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Don
Diehl		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 22, 1902 in Cincinnati, OH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1933    1934   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1921 18 AA   131 481 47 122 19 0 2 37 17 3 60 48 .254 .336 .306 .642 55.1  
1922 19 AAA   2 9 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .400 .444 .844 1.5  
    AA   114 386 57 110 17 1 4 45 20 2 54 24 .285 .373 .365 .738 57.9  
1923 20 AAA   102 362 45 97 13 3 4 37 9 3 42 30 .268 .344 .354 .698 46.2  
1924 21 AAA   129 492 58 132 19 2 1 40 11 5 68 37 .268 .357 .321 .678 61.1  
1925 22 NYA AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   130 483 79 178 27 4 8 68 14 1 97 24 .369 .474 .491 .965 110.5  
1926 23 NYA AL 135 446 57 126 21 3 6 62 13 6 59 18 .283 .373 .383 .757 63.1 9.8
1927 24 NYA AL 142 497 72 144 29 8 4 64 8 0 62 42 .290 .378 .404 .782 75.3 15.9
1928 25 NYA AL 145 486 58 141 19 2 3 81 4 1 72 37 .290 .384 .356 .740 69.4 10.8
1929 26 NYA AL 143 498 63 131 25 1 3 67 5 5 64 28 .263 .350 .335 .685 58.7 5.5
1930 27 NYA AL 79 204 34 63 6 5 2 34 2 2 27 13 .309 .388 .417 .805 32.8 5.1
1931 28 NYA AL 92 323 49 97 14 2 8 38 6 1 25 26 .300 .359 .430 .789 47.8 9.5
1932 29 NYA AL 91 191 22 55 9 2 3 20 5 0 15 14 .288 .354 .403 .757 27.2 5.2
1933 30 NYA AL 141 488 68 155 13 5 7 56 7 2 46 28 .318 .382 .408 .790 76.2 15.9
1934 31 NYA AL 145 561 74 159 15 3 3 61 6 5 51 37 .283 .363 .337 .700 69.6 9.6
1935 32 BSN NL 116 374 47 120 15 3 2 35 2 2 40 31 .321 .401 .393 .794 57.5 8.3
1936 33 BSN NL 123 424 82 149 3 5 2 37 3 3 57 27 .351 .440 .396 .836 74.2 13.8
1937 34 BSN NL 87 257 39 57 4 3 1 26 0 2 29 18 .222 .314 .272 .587 26.5 2.0
1938 35 BSN NL 9 15 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .400 .438 .400 .838 2.5 0.6
    AAA   63 70 13 19 2 0 0 11 1 1 16 9 .271 .407 .300 .707 10.3  
1939 36 BSN NL 50 117 14 32 3 0 0 10 0 0 12 16 .274 .341 .299 .640 11.9 1.4
15 Years Sim 1504 4887 681 1435 176 42 44 593 61 29 560 339 .294 .375 .374 .749 692.1 113.5
5 Years AAA 426 1416 198 429 62 9 13 158 35 10 224 100 .303 .401 .387 .788 229.7  
2 Years AA 245 867 104 232 36 1 6 82 37 5 114 72 .268 .365 .332 .697 113.0  
7 Years Minors 671 2283 302 661 98 10 19 240 72 15 338 172 .290 .387 .366 .754 342.7  
162 Game Average 526 73 154 18 4 4 63 6 3 60 36 .294 .375 .374 .749 74.6  
Career Highs 145 561 82 159 29 8 8 81 13 6 72 42 .400 .440 .430 .838 76.2  
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   3409 491 1017 110 25 24 401 47 23 425 231 .298 .384 .366 .750 484.7
vs LH   1478 190 418 66 17 20 192 14 6 135 108 .283 .354 .391 .745 196.2
Home 757 2389 322 694 84 14 25 287 29 13 256 156 .290 .369 .369 .738 321.9
Away 747 2498 359 741 92 28 19 306 32 16 304 183 .297 .381 .379 .760 359.0
RISP   1248 0 367 37 6 14 517 0 0 169 83 .294 .382 .367 .749 180.9
Pinch Hitting   100 17 35 4 2 2 19 0 0 16 3 .350 .445 .490 .935 20.5
Close/Late   471 42 135 11 6 3 33 0 0 53 33 .287 .372 .355 .727 61.7
Mar/Apr 154 530 82 141 22 3 7 68 12 2 53 47 .266 .342 .358 .701 65.7
May 272 881 109 243 27 9 4 97 9 1 102 64 .276 .365 .341 .705 110.8
June 290 944 146 279 31 9 10 116 9 5 109 64 .296 .375 .379 .754 133.8
July 269 831 118 234 27 8 7 107 12 11 99 52 .282 .368 .359 .727 108.8
August 257 846 114 269 42 6 9 103 8 5 111 59 .318 .401 .414 .815 137.6
Sep/Oct 262 855 112 269 27 7 7 102 11 5 86 53 .315 .385 .387 .773 124.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1925 22 NYA AL SS 6 0 12.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.1
