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Ben
Diskin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 7, 1944 in Usa
 
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
1973 28 PHX JL $ 2,000,000 5 4 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 6 10 9 10 4 4 4
1974 29 LEX FL $ 2,000,000 3 2 3 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 10 9 9 2 3 3
1975 30 LEX FL $ 2,000,000 3 2 3 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 9 9 2 3 3
1976 31 VAL JL $ 2,000,000 3 2 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 5 6 10 9 9 2 3 3
1977 32 OMA JL $ 400,000 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 9 9 2 3 3
1978 33 SLC FL   3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 9 2 3 3
1979 34 LV FL $ 300,000 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 9 3 4 4
1980 35 BUF FL $ 300,000 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 9 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 9 2 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 5 4 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 5 6 10 9 10 4 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
1981 36 BUF FL     5 5 5 12 11 11 16 15 15 20 20 20 9 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 12 11 11 16 15 15 20 20 20 9 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings     5 5 5 12 11 11 16 15 15 20 20 20 9 10 10
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
1973 28 PHX JL 134 276 43 71 12 5 5 33 12 7 60 57 .257 .395 .391 .787 45.4 7.4
1974 29 PHX JL 103 358 65 83 21 3 6 28 13 14 76 97 .232 .371 .358 .729 49.7 8.1
  LEX FL 14 45 10 14 5 2 0 6 2 2 11 7 .311 .446 .511 .958 9.4 1.9
  TOT   117 403 75 97 26 5 6 34 15 16 87 104 .241 .380 .375 .754 59.1 10.0
1975 30 LEX FL 72 98 19 20 3 0 4 11 9 1 12 26 .204 .291 .357 .648 11.8 1.0
1976 31 AAA   121 409 65 93 15 4 19 86 25 5 84 95 .227 .359 .423 .782 70.9  
1977 32 OMA JL 111 192 41 39 7 5 5 22 21 7 40 55 .203 .338 .370 .707 30.1 6.7
1978 33 SLC FL 21 33 8 7 0 1 1 6 2 0 5 11 .212 .316 .364 .679 4.2 0.6
1979 34 LV FL 12 23 4 4 1 0 0 3 3 2 4 7 .174 .296 .217 .514 1.3 0.0
    AAA   59 179 30 47 12 0 12 31 11 6 35 46 .263 .383 .531 .914 36.7  
1980 35 BUF FL 27 53 7 13 2 3 1 8 6 2 10 12 .245 .364 .453 .816 10.7 2.1
    AAA   40 38 11 7 0 1 2 6 2 1 13 9 .184 .392 .395 .787 7.4  
1981 36 AAA   82 135 36 29 4 3 13 42 13 2 38 32 .215 .387 .578 .965 33.7  
7 Years Sim 494 1078 197 251 51 19 22 117 68 35 218 272 .233 .364 .377 .741 162.7 27.8
4 Years AAA 302 761 142 176 31 8 46 165 51 14 170 182 .231 .374 .474 .848 148.7  
162 Game Average 353 64 82 16 6 7 38 22 11 71 89 .233 .364 .377 .741 53.4  
Career Highs 134 403 75 97 26 5 6 34 21 16 87 104 .257 .395 .453 .816 59.1  
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   618 113 138 28 11 12 65 39 18 117 153 .223 .349 .362 .711 87.3
vs LH   460 84 113 23 8 10 52 29 17 101 119 .246 .385 .396 .781 76.1
Home 251 539 104 133 31 10 9 65 41 14 108 136 .247 .377 .391 .768 87.8
Away 243 539 93 118 20 9 13 52 27 21 110 136 .219 .352 .362 .714 75.6
RISP   230 0 61 14 4 5 93 0 0 44 50 .265 .376 .426 .802 39.2
Pinch Hitting   143 24 31 4 2 3 19 7 2 22 33 .217 .321 .336 .657 17.6
Close/Late   158 36 36 6 1 3 18 0 0 30 39 .228 .349 .335 .685 21.2
Mar/Apr 113 266 46 57 17 6 4 28 14 6 35 67 .214 .309 .368 .678 31.7
May 94 220 40 58 8 6 4 18 16 11 54 53 .264 .408 .409 .817 39.9
June 82 200 40 43 8 2 3 18 13 6 57 53 .215 .390 .320 .710 31.9
July 76 171 37 40 11 1 5 25 6 2 25 45 .234 .338 .398 .736 24.0
August 78 127 23 27 6 2 2 11 12 8 34 28 .213 .387 .339 .725 19.3
Sep/Oct 51 94 11 26 1 2 4 17 7 2 13 26 .277 .361 .457 .819 16.6
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
1973 28 PHX JL LF 64 62 536.3 136 1 4 0 .972 2.30   1.4
    CF 5 3 30.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1974 29 PHX JL LF 100 95 861.0 172 5 4 2 .978 1.85   1.7
    CF 2 0 3.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
  LEX FL LF 14 13 109.3 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 114 108 970.3 194 6 4 2 .980 1.86   1.7
      CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      SS 1 0 3.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.0
1975 30 LEX FL CF 19 16 141.3 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.3
    LF 8 2 26.3 4 0 2 0 .667 1.37    
    RF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 32 OMA JL CF 47 27 277.3 80 1 1 0 .988 2.63   0.3
    LF 14 13 124.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1978 33 SLC FL CF 6 6 48.0 4 1 1 1 .833 0.94   0.1
    RF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 34 LV FL CF 8 7 53.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.06   0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 35 BUF FL CF 16 11 112.7 32 0 1 0 .970 2.56   0.5
    LF 5 3 27.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.67    
  LF 209 188 1691.0 369 7 11 2 .972 2.00   3.1
  CF 103 70 666.3 182 3 3 1 .984 2.50   1.3
  RF 5 3 31.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
  3B 2 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 2 0 5.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.0
Career Totals   321 261 2399.9 558 12 14 3 .976 2.14   4.4
Career Highs   117 108 977.9 196 7 4 2 1.000 2.84    
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.
Caught Stealing
1974-6-14
 Walks
1974-5-76
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 8th round, 191st overall pick, by Phoenix in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/5/1973, off Craig Renner (OMA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/29/1973, off Jassen Gossago (VAN)
Traded from Phoenix to Lexington on 7/31/1974 (Going to LEX: P S. McMurtry, LF B. Diskin, P J. Higa. Going to PHX: LF R. Gauthreaux, P C. Stephenson)
Injured on 8/14/1974 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Traded from Austin to Des Moines on 2/10/1976 (Going to DM: P C. Van Puyster, P A. Riojas, LF B. Diskin. Going to AUS: P T. Avery, P R. Sabien)
Traded from Des Moines to Phoenix on 4/21/1976 (Going to PHX: P M. Parke, P E. Sachs, 2B S. Sanchez, P C. Van Puyster, LF B. Diskin. Going to DM: P C. Rollins)
Signed as a free agent by Omaha on 2/8/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/4/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Released by Salt Lake City on 5/21/1978
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 6/1/1979 to a minor league deal
 
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