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Dick
Dietz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 18, 1941 in Usa, IN, CRAWFORDSVILL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
Silver Slugger 1968    1980   
Gold Glove 1967   
All-Star Selections 1968    1971    1972    1973    1976    1977    1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 4 5
1967 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 5 5
1968 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 7
1969 27 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1970 28 LAD NL $ 3,214,286   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1971 29 LAD NL $ 4,064,286   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1972 30 LAD NL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1973 31 LAD NL $ 7,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1974 32 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1975 33 BOS AL $ 7,500,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1976 34 BSN NL $ 8,962,199   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1977 35 BSN NL $ 8,962,199   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1978 36 BSN NL $ 8,962,199   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1979 37 BSN NL $ 4,400,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 6
1980 38 BSN NL $ 4,400,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,962,199   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 6 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 24 LAD NL 108 270 32 54 14 1 10 36 0 0 41 90 .200 .304 .370 .675 32.0 4.3
    AAA   26 93 20 30 4 1 13 34 0 0 21 18 .323 .447 .806 1.254 29.7  
1967 25 LAD NL 144 487 64 109 16 3 16 71 1 2 80 124 .224 .333 .368 .700 62.8 11.3
1968 26 LAD NL 149 516 92 171 30 1 22 79 0 0 89 97 .331 .432 .521 .953 107.7 32.3
1969 27 LAD NL 146 520 86 137 24 1 19 77 0 0 94 106 .263 .375 .423 .798 80.3 18.6
1970 28 LAD NL 147 516 92 145 29 3 17 83 0 1 92 103 .281 .388 .448 .835 89.8 20.7
1971 29 LAD NL 149 499 76 135 19 1 12 53 0 0 103 92 .271 .393 .385 .778 77.0 14.2
1972 30 LAD NL 147 492 77 133 18 0 20 75 2 1 101 101 .270 .395 .429 .824 83.8 17.0
1973 31 LAD NL 148 488 82 143 23 2 23 105 0 0 111 96 .293 .422 .490 .912 104.5 26.1
1974 32 BOS AL 142 464 78 127 35 0 23 84 3 0 101 75 .274 .404 .498 .902 94.2 20.4
1975 33 BOS AL 146 497 91 143 39 4 11 68 2 0 92 88 .288 .399 .449 .847 84.3 16.3
1976 34 BSN NL 147 517 105 147 34 4 21 86 1 0 88 87 .284 .387 .487 .874 93.8 21.4
1977 35 BSN NL 148 477 98 130 24 0 16 77 0 0 117 80 .273 .416 .423 .839 89.2 19.5
1978 36 BSN NL 133 459 67 124 17 2 16 57 0 0 86 69 .270 .382 .420 .802 75.8 16.9
1979 37 BSN NL 139 472 65 105 20 3 18 70 1 0 54 62 .222 .301 .392 .693 57.0 8.9
1980 38 BSN NL 143 480 88 141 21 4 30 91 0 1 94 83 .294 .407 .542 .949 102.7 25.9
15 Years Sim 2136 7154 1193 1944 363 29 274 1112 10 5 1343 1353 .272 .386 .445 .831 1235.0 273.8
1 Years AAA 26 93 20 30 4 1 13 34 0 0 21 18 .323 .447 .806 1.254 29.7  
162 Game Average 542 90 147 27 2 20 84 0 0 101 102 .272 .386 .445 .831 93.7  
Career Highs 149 520 105 171 39 4 30 105 3 2 117 124 .331 .432 .542 .953 107.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4489 746 1234 255 19 172 706 7 3 818 865 .275 .386 .455 .841 811.0
vs LH   2665 447 710 108 10 102 406 3 2 525 488 .266 .385 .429 .814 470.8
Home 1082 3527 599 960 174 16 134 530 5 2 673 666 .272 .388 .445 .833 635.5
Away 1054 3627 594 984 189 13 140 582 5 3 670 687 .271 .384 .446 .830 646.2
RISP   1858 0 524 89 7 77 795 0 0 412 348 .282 .403 .462 .865 369.8
Pinch Hitting   229 36 65 14 0 9 49 0 0 46 40 .284 .399 .463 .862 43.9
Close/Late   874 120 236 37 1 34 137 0 0 208 172 .270 .408 .431 .840 168.1
Mar/Apr 331 1105 190 304 58 5 39 181 1 2 221 207 .275 .394 .443 .837 201.9
May 377 1282 204 364 70 7 50 211 1 0 223 219 .284 .388 .466 .854 236.1
June 359 1172 197 291 57 3 42 170 2 1 237 244 .248 .375 .410 .785 195.2
July 342 1151 184 294 50 2 44 158 0 0 210 225 .255 .369 .417 .786 189.6
August 371 1230 206 342 61 5 63 225 4 2 229 250 .278 .390 .489 .880 239.0
Sep/Oct 356 1214 212 349 67 7 36 167 2 0 223 208 .287 .398 .443 .842 220.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1966 24 LAD NL C 85 63 582.7 329 26 1 0 .997 5.48 31 11 .355 0 2.5
