Larry Dierker
Lawrence Edward Dierker
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 22, 1946 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Taft (Woodland Hills, CA)
Signed
by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1964
Final Game: October 1, 1977
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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 Awards
1964 17 HOU NL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1965 18 HOU NL 26 55 50 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 15 .100 .118 .160 .278 -20 8 1 0 4 0 0 1
1966 19 HOU NL 29 71 67 6 10 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 21 .149 .174 .224 .398 13 15 3 0 2 0 0 1
1967 20 HOU NL 15 34 31 2 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .226 .242 .323 .565 64 10 0 0 1 1 0 1
1968 21 HOU NL 33 84 73 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 35 .068 .093 .082 .176 -46 6 2 0 9 0 0 1
1969 22 HOU NL 39 127 118 7 17 2 0 1 7 0 0 2 38 .144 .158 .186 .345 -3 22 3 0 7 0 0 1 AS,MVP-23
1970 23 HOU NL 37 103 92 7 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 37 .174 .181 .196 .377 3 18 2 0 9 1 0 1
1971 24 HOU NL 24 58 54 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 16 .074 .091 .093 .184 -47 5 3 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1972 25 HOU NL 31 86 78 2 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .167 .188 .167 .354 3 13 0 1 6 0 0 1
1973 26 HOU NL 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 27 HOU NL 33 83 71 2 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 27 .197 .208 .239 .448 28 17 0 0 11 0 0 1
1975 28 HOU NL 34 89 76 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 .092 .092 .092 .184 -47 7 1 0 13 0 0 1
1976 29 HOU NL 28 69 64 3 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 20 .141 .136 .188 .324 -5 12 1 0 3 2 0 1
1977 30 STL NL 11 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
14 Seasons 357 876 789 38 107 14 0 4 46 0 0 12 272 .136 .149 .169 .317 -9 133 16 1 70 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 398 358 17 49 6 0 2 21 0 0 5 123 .136 .149 .169 .317 -9 60 7 0 32 2 0
HOU (13 yrs) 346 866 781 38 107 14 0 4 46 0 0 12 268 .137 .150 .170 .321 -8 133 16 1 68 4 0
STL (1 yr) 11 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0

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
1964 17 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .257 .000 .315 .000 .382 .000 .697 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1965 18 HOU NL 55 50 1 0.5 87 .118 .100 .249 .118 .311 .160 .376 .278 .687 -20 .023 -7.8 -0.8 .196 .080 .060 .0
1966 19 HOU NL 71 62 2 0.9 90 .200 .149 .256 .174 .314 .224 .386 .398 .700 13 .052 -7.7 -0.8 .283 .104 .075 .0
1967 20 HOU NL 34 26 3 3.1 87 .333 .226 .253 .242 .315 .323 .372 .565 .687 64 .392 -1.3 -0.1 .458 .129 .097
1968 21 HOU NL 84 79 1 0.3 79 .132 .068 .249 .093 .306 .082 .350 .176 .657 -46 .013 -12.9 -1.5 .114 .041 .014
1969 22 HOU NL 127 111 3 0.7 93 .203 .144 .257 .158 .327 .186 .381 .345 .708 -3 .039 -16.4 -1.7 .231 .059 .042 .0
1970 23 HOU NL 103 88 3 0.9 100 .286 .174 .262 .181 .334 .196 .400 .377 .735 3 .049 -12.6 -1.3 .244 .033 .022
1971 24 HOU NL 58 56 0 0.0 91 .105 .074 .257 .091 .323 .093 .377 .184 .700 -47 .000 -10.5 -1.1 .113 .037 .019
1972 25 HOU NL 86 71 3 1.1 90 .241 .167 .254 .188 .322 .167 .376 .354 .698 3 .089 -10.1 -1.1 .231 .013 .000
1973 26 HOU NL 4 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .330 .000 .389 .000 .719 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1974 27 HOU NL 83 68 4 1.6 91 .318 .197 .257 .208 .329 .239 .372 .448 .701 28 .141 -6.9 -0.7 .316 .056 .042
1975 28 HOU NL 89 83 1 0.3 90 .127 .092 .257 .092 .327 .092 .371 .184 .698 -47 .008 -14.8 -1.5 .100 .000 .000
1976 29 HOU NL 69 61 2 0.9 84 .178 .141 .252 .136 .317 .188 .359 .324 .676 -5 .057 -8.6 -0.9 .214 .047 .047 .0
1977 30 STL NL 10 10 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .408 .000 .744 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
14 Seasons 876 772 23 0.8 90 .199 .136 .256 .149 .322 .169 .376 .317 .698 -9 .046 -113.6 -11.9 .209 .048 .033 .0
162 Game Avg. 398 350 10 0.8 90 .199 .136 .256 .149 .322 .169 .376 .317 .698 -9 .046 -113.6 -11.9 .209 .048 .033
HOU (13 yrs) 866 762 23 0.8 90 .201 .137 .255 .150 .322 .170 .376 .321 .698 -8 .048 -111.4 -11.7 .212 .049 .033 .0
STL (1 yr) 10 10 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .336 .000 .408 .000 .744 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 HOU NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 24 DNP

