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Dick Dietz

Richard Allen Dietz

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 18, 1941 in Crawfordsville, IN
High School: Greenville HS (Greenville, SC)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1966
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Dodgers 1966-1973

Final Game: September 30, 1973
Died: June 27, 2005 in Clayton, GA
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1960	18	SFG-min	D,C	101	314	314		72	12	3	12						.229	.229	.401	.631		126							ART,FRE · SOPH,CALL
1961	19	SFG-min	D	109	328	328		109	21	6	24						.332	.332	.652	.985		214							ELP · SOPH
1962	20	SFG-min	B	118	414	339	49	99	15	3	14	68	2	1	66	67	.292	.408	.478	.886		162		3	2	4			EUG · NORW
1963	21	SFG-min	AA	134	560	469	128	166	25	5	35	101	6	6	91	91	.354	.459	.652	1.111		306							ELP · TL
1964	22	SFG-min	AAA	143	555	452	70	118	24	2	19	73	1	3	89	98	.261	.384	.449	.833		203		5	3	6			TAC · PCL
1965	23	SFG-min	AAA	97	358	305	42	83	20	2	10	30	0	2	43	76	.272	.370	.449	.819		137		5	4	1			TAC · PCL
1966	24	SFG-min	AAA	50	195	150	26	52	15	3	2	24	0	1	38	21	.347	.474	.527	1.001		79		1	3	3			PHX · PCL
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	153	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 Yrs				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	130	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1966	24	SFG	NL	13	24	-4	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.466	.497	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	/2
1967	25	SFG	NL	56	148	2	-1	-0	-3	2	-0	0.0	5	5	0.5	.500	.500	0.8	-0.1	8	$10,000	2
1968	26	SFG	NL	98	338	7	0	0	-14	4	-3	-0.2	12	9	1.0	.497	.498	2.6	-1.0	23	$10,000	2
1969	27	SFG	NL	79	303	9	-0	-1	-4	4	7	0.9	10	18	1.9	.510	.505	2.3	0.1	22	$	2
1970	28	SFG	NL	148	612	40	-3	-2	-20	8	24	2.5	18	41	4.2	.516	.515	6.1	-1.1	61	$	*2	AS
1971	29	SFG	NL	142	558	21	-3	0	-10	8	16	1.9	16	32	3.5	.512	.511	4.5	-0.2	42	$	*2
1972	30	LAD	NL	27	70	-3	-0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.3	-0	$	2
1973	31	ATL	NL	83	191	11	-0	-1	-6	-1	3	0.3	6	8	0.9	.504	.502	1.6	-0.8	15	$	32
8 Seasons				646	2244	83	-8	-3	-56	26	42	4.9	69	111	11.8	.507	.503	17.4	-2.8	167	$20,000

SFG (6 yrs)				536	1983	75	-7	-3	-51	26	40	4.7	62	102	10.8	.508	.504	15.9	-2.3	153	$20,000
ATL (1 yr)				83	191	11	-0	-1	-6	-1	3	0.3	6	8	0.9	.504	.502	1.6	-0.8	15	$
LAD (1 yr)				27	70	-3	-0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.3	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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	100	.071	.043	.269	.083	.329	.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	.700	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	8.5	0.9	.779	.393	.176	.0
1970	28	SFG	NL	612	369	113	8.2	103	.341	.300	.266	.426	.338	.515	.406	.941	.745	153	.740	44.0	4.2	1.008	.434	.215	.0
1971	29	SFG	NL	558	354	79	6.0	92	.271	.252	.259	.387	.325	.419	.379	.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 Yrs				2244	1429	325	6.1	94	.300	.261	.261	.390	.328	.425	.385	.815	.713	129	.668	92.4	9.3	.830	.371	.163	7.5
162 Game Avg.				563	358	82	6.1	94	.300	.261	.261	.390	.328	.425	.385	.815	.713	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	.711	130	.666	80.9	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

