Ben Diggins - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-77, 1B-1Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameBenjamin Howard Diggins
Height6-7Weight230BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateJune 13,1979 [39.127]PlaceLeota,Kansas
High SchoolBradshaw Mountain (Prescott Valley,AZ)
CollegeUniversity of Arizona (Tucson,AZ)

DraftedSelected by the Los Angeles Dodgers [Team Picks] in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 2000 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed] ... Selected by the St. Louis Cardinals [Team Picks] in the 1st round (32nd overall) of the 1998 Amateur Entry Draft
Signing Bonus$2,200,000Signing ScoutsTom Thomas
Prospect Rankings[BA] 2001-LAN-#1 ... 2002-LAN-#4 ... 2003-MIL-#9
MLB DebutSeptember 2,2002 [23.081]
OrganizationsMIL [4] LAN [2] Awards4
TBC Player ID5140Retrosheet IDdiggb001MLBAM ID424947
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Player Notes: � Member of the 1999 United States National Baseball team

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1999	University of Arizona	Pac10	NCAA-1			S/R	20	8	6	6.95	20	15	5	2	0	0	2	90.2	94	75	70	0	61	91	0	0	0	1.71	9.33	--	6.06	9.03	1.49	.571	-
2000	University of Arizona	Pac10	NCAA-1			ST	21	10	4	3.83	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	112.2	111	60	48	8	63	127	9	1	1	1.54	8.87	0.64	5.03	10.14	2.02	.714	-
2001	Wilmington Waves	SAL	A	lan	-	ST	22	7	6	3.58	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	105.2	88	49	42	5	48	79	10	0	0	1.29	7.50	0.43	4.09	6.73	1.65	.538	-
2002	Vero Beach Dodgers	FSL	A+	lan	-	ST	23	6	10	3.63	20	19	1	0	0	0	0	114.0	103	54	46	8	41	101	10	0	0	1.26	8.13	0.63	3.24	7.97	2.46	.375	-
2002	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	37	ST	23	2	1	1.91	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	37.2	26	13	8	0	15	34	2	1	0	1.09	6.21	--	3.58	8.12	2.27	.667	-
2002	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		-	-	ST	0	8	11	3.20	27	26	1	0	0	0	0	151.2	129	67	54	8	56	135	12	1	0	1.22	7.65	0.47	3.32	8.01	2.41	.421	-
2002	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	MLB	mil	81	ST	23	0	4	8.63	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	28	24	23	4	18	15	3	1	0	1.92	10.50	1.50	6.75	5.63	0.83	.000	6.13
2003	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	33	ST	24	3	2	2.36	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	45.2	41	18	12	2	16	32	1	0	0	1.25	8.08	0.39	3.15	6.31	2.00	.600	-
2004	Arizona Brewers	Ariz	Rk	mil	-	ST	25	0	0	0.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	1.83	9.00	--	7.50	6.00	0.80	-	-
2005	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	mil	-	Rel	26	0	1	5.27	12	2	10	0	0	2	0	13.2	11	8	8	0	17	13	3	0	0	2.05	7.24	--	11.20	8.56	0.76	.000	-
MLB Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	4	8.63	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	28	24	23	4	18	15	3	1	0	1.92	10.50	1.50	6.75	5.63	0.83	.000	3.17
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								18	20	3.24	72	61	11	0	0	2	0	320.2	275	144	116	15	142	263	26	1	0	1.29	7.67	0.42	3.96	7.34	1.85	.474	-
AA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								5	3	2.16	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	82.0	67	31	20	2	31	66	3	1	0	1.18	7.24	0.22	3.35	7.13	2.13	.625	-
A+ Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								6	11	3.81	32	21	11	0	0	2	0	127.2	114	62	54	8	58	114	13	0	0	1.35	8.04	0.56	4.09	8.04	1.97	.353	-
A Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								7	6	3.58	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	105.2	88	49	42	5	48	79	10	0	0	1.29	7.50	0.43	4.09	6.73	1.65	.538	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	0.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	1.83	9.00	--	7.50	6.00	0.80	-	-
NCAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								18	10	5.22	37	31	6	5	0	0	2	202.0	205	135	118	8	124	218	9	1	1	1.62	9.07	0.35	5.49	9.65	1.76	.643	-
Milwaukee Brewers Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	4	8.63	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	28	24	23	4	18	15	3	1	0	1.92	10.50	1.50	6.75	5.63	0.83	.000	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								0	37	8.63	46	46	0	0	0	0	0	220.0	257	220	211	37	165	138	28	9	0	1.92	10.50	1.50	6.75	5.63	0.83	.000	3.17
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								12	14	3.24	49	42	7	0	0	1	0	220.0	187	98	79	10	97	179	18	1	0	1.29	7.67	0.42	3.96	7.34	1.85	.462	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1999	University of Arizona	Pac10	NCAA-1			p	20	36	105	17	20	4	1	5	21	0	0	17	35	6	1	1	0	0	.190	.333	.390	.723	41	10	130	.227	.200	.362	.327	13.08	26.92	2.06	3.85	21.00	50.00
2000	University of Arizona	Pac10	NCAA-1			p	21	36	122	33	41	4	0	9	34	2	3	20	29	6	0	1	0	5	.336	.450	.590	1.040	72	13	149	.376	.254	.410	.447	13.42	19.46	1.45	6.04	13.56	31.71
2002	Vero Beach Dodgers	FSL	A+	lan	-	p	23	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	37	p	23	8	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	9	.400	.000	.000	.198	0.00	44.44	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		�	�	�	�	29	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	10	.333	.000	.000	.178	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	MLB	mil	81	p	23	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	8	.167	.000	.000	.127	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	33	p	24	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	8	.333	.000	.000	.223	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2005	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	mil	-	p	26	6	18	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.666	6	1	21	.444	.111	.278	.304	9.52	42.86	4.50	0.00	0.00	25.00
2006	Windy City ThunderBolts	Frontier	Ind	-	-		27	17	67	10	14	1	0	1	8	1	0	10	21	2	0	0	1	0	.209	.329	.269	.598	18	2	79	.289	.060	.224	.279	12.66	26.58	2.10	1.27	67.00	14.29
MLB Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	8	.167	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								43	36	5	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	15	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.282	.278	.560	10	1	39	.381	.056	.139	.000	5.13	38.46	7.50	0.00	0.00	12.50
AA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								16	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	.235	.235	.235	.470	4	0	17	.364	.000	.000	.000	0.00	35.29	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
A+ Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								27	19	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.316	.634	6	1	22	.400	.105	.263	.000	9.09	40.91	4.50	0.00	0.00	25.00
Ind Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								17	67	10	14	1	0	1	8	1	0	10	21	2	0	0	1	0	.209	.329	.269	.598	18	2	79	.289	.060	.224	.000	12.66	26.58	2.10	1.27	67.00	14.29
NCAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								72	227	50	61	8	1	14	55	2	3	37	64	12	1	2	0	5	.269	.396	.498	.894	113	23	279	.311	.229	.388	.000	13.26	22.94	1.73	5.02	16.21	37.70
Milwaukee Brewers Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	8	.167	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	227	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	32	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	32	0	259	.167	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	136	19	30	0	4	0	4	4	0	8	57	4	0	0	0	4	.222	.282	.278	.560	38	4	147	.381	.056	.139	.000	5.13	38.46	7.50	0.00	0.00	12.50

