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Larry Dierker
Lawrence Edward Dierker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 22, 1964
vs. SFG 2.7 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, L
Final Game October 1, 1977
Born September 22, 1946 in Hollywood, CA

Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1964 17 HOU NL   0   1   3   1   0   0   2  0    9.0    7    4    2   1    3    5   0   2    36   0   0  2.00  3.43  171 1.111
 1965 18 HOU NL   7   8  26  19   1   0   2  0  146.7  135   69   57  16   37  109   3   8   611   4   2  3.50  3.33   95 1.173
 1966 19 HOU NL  10   8  29  28   8   2   0  0  187.0  173   73   66  17   45  108   1   4   776   0   0  3.18  3.39  107 1.166
 1967 20 HOU NL   6   5  15  15   4   0   0  0   99.0   95   44   37   4   25   68   1   7   410   0   0  3.36  3.27   97 1.212
 1968 21 HOU NL  12  15  32  32  10   1   0  0  233.7  206   95   86  14   89  161   8  20   981  12   0  3.31  2.96   89 1.262
 1969 22 HOU NL  20  13  39  37  20   4   0  0  305.3  240   97   79  18   72  232   1   9  1207   6   0  2.33  3.53  151 1.022 MVP-23,AS
 1970 23 HOU NL  16  12  37  36  17   2   1  1  269.7  263  124  116  31   82  191   6   8  1132   4   0  3.87  3.89  101 1.279
 1971 24 HOU NL  12   6  24  23   6   2   0  0  159.0  150   50   48   8   33   91   2   6   647   1   0  2.72  3.37  124 1.151 AS
 1972 25 HOU NL  15   8  31  31  12   5   0  0  214.7  209   87   81  14   51  115   5   3   887   0   1  3.40  3.35   99 1.211
 1973 26 HOU NL   1   1  14   3   0   0   4  0   27.0   27   14   13   3   13   18   2   2   120   0   0  4.33  3.63   84 1.481
 1974 27 HOU NL  11  10  33  33   7   3   0  0  223.7  189   76   72  18   82  150   6   8   913   4   3  2.90  3.48  120 1.212
 1975 28 HOU NL  14  16  34  34  14   2   0  0  232.0  225  109  103  24   91  127   7  13   982   6   1  4.00  3.38   85 1.362
 1976 29 HOU NL  13  14  28  28   7   4   0  0  187.7  171   85   77   9   72  112   6  12   790   6   2  3.69  3.19   86 1.295
 1977 30 STL NL   2   6  11   9   0   0   1  0   39.3   40   21   20   7   16    6   2   2   169   0   1  4.58  3.87   85 1.424
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .531 139 123 356 329 106  25  10  1 2333.7 2130  948  857 184  711 1493  50 104  9661  43  10  3.31  3.41  103 1.217
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  35  32  10   2   0  0  231.3  211   94   85  18   70  148   4  10   959   4   0  3.31  3.41  103 1.217
 Career High     20  16  39  37  20   5   4  1  305.3  263  124  116  31   91  232   8  20  1207  12   3  2.33  3.89  151 1.022

