Matt Diaz (Matthew Edward Diaz) was born on March 3, 1978 in Portland, Oregon. He made his Major League debut on July 19, 2003 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 2006, his rookie year, he hit .327 with 7 home runs and 32 RBI. Diaz played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Matt Diaz's best season was 2006, when he hit for a .327 average.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
K
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2003
TB
4
9
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
.111
.200
.111
.311
2004
TB
10
21
3
4
1
1
1
3
1
6
0
0
.190
.292
.476
.768
2005
KC
34
89
7
25
4
2
1
9
4
15
0
1
.281
.323
.404
.727
2006
ATL
124
297
37
97
15
4
7
32
11
49
5
5
.327
.364
.475
.839
2007
ATL
135
358
44
121
21
0
12
45
16
63
4
0
.338
.368
.497
.865
Career
307
774
93
248
41
7
21
89
33
136
9
6
.320
.357
.473
.830
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
TC
A
E
DP
FPCT
2003
TB
LF
1
1
9
6
7
0
1
0
.857
2004
TB
RF
1
1
9
3
3
0
0
0
1.000
2004
TB
LF
3
3
20
8
8
0
0
0
1.000
2005
KC
LF
19
16
136
34
36
0
2
0
.944
2005
KC
RF
2
1
11
4
4
0
0
0
1.000
2006
ATL
LF
95
62
587
163
172
5
4
1
.977
2006
ATL
RF
6
0
13
3
3
0
0
0
1.000
2007
ATL
RF
5
0
15
3
3
0
0
0
1.000
2007
ATL
LF
95
77
678
155
161
4
2
1
.988
2007
ATL
1B
2
0
2
3
4
1
0
1
1.000
Total
243
171
1482
382
401
10
9
3
.978
Awards
Transactions
Selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1999 - signed June 24, 1999).
