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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.
He was the Opening Day starter for 1972, the second Astros pitcher to have had multiple starts in the first game after Dierker. He went 7.1 innings against the San Francisco Giants in a losing effort, giving up four runs on seven hits (two home runs) in a 5-0 loss. [ 13 ]
The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the American League West Division in Major League Baseball. The team joined MLB in 1962 as an expansion team named the Houston Colt .45s and changed their name to the Houston Astros in 1965. The team won their first NL Championship in 2005.
On TODAY Oct. 9, some of the wives, fiancées and girlfriends of players for the San Francisco 49ers talked about what life is like with a professional athlete. “I have a really hard time sleeping.
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
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Paul William Splittorff Jr. (/ ˈ s p l ɪ t ɔːr f /; October 8, 1946 – May 25, 2011) [1] was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator.He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Royals from 1970 to 1984.
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