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 17 HOU NL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 18 HOU NL  26   50    3    5   0  0   1    2   0  0   1  15  .100  .118  .160  -20    8   4   0   0   0   1
 1966 19 HOU NL  29   67    6   10   2  0   1    4   0  0   2  21  .149  .174  .224   13   15   2   0   0   0   3
 1967 20 HOU NL  15   31    2    7   3  0   0    4   0  0   1  11  .226  .242  .323   64   10   1   1   0   0   0
 1968 21 HOU NL  33   73    2    5   1  0   0    3   0  0   2  35  .068  .093  .082  -46    6   9   0   0   0   2
 1969 22 HOU NL  39  118    7   17   2  0   1    7   0  0   2  38  .144  .158  .186   -3   22   7   0   0   0   3 MVP-23,AS
 1970 23 HOU NL  37   92    7   16   2  0   0    4   0  0   1  37  .174  .181  .196    3   18   9   1   0   0   2
 1971 24 HOU NL  24   54    4    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  16  .074  .091  .093  -47    5   3   0   0   0   3 AS
 1972 25 HOU NL  31   78    2   13   0  0   0    4   0  0   1  24  .167  .188  .167    3   13   6   0   0   1   0
 1973 26 HOU NL  14    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1974 27 HOU NL  33   71    2   14   3  0   0    7   0  0   1  27  .197  .208  .239   28   17  11   0   0   0   0
 1975 28 HOU NL  34   76    0    7   0  0   0    5   0  0   0  21  .092  .092  .092  -47    7  13   0   0   0   1
 1976 29 HOU NL  28   64    3    9   0  0   1    4   0  0   0  20  .141  .136  .188   -5   12   3   2   0   0   1
 1977 30 STL NL  11    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     357  789   38  107  14  0   4   46   0  0  12 272  .136  .149  .169   -9  133  70   4   0   1  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        358   17   49   6  0   2   21   0  0   5 123  .136  .149  .169   -9   60  32   2   0   0   7
 Career High     39  118    7   17   3  0   1    7   0  0   2  38                          22  13   2   0   1   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 17 HOU NL    3    3    0   0.0    90| .000  .257| .000  .315| .000  .382| .000  .697|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1965 18 HOU NL   55   50    1   0.5    87| .100  .249| .118  .311| .160  .376| .278  .687| -20  .023  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1966 19 HOU NL   71   62    2   0.9    90| .149  .256| .174  .314| .224  .386| .398  .700|  13  .052  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1967 20 HOU NL   34   26    3   3.1    87| .226  .253| .242  .315| .323  .372| .565  .687|  64  .392  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1968 21 HOU NL   84   79    1   0.3    79| .068  .249| .093  .306| .082  .350| .175  .657| -46  .013 -12.9  -1.5   0%
 1969 22 HOU NL  127  111    3   0.7    93| .144  .257| .158  .327| .186  .381| .344  .708|  -3  .039 -16.4  -1.7   0%
 1970 23 HOU NL  103   88    3   0.9   100| .174  .262| .181  .334| .196  .400| .377  .735|   3  .049 -12.6  -1.3   0%
 1971 24 HOU NL   58   56    0   0.0    91| .074  .257| .091  .323| .093  .377| .184  .700| -47  .000 -10.5  -1.1   0%
 1972 25 HOU NL   86   71    3   1.1    90| .167  .254| .188  .322| .167  .376| .355  .698|   3  .089 -10.1  -1.1   0%
 1973 26 HOU NL    4    4    0   0.0    96| .000  .262| .000  .330| .000  .389| .000  .719|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1974 27 HOU NL   83   68    4   1.6    91| .197  .257| .208  .329| .239  .372| .447  .701|  28  .141  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1975 28 HOU NL   89   83    1   0.3    90| .092  .257| .092  .327| .092  .371| .184  .698| -47  .008 -14.8  -1.5   0%
 1976 29 HOU NL   69   61    2   0.9    84| .141  .252| .136  .317| .188  .359| .324  .676|  -5  .057  -8.6  -0.9   0%
 1977 30 STL NL   10   10    0   0.0   102| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .408| .000  .744|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      876  772   23   0.8    90| .136  .256| .149  .322| .169  .376| .318  .698|  -9  .046 -113.6 -11.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1964 17 HOU NL   P    3      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  0.83  0.00  2.17    1    8.7
 1965 18 HOU NL   P   26     10   17    4    0  .871  .957  1.04  0.81  1.66  2.08   19  146.7
 1966 19 HOU NL   P   29     13   26    2    1  .951  .947  1.34  0.74  1.88  1.96   28  187.0
 1967 20 HOU NL   P   15      7   10    2    0  .895  .960  1.13  0.78  1.55  2.00   15   99.0
 1968 21 HOU NL   P   32     13   28    1    2  .976  .958  1.28  0.85  1.58  2.01   32  233.7
 1969 22 HOU NL   P   39     14   42    3    5  .949  .957  1.44  0.78  1.65  1.95   37  305.3 AS
 1970 23 HOU NL   P   37     19   31    3    3  .943  .951  1.35  0.71  1.67  1.85   36  269.7
 1971 24 HOU NL   P   24     16   23    1    0  .975  .954  1.62  0.78  2.21  1.90   23  159.0 AS
 1972 25 HOU NL   P   31     16   19    0    1 1.000  .951  1.13  0.73  1.47  1.78   31  214.7
 1973 26 HOU NL   P   14      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.21  0.73  1.00  1.87    3   27.0
 1974 27 HOU NL   P   33     10   34    1    1  .978  .944  1.33  0.71  1.77  1.88   33  223.7
 1975 28 HOU NL   P   34     15   31    3    1  .939  .947  1.35  0.72  1.78  1.86   34  232.0
 1976 29 HOU NL   P   28     17   18    2    2  .946  .951  1.25  0.72  1.68  1.88   28  187.7
 1977 30 STL NL   P   11      2    5    0    0 1.000  .946  0.64  0.67  1.60  1.85    9   39.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1964 17 HOU NL   P    3      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  0.83  0.00  2.17    1    8.7
 1965 18 HOU NL   P   26     10   17    4    0  .871  .957  1.04  0.81  1.66  2.08   19  146.7
 1966 19 HOU NL   P   29     13   26    2    1  .951  .947  1.34  0.74  1.88  1.96   28  187.0
 1967 20 HOU NL   P   15      7   10    2    0  .895  .960  1.13  0.78  1.55  2.00   15   99.0
 1968 21 HOU NL   P   32     13   28    1    2  .976  .958  1.28  0.85  1.58  2.01   32  233.7
 1969 22 HOU NL   P   39     14   42    3    5  .949  .957  1.44  0.78  1.65  1.95   37  305.3
 1970 23 HOU NL   P   37     19   31    3    3  .943  .951  1.35  0.71  1.67  1.85   36  269.7
 1971 24 HOU NL   P   24     16   23    1    0  .975  .954  1.62  0.78  2.21  1.90   23  159.0
 1972 25 HOU NL   P   31     16   19    0    1 1.000  .951  1.13  0.73  1.47  1.78   31  214.7
 1973 26 HOU NL   P   14      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.21  0.73  1.00  1.87    3   27.0
 1974 27 HOU NL   P   33     10   34    1    1  .978  .944  1.33  0.71  1.77  1.88   33  223.7
 1975 28 HOU NL   P   34     15   31    3    1  .939  .947  1.35  0.72  1.78  1.86   34  232.0
 1976 29 HOU NL   P   28     17   18    2    2  .946  .951  1.25  0.72  1.68  1.88   28  187.7
 1977 30 STL NL   P   11      2    5    0    0 1.000  .946  0.64  0.67  1.60  1.85    9   39.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 356    152  287   23   16  .950  .952  1.23  0.75  1.69  1.91  329 2333.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       356    152  287   23   16  .950  .952  1.23  0.75  1.69  1.91  329   2333

