Dick Dietz
Richard Allen Dietz
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 18, 1941 in Crawfordsville, IN
High School: Greenville (Greenville, SC)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1966
Final Game: September 26, 1973
Died: June 27, 2005 in Clayton, GA
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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
1966 24 SFG NL 13 24 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .043 .083 .043 .127 -64 1 1 1 0 0 0 /2
1967 25 SFG NL 56 148 120 10 27 3 0 4 19 0 1 25 44 .225 .358 .350 .708 104 42 3 1 0 2 0 2
1968 26 SFG NL 98 338 301 21 82 14 2 6 38 1 1 34 68 .272 .347 .392 .739 121 118 5 1 1 1 3 2
1969 27 SFG NL 79 303 244 28 56 8 1 11 35 0 0 53 53 .230 .372 .406 .778 119 99 11 3 2 1 3 2
1970 28 SFG NL 148 612 493 82 148 36 2 22 107 0 1 109 106 .300 .426 .515 .941 152 254 16 3 2 5 10 *2 AS
1971 29 SFG NL 142 558 453 58 114 19 0 19 72 1 3 97 86 .252 .387 .419 .806 130 190 8 4 2 2 8 *2
1972 30 LAD NL 27 70 56 4 9 1 0 1 6 2 0 14 11 .161 .329 .232 .561 64 13 1 0 0 0 2 2
1973 31 ATL NL 83 191 139 22 41 8 1 3 24 0 0 49 25 .295 .474 .432 .905 145 60 6 0 1 2 4 32
8 Seasons 646 2244 1829 226 478 89 6 66 301 4 6 381 402 .261 .390 .425 .815 129 777 51 13 8 13 30
162 Game Avg. 162 563 459 57 120 22 2 17 75 1 2 96 101 .261 .390 .425 .815 129 195 13 3 2 3 8
SFG (6 yrs) 536 1983 1634 200 428 80 5 62 271 2 6 318 366 .262 .384 .431 .815 129 704 44 13 7 11 24
ATL (1 yr) 83 191 139 22 41 8 1 3 24 0 0 49 25 .295 .474 .432 .905 145 60 6 0 1 2 4
LAD (1 yr) 27 70 56 4 9 1 0 1 6 2 0 14 11 .161 .329 .232 .561 64 13 1 0 0 0 2

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
1966 24 SFG NL 24 23 0 0.0 99 .071 .043 .269 .083 .328 .043 .406 .127 .734 -64 .000 -5.2 -0.6 .087 .000 .000
1967 25 SFG NL 148 99 16 4.4 90 .311 .225 .258 .358 .320 .350 .379 .708 .699 104 .543 2.0 0.2 .691 .325 .125 .0
1968 26 SFG NL 338 227 42 5.0 82 .333 .272 .253 .347 .312 .392 .357 .739 .668 121 .649 8.6 1.0 .680 .233 .120 1.7
1969 27 SFG NL 303 202 38 5.0 94 .249 .230 .258 .372 .328 .406 .383 .778 .711 119 .586 8.6 0.9 .779 .393 .176 .0
1970 28 SFG NL 612 369 113 8.2 103 .341 .300 .267 .426 .340 .515 .408 .941 .748 152 .740 43.3 4.2 1.008 .434 .215 .0
1971 29 SFG NL 558 354 79 6.0 92 .271 .252 .258 .387 .325 .419 .378 .806 .703 130 .671 23.0 2.4 .826 .377 .168 1.9
1972 30 LAD NL 70 48 5 2.8 90 .182 .161 .254 .329 .322 .232 .376 .561 .698 64 .338 -2.0 -0.2 .604 .357 .071 1.3
1973 31 ATL NL 191 107 32 8.1 103 .336 .295 .272 .474 .342 .432 .404 .905 .746 145 .761 13.5 1.4 1.048 .489 .137 .0
8 Seasons 2244 1429 325 6.1 94 .300 .261 .261 .390 .328 .425 .386 .815 .714 129 .668 91.7 9.2 .830 .371 .163 7.5
162 Game Avg. 563 358 82 6.1 94 .300 .261 .261 .390 .328 .425 .386 .815 .714 129 .668 23 2 .830 .371 .163 2
SFG (6 yrs) 1983 1274 288 6.1 94 .301 .262 .260 .384 .327 .431 .384 .815 .712 129 .666 80.2 8.1 .821 .361 .169 3.9
ATL (1 yr) 191 107 32 8.1 103 .336 .295 .272 .474 .342 .432 .404 .905 .746 145 .761 13.5 1.4 1.048 .489 .137 .0
LAD (1 yr) 70 48 5 2.8 90 .182 .161 .254 .329 .322 .232 .376 .561 .698 64 .338 -2.0 -0.2 .604 .357 .071 1.3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 29 SFG NL NLCS PIT L 4 17 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .067 .176 .067 .243 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 17 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .067 .176 .067 .243 1 1 0 0 0 0

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
1970 SFG NL 28 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0