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 17 HOU NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
1965 18 HOU NL 55 1.8% 27.3% 1.8% 1.8% 20% 15.00 3.3 50.0 25.0 3.00 62%
1966 19 HOU NL 71 1.4% 29.6% 2.8% 4.2% 30% 10.50 3.2 67.0 16.8 2.50 63%
1967 20 HOU NL 34 0.0% 32.4% 2.9% 8.8% 43% 11.00 2.8 7.8 1.14 62%
1968 21 HOU NL 84 0.0% 41.7% 2.4% 1.2% 20% 17.50 2.1 24.3 2.78 45%
1969 22 HOU NL 127 0.8% 29.9% 1.6% 2.4% 18% 19.00 3.1 118.0 16.9 3.54 62%
1970 23 HOU NL 103 0.0% 35.9% 1.0% 1.9% 13% 37.00 2.5 23.0 2.92 54%
1971 24 HOU NL 58 0.0% 27.6% 1.7% 1.7% 25% 16.00 3.4 27.0 1.85 66%
1972 25 HOU NL 86 0.0% 27.9% 1.2% 0.0% 0% 24.00 3.3 19.5 3.50 63%
1973 26 HOU NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 75%
1974 27 HOU NL 83 0.0% 32.5% 1.2% 3.6% 21% 27.00 2.6 10.1 2.07 53%
1975 28 HOU NL 89 0.0% 23.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.6 15.2 2.65 62%
1976 29 HOU NL 69 1.5% 29.0% 0.0% 1.5% 11% 3.2 64.0 16.0 1.35 65%
1977 30 STL NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 40%
14 Seasons 876 0.5% 31.1% 1.4% 2.1% 17% 22.67 2.9 197.3 17.2 2.53 59%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 17 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 18 HOU NL 0 0 40% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1966 19 HOU NL 0 0 46% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1967 20 HOU NL 0 0 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1968 21 HOU NL 1 0 29% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 HOU NL 1 0 33% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25% 3 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 1
1970 23 HOU NL 0 0 41% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1971 24 HOU NL 2 0 80% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
1972 25 HOU NL 1 0 13% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 6 6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0
1973 26 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 HOU NL 0 0 13% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1975 28 HOU NL 0 0 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 29 HOU NL 1 0 25% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1977 30 STL NL 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 7 0 29% 186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 23% 20 19 1 4 3 1 19 10 8
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
1964 17 HOU NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 18 HOU NL 55 25% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 8 1 13% 10 2 20% 21 1 5% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1966 19 HOU NL 71 39% 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 8 3 38% 11 2 18% 50 3 6% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1967 20 HOU NL 33 12% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 13 4 31% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 1
1968 21 HOU NL 71 17% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 10 2 20% 14 4 29% 40 3 8% 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 13
1969 22 HOU NL 113 32% 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 8 7 88% 23 3 13% 24 5 21% 85 7 8% 5 2 40% 5 0 0% 14
1970 23 HOU NL 98 38% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 19 2 11% 25 5 20% 68 4 6% 9 3 33% 5 1 20% 5
1971 24 HOU NL 58 17% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 11 3 27% 19 3 16% 32 2 6% 5 1 20% 8 3 38% 0
1972 25 HOU NL 86 17% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 13 0 0% 18 3 17% 56 4 7% 6 3 50% 7 1 14% 0
1973 26 HOU NL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 HOU NL 83 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 92% 15 0 0% 21 10 48% 51 7 14% 5 3 60% 5 2 40% 0
1975 28 HOU NL 89 22% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 93% 14 1 7% 22 9 41% 60 5 8% 6 3 50% 6 2 33% 0
1976 29 HOU NL 69 26% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 10 1 10% 14 6 43% 47 3 6% 7 3 43% 4 1 25% 0
1977 30 STL NL 10 10% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 8 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
14 Seasons 843 26% 107 0 0 0 0 4 0 28 4 0 1 3 0 77 70 91% 136 16 12% 185 52 28% 533 43 8% 53 22 42% 53 12 23% 33
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
1964 17 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 18 29 58 53 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 17 .094 .111 .151 .262 -24 8 1 0 4 0 0
1966 19 58 129 120 9 15 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 38 .125 .146 .192 .338 -3 23 4 0 6 0 0
1967 20 73 163 151 11 22 5 0 2 10 0 0 4 49 .146 .167 .219 .385 11 33 4 0 7 1 0
1968 21 106 247 224 13 27 6 0 2 13 0 0 6 84 .121 .143 .174 .317 -7 39 6 0 16 1 0
1969 22 145 374 342 20 44 8 0 3 20 0 0 8 122 .129 .148 .178 .327 -5 61 9 0 23 1 0
1970 23 182 477 434 27 60 10 0 3 24 0 0 9 159 .138 .155 .182 .337 -4 79 11 0 32 2 0
1971 24 206 535 488 31 64 11 0 3 26 0 0 10 175 .131 .148 .172 .320 -8 84 14 0 35 2 0
1972 25 237 621 566 33 77 11 0 3 30 0 0 11 199 .136 .153 .171 .325 -7 97 14 1 41 2 0
1973 26 251 625 570 33 77 11 0 3 30 0 0 11 200 .135 .152 .170 .323 -8 97 14 1 41 2 0
1974 27 284 708 641 35 91 14 0 3 37 0 0 12 227 .142 .159 .178 .336 -4 114 14 1 52 2 0
1975 28 318 797 717 35 98 14 0 3 42 0 0 12 248 .137 .152 .169 .320 -8 121 15 1 65 2 0
1976 29 346 866 781 38 107 14 0 4 46 0 0 12 268 .137 .150 .170 .321 -8 133 16 1 68 4 0
1977 30 357 876 789 38 107 14 0 4 46 0 0 12 272 .136 .149 .169 .317 -9 133 16 1 70 4 0