1926 23 NYA AL SS 129 124 1083.3 205 508 27 93 .964 5.92   3.0
    2B 3 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1927 24 NYA AL SS 133 131 1161.0 222 511 36 91 .953 5.68   2.5
    2B 5 0 6.3 3 1 0 1 1.000 5.69   0.0
1928 25 NYA AL SS 142 137 1187.3 268 511 34 111 .958 5.90   4.1
    2B 3 0 2.7 1 0 1 0 .500 3.38   0.0
1929 26 NYA AL SS 140 139 1209.0 212 506 43 90 .943 5.34   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1930 27 NYA AL 2B 53 35 333.7 80 162 11 34 .957 6.53   0.9
    SS 19 11 107.7 20 42 3 7 .954 5.18   0.4
1931 28 NYA AL 2B 45 43 383.3 95 199 11 30 .964 6.90   0.6
    SS 37 34 304.7 47 168 11 27 .951 6.35   1.5
1932 29 NYA AL SS 30 23 230.0 47 111 9 21 .946 6.18   1.1
    2B 28 14 146.7 37 81 5 17 .959 7.24   0.7
1933 30 NYA AL SS 137 136 1108.7 196 525 26 99 .965 5.85   6.1
    2B 13 0 21.0 4 8 1 1 .923 5.14   0.1
1934 31 NYA AL SS 144 143 1240.3 220 547 30 92 .962 5.57   1.9
    2B 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1935 32 BSN NL 2B 106 102 831.0 209 320 28 80 .950 5.73   1.6
    SS 7 5 44.0 14 31 1 5 .978 9.20   0.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1936 33 BSN NL SS 111 111 892.7 153 400 20 73 .965 5.58   5.1
    2B 5 3 33.0 7 8 0 3 1.000 4.09   0.1
1937 34 BSN NL SS 69 67 558.7 107 214 12 39 .964 5.17   2.8
    2B 13 8 80.0 16 26 3 3 .933 4.73   0.2
1938 35 BSN NL 2B 3 1 18.0 10 4 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.1
    SS 5 1 17.0 4 8 0 3 1.000 6.35   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
1939 36 BSN NL 2B 30 25 216.3 53 83 4 22 .971 5.66   0.8
    SS 7 2 29.0 5 20 0 2 1.000 7.76   0.3
  SS 1116 1064 9185.3 1724 4107 252 753 .959 5.71   29.6
  2B 310 231 2081.3 518 894 64 192 .957 6.11   5.0
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 1 0 .667 6.00   0.0
Career Totals   1428 1295 11269.6 2242 5003 317 945 .958 5.79   34.7
Career Highs   150 143 1242.7 269 547 43 111 1.000 6.81    
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.
Batting Average
1933-8-.318
1936-4-.351
 On-Base Pct
1933-8-.382
1936-1-.440
 Walks
1928-9-72
 Hit By Pitch
1926-6-8
1927-5-9
1933-9-10
1934-2-20
1935-8-12
 Singles
1934-8-138
1936-9-139
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1926-4-3.3
1929-4-2.3
At Bats per Strikeout
1926-6-24.8
1929-7-17.8
1934-10-15.2
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  6. Boyce Simple (892)
  7. H.R. Brotherton (892)
  8. Robert Price (890)
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History
Traded from Washington to New York (A) on 4/12/1922 (Going to WSH: P George Papadapoulas. Going to NYA: P Maurice Broils, 2B Don Diehl)
Injured on 5/3/1922 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Injured on 6/20/1922 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/18/1922 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/26/1923 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/1926, off Andrew Wiggins (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1926, off George Papadapoulas (WSH)
Injured on 7/16/1926 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 7/27/1926
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 8/10/1928
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1931, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1933, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1933, hitting .362 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1933
Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 4/26/1934
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1934
 
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