Larry Dierker

Full Name: Lawrence Edward Dierker	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/215	First Game: September 22, 1964
Birthdate: September 22, 1946	Final Game: October 1, 1977
Birthplace: Hollywood, California	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 22, 1946 in Hollywood, California, Larry Dierker (Lawrence Edward Dierker) played for the Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 14 year career. Dierker broke into the bigs on September 22, 1964 with the Houston Colt .45s, and put up a 3.50 ERA in 146.2 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Larry Dierker's best season was 1969, when he posted a 2.33 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 232 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1964	HOU	N	3	1	0	1	2.00	5	4	2	0	0	0	9	7	1	3	0	2	0
1965	HOU	N	26	19	7	8	3.50	109	69	57	1	0	0	146.2	135	16	37	4	8	3
1966	HOU	N	29	28	10	8	3.18	108	73	66	8	2	0	187	173	17	45	0	4	1
1967	HOU	N	15	15	6	5	3.36	68	44	37	4	0	0	99	95	4	25	0	7	1
1968	HOU	N	32	32	12	15	3.31	161	95	86	10	1	0	233.2	206	14	89	12	20	8
1969	HOU	N	39	37	20	13	2.33	232	97	79	20	4	0	305.1	240	18	72	6	9	1
1970	HOU	N	37	36	16	12	3.87	191	124	116	17	2	1	269.2	263	31	82	4	8	6
1971	HOU	N	24	23	12	6	2.72	91	50	48	6	2	0	159	150	8	33	1	6	2
1972	HOU	N	31	31	15	8	3.40	115	87	81	12	5	0	214.2	209	14	51	0	3	5
1973	HOU	N	14	3	1	1	4.33	18	14	13	0	0	0	27	27	3	13	0	2	2
1974	HOU	N	33	33	11	10	2.90	150	76	72	7	3	0	223.2	189	18	82	4	8	6
1975	HOU	N	34	34	14	16	4.00	127	109	103	14	2	0	232	225	24	91	6	13	7
1976	HOU	N	28	28	13	14	3.69	112	85	77	7	4	0	187.2	171	9	72	6	12	6
1977	STL	N	11	9	2	6	4.58	6	21	20	0	0	0	39.1	40	7	16	0	2	2
Total			356	329	139	123	3.31	1493	948	857	106	25	1	2333.2	2130	184	711	43	104	50

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1964	HOU	N	P	3	1	8.2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	HOU	N	P	26	19	146.2	10	17	4	0	2	10	3	0	.871
1966	HOU	N	P	29	28	187	13	26	2	1	1	13	2	0	.951
1967	HOU	N	P	15	15	99	7	10	2	0	2	8	3	0	.895
1968	HOU	N	P	32	32	233.2	13	28	1	2	2	16	3	0	.976
1969	HOU	N	P	39	37	305.1	14	42	3	5	1	9	10	1	.949
1970	HOU	N	P	37	36	269.2	19	31	3	3	1	14	12	1	.943
1971	HOU	N	P	24	23	159	16	23	1	0	1	5	1	0	.975
1972	HOU	N	P	31	31	214.2	16	19	0	1	3	14	5	1	1.000
1973	HOU	N	P	14	3	27	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	HOU	N	P	33	33	223.2	10	34	1	1	2	21	12	0	.978
1975	HOU	N	P	34	34	232	15	31	3	1	5	25	8	1	.939
1976	HOU	N	P	28	28	187.2	17	18	2	2	4	23	7	0	.946
1977	STL	N	P	11	9	39.1	2	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
Total			P	356	329	2333.1	152	287	23	16	24	159	68	4	.950

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1964	HOU	N	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1965	HOU	N	26	50	3	5	1	2	.100	.118	.160	0	1	15	0	4	1
1966	HOU	N	29	67	6	10	1	4	.149	.174	.224	2	2	21	0	2	3
1967	HOU	N	15	31	2	7	0	4	.226	.242	.323	3	1	11	0	1	0
1968	HOU	N	33	73	2	5	0	3	.068	.093	.082	1	2	35	0	9	2
1969	HOU	N	39	118	7	17	1	7	.144	.158	.186	2	2	38	0	7	3
1970	HOU	N	37	92	7	16	0	4	.174	.181	.196	2	1	37	0	9	2
1971	HOU	N	24	54	4	4	0	2	.074	.091	.093	1	1	16	0	3	3
1972	HOU	N	31	78	2	13	0	4	.167	.188	.167	0	1	24	1	6	0
1973	HOU	N	14	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1974	HOU	N	33	71	2	14	0	7	.197	.208	.239	3	1	27	0	11	0
1975	HOU	N	34	76	0	7	0	5	.092	.092	.092	0	0	21	0	13	1
1976	HOU	N	28	64	3	9	1	4	.141	.136	.188	0	0	20	0	3	1
1977	STL	N	11	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	0	2	0
Total			357	789	38	107	4	46	.136	.149	.169	14	12	272	1	70	16

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (1964).
Traded by Houston Astros with Jerry DaVanon to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage (November 23, 1976).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (March 28, 1978).

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