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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 HOU NL 17 P 3 1 8.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.18 0.83
1965 HOU NL 18 P 26 19 146.2 31 10 17 4 0 .871 1.66 1.04 .961 2.08 0.81
1966 HOU NL 19 P 29 28 187.0 41 13 26 2 1 .951 1.88 1.34 .946 1.96 0.74
1967 HOU NL 20 P 15 15 99.0 19 7 10 2 0 .895 1.55 1.13 .963 2.00 0.78
1968 HOU NL 21 P 32 32 233.2 42 13 28 1 2 .976 1.58 1.28 .957 2.01 0.85
1969 HOU NL 22 P 39 37 305.1 59 14 42 3 5 .949 1.65 1.44 .958 1.95 0.78 AS,MVP-23
1970 HOU NL 23 P 37 36 269.2 53 19 31 3 3 .943 1.67 1.35 .951 1.85 0.71
1971 HOU NL 24 P 24 23 159.0 40 16 23 1 0 .975 2.21 1.63 .952 1.90 0.78 AS
1972 HOU NL 25 P 31 31 214.2 35 16 19 0 1 1.000 1.47 1.13 .949 1.78 0.73
1973 HOU NL 26 P 14 3 27.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.21 .933 1.87 0.73
1974 HOU NL 27 P 33 33 223.2 45 10 34 1 1 .978 1.77 1.33 .942 1.88 0.71
1975 HOU NL 28 P 34 34 232.0 49 15 31 3 1 .939 1.78 1.35 .947 1.86 0.72
1976 HOU NL 29 P 28 28 187.2 37 17 18 2 2 .946 1.68 1.25 .951 1.88 0.72
1977 STL NL 30 P 11 9 39.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.64 .943 1.85 0.67
14 Seasons P 356 329 2333.1 462 152 287 23 16 .950 1.69 1.23 .952 1.91 0.75
14 Seasons TOT 356 329 2333.1 462 152 287 23 16 .950 1.69 1.23 .902 1.91 0.75

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 HOU NL 17 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 18 26 19 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 19 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU NL 20 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HOU NL 21 33 32 33 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 HOU NL 22 39 37 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HOU NL 23 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 24 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 25 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 26 14 3 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 27 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 28 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 29 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 STL NL 30 11 9 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 357 329 357 357 356 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 HOU NL 17 39 79% 23% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 18 639 77% 26% 19 79% 1 10 0 7 16 13 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1966 HOU NL 19 796 81% 30% 33 94% 1 12 0 7 27 23 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1967 HOU NL 20 418 78% 28% 10 90% 0 8 0 8 9 9 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1968 HOU NL 21 894 76% 27% 31 90% 0 14 0 10 26 20 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 8 100%
1969 HOU NL 22 1117 73% 26% 45 93% 0 12 1 10 41 32 8 3 1 1 1 2 5 5 5 0 7 86%
1970 HOU NL 23 1097 75% 25% 32 97% 1 18 2 15 29 25 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 2 100%
1971 HOU NL 24 659 81% 31% 30 90% 1 13 1 10 24 21 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1972 HOU NL 25 912 81% 31% 24 88% 0 16 2 14 20 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1973 HOU NL 26 114 75% 23% 5 60% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 27 956 75% 24% 40 88% 3 11 1 9 33 27 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1975 HOU NL 28 1034 78% 24% 38 92% 3 14 4 6 31 23 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1976 HOU NL 29 836 77% 24% 23 91% 1 16 4 10 18 12 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 100%
1977 STL NL 30 175 86% 33% 6 83% 0 2 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
14 Seasons 9686 77% 27% 336 90% 11 146 15 108 282 227 26 22 2 9 11 11 16 11 15 1 50 86%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* 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.

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