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Chuck Diering
Charles Edward Allen Diering

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 5, 1923 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: June 24, 1956
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Chuck Diering
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1947	24	STL	NL	105	97	74	22	16	3	1	2	11	3		19	22	.216	.383	.365	.748	96	27	1	1	3			O
1948	25	STL	NL	7	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	.000	.222	.000	.222	-37	0	1	0	0			/O
1949	26	STL	NL	131	409	369	60	97	21	8	3	38	1		35	49	.263	.328	.388	.716	87	143	4	1	4			*O
1950	27	STL	NL	89	239	204	34	51	12	0	3	18	1		35	38	.250	.360	.353	.713	85	72	3	0	0			O
1951	28	STL	NL	64	91	85	9	22	5	1	0	8	0	1	6	15	.259	.308	.341	.649	74	29	1	0	0			O
1952	29	NYG	NL	41	27	23	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	4	3	.174	.296	.304	.601	66	7	0	0	0			O

1954	31	BAL	AL	128	491	418	35	108	14	1	2	29	3	7	56	57	.258	.349	.311	.660	89	130	13	4	10	3		*8
1955	32	BAL	AL	137	432	371	38	95	16	2	3	31	5	8	57	45	.256	.355	.334	.689	94	124	8	0	4	0	1	*856/7
1956	33	BAL	AL	50	125	97	15	18	4	0	1	4	2	5	23	19	.186	.342	.258	.599	67	25	1	0	5	0	0	8/759
9 Seasons				752	1920	1648	217	411	76	14	14	141	16	23	237	250	.249	.345	.338	.683	87	557	32	6	26	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	414	355	47	89	16	3	3	30	3		51	54	.249	.345	.338	.683	87	120	7	1	6

STL (5 yrs)				396	845	739	127	186	41	10	8	75	6	1	97	126	.252	.340	.367	.707	85	271	10	2	7
BAL (3 yrs)				315	1048	886	88	221	34	3	6	64	10	20	136	121	.249	.351	.315	.666	88	279	22	4	19	3	1
NYG (1 yr)				41	27	23	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	4	3	.174	.296	.304	.601	66	7	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				437	872	762	129	190	42	11	8	77	6	3	101	129	.249	.339	.365	.704	84	278	10	2	7
AL (3 yrs)				315	1048	886	88	221	34	3	6	64	10	20	136	121	.249	.351	.315	.666	88	279	22	4	19	3	1

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1947	24	STL	NL	97	62	10	4.3	109	.280	.216	.279	.383	.355	.365	.413	.748	.768	96	.464	0.4	0.0	.847	.446	.149	2.4
1948	25	STL	NL	9	8	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.276	.222	.351	.000	.408	.222	.760	-37	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.375	.429	.000	.0
1949	26	STL	NL	409	280	47	4.5	108	.297	.263	.276	.328	.351	.388	.413	.716	.764	87	.491	-7.4	-0.7	.652	.222	.125	1.5
1950	27	STL	NL	239	156	26	4.4	112	.294	.250	.275	.360	.353	.353	.427	.713	.780	85	.472	-3.4	-0.3	.692	.279	.103	1.5
1951	28	STL	NL	91	65	9	3.7	104	.314	.259	.269	.308	.343	.341	.407	.649	.750	74	.412	-3.2	-0.3	.523	.141	.082
1952	29	NYG	NL	27	21	2	2.6	98	.200	.174	.263	.296	.336	.304	.391	.601	.727	66	.291	-1.1	-0.1	.429	.217	.130

1954	31	BAL	AL	491	343	44	3.4	92	.293	.258	.256	.349	.330	.311	.374	.660	.704	89	.403	-3.0	-0.3	.564	.177	.053	2.4
1955	32	BAL	AL	432	296	45	4.1	95	.285	.256	.257	.355	.335	.334	.382	.689	.717	94	.446	-0.8	-0.1	.610	.224	.078	3.8
1956	33	BAL	AL	125	90	10	3.0	99	.221	.186	.258	.342	.338	.258	.393	.599	.731	67	.293	-3.3	-0.3	.529	.278	.072	1.3
9 Seasons				1920	1321	193	3.9	101	.286	.249	.265	.345	.341	.338	.396	.683	.737	87	.434	-23.1	-2.3	.614	.228	.089	14.9
162 Game Avg.				414	285	42	3.9	101	.286	.249	.265	.345	.341	.338	.396	.683	.737	87	.434	-23.1	-2.3	.614	.228	.089	3

STL (5 yrs)				845	571	92	4.3	109	.294	.252	.275	.340	.351	.367	.416	.707	.767	85	.468	-15.0	-1.5	.665	.253	.115	6.9
BAL (3 yrs)				1048	729	99	3.6	94	.282	.249	.256	.351	.333	.315	.379	.666	.712	88	.408	-7.1	-0.7	.579	.208	.065	7.5
NYG (1 yr)				27	21	2	2.5	98	.200	.174	.263	.296	.336	.304	.391	.601	.727	66	.291	-1.1	-0.1	.429	.217	.130

NL (6 yrs)				872	592	94	4.2	109	.291	.249	.275	.339	.351	.365	.416	.704	.766	84	.463	-16.0	-1.6	.656	.252	.115	6.9
AL (3 yrs)				1048	729	99	3.6	94	.282	.249	.256	.351	.333	.315	.379	.666	.712	88	.408	-7.1	-0.7	.579	.208	.065	7.5