Postseason Gamelog

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

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	1.19	59%
8 Yrs				2244	2.9%	17.9%	17.0%	7.2%	34%	1.06	4.5	27.7	6.1	1.01	61%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.0%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.77	6.0	44.3	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	24	SFG	NL	-5.2	-0.6	24	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	.84	-0.3	-0.1	-4.4	-0.5	0.95	-4.3	1.63	7
1967	25	SFG	NL	2.0	0.2	150	-1.0	2.3	-3.3	1.25	0.2	-1.0	1.9	0.2	1.04	2.7	1.44	15
1968	26	SFG	NL	8.6	1.0	342	0.4	6.6	-6.2	1.09	0.6	-0.2	10.6	1.2	1.01	7.6	1.23	12
1969	27	SFG	NL	8.5	0.9	303	1.0	6.4	-5.4	1.08	1.4	-0.5	5.5	0.6	1.00	13.9	1.96	7
1970	28	SFG	NL	43.3	4.2	621	5.5	15.8	-10.2	1.13	4.2	0.7	55.9	5.4	1.06	49.8	2.48	9
1971	29	SFG	NL	23.0	2.4	567	4.6	13.8	-9.2	1.14	2.8	1.2	32.8	3.4	1.02	31.3	2.32	9
1972	30	LAD	NL	-2.0	-0.2	72	-0.2	1.1	-1.3	1.08	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.00	-1.3	0.99	7
1973	31	ATL	NL	13.5	1.4	190	2.0	4.7	-2.7	1.12	1.3	0.5	17.1	1.7	0.98	17.3	2.10	17
8 Yrs				91.6	9.2	2269	11.9	50.8	-38.9	1.12	10.0	0.6	118.4	11.9	1.02	117.0	1.77	83

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	24	SFG	NL	1	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	25	SFG	NL	2	12%	53	0	1	0%	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	31%	10	6	4	4	3	1	2	0	0
1968	26	SFG	NL	2	14%	112	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	2	6	36%	16	12	4	3	3	0	6	0	5
1969	27	SFG	NL	5	17%	117	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	35%	20	15	5	2	2	0	7	2	5
1970	28	SFG	NL	7	25%	275	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	8	16	34%	39	28	11	9	6	3	25	12	11
1971	29	SFG	NL	7	20%	224	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	8	8	26%	34	28	5	7	5	1	16	4	9
1972	30	LAD	NL	0	14%	28	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	11%	7	6	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
1973	31	ATL	NL	2	22%	81	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	5	23%	11	11	0	4	3	1	11	6	5
8 Yrs				26	20%	896	4	6	40%	4	5	1	2	1	19	38	30%	138	107	30	29	22	6	69	26	35

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.63	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	1.44	4	0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	0		35	3	9%	17	4	24%	119	16	13%	10	3	30%	8	3	38%	0
1968	26	SFG	NL	338	31%	82			12	6	1	3	1.23	6	0	14	5	1	1	5	0	2	1	50%	64	5	8%	33	4	12%	223	33	15%	20	4	20%	10	3	30%	0
1969	27	SFG	NL	303	21%	56			7	3	0	0	1.96	11	0	12	6	5	5	6	0	2	2	100%	67	11	16%	28	6	21%	208	26	13%	17	6	35%	10	5	50%	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%	28	9	32%	0
1971	29	SFG	NL	558	28%	114			9	4	2	3	2.32	19	1	20	12	7	11	8	0	2	2	100%	115	8	7%	43	10	23%	393	56	14%	29	14	48%	14	4	29%	0
1972	30	LAD	NL	70	67%	9			7	0	0	0	0.99	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		15	1	7%	8	2	25%	49	6	12%	4	3	75%	2	0	0%	0
1973	31	ATL	NL	191	68%	41			17	6	0	4	2.10	3	0	10	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	100%	34	6	18%	12	4	33%	135	22	16%	17	6	35%	4	2	50%	0
8 Yrs				2244	34%	478			83	24	4	14	1.77	66	3	102	39	27	32	34	0	10	8	80%	483	51	11%	203	42	21%	1640	248	15%	137	55	40%	76	26	34%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

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	130	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	130	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	128	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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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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	152	122	11	29	3	0	4	21	0	27	44	.238	.375	.361	.736	17	56
1968	26	97	354	312	27	94	16	2	7	48	1	39	68	.301	.380	.433	.812	52	98
1969	27	79	309	247	31	59	8	1	12	39	0	56	53	.239	.384	.425	.809	40	79
1970	28	148	610	492	81	147	36	2	22	106	0	108	106	.299	.424	.514	.939	107	148
1971	29	142	577	463	66	124	21	0	21	82	1	106	86	.268	.407	.449	.856	83	142
1972	30	28	75	59	5	10	1	0	1	7	2	16	11	.169	.347	.237	.584	5	27
1973	31	83	189	138	21	40	8	1	3	23	0	48	25	.290	.468	.428	.896	28	83
8 Yrs		646	2290	1856	242	503	93	6	70	326	4	400	402	.271	.401	.441	.842	332	646
162 Game Avg.		162	574	465	61	126	23	2	18	82	1	100	101	.271	.401	.441	.842	83	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1970 *	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1970 NL 6.1 (3rd)	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 (6th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1970 NL 4.2 (6th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1970 NL .740 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1970 NL 16 (10th)
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1970 NL 55.92 (4th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1970 NL 5.5 (3rd) 1971 NL 4.6 (9th)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1970 NL 4.2 (9th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1970 NL 5.4 (3rd)

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 12 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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