Yainer Diaz

Positions: Catcher, Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors)

Born: September 21, 1998 in Azua, Dominican Republic do

Debut: September 2, 2022 (Age 23-346d, 22,802nd in major league history)
vs. LAA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.035 • Arb Eligible: 2026 • Free Agent: 2029

Full Name: Yainer Radhames Diaz

Pronunciation: \YIGH-ner\

Twitter: @yainerdiaz4

Instagram: @yaineerdiaz

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.8

3.9

103

466

131

.291

.281

RBI

OBP

.333

.312

SLG

.447

.513

OPS

.780

.825

OPS+

125

127

Summary of 26 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 5 go ahead

1 Tm
HOU	26

Platoon
vs RHP	22
vs LHP	4

Home/Road
Home	16
Away	10

Outs
1	11
0	10
2	5

18 Opps
TEX	3
COL	2
NYY	2
BAL	2
KCR	2
NYM	2
TOR	2
MIN	1
TBR	1
OAK	1
LAA	1
CIN	1
SEA	1
DET	1
BOS	1
WSN	1
MIA	1
CHW	1

23 Pitchers
Jorge López	2
Chase Anderson	2
Luis Severino	2
Johnny Cueto	1
Génesis Cabrera	1
Cole Ragans	1
Taj Bradley	1
Bowden Francis	1
Josiah Gray	1
Lucas Giolito	1
Logan Gilbert	1
Chris Murphy	1
Carson Kelly	1
Griffin Canning	1
Max Scherzer	1
Owen White	1
Dean Kremer	1
Luis Medina	1
Dominic Leone	1
Josh Sborz	1
Hunter Greene	1
Martín Pérez	1
Brady Singer	1

9 Parks
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	16
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
GlbLifeField (ARL)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	12
9	6
78	4
89	3
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
1	6
4	3
5	3
3	2
7+	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	6
-2-	2
-23	1
1-3	1

38 RBI
RISP	4
0 on	16
1 on	8
2 on	2
Any on	10

Inning
1	2
2	4
4	8
5	3
6	2
7	3
8	3
9	1

1-3	6
4-6	13
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	4
-1	3
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	10
Tied	4
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-0	5
0-1	4
1-2	3
3-2	2
2-1	2
2-2	2
0-2	1
1-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	16
DH	6
1B	3
PH	1

OrderPos
5th	11
7th	5
6th	4
9th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2023-05-14	HOU	@	CHW	Lucas Giolito	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	6	DH	0.063	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2023-05-31	HOU		MIN	Jorge López	behind 1-8	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.005	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2023-06-04	HOU		LAA	Griffin Canning	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	0.142	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2023-06-14	HOU		WSN	Josiah Gray	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	DH	0.055	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2023-06-17	HOU		CIN	Hunter Greene	behind 1-5	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	0.056	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	2023-06-19	HOU		NYM	Max Scherzer	behind 0-6	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	DH	0.014	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2023-06-21	HOU		NYM	Dominic Leone	ahead 7-6	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	5	DH	0.182	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Bregman Scores
8	8	8	1	2023-07-03	HOU	@	TEX	Martín Pérez	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) FFFBX	1	7	DH	0.093	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	9	1	2023-07-05	HOU		COL	Chase Anderson	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	0.109	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	10	2	2023-07-05	HOU		COL	Chase Anderson	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	5	2	0.163	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Abreu Scores
11	11	11	1	2023-07-23	HOU	@	OAK	Luis Medina	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	5,(1-2) SSFBX	1	8	2	0.147	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	2023-07-26	HOU		TEX	Owen White	behind 3-13	b 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. McCormick Scores
13	13	13	1	2023-07-29	HOU		TBR	Taj Bradley	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.179	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Abreu Scores
14	14	14	1	2023-08-04	HOU	@	NYY	Luis Severino	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-23	4,(2-1) *B>B.FX	3	5	2	0.229	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Altuve Scores; K. Tucker Scores
15	15	15	1	2023-08-10	HOU	@	BAL	Dean Kremer	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	0.107	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	16	1	2023-08-15	HOU	@	MIA	Johnny Cueto	behind 0-3	t 4	1	-2-	3,(0-2) SFX	2	5	2	0.144	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Y. Álvarez Scores
17	17	17	1	2023-08-19	HOU		SEA	Logan Gilbert	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.095	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	18	1	2023-08-21	HOU		BOS	Chris Murphy	ahead 8-4	b 8	1	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	6	3	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
19	19	19	1	2023-08-27	HOU	@	DET	Carson Kelly	ahead 12-0	t 8	1	1--	2,(1-0) ..BX	2	9	PH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Dubón Scores
20	20	20	1	2023-09-02	HOU		NYY	Luis Severino	behind 2-3	b 4	1	1--	7,(2-2) *BBFFFFX	2	7	2	0.234	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Brantley Scores
21	21	21	1	2023-09-04	HOU	@	TEX	Josh Sborz	ahead 8-5	t 7	0	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	8	2	0.041	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Abreu Scores/unER; C. McCormick Scores
22	22	22	1	2023-09-16	HOU	@	KCR	Cole Ragans	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	5,(2-2) FSBBX	1	7	2	0.060	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	23	1	2023-09-19	HOU		BAL	Jorge López	behind 3-7	b 6	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.119	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Tucker Scores/unER; Y. Diaz Scores/Team unER
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2024-04-01	HOU		TOR	Bowden Francis	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	5	2	0.079	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	2	2	2024-04-01	HOU		TOR	Génesis Cabrera	ahead 9-0	b 7	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	5	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
26	26	3	1	2024-04-11	HOU	@	KCR	Brady Singer	behind 0-9	t 4	0	---	8,(3-2) CBBBC.FFX	1	5	DH	0.007	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)