Larry Dierker - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-356Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameLawrence Edward Dierker
Height6-4Weight215BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateSeptember 22,1946 [71.274]PlaceHollywood,California
High SchoolTaft (Woodland Hills,CA)
CollegeUniversity of Houston (Houston,TX)

DraftedSigned as undrafted amateur free agent in 1964 by the Houston Colt 45s.
MLB DebutSeptember 22,1964 [18.000]
OrganizationsHOU [13] SLN [1] Awards1Awards Voting5-211
TBC Player ID10745Retrosheet IDdierl101MLBAM ID113352
RelationshipsBrother of Rick Dierker
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Player Notes: � Opening day starter for Houston Astros in 1968,1970-1971,1975 ... Threw a no-hitter on July 9,1976 against the Montreal Expos ... The Houston Astros retired his #49 on May 19, 2002

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1964		null	Rk	-	-	ST	17	2	3	3.23	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	39.0	21	19	14	0	18	61	0	0	0	1.00	4.85	--	4.15	14.08	3.39	.400	-
1964	Houston Colt 45s	NL	MLB	hou	49	S/R	17	0	1	2.00	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	9.0	7	4	2	1	3	5	2	0	0	1.11	7.00	1.00	3.00	5.00	1.67	.000	3.94
1965	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	S/R	18	7	8	3.50	26	19	7	1	0	2	0	146.2	135	69	57	16	37	109	8	2	3	1.17	8.28	0.98	2.27	6.69	2.95	.467	3.27
1966	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	19	10	8	3.18	29	28	1	8	2	0	0	187.0	173	73	66	17	45	108	4	0	1	1.17	8.33	0.82	2.17	5.20	2.40	.556	3.32
1967	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	20	6	5	3.36	15	15	0	4	0	0	0	99.0	95	44	37	4	25	68	7	0	1	1.21	8.64	0.36	2.27	6.18	2.72	.545	2.48
1968	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	21	12	15	3.31	32	32	0	10	1	0	0	233.2	206	95	86	14	89	161	20	0	8	1.26	7.93	0.54	3.43	6.20	1.81	.444	3.03
1969	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	22	20	13	2.33	39	37	2	20	4	0	0	305.0	240	97	79	18	72	232	9	0	1	1.02	7.07	0.53	2.12	6.84	3.22	.606	2.47
1970	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	23	16	12	3.87	37	36	1	17	2	1	1	269.2	263	124	116	31	82	191	8	0	6	1.28	8.78	1.03	2.74	6.37	2.33	.571	3.69
1971	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	24	12	6	2.72	24	23	1	6	2	0	0	159.0	150	50	48	8	33	91	6	0	2	1.15	8.49	0.45	1.87	5.15	2.76	.667	2.62
1972	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	25	15	8	3.40	31	31	0	12	5	0	0	214.2	209	87	81	14	51	115	3	1	5	1.21	8.76	0.59	2.14	4.82	2.25	.652	2.96
1973	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	S/R	26	1	1	4.33	14	3	11	0	0	4	0	27.0	27	14	13	3	13	18	2	0	2	1.48	9.00	1.00	4.33	6.00	1.38	.500	4.34
1974	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	27	11	10	2.90	33	33	0	7	3	0	0	223.2	189	76	72	18	82	150	8	3	6	1.21	7.61	0.72	3.30	6.04	1.83	.524	3.46
1975	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	28	14	16	4.00	34	34	0	14	2	0	0	232.0	225	109	103	24	91	127	13	1	7	1.36	8.73	0.93	3.53	4.93	1.40	.467	4.10
1976	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	ST	29	13	14	3.69	28	28	0	7	4	0	0	187.2	171	85	77	9	72	112	12	2	6	1.29	8.20	0.43	3.45	5.37	1.56	.481	3.31
1977	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	49	S/R	30	2	6	4.58	11	9	2	0	0	1	0	39.0	40	21	20	7	16	6	2	1	2	1.42	9.15	1.60	3.66	1.37	0.38	.250	6.12
MLB Totals - 14 Season(s)Filter								139	123	3.31	356	329	27	106	25	10	1	2330.2	2130	948	857	184	711	1493	104	10	50	1.22	8.21	0.71	2.74	5.76	2.10	.531	0.72
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	3	3.23	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	39.0	21	19	14	0	18	61	0	0	0	1.00	4.85	--	4.15	14.08	3.39	.400	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	3	3.23	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	39.0	21	19	14	0	18	61	0	0	0	1.00	4.85	--	4.15	14.08	3.39	.400	-
Houston Astros Totals - 12 Season(s)Filter								137	116	3.29	342	319	23	106	25	7	1	2282.1	2083	923	835	176	692	1482	100	9	48	1.21	8.20	0.69	2.73	5.84	2.14	.542	-
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	6	4.58	11	9	2	0	0	1	0	39.0	40	21	20	7	16	6	2	1	2	1.42	9.15	1.60	3.66	1.37	0.38	.250	-
Houston Colt 45s Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	1	2.00	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	9.0	7	4	2	1	3	5	2	0	0	1.11	7.00	1.00	3.00	5.00	1.67	.000	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								13	12	3.31	34	31	3	10	2	1	0	220.0	201	89	81	17	67	141	10	1	5	1.22	8.21	0.71	2.74	5.76	2.10	.520	0.72
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								11	17	3.23	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	220.0	118	107	79	0	102	344	0	0	0	1.00	4.85	--	4.15	14.08	3.39	.393	-