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	24	STL	NL	97	2.1%	22.7%	19.6%	6.2%	38%	1.16	3.4	37.0	6.7		52%
1948	25	STL	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	22.2%	0.0%		1.00	3.5				56%
1949	26	STL	NL	409	0.7%	12.0%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	1.40	7.5	123.0	9.7		78%
1950	27	STL	NL	239	1.3%	15.9%	14.6%	6.3%	29%	1.09	5.4	68.0	11.3		68%
1951	28	STL	NL	91	0.0%	16.5%	6.6%	6.6%	27%	2.50	5.7		10.6		77%
1952	29	NYG	NL	27	0.0%	11.1%	14.8%	7.4%	50%	0.75	7.7		11.5		74%

1954	31	BAL	AL	491	0.4%	11.6%	11.4%	3.5%	16%	1.02	7.3	209.0	14.4	1.08	74%
1955	32	BAL	AL	432	0.7%	10.4%	13.2%	4.9%	22%	0.79	8.2	123.7	12.0	0.83	75%
1956	33	BAL	AL	125	0.8%	15.2%	18.4%	4.0%	28%	0.83	5.1	97.0	24.3	1.60	62%
9 Seasons				1920	0.7%	13.0%	12.3%	5.4%	25%	1.05	6.6	117.7	11.7	1.01	72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	31	BAL	AL	4	0	20%	178	3	7	30%	3	5	0	2	0	0	4	0	10	6	36%	35	27	7	3	3	0	21	5	14
1955	32	BAL	AL	6	0	24%	214	5	8	38%	5	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	6	51%	31	17	14	5	2	3	15	6	9
1956	33	BAL	AL	1	0	35%	56	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	59%	10	4	6	2	1	1	5	2	3
9 Seasons				11	0	32%	448	16	23	48%	10	16	0	2	0	1	8	0	15	16	45%	76	48	27	10	6	4	41	13	26
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	31	BAL	AL	466	42%	108			6	2	0	0	0.40	2	0	10	2	0	1	1	0	12	10	83%	116	13	11%	47	20	43%	306	28	9%	29	13	45%	28	11	39%	25
1955	32	BAL	AL	431	52%	95			5	1	0	0	1.89	3	0	17	1	2	1	2	0	4	4	100%	74	8	11%	32	8	25%	261	29	11%	21	7	33%	16	5	31%	0
1956	33	BAL	AL	125	38%	18			4	0	0	0	1.94	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	5	5	100%	17	1	6%	13	7	54%	73	5	7%	4	2	50%	9	5	56%	0
9 Seasons				1022	46%	411			15	3	0	0	1.31	14	0	33	4	2	3	3	0	21	26	124%	207	32	15%	92	35	38%	640	62	10%	54	22	41%	53	21	40%	25
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	24	105	97	74	22	16	3	1	2	11	3		19	22	.216	.383	.365	.748	96	27	1	1	3
1948	25	112	106	81	24	16	3	1	2	11	4		21	24	.198	.369	.333	.702	85	27	2	1	3
1949	26	243	515	450	84	113	24	9	5	49	5		56	73	.251	.337	.378	.714	87	170	6	2	7
1950	27	332	754	654	118	164	36	9	8	67	6		91	111	.251	.344	.370	.714	86	242	9	2	7
1951	28	396	845	739	127	186	41	10	8	75	6	1	97	126	.252	.340	.367	.707	85	271	10	2	7
1952	29	437	872	762	129	190	42	11	8	77	6	3	101	129	.249	.339	.365	.704	84	278	10	2	7
1953	30	437	872	762	129	190	42	11	8	77	6	3	101	129	.249	.339	.365	.704	84	278	10	2	7
1954	31	565	1363	1180	164	298	56	12	10	106	9	10	157	186	.253	.342	.346	.688	86	408	23	6	17	3
1955	32	702	1795	1551	202	393	72	14	13	137	14	18	214	231	.253	.346	.343	.689	88	532	31	6	21	3	1
1956	33	752	1920	1648	217	411	76	14	14	141	16	23	237	250	.249	.345	.338	.683	87	557	32	6	26	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	24	110	97	77	20	16	3	1	2	10	3	19	23	.208	.371	.351	.722	9	105
1948	25	7	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	7
1949	26	136	414	378	57	96	21	8	3	36	1	35	51	.254	.319	.376	.695	45	131
1950	27	93	244	210	32	50	12	0	3	17	1	34	40	.238	.344	.338	.682	24	89
1951	28	66	92	86	9	21	5	1	0	8	0	6	16	.244	.293	.326	.619	8	64
1952	29	43	28	24	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	4	3	.167	.286	.292	.577	2	41

1954	31	134	513	444	42	120	16	1	2	35	3	62	60	.270	.363	.324	.687	52	128
1955	32	143	458	394	43	106	18	2	3	35	6	64	47	.269	.371	.348	.719	51	137
1956	33	52	131	104	16	21	5	0	1	4	2	27	20	.202	.366	.279	.645	10	50
9 Seasons		784	1986	1724	224	434	81	14	14	148	17	253	262	.252	.349	.339	.688	201	752
162 Game Avg.		162	410	356	46	90	17	3	3	31	4	52	54	.252	.349	.339	.688	42	752

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1949 NL 8 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 AL 10 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 AL  7 (9th)
1955 AL  8 (4th)
1956 AL  5 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Lenny Green (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Curt Ford (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Will (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Kingery (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
F.P. Santangelo (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
F.P. Santangelo (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
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