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Dick Dietz
Richard Allen Dietz

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

Debut June 18, 1966
  vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1973
Born September 18, 1941 in Crawfordsville, IN
Died June 27, 2005 in Clayton, GA

Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 24 SFG NL  13   23    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .043  .083  .043  -64    1   0   0   0   1   1
 1967 25 SFG NL  56  120   10   27   3  0   4   19   0  1  25  44  .225  .358  .350  104   42   0   2   0   1   3
 1968 26 SFG NL  98  301   21   82  14  2   6   38   1  1  34  68  .272  .347  .392  121  118   1   1   3   1   5
 1969 27 SFG NL  79  244   28   56   8  1  11   35   0  0  53  53  .230  .372  .406  119   99   2   1   3   3  11
 1970 28 SFG NL 148  493   82  148  36  2  22  107   0  1 109 106  .300  .426  .515  152  254   2   5  10   3  16 AS
 1971 29 SFG NL 142  453   58  114  19  0  19   72   1  3  97  86  .252  .387  .419  130  190   2   2   8   4   8
 1972 30 LAD NL  27   56    4    9   1  0   1    6   2  0  14  11  .161  .329  .232   64   13   0   0   2   0   1
 1973 31 ATL NL  83  139   22   41   8  1   3   24   0  0  49  25  .295  .474  .432  145   60   1   2   4   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      646 1829  226  478  89  6  66  301   4  6 381 402  .261  .390  .425  129  777   8  13  30  13  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        459   57  120  22  2  17   75   1  2  96 101  .261  .390  .425  129  195   2   3   8   3  13
 Career High    148  493   82  148  36  2  22  107   2  3 109 106  .300  .426  .515  152  254   2   5  10   4  16
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 24 SFG NL   24   23    0   0.0    99| .043  .269| .083  .328| .043  .406| .126  .734| -64  .000  -5.2  -0.6   0%
 1967 25 SFG NL  148   99   16   4.4    90| .225  .258| .358  .320| .350  .379| .708  .699| 104  .543   2.0   0.2   0%
 1968 26 SFG NL  338  227   42   5.0    82| .272  .253| .347  .312| .392  .357| .739  .668| 121  .649   8.6   1.0  50%
 1969 27 SFG NL  303  202   38   5.0    94| .230  .258| .372  .328| .406  .383| .778  .711| 119  .586   8.6   0.9   0%
 1970 28 SFG NL  612  369  113   8.2   103| .300  .267| .426  .340| .515  .408| .941  .748| 152  .740  43.3   4.2   0%
 1971 29 SFG NL  558  354   79   6.0    92| .252  .258| .387  .325| .419  .378| .806  .703| 130  .671  23.0   2.4  25%
 1972 30 LAD NL   70   48    5   2.8    90| .161  .254| .329  .322| .232  .376| .561  .698|  64  .338  -2.0  -0.2 100%
 1973 31 ATL NL  191  107   32   8.1   103| .295  .272| .474  .342| .432  .404| .906  .746| 145  .761  13.5   1.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2244 1429  325   6.1    94| .261  .261| .390  .328| .425  .386| .815  .714| 129  .668  91.7   9.3  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1966 24 SFG NL C 6 22 3 0 0 1.000 .988 4.17 5.82 6.20 6.84 3 36.3 1 4 3 3 1967 25 SFG NL C 43 206 19 4 1 .983 .990 5.23 5.85 6.77 6.89 34 299.0 3 16 18 11 1968 26 SFG NL C 90 497 37 13 10 .976 .990 5.93 6.12 6.65 6.87 80 722.3 16 33 59 20 1969 27 SFG NL C 73 432 31 13 5 .973 .989 6.34 6.25 6.75 7.06 69 617.3 14 23 27 19 1970 28 SFG NL C 139 820 58 14 9 .984 .987 6.32 5.94 6.48 6.85 137 1219.0 25 63 92 21 AS 1971 29 SFG NL C 135 712 37 14 4 .982 .988 5.55 5.63 5.90 6.34 127 1142.0 20 35 54 15 1972 30 LAD NL C 22 104 12 0 1 1.000 .987 5.27 5.87 6.91 6.61 15 151.0 3 6 6 7 1973 31 ATL NL 1B 36 258 24 3 19 .989 .992 7.83 8.40 10.08 9.83 35 251.7 C 20 67 5 3 0 .960 .988 3.60 5.58 6.06 6.34 12 107.0 4 5 14 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1973 31 ATL NL 1B 36 258 24 3 19 .989 .992 7.83 8.40 10.08 9.83 35 251.7 1966 24 SFG NL C 6 22 3 0 0 1.000 .988 4.17 5.82 6.20 6.84 3 36.3 1 4 3 3 1967 25 SFG NL C 43 206 19 4 1 .983 .990 5.23 5.85 6.77 6.89 34 299.0 3 16 18 11 1968 26 SFG NL C 90 497 37 13 10 .976 .990 5.93 6.12 6.65 6.87 80 722.3 16 33 59 20 1969 27 SFG NL C 73 432 31 13 5 .973 .989 6.34 6.25 6.75 7.06 69 617.3 14 23 27 19 1970 28 SFG NL C 139 820 58 14 9 .984 .987 6.32 5.94 6.48 6.85 137 1219.0 25 63 92 21 1971 29 SFG NL C 135 712 37 14 4 .982 .988 5.55 5.63 5.90 6.34 127 1142.0 20 35 54 15 1972 30 LAD NL C 22 104 12 0 1 1.000 .987 5.27 5.87 6.91 6.61 15 151.0 3 6 6 7 1973 31 ATL NL C 20 67 5 3 0 .960 .988 3.60 5.58 6.06 6.34 12 107.0 4 5 14 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 528 2860 202 61 30 .980 .988 5.80 5.91 6.42 6.73 477 4294.0 86 185 273 98 1B* 36 258 24 3 19 .989 .992 7.83 8.40 10.08 9.83 35 251.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 564 3118 226 64 49 .981 .989 5.93 6.07 6.62 6.90 512 4546
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1971   NLCS  SFG PIT     L   4  15   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   5  .067  .176  .067   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1970   SFG NL       2   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   1   1  0  0  1   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500 2.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1970 *

On-base %
1970 NL-.426-3
1971 NL-.387-8

OPS
1970 NL-.941-7

Doubles
1970 NL-36-4

RBI
1970 NL-107-10

Bases on Balls
1970 NL-109-3
1971 NL-97-2

Adjusted OPS+
1970 NL-152-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1970 NL-43-5

Batting Wins
1970 NL-4.2-4

Offensive Win%
1970 NL-.740-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1970 NL-16-10

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1362) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1188) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.5 (1045) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

April 14, 1972: Selected off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the San Francisco Giants.

March 27, 1973: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 25, 1974: Released by the Atlanta Braves.


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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