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Larry
Dierker		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: September 22, 1946 in Usa, CA, HOLLYWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1964   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 17 WOR AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1965 18 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1966 19 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1967 20 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1968 21 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1969 22 KCR AL $ 1,250,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1970 23 KCR AL $ 1,250,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1971 24 KCR AL $ 1,250,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1972 25 KCR AL $ 1,250,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1973 26 KCR AL $ 1,550,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1974 27 KCR AL $ 1,550,000 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1975 28 KCR AL $ 1,550,000 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1976 29 BSN NL $ 1,550,000 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
1977 30 BSN NL $ 860,000 6 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6
1978 31 BSN NL $ 860,000 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1979 32 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,550,000 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
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
1964 17 WOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 18 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 19 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 20 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 21 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 22 KCR AL $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 23 KCR AL $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 24 KCR AL $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 25 KCR AL $ 1,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 26 KCR AL $ 1,550,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 27 KCR AL $ 1,550,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 28 KCR AL $ 1,550,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 29 BSN NL $ 1,550,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 30 BSN NL $ 860,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1978 31 BSN NL $ 860,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1979 32 TOR AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,550,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 17 WOR AL 10 18 .357 37 37 10 1 0 292.3 287 118 18 83 175 3.63 .261 .316 .359 .675 20.1
1965 18 KCR AL 18 15 .545 41 41 9 1 0 315.3 300 126 21 98 165 3.60 .249 .307 .361 .668 15.3
1966 19 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 5 5 1 1 0 36.7 30 16 2 15 15 3.93 .226 .311 .323 .635 2.0
    AAA   14 7 .667 28 28 3 2 0 193.3 185 60 11 57 155 2.79 .249 .303 .345 .648  
1967 20 KCR AL 2 6 .250 29 6 1 0 1 64.0 73 45 10 24 30 6.33 .285 .345 .488 .833 0.0
    AAA   8 6 .571 18 18 0 0 0 128.3 136 38 7 47 111 2.67 .272 .335 .350 .685  
1968 21 KCR AL 6 4 .600 45 5 0 0 2 81.3 83 34 9 32 50 3.76 .259 .327 .397 .724 4.8
1969 22 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 11 8 2 6 6 5.69 .239 .340 .435 .774 0.5
    AAA   12 9 .571 30 30 1 0 0 210.7 185 69 15 71 193 2.95 .232 .294 .333 .627  
1970 23 KCR AL 10 9 .526 68 0 0 0 14 122.0 108 43 10 38 72 3.17 .233 .292 .350 .642 12.2
1971 24 KCR AL 12 1 .923 70 0 0 0 16 109.0 109 41 13 30 54 3.39 .260 .307 .405 .712 12.3
1972 25 KCR AL 9 15 .375 77 5 1 1 15 168.3 173 89 17 67 71 4.76 .267 .333 .386 .720 10.9
1973 26 KCR AL 6 9 .400 66 5 0 0 1 134.3 179 79 11 53 65 5.29 .314 .369 .423 .792 5.9
1974 27 KCR AL 7 4 .636 54 0 0 0 6 98.0 98 43 9 40 43 3.95 .261 .333 .379 .711 11.1
1975 28 KCR AL 1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 27.0 46 22 1 11 10 7.33 .359 .411 .492 .904 0.0
    AAA   11 8 .579 24 24 5 1 0 172.0 186 66 18 54 100 3.45 .275 .328 .411 .739  
1976 29 DET AL 7 10 .412 21 21 1 0 0 140.7 136 60 16 53 61 3.84 .253 .321 .408 .729 9.7
    AAA   2 1 .667 6 6 0 0 0 33.7 47 18 4 7 17 4.81 .329 .360 .462 .822  
1977 30 BSN NL 1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 2 29.0 32 11 3 8 15 3.41 .281 .325 .456 .781 2.1
1978 31 BSN NL 3 4 .429 37 0 0 0 1 73.7 91 50 10 21 21 6.11 .308 .352 .461 .813 0.0
1979 32 AAA   5 3 .625 46 0 0 0 2 75.0 85 36 7 24 38 4.32 .293 .347 .428 .775  
15 Years Sim 96 98 .495 569 132 23 4 58 1704.3 1756 785 152 579 853 4.15 .266 .325 .390 .716 107.0
6 Years AAA 52 34 .605 152 106 9 3 2 813.0 824 287 62 260 614 3.18 .262 .318 .370 .688  
Season Average 6 6 .500 37 8 1 0 3 113.6 117 52 10 38 56 4.15 .266 .325 .390 .716  
Career Highs 18 18 1.000 77 41 10 1 16 315.3 300 126 21 98 175 7.33 .359 .411 .492 .904  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   822 350 76 249 457   .251 .304 .369 .673
vs LH   934 435 76 330 396   .280 .345 .411 .756
Home 49 46 .516 288 68 7 3 29 892.3 879 396 82 325 441 3.99 .258 .323 .384 .707
Away 47 52 .475 281 64 16 1 29 812.0 877 389 70 254 412 4.31 .274 .328 .397 .725
Mar/Apr 19 15 .559 87 26 4 1 7 286.0 304 143 33 96 144 4.50 .272 .329 .419 .748
May 28 13 .683 104 20 3 1 12 332.3 302 118 23 113 157 3.20 .242 .305 .355 .660
