Dick Dietz

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Full Name: Richard Allen Dietz	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: June 18, 1966
Birthdate: September 18, 1941	Final Game: September 30, 1973
Birthplace: Crawfordsville, Indiana	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: June 27, 2005
Deathplace: Clayton, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
8 Categories

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Dick Dietz (Richard Allen Dietz) was born on September 18, 1941 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on June 18, 1966 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1968, his rookie year, he hit .272 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI. Dietz played for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Dick Dietz's best season was 1970, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .300 average and knocked in 107 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1966	SF	N	13	23	1	1	0	0	.043	.083	.043	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1
1967	SF	N	56	120	10	27	4	19	.225	.358	.350	3	0	25	44	1	0	0	0	3
1968	SF	N	98	301	21	82	6	38	.272	.347	.392	14	2	34	68	1	1	1	3	5
1969	SF	N	79	244	28	56	11	35	.230	.372	.406	8	1	53	53	3	2	0	3	11
1970	SF	N	148	493	82	148	22	107	.300	.426	.515	36	2	109	106	3	2	0	10	16
1971	SF	N	142	453	58	114	19	72	.252	.387	.419	19	0	97	86	4	2	1	8	8
1972	LA	N	27	56	4	9	1	6	.161	.329	.232	1	0	14	11	0	0	2	2	1
1973	ATL	N	83	139	22	41	3	24	.295	.474	.432	8	1	49	25	0	1	0	4	6
Total			646	1829	226	478	66	301	.261	.390	.425	89	6	381	402	13	8	4	30	51

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1966	SF	N	C	6	3	36.1	22	3	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1.000
1967	SF	N	C	42	34	299	206	19	4	1	0	3	18	11	0	.983
1968	SF	N	C	90	80	722.1	497	37	13	10	0	16	59	20	0	.976
1969	SF	N	C	73	69	617.1	432	31	13	5	0	14	27	19	1	.973
1970	SF	N	C	139	137	1219	820	58	14	9	0	25	92	21	0	.984
1971	SF	N	C	135	127	1142	712	37	14	4	0	20	54	15	0	.982
1972	LA	N	C	22	15	151	104	12	0	1	0	3	6	7	0	1.000
1973	ATL	N	C	20	12	107	67	5	3	0	0	4	14	2	0	.960
1973	ATL	N	1B	36	35	251.2	258	24	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	.989
Total			C	527	477	4294	2860	202	61	30	0	86	273	98	1	.980
Total			1B	36	35	251.2	258	24	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	.989

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by San Francisco Giants (1960).
Claimed on waivers by Los Angeles Dodgers from San Francisco Giants (April 14, 1972).
Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to Atlanta Braves (March 27, 1973).
Released by Atlanta Braves (March 25, 1974).

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