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
1966 24 SFG NL 24 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 3.33 58%
1967 25 SFG NL 148 2.7% 29.7% 16.9% 4.7% 26% 1.76 2.7 30.0 6.3 0.73 50%
1968 26 SFG NL 338 1.8% 20.1% 10.1% 6.5% 27% 2.00 4.4 50.2 7.9 1.00 67%
1969 27 SFG NL 303 3.6% 17.5% 17.5% 6.6% 36% 1.00 4.6 22.2 7.0 1.15 60%
1970 28 SFG NL 612 3.6% 17.3% 17.8% 9.8% 41% 0.97 4.7 22.4 4.6 1.06 60%
1971 29 SFG NL 558 3.4% 15.4% 17.4% 6.8% 33% 0.89 5.3 23.8 6.3 0.90 63%
1972 30 LAD NL 70 1.4% 15.7% 20.0% 2.9% 22% 0.79 5.1 56.0 9.3 0.85 63%
1973 31 ATL NL 191 1.6% 13.1% 25.7% 6.3% 29% 0.51 5.6 46.3 5.8 1.20 59%
8 Seasons 2244 2.9% 17.9% 17.0% 7.2% 34% 1.06 4.5 27.7 6.1 1.01 61%
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
1966 24 SFG NL 1 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 SFG NL 2 0 12% 53 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 31% 10 6 4 4 3 1 2 0 0
1968 26 SFG NL 2 0 14% 112 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 36% 16 12 4 3 3 0 6 0 5
1969 27 SFG NL 5 0 17% 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 35% 20 15 5 2 2 0 7 2 5
1970 28 SFG NL 7 0 25% 275 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 16 34% 39 28 11 9 6 3 25 12 11
1971 29 SFG NL 7 0 20% 224 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 26% 34 28 5 7 5 1 16 4 9
1972 30 LAD NL 0 0 14% 28 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11% 7 6 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
1973 31 ATL NL 2 0 22% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24% 10 10 0 4 3 1 11 6 5
8 Seasons 26 0 20% 893 4 6 40% 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 19 38 30% 137 106 30 29 22 6 69 26 35
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
1966 24 SFG NL 24 71% 1 7 0 0 0 1.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 5 0 0% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 SFG NL 148 65% 27 15 4 1 2 1.53 4 0 9 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 35 3 9% 17 4 24% 119 16 13% 10 3 30% 7 2 29% 0
1968 26 SFG NL 338 31% 82 12 6 1 3 1.41 6 0 14 5 1 1 5 0 2 1 50% 64 5 8% 33 4 12% 223 33 15% 20 4 20% 19 5 26% 0
1969 27 SFG NL 303 21% 56 7 3 0 0 2.07 11 0 12 6 5 5 6 0 2 2 100% 67 11 16% 28 6 21% 208 26 13% 17 6 35% 18 2 11% 0
1970 28 SFG NL 612 24% 148 9 1 0 2 2.48 22 2 33 13 9 13 9 0 3 2 67% 144 16 11% 57 12 21% 500 89 18% 40 19 48% 31 5 16% 0
1971 29 SFG NL 558 28% 114 9 4 2 3 2.49 19 1 20 12 7 11 8 0 2 2 100% 115 8 7% 43 10 23% 393 56 14% 29 14 48% 27 7 26% 0
1972 30 LAD NL 70 67% 9 7 0 0 0 1.06 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 7% 8 2 25% 49 6 12% 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 0
1973 31 ATL NL 180 68% 41 17 6 0 4 2.11 3 0 10 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 100% 33 6 18% 11 3 27% 131 20 15% 15 4 27% 12 1 8% 11
8 Seasons 2233 34% 478 83 24 4 14 1.86 66 3 102 39 27 32 34 0 10 8 80% 482 51 11% 202 41 20% 1636 246 15% 135 53 39% 119 22 18% 11
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
1966 24 13 24 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .043 .083 .043 .127 -64 1 1 1 0 0 0
1967 25 69 172 143 11 28 3 0 4 19 0 1 25 53 .196 .320 .301 .620 78 43 4 2 0 2 0
1968 26 167 510 444 32 110 17 2 10 57 1 2 59 121 .248 .338 .363 .701 107 161 9 3 1 3 3
1969 27 246 813 688 60 166 25 3 21 92 1 2 112 174 .241 .351 .378 .729 111 260 20 6 3 4 6
1970 28 394 1425 1181 142 314 61 5 43 199 1 3 221 280 .266 .383 .435 .818 129 514 36 9 5 9 16
1971 29 536 1983 1634 200 428 80 5 62 271 2 6 318 366 .262 .384 .431 .815 129 704 44 13 7 11 24
1972 30 563 2053 1690 204 437 81 5 63 277 4 6 332 377 .259 .382 .424 .806 127 717 45 13 7 11 26
1973 31 646 2244 1829 226 478 89 6 66 301 4 6 381 402 .261 .390 .425 .815 129 777 51 13 8 13 30

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
1966 24 13 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 13
1967 25 56 156 124 12 31 3 0 5 22 0 29 44 .250 .391 .395 .786 19 56
1968 26 97 357 315 27 97 17 2 7 49 1 40 68 .308 .387 .441 .828 54 98
1969 27 79 311 249 31 61 9 1 12 39 0 58 53 .245 .392 .434 .826 42 79
1970 28 148 612 494 80 149 36 2 22 104 0 110 106 .302 .428 .516 .944 110 148
1971 29 142 587 469 66 130 22 0 22 82 1 111 86 .277 .419 .465 .884 90 142
1972 30 28 80 61 5 12 1 0 1 7 3 19 11 .197 .388 .262 .650 6 27
1973 31 83 197 142 22 44 9 1 3 24 0 53 25 .310 .492 .451 .943 32 83
8 Seasons 646 2324 1877 243 524 97 6 72 327 5 420 402 .279 .412 .452 .865 353 646
162 Game Avg. 162 583 471 61 131 24 2 18 82 1 105 101 .279 .412 .452 .865 89 646

* 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
1970 *

On-Base% s c a p y
1970 NL  .426 (3rd)
1971 NL  .387 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1970 NL  .941 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1970 NL  36 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1970 NL  107 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  109 (3rd)
1971 NL  97 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1970 NL  152 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  43 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1970 NL  4.2 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1970 NL  .740 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1970 NL  16 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1067), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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