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
1964 17 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1965 18 26 51 50 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 15 .100 .118 .160 .278 1 26
1966 19 29 68 66 6 9 2 0 1 4 0 2 21 .136 .162 .212 .374 2 29
1967 20 15 34 32 2 8 3 0 0 5 0 1 11 .250 .265 .344 .608 3 15
1968 21 33 78 75 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 3 35 .093 .128 .107 .235 1 33
1969 22 39 121 119 8 18 2 0 1 8 0 2 38 .151 .165 .193 .359 4 39
1970 23 37 93 91 6 15 2 0 0 4 0 1 37 .165 .172 .187 .359 3 37
1971 24 24 55 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .000 .018 .000 .018 0 24
1972 25 32 86 84 2 16 0 0 0 4 0 1 25 .190 .209 .190 .400 3 31
1973 26 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1974 27 33 75 74 2 17 4 0 0 8 0 1 27 .230 .240 .284 .524 5 33
1975 28 34 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 21 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 34
1976 29 28 66 64 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 28
1977 30 11 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
14 Seasons 358 818 800 36 95 14 0 3 49 0 13 273 .119 .133 .148 .281 25 357
162 Game Avg. 162 370 362 16 43 6 0 1 22 0 6 124 .119 .133 .148 .281 11 357

* 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

All-Star Games
1969 *
1971

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1998-NL-Mgr of the year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1969-NL-23-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Youngest s c a p y
1964 NL--born 1946-09-22--1st
1965 NL--born 1946-09-22--2nd
1966 NL--born 1946-09-22--3rd

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