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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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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1966 SFG NL 24 C 6 3 2 36.1 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.19 4.17 .987 6.84 6.83 1 4 3 3 50% 40% 0
1967 SFG NL 25 C 43 34 20 299.0 229 206 19 4 1 .983 -3 -12 6.77 5.23 .990 6.89 6.89 3 16 18 11 38% 40% 0
1968 SFG NL 26 C 90 80 72 722.1 547 497 37 13 10 .976 -14 -23 6.65 5.93 .990 6.87 6.90 16 33 59 20 25% 39% 0
1969 SFG NL 27 C 73 69 60 617.1 476 432 31 13 5 .973 -4 -8 6.75 6.34 .989 7.06 7.01 14 23 27 19 41% 40% 1
1970 SFG NL 28 C 139 137 130 1219.0 892 820 58 14 9 .984 -20 -20 6.48 6.32 .987 6.85 6.82 25 63 92 21 19% 33% 0 AS
1971 SFG NL 29 C 135 127 118 1142.0 763 712 37 14 4 .982 -10 -11 5.90 5.55 .988 6.34 6.33 20 35 54 15 22% 35% 0
1972 LAD NL 30 C 22 15 10 151.0 116 104 12 0 1 1.000 1 8 6.91 5.27 .987 6.61 6.63 3 6 6 7 54% 37% 0
1973 ATL NL 31 1B 36 35 13 251.2 285 258 24 3 19 .989 -2 -12 10.08 7.83 .992 9.83 9.83
1973 ATL NL 31 C 20 12 6 107.0 75 67 5 3 0 .960 -4 -45 6.06 3.60 .987 6.34 6.34 4 5 14 2 13% 36% 0
8 Seasons C 528 477 418 4294.0 3123 2860 202 61 30 .980 -54 -15 6.42 5.80 .988 6.73 6.71 86 185 273 98 26% 37% 1
1 Season 1B 36 35 13 251.2 285 258 24 3 19 .989 -2 -12 10.08 7.83 .992 9.83 9.83
8 Seasons TOT 564 512 431 4545.2 3408 3118 226 64 49 .981 -56 -15 6.62 5.93 .989 6.90 6.91 86 185 273 98 26% 37% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1966 SFG NL 24 C 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 25 C -3 -12 -3
1968 SFG NL 26 C -14 -23 -14
1969 SFG NL 27 C -4 -8 -4
1970 SFG NL 28 C -20 -20 -20
1971 SFG NL 29 C -10 -11 -10
1972 LAD NL 30 C 1 8 1
1973 ATL NL 31 1B -2 -12 -2 -2 -0 0
1973 ATL NL 31 C -4 -45 -4
8 Seasons C -54 -15 -54
1 Season 1B -2 -12 -2 -2 -0 0
8 Seasons TOT -56 -15 -2 -2 -0 0 -54

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 SFG NL 24 13 3 13 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 SFG NL 25 56 34 56 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1968 SFG NL 26 98 80 98 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1969 SFG NL 27 79 69 79 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1970 SFG NL 28 148 137 148 139 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1971 SFG NL 29 142 127 142 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1972 LAD NL 30 27 15 27 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1973 ATL NL 31 83 47 83 56 0 20 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
8 Seasons 646 512 646 563 0 527 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1966 SFG NL 24 174 6.94 8.17 1 100% 0 0 22 1 0 0 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 25 1248 2.95 3.22 27 100% 1 0 205 20 1 3 181 19 6 0 0 4 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 SFG NL 26 2953 2.64 3.21 44 93% 2 1 495 29 3 11 452 38 8 2 1 4 13 0 5 8 1 9 1 1 3 5 100%
1969 SFG NL 27 2623 3.53 4.17 37 86% 1 0 433 19 2 14 398 31 8 0 1 3 13 0 5 8 1 5 0 0 1 6 67%
1970 SFG NL 28 5315 4.40 5.01 72 94% 1 0 826 48 7 19 751 59 15 1 0 12 14 1 5 8 2 10 0 1 3 8 75%
1971 SFG NL 29 4747 3.08 3.81 62 97% 0 1 709 44 3 10 652 37 12 0 0 9 14 3 4 7 0 4 0 0 1 6 100%
1972 LAD NL 30 623 2.93 3.23 15 100% 0 0 103 8 1 3 91 11 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1973 ATL NL 31 461 3.74 4.16 5 100% 0 0 68 2 1 1 64 5 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 18144 3.48 4.09 263 95% 5 2 2861 171 18 61 2610 203 57 3 2 34 61 6 20 35 4 30 1 2 8 30 87%
MLB Averages 3.49 3.96 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1966 SFG NL 24 1 4 85 3 3 2 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 3 0.76 1.34
1967 SFG NL 25 3 16 443 18 11 7 38% 16 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 43 14 1.27 1.25
1968 SFG NL 26 16 33 1006 59 20 16 25% 52 19 7 1 0 0 0 0 135 21 1.12 1.00
1969 SFG NL 27 14 23 978 27 19 16 41% 24 15 3 2 0 2 1 0 88 22 1.07 1.16
1970 SFG NL 28 24 63 2049 92 21 15 19% 83 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 241 32 1.29 1.31
1971 SFG NL 29 20 35 1739 54 15 13 22% 52 11 1 2 1 2 0 0 150 19 1.15 1.25
1972 LAD NL 30 3 6 230 6 7 4 54% 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 8 0.82 1.23
1973 ATL NL 31 4 5 177 14 2 2 13% 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 2 1.13 1.25
8 Seasons 85 185 6707 273 98 75 26% 247 85 24 7 2 6 1 0 711 121 1.18 1.20
MLB Averages 38% 1.29 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1973 ATL NL 31 1076 52% 83% 26% 60 90% 0 243 13 225 5 19 24 19 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1 Season 1076 52% 83% 26% 60 90% 0 243 13 225 5 19 24 19 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94% 88%

* 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 *

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1970 NL  139 (1st)
1971 NL  135 (3rd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1970 NL  820 (4th)
1971 NL  712 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1970 NL  58 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1968 NL  13 (1st)
1969 NL  13 (3rd)
1970 NL  14 (2nd)
1971 NL  14 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  16 (2nd)
1969 NL  14 (3rd)
1970 NL  25 (1st)
1971 NL  20 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1968 NL  59 (1st)
1970 NL  92 (1st)
1971 NL  54 (4th)

             

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