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1964	Houston Colt 45s	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1965	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	18	26	50	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	15	0	4	0	0	1	.100	.118	.160	.278	8	1	55	.118	.060	.080	.127	1.82	27.27	15.00	1.82	50.00	20.00
1966	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	19	29	67	6	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	21	0	2	0	0	3	.149	.174	.224	.398	15	3	71	.200	.075	.104	.179	2.82	29.58	10.50	1.41	67.00	30.00
1967	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	20	15	31	2	7	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	11	0	1	1	0	0	.226	.242	.323	.565	10	3	34	.333	.097	.129	.250	2.94	32.35	11.00	0.00	0.00	42.86
1968	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	21	33	73	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	0	9	0	0	2	.068	.093	.082	.175	6	1	84	.132	.014	.041	.085	2.38	41.67	17.50	0.00	0.00	20.00
1969	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	22	39	118	7	17	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	38	0	7	0	0	3	.144	.158	.186	.344	22	3	127	.203	.042	.059	.158	1.57	29.92	19.00	0.79	118.00	17.65
1970	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	23	37	92	7	16	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	37	0	9	1	0	2	.174	.181	.196	.377	18	2	103	.286	.022	.033	.170	0.97	35.92	37.00	0.00	0.00	12.50
1971	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	24	24	54	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	0	3	0	0	3	.074	.091	.093	.184	5	1	58	.105	.019	.037	.087	1.72	27.59	16.00	0.00	0.00	25.00
1972	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	25	31	78	2	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	24	1	6	0	0	0	.167	.188	.167	.355	13	0	86	.241	.000	.013	.166	1.16	27.91	24.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1973	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	26	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1974	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	27	33	71	2	14	3	0	0	7	0	0	1	27	0	11	0	0	0	.197	.208	.239	.447	17	3	83	.318	.042	.056	.206	1.20	32.53	27.00	0.00	0.00	21.43
1975	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	28	34	76	0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	21	0	13	0	0	1	.092	.092	.092	.184	7	0	89	.127	.000	.000	.085	0.00	23.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1976	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	49	p	29	28	64	3	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	20	0	3	2	0	1	.141	.136	.188	.324	12	1	69	.178	.047	.047	.146	0.00	28.99	0.00	1.45	64.00	11.11
1977	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	49	p	30	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 14 Season(s)Filter								357	789	38	107	14	0	4	46	0	0	12	272	1	70	4	0	16	.136	.149	.169	.318	133	18	876	.199	.033	.048	.000	1.37	31.05	22.67	0.46	197.25	16.82
Houston Astros Totals - 12 Season(s)Filter								343	778	38	107	14	0	4	46	0	0	12	266	1	68	4	0	16	.138	.151	.171	.322	133	18	863	.201	.033	.049	.000	1.39	30.82	22.17	0.46	194.50	16.82
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Houston Colt 45s Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	358	17	49	6	0	2	21	0	0	5	123	0	32	2	0	7	.136	.149	.169	.318	60	8	398	.199	.033	.048	.000	1.37	31.05	22.67	0.46	197.25	16.82

