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Larry Dierker's number 49 was retired by the Houston Astros in 2002. He was signed by the Houston Colt.45s at age 17 after winning a bidding war with teams such as the Chicago Cubs to sign him for $55,000. Dierker made his major-league pitching debut on his 18th birthday – and struck out Willie Mays in the first inning.
Larry Dierker is the only Astros manager to have had his uniform number retired by the Astros, with his uniform number 49 retired by the Astros in 2002. [5] Dierker is also the sixth manager in MLB history to win a division championship in his first season for the Astros in 1997. [5]
As a result, Richard entered the 1975 season as the third starter of the Astros' pitching rotation, behind veterans Larry Dierker and Dave Roberts. Richard was scheduled to start on April 9 versus the Braves. [32] He was removed from the game in the fifth inning after jamming his toe on the first base bag but gave up no earned runs in his start ...
Two other Houston starters, Larry Dierker (232) and Tom Griffin (200), also struck out at least 200 batters that season, with Wilson having the most of the group. This was only the second time in MLB history that a team had three pitchers with 200 strikeouts.
Larry Dierker was selected to the All-Star Game in 1971, but due to an arm injury he could not make it. César Cedeño led the club with 81 RBIs and the league with 40 doubles, but batted just .264 and had 102 strikeouts in his second season with the Astros. [32] Pitcher J. R. Richard made his debut in September of the 1971 season against the ...
Larry Hirsch (1984) Jim Durham (1984–1985) Milo Hamilton (1985–2012) (only home games from 2006–2012) Jerry Trupiano (1985–1986) Bill Worrell (1986–1996, 2000–2003) Dave Hofferth (1987) Bill Brown (1987–2016) (just home games and select road games from 2013–2016) Bruce Gietzen (1988–1990) Vince Cotroneo (1991–1997)
Dierker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chris Dierker (born 1994), Vietnamese-American basketball player; Hugh Dierker (1890–1975), American film director and producer; Larry Dierker (born 1946), American baseball player, manager, and broadcaster
In 2003, Astro's broadcaster Larry Dierker was so enamored with the bar that he built a replica at the Astros Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On Sept 1, 2020, the now-vacant land was sold for $1,150,000.