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Larry Dierker

Astros Career team 1964 to 1976
Position P
Born Sep 22, 1946

Key Insights

1977
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Byron Browne has hit .417/.500/.917 against Dierker over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 12 with 2 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .648 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Dierker has struck Clay Kirby out 7 times in 10 plate appearances, 70% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Dierker throws than Bob Robertson: 83.3% of the swings between them come up empty.

20 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 22 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Dierker has faced Lou Brock more than any other hitter: 117 plate appearances, and Lou Brock has hit .321/.342/.455 in them.

36 hits, 2 home runs and 15 strikeouts across 117 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Claude Osteen is 0 for 12 against Dierker, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

14 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Tony Perez has taken Dierker deep 6 times, once every 15.0 plate appearances between them.

90 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 22, 1946