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1964	Houston Colt 45s	NL	MLB	hou	17	P	3	-	9	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	1.9
1965	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	18	P	26	-	146	10	17	4	-	31	27	.871	1.04	0.18	-	-	--	-	26	100.0	16.0
1966	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	19	P	29	-	187	13	26	2	1	41	39	.951	1.34	0.21	-	-	--	-	29	100.0	17.9
1967	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	20	P	15	-	99	7	10	2	-	19	17	.895	1.13	0.17	-	-	--	-	15	100.0	9.3
1968	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	21	P	32	-	233	13	28	1	2	42	41	.976	1.28	0.18	-	-	--	-	33	97.0	19.8
1969	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	22	P	39	-	305	14	42	3	5	59	56	.949	1.44	0.18	-	-	--	-	39	100.0	24.1
1970	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	23	P	37	-	269	19	31	3	3	53	50	.943	1.35	0.19	-	-	--	-	37	100.0	22.8
1971	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	24	P	24	-	159	16	23	1	-	40	39	.975	1.63	0.25	-	-	--	-	24	100.0	14.8
1972	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	25	P	31	-	214	16	19	-	1	35	35	1.000	1.13	0.16	14	5	73.7	3	31	100.0	20.3
1973	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	26	P	14	-	27	-	3	-	-	3	3	1.000	0.21	0.11	-	-	--	-	14	100.0	8.6
1974	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	27	P	33	-	223	10	34	1	1	45	44	.978	1.33	0.20	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.4
1975	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	28	P	34	-	232	15	31	3	1	49	46	.939	1.35	0.20	-	-	--	-	34	100.0	21.1
1976	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	29	P	28	-	187	17	18	2	2	37	35	.946	1.25	0.19	-	-	--	-	28	100.0	17.3
1977	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	30	P	11	-	39	2	5	-	-	7	7	1.000	0.64	0.18	-	-	--	-	11	100.0	6.8
MLB Totals for P - 14 season(s)				-	�	P	356	-	2329	152	287	23	16	462	439	.950	1.23	0.19	14	5	73.7	3	356	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1964	Houston Colt 45s	NL	MLB	hou	17	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1965	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	18	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	19	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	20	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	21	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	22	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	23	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	24	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	25	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	26	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	27	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	28	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	hou	29	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	30	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Category	Org	Age	Job	G	W	L	Pct	GBL	Rank	Manager/HC	Playoffs
1979	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	32	Broadcaster	162	89	73	.549	1.5	2	Bill Virdon
1980	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	33	Broadcaster	163	93	70	.571	--	1	Bill Virdon	Lost NLCS (Phillies)
1981	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	34	Broadcaster	110	61	49	.555	6.0	3	Bill Virdon	Lost in 1st Round (Dodgers)
1982	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	35	Broadcaster	162	77	85	.475	12.0	5	Bob Lillis,Bill Virdon
1983	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	36	Broadcaster	162	85	77	.525	6.0	3	Bob Lillis
1984	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	37	Broadcaster	162	80	82	.494	12.0	3	Bob Lillis
1985	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	38	Broadcaster	162	83	79	.512	12.0	3	Bob Lillis
1986	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	39	Broadcaster	162	96	66	.593	--	1	Hal Lanier	Lost NLCS (Mets)
1987	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	40	Broadcaster	162	76	86	.469	14.0	3	Hal Lanier
1988	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	41	Broadcaster	162	82	80	.506	12.5	5	Hal Lanier
1989	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	42	Broadcaster	162	86	76	.531	6.0	3	Art Howe
1990	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	43	Broadcaster	162	75	87	.463	16.0	4	Art Howe
1991	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	44	Broadcaster	162	65	97	.401	29.0	6	Art Howe
1992	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	45	Broadcaster	162	81	81	.500	17.0	4	Art Howe
1993	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	46	Broadcaster	162	85	77	.525	19.0	3	Art Howe
1994	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	47	Broadcaster	115	66	49	.574	0.5	2	Terry Collins
1995	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	48	Broadcaster	144	76	68	.528	9.0	2	Terry Collins
1996	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	49	Broadcaster	162	82	80	.506	6.0	2	Terry Collins
1997	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	50	Manager	162	84	78	.519	--	1	�	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	51	Manager	162	102	60	.630	--	1	�	Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1999	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	52	Manager	162	97	65	.599	--	1	�	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
2000	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	53	Manager	162	72	90	.444	23.0	4	�
2001	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	54	Manager	162	93	69	.574	--	1	�	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
2004	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	57	Broadcaster	162	92	70	.568	13.0	2	Phil Garner,Jimy Williams	Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
2005	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	MLB	hou	58	Broadcaster	162	89	73	.549	11.0	2	Phil Garner	Lost World Series (White Sox)

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
1998	National League Manager of the Year	1

Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1978-03-28							Released by Cardinals.		�
1976-11-23						Trade	Traded by Astros with Jerry Davanon to Cardinals for Bob Detherage and Joe Ferguson.		�
1964-01-01						Contract	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Astros.		�

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