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
2001	Wilmington Waves	SAL	A	lan	22	P	21	-	-	6	21	2	2	29	27	.931	1.29	-	-	-	--	-	21	100.0	15.2
2002	Vero Beach Dodgers	FSL	A+	lan	23	P	20	-	-	11	10	3	-	24	21	.875	1.05	-	-	-	--	-	21	95.2	14.8
2002	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	23	P	7	-	-	4	5	3	-	12	9	.750	1.29	-	-	-	--	-	8	87.5	5.0
2002	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	MLB	mil	23	P	5	-	24	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.40	0.08	-	-	--	-	5	100.0	3.1
2003	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	24	P	8	-	-	5	10	1	1	16	15	.938	1.88	-	-	-	--	-	8	100.0	5.8
2004	Arizona Brewers	Ariz	Rk	mil	25	P	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.25	-	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	7.1
2005	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	mil	26	P	12	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.08	-	-	-	--	-	12	100.0	8.8
2005	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	mil	26	1B	1	-	-	5	-	1	-	6	5	.833	5.00	-	-	-	--	-	12	8.3	0.7
MLB Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	5	-	24	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.40	0.08	-	-	--	-	5	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	15	-	-	9	15	4	1	28	24	.857	1.60	-	-	-	--	-	15	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	32	-	-	12	10	3	-	25	22	.880	0.69	-	-	-	--	-	32	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for 1B - 1 season(s)				-	�	1B	1	-	-	5	-	1	-	6	5	.833	5.00	-	-	-	--	-	1	0.0	0.0
A Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	21	-	-	6	21	2	2	29	27	.931	1.29	-	-	-	--	-	21	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.25	-	-	-	--	-	4	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
2001	Wilmington Waves	SAL	A	lan	22	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Vero Beach Dodgers	FSL	A+	lan	23	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	23	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	MLB	mil	23	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Huntsville Stars	Sou	AA	mil	24	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Arizona Brewers	Ariz	Rk	mil	25	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Brevard County Manatees	FSL	A+	mil	26	12	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
2001	Phoenix Desert Dogs	Arizona Fall Lg	Minor	22	0	1	9.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	18	14	12	2	10	14	0	0		2.33	13.50	1.50	7.50	10.50	1.40	10.50	.000
Arizona Fall League Totals - 1 yrs					0	1	9.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	18	14	12	2	10	14	0	0		2.33	13.50	1.50	7.50	10.50	1.40	10.50	.000

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
1998	High School All-American - 1st Team (1B)	1
1999	1st Team College Freshman All-American (UT)	1
2000	1st Team College All-American (UT) ... Pac-10 Conference All-Conference (UT)	2

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2005-12-08							Selected in rule V draft by Astros		�
2002-07-23						Trade	Traded by Dodgers with Shane Nance to Brewers for Brian Mallette and Tyler Houston.		�
2000-08-23						Contract	signed		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
2000	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	21	2,200,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,200,000	Signing Bonus out of 2000 Draft (1st round - 17th overall)
2002	Milwaukee Brewers	Team Payroll	23	200,000	-	757	39	-		2,011,045	200,000	2,400,000

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