June 13 19 .406 96 19 4 0 11 269.6 306 133 22 94 144 4.44 .288 .346 .403 .748
July 11 18 .379 96 27 4 0 10 290.6 313 145 31 92 160 4.49 .272 .326 .408 .734
August 10 20 .333 97 16 4 0 7 256.6 270 126 20 95 125 4.42 .274 .337 .389 .726
Sep/Oct 15 13 .536 89 24 4 2 11 269.0 261 120 23 89 123 4.02 .251 .310 .371 .681
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
1964 17 WOR AL 37 96 5 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 39 .125 .143 .146 .289 -0.5 0.0
1965 18 KCR AL 41 116 6 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 44 .103 .103 .121 .224 -3.6 0.0
1966 19 KCR AL 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 0.1 0.0
1967 20 KCR AL 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.6 0.0
1968 21 KCR AL 45 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
5 Years Sim 157 247 11 26 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 99 .105 .116 .121 .237 -5.4 0.0
162 Game Average 254 11 26 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 102 .105 .116 .121 .237 -5.6  
Career Highs 45 116 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 44 .125 .167 .146 .289 0.1  
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   126 4 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 44 .095 .102 .095 .198 -4.6
vs LH   121 7 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 55 .116 .130 .149 .279 -1.7
Home 76 117 4 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 45 .111 .111 .128 .239 -3.0
Away 81 130 7 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 54 .100 .120 .115 .236 -3.3
RISP   49 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 .102 .102 .102 .204 -1.7
Close/Late   23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.2
Mar/Apr 16 47 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .128 .146 .128 .273 -0.6
May 22 41 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .098 .119 .122 .241 -1.0
June 14 34 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .118 .118 .147 .265 -0.7
July 17 46 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .087 .087 .109 .196 -1.8
August 31 42 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .119 .119 .143 .262 -0.8
Sep/Oct 26 37 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .081 .105 .081 .186 -1.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 17 WOR AL P 37 37 292.3 15 35 2 2 .962 1.54    
1965 18 KCR AL P 41 41 315.3 22 45 3 2 .957 1.91    
1966 19 KCR AL P 5 5 36.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1967 20 KCR AL P 29 6 64.0 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.11    
1968 21 KCR AL P 45 5 81.3 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1969 22 KCR AL P 2 2 12.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1970 23 KCR AL P 68 0 122.0 11 16 2 0 .931 1.99    
1971 24 KCR AL P 70 0 109.0 9 13 0 3 1.000 1.82    
1972 25 KCR AL P 77 5 168.3 9 22 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1973 26 KCR AL P 66 5 134.3 13 22 1 1 .972 2.34    
1974 27 KCR AL P 54 0 98.0 3 15 1 1 .947 1.65    
1975 28 KCR AL P 5 5 27.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1976 29 DET AL P 21 21 140.7 10 18 1 0 .966 1.79    
1977 30 BSN NL P 12 0 29.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.86    
1978 31 BSN NL P 37 0 73.7 8 7 0 2 1.000 1.83    
Career Totals   569 132 1704.3 115 232 10 14 .972 1.83    
Career Highs   77 41 315.3 22 45 3 3 1.000 2.34    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 19 KCR AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 4.3 7 3 0 2 5 6.24 .389 .450 .500 .950
1970 23 KCR AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 2 2 2 0 0 54.55 .667 .667 2.667 3.333
1971 24 KCR AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 0 2 2 9.00 .368 .429 .474 .902
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 8.7 16 9 2 4 7 9.35 .400 .455 .650 1.105
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
1966 19 KCR AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1965-10-18
 Losses
1964-7-18
1972-8-15
 Saves
1970-2-14
1971-3-16
1972-4-15
 Games Pitched
1970-3-68
1971-3-70
1972-3-77
1973-4-66
1974-9-54
 Complete Games
1964-8-10
 Shutouts
1972-10-1
Innings Pitched
1964-10-292.3
1965-8-315.3
 Hits Allowed
1964-8-287
1965-9-300
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Worcester in 1964
Had first career hit on 4/2/1964, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Earned first career win on 4/2/1964
Injured on 7/25/1966 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/27/1966 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/7/1967 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/30/1969 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,550,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 3/3/1976 (Going to DET: P Larry Dierker, P Pat Dobson. Going to KCR: P Bill Burbach)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 7/31/1976 (Going to BSN: P Larry Dierker. Going to DET: RF Bruce Boisclair, P Dave Lemanczyk)
Injured on 8/27/1976 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 7 weeks
9/22/1976: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $860,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/15/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
 
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