MLB / Players

Larry Dierker

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 215 lb

BornSeptember 22, 1946 · Hollywood, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 22, 1964

Final gameOctober 1, 1977

Seasons14 (1964–1977)

Houston Colt .45's 1964; Houston Astros 1965–1976; St. Louis Cardinals 1977

Percentile snapshot

1976 season — qualified pitchers

1.1

19.5

40.2

19.5

24.1

SHO

71.3

171

85.1

34.5

112

49.4

83.9

187.7

19.5

ERA

3.69

17.2

WHIP

1.295

29.9

K/9

5.37

73.6

FIP

3.32

FIP-

102.3

28.7

ERA+

88.0

4.6

sWAR

0.7

4.6

of 88 qualified 1976 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

104.1

sWAR

25.2

95.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1964	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-118.9	-100.0	.000	0.2
1965	26	55	50	3	5	0	1	2	1	15	.100	.118	.160	.278	-31.9	-20.6	.127	1.1
1966	29	71	67	6	10	2	1	4	2	21	.149	.174	.224	.398	5.1	12.5	.182	2.5
1967	15	34	31	2	7	3	0	4	1	11	.226	.242	.323	.565	56.5	62.4	.257	1.1
1968	33	84	73	2	5	1	0	3	2	35	.068	.093	.082	.176	-69.2	-46.6	.088	0.7
1969	39	127	118	7	17	2	1	7	2	38	.144	.158	.186	.345	-15.0	-2.7	.161	7.5
1970	37	103	92	7	16	2	0	4	1	37	.174	.181	.196	.377	-5.0	3.1	.174	2.7
1971	24	58	54	4	4	1	0	2	1	16	.074	.091	.093	.184	-67.0	-47.1	.089	2.5
1972	31	86	78	2	13	0	0	4	1	24	.167	.188	.167	.354	-8.9	2.8	.170	2.0
1973	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-125.9	-100.0	.000	0.0
1974	33	83	71	2	14	3	0	7	1	27	.197	.208	.239	.448	19.7	27.7	.211	3.9
1975	34	89	76	0	7	0	0	5	0	21	.092	.092	.092	.184	-65.2	-47.0	.087	0.2
1976	28	69	64	3	9	0	1	4	0	20	.141	.136	.188	.324	-19.7	-4.9	.147	0.7
1977	11	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.2	-100.0	.000	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1964	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	3	5	1	9.0	2.00	1.111	5.00	4.08	122.8	166.3	0.2
1965	26	19	7	8	0	1	0	135	57	37	109	16	146.7	3.50	1.173	6.69	3.39	100.1	96.7	1.1
1966	29	28	10	8	0	8	2	173	66	45	108	17	187.0	3.18	1.166	5.20	3.44	99.7	108.5	2.5
1967	15	15	6	5	0	4	0	95	37	25	68	4	99.0	3.36	1.212	6.18	2.60	78.4	98.5	1.1
1968	32	32	12	15	0	10	1	206	86	89	161	14	233.7	3.31	1.262	6.20	3.19	107.7	89.5	0.7
1969	39	37	20	13	0	20	4	240	79	72	232	18	305.3	2.33	1.022	6.84	2.62	74.0	152.0	7.5
1970	37	36	16	12	1	17	2	263	116	82	191	31	269.7	3.87	1.279	6.37	3.91	99.9	100.9	2.7
1971	24	23	12	6	0	6	2	150	48	33	91	8	159.0	2.72	1.151	5.15	2.71	80.1	124.6	2.5
1972	31	31	15	8	0	12	5	209	81	51	115	14	214.7	3.40	1.211	4.82	3.09	91.1	99.7	2.0
1973	14	3	1	1	0	0	0	27	13	13	18	3	27.0	4.33	1.481	6.00	4.33	118.7	84.2	0.0
1974	33	33	11	10	0	7	3	189	72	82	150	18	223.7	2.90	1.212	6.04	3.47	99.1	120.9	3.9
1975	34	34	14	16	0	14	2	225	103	91	127	24	232.0	4.00	1.362	4.93	4.13	120.8	85.6	0.2
1976	28	28	13	14	0	7	4	171	77	72	112	9	187.7	3.69	1.295	5.37	3.32	102.3	88.0	0.7
1977	11	9	2	6	0	0	0	40	20	16	6	7	39.3	4.58	1.424	1.37	6.11	158.8	84.2	0.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

357

876

789

107

RBI

272

.1356

OBP

.1489

SLG

.1686

OPS

.3175

Pitching

G (P)

356

329

267th-most career GS

139

317th-most career W

123

320th-most career L

106

380th-most career CG

SHO

175th-most career SHO

2,334

300th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,493

237th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

711

374th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.305

315th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2174

220th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.76

426th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1969-07-30	HOU @ NYM Gameday	4	2	2	1	1	2	6
1976-08-28	STL @ HOU Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	1	5
1965-08-03	HOU @ STL Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	1	4
1966-05-14	HOU @ PHI Gameday	1	1	1	0	1	1	4
1967-05-23	PIT @ HOU Gameday	3	0	2	1	0	2	3

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1969-05-07	HOU @ PHI Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	0	14	1
1969-08-30	PIT @ HOU Gameday	9.0	7	1	1	0	14	1
1968-05-21	HOU @ CIN Gameday	9.0	7	2	2	1	12	0
1968-06-11	HOU @ PHI Gameday	9.0	7	1	1	0	11	1
1969-05-24	NYM @ HOU Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	2	11	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.