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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1966 SFG NL 24 C 6 3 36.1 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.19 4.17 .988 6.84 5.82 1 4 3 3 50%
1967 SFG NL 25 C 43 34 299.0 229 206 19 4 1 .983 -3.0 -12.0 -3 6.77 5.23 .990 6.89 5.85 3 16 18 11 38%
1968 SFG NL 26 C 90 80 722.1 547 497 37 13 10 .976 -14.0 -23.3 -14 6.65 5.93 .990 6.87 6.12 16 33 59 20 25%
1969 SFG NL 27 C 73 69 617.1 476 432 31 13 5 .973 -4.0 -7.8 -4 6.75 6.34 .989 7.06 6.25 14 23 27 19 41%
1970 SFG NL 28 C 139 137 1219.0 892 820 58 14 9 .984 -20.0 -19.7 -20 6.48 6.32 .987 6.85 5.94 25 63 92 21 19% AS
1971 SFG NL 29 C 135 127 1142.0 763 712 37 14 4 .982 -10.0 -10.5 -10 5.90 5.55 .988 6.34 5.63 20 35 54 15 22%
1972 LAD NL 30 C 22 15 151.0 116 104 12 0 1 1.000 1.0 7.9 1 6.91 5.27 .987 6.61 5.87 3 6 6 7 54%
1973 ATL NL 31 1B 36 35 251.2 285 258 24 3 19 .989 -2.5 -11.9 -2.5 -0.4 -2.2 0 10.08 7.83 .992 9.83 8.40
1973 ATL NL 31 C 20 12 107.0 75 67 5 3 0 .960 -4.0 -44.9 -4 6.06 3.60 .988 6.34 5.58 4 5 14 2 13%
8 Seasons C 528 477 4294.0 3123 2860 202 61 30 .980 -54.0 -15.1 -54 6.42 5.80 .988 6.73 5.91 86 185 273 98 26%
1 Season 1B 36 35 251.2 285 258 24 3 19 .989 -2.5 -11.9 -2.5 -0.4 -2.2 0 10.08 7.83 .992 9.83 8.40
8 Seasons TOT 564 512 4545.2 3408 3118 226 64 49 .981 -56.5 -14.9 -2.5 -0.4 -2.2 0 -54 6.62 5.93 .970 6.90 6.07 86 185 273 98 26%

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
1966 SFG NL 24 13 3 13 13 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 SFG NL 25 56 34 56 56 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1968 SFG NL 26 98 80 98 98 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1969 SFG NL 27 79 69 79 79 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1970 SFG NL 28 148 137 148 148 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1971 SFG NL 29 142 127 142 142 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1972 LAD NL 30 27 15 27 27 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1973 ATL NL 31 83 47 83 83 0 20 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
8 Seasons 646 512 646 646 0 528 36 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 24 185 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 1295 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 3080 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 2708 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 5529 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 4890 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 30 647 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 31 487 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 18821 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*

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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 0.81 1.21
1967 SFG NL 25 3 16 443 18 11 7 38% 16 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 43 14 1.30 1.20
1968 SFG NL 26 16 33 1006 59 20 16 25% 52 19 7 1 0 0 0 0 135 21 1.15 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 1.14
1970 SFG NL 28 24 63 2049 92 21 15 19% 83 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 241 32 1.28 1.30
1971 SFG NL 29 20 35 1739 54 15 13 22% 52 11 1 2 1 2 0 0 150 19 1.17 1.25
1972 LAD NL 30 3 6 230 6 7 4 54% 5 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 8 0.89 1.23
1973 ATL NL 31 4 5 177 14 2 2 13% 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 2 1.12 1.21
8 Seasons 85 185 6707 273 98 75 26% 247 85 24 7 2 6 1 0 711 121 1.19 1.18
MLB Averages 38% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 1050 49% 79% 24% 54 89% 0 221 12 204 5 17 20 16 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1 Season 1050 49% 79% 24% 54 89% 0 221 12 204 5 17 20 16 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 3 100%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 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 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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