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1969   HOU NL      0  0  0   0.1   1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1971   HOU NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1969   HOU NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1971   HOU NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1969 *
1971

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1969-NL-23-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

ERA
1969 NL-2.33-6
1974 NL-2.90-9

Wins
1969 NL-20-5
1970 NL-16-10

Won-Loss %
1971 NL-.667-8
1972 NL-.652-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1969 NL-1.022-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1969 NL-7.07-6
1974 NL-7.61-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1969 NL-2.12-8

Innings
1969 NL-305.3-6
1970 NL-269.7-7

Strikeouts
1969 NL-232-6
1970 NL-191-8

Games Started
1969 NL-37-8
1970 NL-36-9

Comp. Games
1969 NL-20-6
1970 NL-17-5
1975 NL-14-5

Shutouts
1969 NL-4-8
1972 NL-5-4
1974 NL-3-8
1976 NL-4-5

Home Runs Allow.
1970 NL-31-3
1975 NL-24-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1968 NL-89-2
1975 NL-91-10

Hits Allowed
1970 NL-263-8

SO to Walk
1969 NL-3.22-5

Losses
1968 NL-15-7
1975 NL-16-2
1976 NL-14-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1968 NL-86-7
1970 NL-116-4
1975 NL-103-5

Wild Pitches
1968 NL-20-1
1975 NL-13-3
1976 NL-12-5
Car-104-71

Hit Batsmen
1968 NL-8-6
1974 NL-6-9
1975 NL-7-6
1976 NL-6-9

Batters Faced
1969 NL-1207-8
1970 NL-1132-7

Adjusted ERA+
1969 NL-151-7
1974 NL-120-10

Youngest Player
1964 NL-17-1
1965 NL-18-2
1966 NL-19-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 54 (459) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 20.0 (289) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (571) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.
November 23, 1976: Traded by the Houston Astros with Jerry Davanon to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage.
March 28, 1978: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1969 * 1971	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1969-NL-23-0.02 Car-1314-0.02 shares	ERA 1969 NL-2.33-6 1974 NL-2.90-9	Wins 1969 NL-20-5 1970 NL-16-10	Won-Loss % 1971 NL-.667-8 1972 NL-.652-9	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1969 NL-1.022-3
Hits Allowed/9IP 1969 NL-7.07-6 1974 NL-7.61-8	Bases on Balls/9IP 1969 NL-2.12-8	Innings 1969 NL-305.3-6 1970 NL-269.7-7	Strikeouts 1969 NL-232-6 1970 NL-191-8	Games Started 1969 NL-37-8 1970 NL-36-9	Comp. Games 1969 NL-20-6 1970 NL-17-5 1975 NL-14-5
Shutouts 1969 NL-4-8 1972 NL-5-4 1974 NL-3-8 1976 NL-4-5	Home Runs Allow. 1970 NL-31-3 1975 NL-24-3	Bases On Balls Allow. 1968 NL-89-2 1975 NL-91-10	Hits Allowed 1970 NL-263-8	SO to Walk 1969 NL-3.22-5	Losses 1968 NL-15-7 1975 NL-16-2 1976 NL-14-8
Earned Runs Allow. 1968 NL-86-7 1970 NL-116-4 1975 NL-103-5	Wild Pitches 1968 NL-20-1 1975 NL-13-3 1976 NL-12-5 Car-104-71	Hit Batsmen 1968 NL-8-6 1974 NL-6-9 1975 NL-7-6 1976 NL-6-9	Batters Faced 1969 NL-1207-8 1970 NL-1132-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1969 NL-151-7 1974 NL-120-10	Youngest Player 1964 NL-17-1 1965 NL-18-2 1966 NL-19-3