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Chuck Diering

Charles Edward Allen Diering

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Orioles/Giants 1947-1956

Final Game: June 24, 1956
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 Awards
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 O987
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 /8O
1949 26 STL NL 131 409 369 60 97 21 8 3 38 1 35 49 .263 .328 .388 .716 88 143 4 1 4 *O8/9
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 8O
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 O8/79
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 O7/98
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 93 124 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 86 271 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 85 278 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 24 STL NL 97 0 1 0 0 -13 -2 3 -11 -1.1 2 0.2 -1.3 $ O987
1948 25 STL NL 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /8O
1949 26 STL NL 409 -8 2 0 0 2 -1 15 10 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ *O8/9
1950 27 STL NL 239 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 8 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 8O
1951 28 STL NL 91 -4 0 0 0 -4 -1 3 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ O8/79
1952 29 NYG NL 27 -1 -1 0 0 -5 -1 1 -7 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $ O7/98
1954 31 BAL AL 491 -10 -3 -2 -1 10 -1 14 7 0.5 -3 -0.3 0.8 $ *8
1955 32 BAL AL 431 -2 -2 1 -1 -1 0 12 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ *856/7
1956 33 BAL AL 125 -4 -1 -1 0 -3 0 3 -6 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ 8/759
9 Seasons 1919 -34 -4 -2 -2 -13 -7 59 -4 -0.6 10 1.0 -1.6 $
STL (5 yrs) 845 -17 3 0 0 -15 -5 29 -5 -0.5 10 1.0 -1.5 $
BAL (3 yrs) 1047 -16 -6 -2 -2 7 -1 29 8 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $
NYG (1 yr) 27 -1 -1 0 0 -5 -1 1 -7 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 STL NL 24 OF 75 11 11 58 55 3 0 1 1.000 0.77 .977 2.42
1947 STL NL 24 RF 32 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.22 .979 2.14
1947 STL NL 24 CF 31 8 8 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 .978 2.79
1947 STL NL 24 LF 12 3 3 13 11 2 0 1 1.000 1.08 .976 2.31
1948 STL NL 25 CF 5 2 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .984 2.84
1948 STL NL 25 OF 5 2 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .978 2.40
1949 STL NL 26 OF 124 78 77 311 300 7 4 1 .987 2.48 .977 2.48
1949 STL NL 26 CF 123 78 77 310 299 7 4 1 .987 2.49 .979 2.97
1949 STL NL 26 RF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .980 2.10
1950 STL NL 27 CF 81 50 45 501.1 189 179 8 2 2 .989 3.36 2.31 .980 2.76 2.73
1950 STL NL 27 OF 81 50 45 501.1 188 178 8 2 2 .989 3.34 2.30 .978 2.34 2.31
1951 STL NL 28 OF 44 17 17 205.2 70 67 3 0 0 1.000 3.06 1.59 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 STL NL 28 CF 34 17 17 189.2 63 60 3 0 0 1.000 2.99 1.85 .984 2.89 2.87
1951 STL NL 28 LF 5 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.20 .980 2.34 2.32
1951 STL NL 28 RF 5 0 0 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.40 .980 2.05 2.02
1952 NYG NL 29 OF 36 4 4 95.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.72 .981 2.31 2.29
1952 NYG NL 29 LF 27 0 0 55.2 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 0.44 .979 2.02 2.00
1952 NYG NL 29 RF 5 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.60 .980 2.10 2.04
1952 NYG NL 29 CF 4 4 4 33.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 2.25 .983 2.75 2.72
1954 BAL AL 31 CF 119 111 109 1013.1 352 330 16 6 6 .983 10 12 3.07 2.91 .983 2.85 2.83
1954 BAL AL 31 OF 119 111 109 1013.1 353 330 17 6 6 .983 10 12 3.08 2.92 .979 2.39 2.37
1955 BAL AL 32 OF 107 72 54 674.1 254 242 6 6 2 .976 4 8 3.31 2.32 .982 2.40 2.38
1955 BAL AL 32 CF 105 71 54 669.1 246 236 4 6 2 .976 6 10 3.23 2.29 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 BAL AL 32 3B 34 25 10 209.0 86 31 52 3 4 .965 -6 -33 3.57 2.44 .950 3.17 3.14
1955 BAL AL 32 SS 12 2 2 43.0 25 9 16 0 2 1.000 1 25 5.23 2.08 .959 4.94 4.89
1955 BAL AL 32 LF 2 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -360 0.00 0.00 2.34 2.25
1956 BAL AL 33 OF 40 26 19 249.2 77 73 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -5 2.78 1.93 .979 2.34 2.32
1956 BAL AL 33 CF 35 23 19 223.2 66 63 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.66 1.89 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 BAL AL 33 LF 7 3 0 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -44 2.05 0.71 .976 2.09 2.09
1956 BAL AL 33 3B 2 1 1 13.0 4 1 1 2 0 .500 -2 -138 1.38 1.00 .950 3.25 3.20
1956 BAL AL 33 RF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 2.25 0.50 .970 2.02 2.05
9 Seasons OF 631 371 338 2739.2 1342 1274 50 18 12 .987 14 6 3.13 2.10 .979 2.38 2.39
9 Seasons CF 537 364 335 2631.0 1278 1218 42 18 11 .986 16 7 3.12 2.35 .982 2.83 2.85
5 Seasons LF 53 7 3 87.2 31 28 3 0 1 1.000 -2 -31 1.85 0.58 .977 2.07 2.12
5 Seasons RF 46 0 0 21.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.57 0.30 .979 2.06 2.11
2 Seasons 3B 36 26 11 222.0 90 32 53 5 4 .944 -7 -39 3.45 2.36 .950 3.17 3.14
1 Season SS 12 2 2 43.0 25 9 16 0 2 1.000 1 25 5.23 2.08 .959 4.94 4.89
9 Seasons TOT 679 399 351 3004.2 1457 1315 119 23 18 .984 7 3 3.19 2.11 .977 2.47 2.47
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1954 AL  0.8 (8th)

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)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1954 AL  17 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1955 AL  1 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  16 (85th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.36 (1st)
1954 AL  3.07 (2nd)
1955 AL  3.23 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 NL  2.49 (5th)
1954 AL  2.91 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 NL  .987 (1st)
1950 NL  .989 (2nd)
Career  .986 (88th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1954 AL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.34 (1st)
1954 AL  3.08 (2nd)
1955 AL  3.31 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1954 AL  2.92 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1949 NL  .987 (4th)
1950 NL  .989 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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