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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1964 17 HOU NL 0 1 .000 2.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 7 4 2 1 3 0 5 0 0 2 36 171 1.111 7.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
1965 18 HOU NL 7 8 .467 3.50 26 19 2 1 0 0 146.2 135 69 57 16 37 4 109 3 2 8 611 95 1.173 8.3 1.0 2.3 6.7 2.95
1966 19 HOU NL 10 8 .556 3.18 29 28 0 8 2 0 187.0 173 73 66 17 45 0 108 1 0 4 776 107 1.166 8.3 0.8 2.2 5.2 2.40
1967 20 HOU NL 6 5 .545 3.36 15 15 0 4 0 0 99.0 95 44 37 4 25 0 68 1 0 7 410 97 1.212 8.6 0.4 2.3 6.2 2.72
1968 21 HOU NL 12 15 .444 3.31 32 32 0 10 1 0 233.2 206 95 86 14 89 12 161 8 0 20 981 89 1.262 7.9 0.5 3.4 6.2 1.81
1969 22 HOU NL 20 13 .606 2.33 39 37 0 20 4 0 305.1 240 97 79 18 72 6 232 1 0 9 1207 151 1.022 7.1 0.5 2.1 6.8 3.22 AS,MVP-23
1970 23 HOU NL 16 12 .571 3.87 37 36 1 17 2 1 269.2 263 124 116 31 82 4 191 6 0 8 1132 101 1.279 8.8 1.0 2.7 6.4 2.33
1971 24 HOU NL 12 6 .667 2.72 24 23 0 6 2 0 159.0 150 50 48 8 33 1 91 2 0 6 647 124 1.151 8.5 0.5 1.9 5.2 2.76 AS
1972 25 HOU NL 15 8 .652 3.40 31 31 0 12 5 0 214.2 209 87 81 14 51 0 115 5 1 3 887 99 1.211 8.8 0.6 2.1 4.8 2.25
1973 26 HOU NL 1 1 .500 4.33 14 3 4 0 0 0 27.0 27 14 13 3 13 0 18 2 0 2 120 84 1.481 9.0 1.0 4.3 6.0 1.38
1974 27 HOU NL 11 10 .524 2.90 33 33 0 7 3 0 223.2 189 76 72 18 82 4 150 6 3 8 913 120 1.212 7.6 0.7 3.3 6.0 1.83
1975 28 HOU NL 14 16 .467 4.00 34 34 0 14 2 0 232.0 225 109 103 24 91 6 127 7 1 13 982 85 1.362 8.7 0.9 3.5 4.9 1.40
1976 29 HOU NL 13 14 .481 3.69 28 28 0 7 4 0 187.2 171 85 77 9 72 6 112 6 2 12 790 86 1.295 8.2 0.4 3.5 5.4 1.56
1977 30 STL NL 2 6 .250 4.58 11 9 1 0 0 0 39.1 40 21 20 7 16 0 6 2 1 2 169 85 1.424 9.2 1.6 3.7 1.4 0.38
14 Seasons 139 123 .531 3.31 356 329 10 106 25 1 2333.2 2130 948 857 184 711 43 1493 50 10 104 9661 103 1.217 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.10
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .531 3.31 35 33 1 11 2 0 232 211 94 85 18 71 4 148 5 1 10 959 103 1.217 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.10
HOU (13 yrs) 137 117 .539 3.28 345 320 9 106 25 1 2294.1 2090 927 837 177 695 43 1487 48 9 102 9492 104 1.214 8.2 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.14
STL (1 yr) 2 6 .250 4.58 11 9 1 0 0 0 39.1 40 21 20 7 16 0 6 2 1 2 169 85 1.424 9.2 1.6 3.7 1.4 0.38

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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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA ()

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 (1339th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 NL  2.329 (6th)
1974 NL  2.897 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  20 (5th)
1970 NL  16 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 NL  .667 (5th)
1972 NL  .652 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1969 NL  1.022 (3rd)
Career  1.217 (174th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  7.074 (6th)
1974 NL  7.605 (8th)
Career  8.215 (187th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  2.122 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1969 NL  305.3 (6th)
1970 NL  269.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 NL  232 (6th)
1970 NL  191 (8th)
Career  1493 (170th)

Games Started s c a p y
1969 NL  37 (8th)
1970 NL  36 (9th)
Career  329 (224th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1969 NL  20 (6th)
1970 NL  17 (5th)
1975 NL  14 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 NL  4 (8th)
1972 NL  5 (4th)
1974 NL  3 (8th)
1976 NL  4 (5th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  31 (3rd)
1975 NL  24 (3rd)
Career  184 (242nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  89 (2nd)
1975 NL  91 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  263 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1969 NL  3.222 (5th)
Career  2.100 (214th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL  .531 (7th)
1976 NL  .432 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1968 NL  15 (7th)
1975 NL  16 (2nd)
1976 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  86 (7th)
1970 NL  116 (4th)
1975 NL  103 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1968 NL  20 (1st)
1975 NL  13 (3rd)
1976 NL  12 (5th)
Career  104 (73rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 NL  8 (6th)
1974 NL  6 (9th)
1975 NL  7 (6th)
1976 NL  6 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 NL  1207 (8th)
1970 NL  1132 (7th)
Career  9661 (246th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 NL  151 (7th)
1974 NL  120 (10th)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 54 (460), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (581), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

November 23, 1976: Traded by the Houston Astros with Jerry Davanon to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Detherage and Joe Ferguson.

March 28, 1978: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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