Michael
Diamond
 
Nickname: Mike D
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 160
 
Born: November 20, 1963 in Brooklyn, NY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1993   
All-Star Selections 1993   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1981 17 HON JL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1982 18 HON JL     5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1983 19 DM FL     7 7 8 2 2 2 12 12 12 8 7 7 15 15 15
1984 20 DM FL     11 11 11 3 3 3 15 15 15 9 9 9 15 15 15
1985 21 DM FL $ 300,000   12 12 12 3 3 3 15 15 15 12 12 12 16 16 16
1986 22 BUF FL $ 300,000   12 12 12 4 4 4 16 16 16 13 13 13 17 17 17
1987 23 BUF FL $ 300,000   13 13 13 6 6 6 17 17 17 13 13 13 18 18 18
1988 24 BUF FL $ 300,000   13 13 13 6 6 6 17 17 17 12 12 12 18 18 18
1989 25 BUF FL $ 2,378,571   14 14 14 6 6 6 17 17 17 12 12 12 18 18 18
1990 26 BUF FL $ 2,378,571   15 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 18 12 12 12 18 18 18
1991 27 BUF FL $ 2,270,000   16 16 16 7 7 7 18 18 18 12 12 12 18 18 18
1992 28 BUF FL $ 2,270,000   16 16 16 7 7 7 18 18 18 11 11 11 18 18 18
1993 29 BUF FL $ 2,270,000   16 16 16 7 7 7 18 18 18 11 11 11 18 18 18
1994 30 NO FL $ 3,340,000   15 15 15 6 6 6 17 17 17 9 9 9 17 17 17
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,340,000   16 16 16 7 7 7 18 18 18 13 13 13 18 18 18
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 17 A   131 465 65 108 14 3 0 19 34 7 58 102 .232 .317 .275 .593 48.0  
1982 18 A   137 512 55 128 27 5 0 40 29 9 73 94 .250 .344 .322 .666 62.9  
1983 19 A   138 542 86 155 21 11 1 41 54 5 75 60 .286 .373 .371 .744 85.5  
1984 20 AAA   91 347 47 94 22 2 2 24 24 3 31 42 .271 .331 .363 .694 44.4  
    AA   45 169 22 41 11 3 3 16 8 3 25 21 .243 .340 .396 .737 24.1  
1985 21 DM FL 107 294 40 65 19 0 1 35 17 9 30 44 .221 .298 .296 .594 27.1 1.9
    AAA   36 159 35 56 8 2 4 15 12 3 16 12 .352 .411 .503 .915 31.4  
1986 22 DM FL 31 60 8 14 4 1 0 12 4 2 7 6 .233 .313 .333 .647 6.7 0.6
  BUF FL 28 68 16 18 8 1 1 6 4 3 5 8 .265 .320 .456 .776 9.5 1.3
  TOT   59 128 24 32 12 2 1 18 8 5 12 14 .250 .317 .398 .715 16.2 1.9
    AAA   34 132 34 59 11 3 0 12 13 4 26 6 .447 .538 .576 1.114 36.4  
1987 23 BUF FL 118 274 50 78 16 2 5 27 24 8 31 27 .285 .384 .412 .796 45.4 7.2
1988 24 BUF FL 119 400 63 126 37 10 7 52 39 12 30 30 .315 .364 .510 .874 69.1 14.5
1989 25 BUF FL 150 554 90 165 52 6 11 63 47 22 44 32 .298 .355 .473 .828 88.5 15.8
1990 26 BUF FL 135 395 66 106 30 4 8 33 30 14 37 19 .268 .336 .425 .762 55.0 6.8
1991 27 BUF FL 154 554 80 160 39 9 6 74 41 24 42 30 .289 .353 .424 .777 80.3 11.9
1992 28 BUF FL 150 562 95 163 43 12 6 72 53 23 45 32 .290 .351 .441 .792 84.1 12.6
1993 29 BUF FL 152 545 74 173 39 14 8 73 35 14 44 38 .317 .370 .484 .855 92.3 15.5
1994 30 NO FL 49 188 33 50 20 4 0 16 6 5 18 10 .266 .346 .415 .761 24.0 3.5
10 Years Sim 1193 3894 615 1118 307 63 53 463 300 136 333 276 .287 .351 .439 .791 582.0 91.6
3 Years AAA 161 638 116 209 41 7 6 51 49 10 73 60 .328 .402 .442 .844 112.2  
1 Years AA 45 169 22 41 11 3 3 16 8 3 25 21 .243 .340 .396 .737 24.1  
3 Years A 406 1519 206 391 62 19 1 100 117 21 206 256 .257 .352 .325 .677 196.4  
7 Years Minors 612 2326 344 641 114 29 10 167 174 34 304 337 .276 .365 .362 .727 332.7  
162 Game Average 528 83 151 41 8 7 62 40 18 45 37 .287 .351 .439 .791 79.0  
Career Highs 154 562 95 173 52 14 11 74 53 24 45 44 .317 .384 .510 .874 92.3  
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   2531 400 708 190 43 37 322 188 76 213 177 .280 .344 .433 .777 360.7
vs LH   1363 215 410 117 20 16 141 112 60 120 99 .301 .365 .451 .816 206.9
Home 593 1910 295 562 161 29 28 228 142 68 156 140 .294 .354 .453 .807 285.8
Away 600 1984 320 556 146 34 25 235 158 68 177 136 .280 .349 .426 .774 281.8
RISP   857 0 238 61 18 8 363 0 0 93 65 .278 .349 .419 .767 121.9
Pinch Hitting   29 4 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 .207 .303 .276 .579 2.1
Close/Late   364 71 110 31 13 4 43 0 0 40 24 .302 .381 .492 .873 61.8
Mar/Apr 174 605 93 164 43 11 5 55 49 23 48 42 .271 .343 .403 .747 77.5
May 226 759 121 212 68 7 11 103 58 24 54 57 .279 .333 .431 .764 103.7
