN FF CF 19 14 122.3 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.87   0.9
    RF 8 4 43.0 13 1 1 1 .933 2.93    
    LF 5 5 41.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41    
    SS 5 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.1
2007 25 TN FF LF 46 46 366.7 80 2 7 0 .921 2.01   1.5
    CF 40 38 307.0 98 6 0 4 1.000 3.05    
    RF 9 7 68.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    SS 12 4 57.0 15 23 1 7 .974 6.00   0.5
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
2008 26 TN FF CF 91 91 755.0 226 8 0 3 1.000 2.79   2.6
    LF 20 20 162.0 37 1 3 0 .927 2.11    
    RF 6 6 49.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.84    
    2B 4 0 6.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.1
2009 27 TN FF CF 92 88 760.7 255 5 4 0 .985 3.08   3.5
    SS 34 7 128.0 21 46 3 9 .957 4.71   0.5
    2B 5 2 27.0 6 12 0 5 1.000 6.00   0.2
    LF 5 3 24.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
2010 28 TN FF CF 49 43 349.7 106 1 0 0 1.000 2.75   1.9
    LF 17 12 112.0 24 2 1 0 .963 2.09    
    RF 13 12 91.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.68    
    SS 13 8 88.0 15 41 0 11 1.000 5.73   0.6
    2B 13 7 75.7 20 24 1 5 .978 5.23   0.3
    3B 1 0 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2011 29 TN FF CF 65 60 558.8 189 5 0 2 1.000 3.12   1.9
    RF 17 15 139.2 25 0 1 0 .962 1.62   0.0
    LF 5 4 41.5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
  IL GE CF 36 34 276.2 94 3 0 1 1.000 3.16   1.5
    RF 9 9 68.8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    LF 3 2 20.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.0
    2B 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 101 94 835.0 283 8 0 3 1.000 3.14   3.4
      RF 26 24 208.0 38 0 1 0 .974 1.64   0.0
      LF 8 6 62.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.0
      2B 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2012 30 IL GE CF 139 136 1176.0 422 6 5 1 .988 3.28   5.5
2013 31 IL GE CF 141 140 1241.7 413 8 2 4 .995 3.05   5.6
    2B 4 3 32.0 2 12 2 2 .875 3.94   0.1
2014 32 IL GE CF 140 138 1248.0 396 6 3 2 .993 2.90   6.5
    LF 11 4 56.3 12 0 1 0 .923 1.92    
    RF 1 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2015 33 IL GE RF 28 27 212.3 50 2 2 0 .963 2.20   0.8
    CF 19 18 146.5 45 1 0 0 1.000 2.83   0.0
    LF 7 4 36.8 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.8 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.86   0.0
  KS GE RF 31 31 286.1 68 2 2 1 .972 2.20   1.5
    CF 22 21 197.5 61 2 0 1 1.000 2.87   0.0
    LF 8 4 49.6 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 5.2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
  TOT   RF 59 58 498.4 118 4 4 1 .968 2.20   2.4
      CF 41 39 344.0 106 3 0 1 1.000 2.85   0.0
      LF 15 8 86.4 15 3 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
      2B 3 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
      SS 3 0 8.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.17   0.1
2016 34 KS GE CF 148 143 1262.7 403 9 1 4 .998 2.94   5.0
    LF 2 0 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00    
2017 35 KS GE CF 79 78 720.7 227 5 1 2 .996 2.90   2.9
    SS 2 1 12.4 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.08   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CO GE CF 65 63 554.3 175 4 1 1 .994 2.91   2.0
    SS 1 1 9.6 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.69   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 144 141 1275.0 402 9 2 3 .995 2.90   4.9
      SS 3 2 22.0 1 11 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.1
      RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2018 36 CO GE CF 145 143 1277.7 381 9 2 2 .995 2.75   4.8
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2019 37 CO GE CF 140 137 1212.3 385 7 4 3 .990 2.91   3.7
    SS 5 0 12.0 1 2 1 1 .750 2.25   0.0
    LF 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    2B 2 0 4.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2020 38 CO GE CF 143 142 1212.7 426 11 2 2 .995 3.24   4.7
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2021 39 CO GE CF 133 129 1118.3 373 10 3 3 .992 3.08   3.5
    RF 2 2 15.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 4 0 13.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.0
    2B 3 1 10.0 5 4 0 3 1.000 8.10   0.1
  CF 1706 1656 14498.0 4714 106 28 35 .994 2.99   56.4
  RF 127 114 988.1 212 5 7 2 .969 1.98   2.4
  LF 133 104 927.7 198 8 13 0 .941 2.00   1.5
  SS 81 21 341.4 54 134 5 30 .974 4.96   1.9
  2B 41 13 176.0 42 63 3 17 .972 5.37   0.9
  3B 1 0 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
Career Totals   2090 1908 16942.1 5225 319 56 84 .990 2.95   63.2
Career Highs   153 144 1310.0 426 71 8 16 .997 3.34    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2011 29 IL GE 14 51 8 11 2 0 2 9 1 0 2 6 .216 .241 .373 .613
2012 30 IL GE 12 46 3 7 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 6 .152 .204 .239 .443
2013 31 IL GE 16 60 13 16 7 0 2 8 1 0 3 7 .267 .302 .483 .785
2014 32 IL GE 18 70 6 20 2 0 2 11 1 1 2 9 .286 .289 .400 .689
2015 33 KS GE 5 19 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .263 .300 .421 .721
2016 34 KS GE 4 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 .214 .313 .286 .598
2017 35 CO GE 6 20 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .200 .200 .300 .500
2018 36 CO GE 6 24 3 7 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 .292 .280 .458 .738
Career Post-Season Batting 81 304 37 73 16 0 9 39 4 6 12 40 .240 .266 .382 .648
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.
Games
CAR-48-2192
Runs
2018-9-99
Doubles
2016-8-34
Triples
2021-7-6
Caught Stealing
2019-7-14
Strikeouts
2020-10-98
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 37th round, 881st overall pick, by Mass. Patriots in 2000
Injured on 7/4/2002 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/16/2004 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Injured on 8/21/2004 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/18/2005 with a Stiff Neck, out for 5 days
Traded from Massachusetts to Tennessee on 6/3/2005 (Going to Mas: CF C. Cortese, 1B J. Leon, P B. Rapier, P E. Rodriguez. Going to Ten: CF F. Diaz, P L. Emerson, SS M. Jaramillo, P L. Stang)
Injured on 8/19/2005 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/28/2005 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (double) on 8/4/2006, off Clarence McNatt (Fla)
Hit first career homerun on 8/22/2006, off Skip Burns (DC)
Injured on 6/25/2008 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/24/2009 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/12/2011 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Tennessee to Illinois on 7/31/2011 (Going to Ten: P Larry Nickel, C Richard Baxley. Going to Ill: P J.J. Cobb, CF Francisco Diaz)
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2011
Injured on 6/12/2012 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas on 8/18/2013
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2013
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Kansas on 4/7/2014
Traded from Illinois to Kansas on 6/21/2015 (Going to Ill: P Danny Esteves. Going to Kan: CF Francisco Diaz)
Injured on 7/19/2015 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Kansas to Colorado on 7/11/2017 (Going to CO: P Chet McKie, CF Francisco Diaz. Going to KS: P William Nason, CO's 2nd-4th round picks in 2018)
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Won Mays Award at Centerfield in 2019