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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:04AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1132. Steve Braun… #1133. Grady Hatton… #1134. Carlos May… #1135. DICK DIETZ… #1136. Jeff Francoeur… #1137. Jose Guillen… #1138. Hank Severeid… 

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1966 24 SFG NL 24 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ /2
1967 25 SFG NL 148 3 -1 1 0 -3 2 5 7 0.8 10 1.1 -0.3 $10,000 2
1968 26 SFG NL 338 9 0 -1 0 -14 5 12 11 1.3 25 3.1 -1.8 $10,000 2
1969 27 SFG NL 303 9 0 1 -2 -4 5 11 20 2.1 24 2.6 -0.5 $ 2
1970 28 SFG NL 612 42 -3 0 -2 -20 9 18 44 4.5 64 6.7 -2.2 $ *2 AS
1971 29 SFG NL 558 21 -3 1 0 -10 8 17 34 3.7 44 4.9 -1.2 $ *2
1972 30 LAD NL 70 -3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 2
1973 31 ATL NL 191 12 0 0 -1 -6 -1 6 9 1.0 16 1.7 -0.7 $ 32
8 Seasons 2244 88 -7 2 -5 -56 29 72 122 13.0 179 19.7 -6.7 $20,000
SFG (6 yrs) 1983 79 -7 2 -4 -51 29 64 112 11.9 163 18.0 -6.1 $20,000
ATL (1 yr) 191 12 0 0 -1 -6 -1 6 9 1.0 16 1.7 -0.7 $
LAD (1 yr) 70 -3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $

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

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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% PO Awards
1966 SFG NL 24 C 6 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 0 4.17 .987 6.83 1 3 3 50%
1967 SFG NL 25 C 43 229 206 19 4 1 .983 -3 5.23 .990 6.89 3 18 11 38%
1968 SFG NL 26 C 90 547 497 37 13 10 .976 -14 5.93 .990 6.90 16 59 20 25%
1969 SFG NL 27 C 73 476 432 31 13 5 .973 -4 6.34 .989 7.01 14 27 19 41%
1970 SFG NL 28 C 139 892 820 58 14 9 .984 -20 6.32 .987 6.82 25 92 21 19% AS
1971 SFG NL 29 C 135 763 712 37 14 4 .982 -10 5.55 .988 6.33 20 54 15 22%
1972 LAD NL 30 C 22 116 104 12 0 1 1.000 1 5.27 .987 6.63 3 6 7 54%
1973 ATL NL 31 1B 36 285 258 24 3 19 .989 -2 7.83 .992 9.83
1973 ATL NL 31 C 20 75 67 5 3 0 .960 -4 3.60 .987 6.34 4 14 2 13%
8 Seasons C 528 3123 2860 202 61 30 .980 -54 5.80 .988 6.71 86 273 98 26%
1 Season 1B 36 285 258 24 3 19 .989 -2 7.83 .992 9.83
8 Seasons TOT 564 3408 3118 226 64 49 .981 -56 5.93 .989 6.91 86 273 98 26%
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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  6.7 (2nd)
1971 NL  4.9 (10th)

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  54.92 (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  5.3 (3rd)

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)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1098), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Todd Pratt (930)
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  8. Pinky Hargrave (928)
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  1. Bill Nahorodny (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jason Varitek (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rick Wilkins (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jason Varitek (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jason LaRue (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196725San Francisco Giants$10,0002/17/68 TSN
196826San Francisco Giants$10,0002/17/68 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$20,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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