Elias Diaz

C · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2015–PRESENT BORN: MARACAIBO, VENEZUELA
Kansas City Royals
All-Star ×1 WBC 2026
Career
639 H · 73 HR · 331 RBI · 2 SB
.246 AVG · .685 OPS · 840 G
2026 Season
.227 AVG · 2 HR · 5 RBI · 0 SB
.261 OBP · .591 SLG · .852 OPS
Last 30 Days
.133 AVG · 2 HR · 3 RBI · 0 SB
.133 OBP · .533 SLG · .667 OPS
Salary / Contract
2026: $1.7M
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Elias Diaz is a catcher for the Kansas City Royals. Across 840 MLB games, with a .246 batting average and 73 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and related info.

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Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 PIT 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2016 PIT 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2017 PIT 64 188 18 42 14 0 1 19 1 11 38 .223 .265 .314 .579
2018 PIT 82 252 33 72 12 0 10 34 0 21 40 .286 .339 .452 .792
2019 PIT 101 303 31 73 14 0 2 28 0 23 56 .241 .296 .307 .603
2020 COL 26 68 4 16 2 0 2 9 0 5 15 .235 .288 .353 .641
2021 COL 106 338 52 83 18 1 18 44 0 30 60 .246 .310 .464 .774
2022 COL 105 351 29 80 18 2 9 51 0 25 82 .228 .281 .368 .648
2023 COL 141 486 48 130 25 1 14 72 1 34 118 .267 .316 .409 .725
2024 COL 84 304 26 82 18 0 5 36 0 17 64 .270 .315 .378 .693
2024 SD 12 21 1 4 2 0 1 3 0 3 5 .190 .292 .429 .720
2025 SD 106 255 34 52 7 0 9 29 0 21 74 .204 .270 .337 .607
2026 KC 10 22 3 5 2 0 2 5 0 1 5 .227 .261 .591 .852
Career Totals 840 2594 279 639 132 4 73 331 2 191 559 .246 .300 .385 .685
Awards & Achievements
  • All-Star Game MVP (1): 2023
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2023

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2016$510,000
2018$559,000
2019$578,500
2021$1,200,000
2022$3,000,000
2023$5,500,000
2024$6,000,000
2025$1,500,000
2026$1,741,935

Career Total: $20,589,435 (9 seasons)

Average: $2,287,715

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

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Salary Note

Elias Diaz's 2026 Opening Day salary with KC is $1,741,935 on a nominal basis (no deferred component recorded).

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Date Opp Result ABH2B3BHRRBIBBKSB
May 19 vs BOS 3-4 L 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
May 15 @ STL 2-4 L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 12 @ CWS 5-6 L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 9 vs DET 3-6 L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
May 7 vs DET 4-3 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 5 vs CLE 1-3 L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 29 @ OAK 3-6 L 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Apr 23 vs LAA 6-3 W 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
Apr 19 vs BAL 5-7 L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 18 @ NYY 0-7 L 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Splits (2026)
SplitGABHHRRBIAVGOPS
vs LHP 0 16 5 2 0 .313 1.165
vs RHP 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000
Home 0 13 2 1 0 .154 .676
Away 0 9 3 1 0 .333 1.111
Day 0 7 3 1 0 .429 1.429
Night 0 15 2 1 0 .133 .588
Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.