June 190 563 84 172 46 14 10 84 34 17 50 44 .306 .364 .490 .855 93.2
July 186 634 99 191 47 10 10 70 50 25 56 41 .301 .369 .454 .823 98.2
August 209 651 100 185 46 12 7 81 46 23 64 44 .284 .353 .424 .777 93.6
Sep/Oct 208 682 118 194 57 9 10 70 63 24 61 48 .284 .350 .438 .788 101.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1985 21 DM FL 2B 103 96 801.3 148 317 6 49 .987 5.22   2.8
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 22 DM FL 2B 12 9 71.2 19 25 0 6 1.000 5.56   0.4
    SS 9 8 63.2 6 18 2 3 .923 3.42   0.2
    3B 3 1 10.4 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.33   0.1
    LF 2 1 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
  BUF FL 2B 10 8 79.8 22 27 0 6 1.000 5.53   0.7
    SS 8 8 70.8 7 21 2 3 .933 3.56   0.2
    3B 3 1 11.6 2 5 1 0 .875 5.43   0.1
    LF 2 0 5.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.40   0.0
  TOT   2B 22 17 151.0 41 52 0 12 1.000 5.54   1.0
      SS 17 16 134.0 13 39 4 6 .929 3.49   0.4
      3B 6 2 22.0 3 9 1 0 .923 4.91   0.2
      LF 4 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1987 23 BUF FL SS 48 41 345.3 57 110 5 25 .971 4.35   2.2
    1B 21 21 175.0 150 11 3 13 .982 8.28   0.2
    2B 12 12 102.0 20 32 0 10 1.000 4.59   0.5
    3B 6 6 51.0 1 10 0 2 1.000 1.94   0.2
    LF 8 2 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1988 24 BUF FL 2B 79 79 630.0 85 236 6 34 .982 4.59   2.9
    SS 20 14 121.7 15 44 4 8 .937 4.36   0.6
    3B 13 11 105.0 4 29 0 2 1.000 2.83   0.7
    LF 4 4 34.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.91   0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1989 25 BUF FL 2B 142 142 1150.0 217 420 7 74 .989 4.99   7.9
    SS 10 5 47.0 2 15 0 1 1.000 3.26   0.3
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 26 BUF FL 2B 103 97 775.3 128 245 9 47 .976 4.33   2.9
    SS 24 9 100.0 8 32 3 7 .930 3.60   0.5
    3B 7 3 27.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.1
    LF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1991 27 BUF FL 2B 150 146 1252.3 223 383 10 76 .984 4.36   6.5
    SS 4 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    3B 3 0 6.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.41   0.1
1992 28 BUF FL 2B 143 143 1258.7 229 429 12 93 .982 4.71   4.9
    3B 3 2 21.7 0 6 1 1 .857 2.49   0.1
    LF 2 0 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    SS 2 1 10.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1993 29 BUF FL 2B 148 146 1261.7 274 512 10 104 .987 5.61   7.4
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1994 30 NO FL 3B 42 42 375.0 20 84 5 7 .954 2.50   1.3
    2B 5 4 39.0 9 15 0 3 1.000 5.54   0.3
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
  2B 907 882 7421.3 1374 2641 60 502 .985 4.87   36.9
  SS 129 88 785.0 97 254 16 48 .956 4.02   4.0
  3B 83 66 612.3 30 145 7 12 .962 2.57   2.7
  1B 22 21 178.0 153 11 3 13 .982 8.29   0.2
  LF 21 9 99.0 28 0 1 0 .966 2.55   0.3
Career Totals   1162 1066 9095.6 1682 3051 87 575 .982 4.68   44.2
Career Highs   157 147 1302.3 274 515 13 104 .989 5.59    
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
1987 23 BUF FL 5 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .214 .214 .286 .500
1988 24 BUF FL 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432
1989 25 BUF FL 10 37 4 8 1 0 0 2 6 1 2 1 .216 .256 .243 .500
1990 26 BUF FL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1991 27 BUF FL 9 35 2 6 1 2 0 4 1 2 3 5 .171 .231 .314 .545
Career Post-Season Batting 31 101 8 19 3 2 0 6 8 3 6 13 .188 .231 .257 .489
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.
Doubles
1989-5-52
Triples
1992-8-12
1993-3-14
Stolen Bases
1988-10-39
1989-6-47
1992-7-53
Caught Stealing
1989-5-22
1991-6-24
1992-3-23
CAR-46-136
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  4. Samuel Sanchez (898)
  5. Tim McGraw (895)
  6. Thomas Angus (894)
  7. Choo Choo Webster (892)
  8. Jonathan Noon (888)
  9. Pete Madewald (888)
  10. Fok-Han Leung (887)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Honolulu in 1981
Injured on 6/3/1981 with a Sore Back, out for one week