1967 25 LAD NL C 139 128 1170.0 791 68 10 2 .988 6.61 99 34 .343 3 3.4
1968 26 LAD NL C 144 133 1211.3 815 46 11 0 .987 6.40 92 25 .272 1 1.6
1969 27 LAD NL C 143 131 1204.7 825 50 9 1 .990 6.54 89 21 .236 1 1.5
1970 28 LAD NL C 134 126 1131.7 834 43 12 1 .987 6.97 92 20 .217 0 2.6
1971 29 LAD NL C 144 132 1197.3 929 47 9 0 .991 7.34 85 28 .329 3 6.5
1972 30 LAD NL C 141 126 1126.3 884 30 9 1 .990 7.30 69 15 .217 3 4.0
1973 31 LAD NL C 146 133 1212.3 896 41 8 3 .992 6.96 89 28 .315 4 4.0
1974 32 BOS AL C 119 105 953.0 568 33 10 0 .984 5.68 85 22 .259 4 5.8
1975 33 BOS AL C 107 94 857.3 519 33 9 2 .984 5.79 77 21 .273 1 3.6
1976 34 BSN NL C 144 129 1182.3 753 50 10 1 .988 6.11 98 30 .306 1 4.0
1977 35 BSN NL C 144 126 1165.0 832 58 10 2 .989 6.88 124 35 .282 1 1.9
1978 36 BSN NL C 129 122 1115.7 643 43 10 2 .986 5.53 110 25 .227 2 2.5
1979 37 BSN NL C 132 121 1080.0 636 45 10 1 .986 5.68 90 28 .311 1 3.2
1980 38 BSN NL C 142 128 1167.7 691 58 12 0 .984 5.77 134 35 .261 0 3.5
Career Totals   1993 1797 16357.3 10945 671 140 16 .988 6.39 1364 378 .277 25 50.6
Career Highs   146 133 1212.3 929 68 12 3 .997 7.34 134 35 .355 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 27 LAD NL 7 24 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 5 .125 .344 .208 .552
1970 28 LAD NL 18 70 9 23 5 0 1 10 0 0 10 12 .329 .410 .443 .852
1976 34 BSN NL 12 46 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 7 .239 .327 .261 .588
1978 36 BSN NL 5 20 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 .100 .217 .250 .467
1980 38 BSN NL 5 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 .071 .350 .071 .421
Career Post-Season Batting 47 174 19 40 8 0 2 19 1 0 34 28 .230 .352 .310 .662
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1968-1-.331
 On-Base Pct
1968-1-.432
1969-8-.375
1970-3-.388
1971-4-.393
1972-2-.395
1973-1-.422
1974-6-.404
1975-8-.399
1976-8-.387
1977-2-.416
1978-9-.382
1980-1-.407
CAR-49-.386
 Slugging Pct
1968-3-.521
1973-5-.490
1974-10-.498
1976-7-.487
1980-2-.542
 OPS
1968-1-.953
1973-2-.912
1974-5-.902
1976-7-.874
1977-8-.839
1980-1-.949
 XR
1968-2-107.7
1973-4-104.5
1976-10-93.8
1980-2-102.7
 Runs
1968-8-92
1976-5-105
1977-6-98
Hits
1968-8-171
 Total Bases
1968-9-269
 Singles
1968-9-118
 Doubles
1974-8-35
1975-4-39
 Homeruns
1980-2-30
 RBIs
1973-5-105
Walks
1967-4-80
1968-2-89
1969-2-94
1970-2-92
1971-2-103
1972-2-101
1973-1-111
1974-3-101
1975-9-92
1976-9-88
1977-2-117
1978-6-86
1980-3-94
CAR-23-1343
 Strikeouts
1967-7-124
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 69    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Rudy York (934)
  2. Bill Freehan (884)
  3. Bill Delancey (882)
  4. Ernie Lombardi (876)
  5. Joe Torre (854)
  6. Ron Blomberg (850)
  7. Dolph Camilli (847)
  8. Bobby Hofman (837)
  9. Ken Boyer (832)
  10. Gene Tenace (824)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1966
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/1/1966, off Ralph Terry (NYG)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1967
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Boston (A) on 9/1/1968
Had 6 hits with 6 RBI against Boston (A) on 9/1/1968
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1968, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,214,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1970, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
9/22/1971: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/21/1972
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Traded from Los Angeles to Boston (A) on 4/2/1974 (Going to LAD: 3B Dave Roberts. Going to BOS: C Dick Dietz)
Injured on 6/26/1974 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against Kansas City on 8/29/1974
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1976 to a 3-year deal worth $8,962,199 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1976, hitting .389 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Injured on 7/27/1978 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
7/31/1978: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 7 runs against Baltimore on 7/19/1979
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
 
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