Bill Dietrich

Q: When was Bill Dietrich born?

Bill Dietrich was born on March 29, 1910.

Q: Where was Bill Dietrich born?

Bill Dietrich was born in Philadelphia, PA .

Q: How tall was Bill Dietrich?

Bill Dietrich was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bill Dietrich weigh when playing?

Bill Dietrich weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Bill Dietrich play?

Bill Dietrich played 16 seasons.

Q: Is Bill Dietrich in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Dietrich has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bill Dietrich have?

Bill Dietrich had 660 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bill Dietrich played for?

Bill Dietrich played for 3 teams; the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals.

Q: When did Bill Dietrich retire?

Bill Dietrich last played in 1948.

Q: What are Bill Dietrich's nicknames?

Bullfrog is a nickname for Bill Dietrich.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: March 29, 1910 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: June 20, 1978 in Philadelphia, PA

High School: Frankford HS (Philadelphia, PA)

School: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

Debut: April 13, 1933 (Age 23-015d, 7,576th in major league history)
vs. WSH 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1948 (Age 38-068d)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: William John Dietrich

Nicknames: Bullfrog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

108

128

ERA

4.48

366

253

2003.2

660

WHIP

1.501

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1932	22	PHA-min	AA	5	7	.417	3.86	18						112.0	117	61	48		51									1.500	9.4		4.1			POR PCL
1933	23	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	5.82	8	1	3	0	0	0	17.0	13	11	11	1	19	0	4	0	0	1	77	75	6.55	1.882	6.9	0.5	10.1	2.1	0.21
1934	24	PHA	AL	11	12	.478	4.68	39	23	9	14	4	3	207.2	201	121	108	13	114	2	88	3	0	3	925	93	4.84	1.517	8.7	0.6	4.9	3.8	0.77
1935	25	PHA	AL	7	13	.350	5.39	43	15	18	8	1	3	185.1	203	128	111	7	101	3	59	1	1	5	849	84	4.69	1.640	9.9	0.3	4.9	2.9	0.58
1936	26	TOT	AL	8	11	.421	5.75	40	15	16	6	1	3	162.2	197	116	104	11	82	4	77	1	0	6	756	89	4.78	1.715	10.9	0.6	4.5	4.3	0.94
1936	26	PHA	AL	4	6	.400	6.53	21	4	13	0	0	3	71.2	91	55	52	4	40	1	34	0	0	4	344	77	4.77	1.828	11.4	0.5	5.0	4.3	0.85
1936	26	WSH	AL	0	1	.000	9.72	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	13	11	9	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	44	51	4.52	2.280	14.0	0.0	6.5	4.3	0.67
1936	26	CHW	AL	4	4	.500	4.68	14	11	1	6	1	0	82.2	93	50	43	7	36	3	39	1	0	2	368	111	4.82	1.560	10.1	0.8	3.9	4.2	1.08
1937	27	CHW	AL	8	10	.444	4.90	29	20	6	7	1	1	143.1	162	93	78	15	72	4	62	0	1	4	653	95	5.20	1.633	10.2	0.9	4.5	3.9	0.86
1938	28	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	5.44	8	7	1	1	0	0	48.0	49	33	29	7	31	4	11	0	0	3	224	91	6.43	1.667	9.2	1.3	5.8	2.1	0.35
1939	29	CHW	AL	7	8	.467	5.22	25	19	4	2	0	0	127.2	134	81	74	15	56	3	43	2	0	5	560	91	4.81	1.488	9.4	1.1	3.9	3.0	0.77
1940	30	CHW	AL	10	6	.625	4.03	23	17	3	6	1	0	149.2	154	78	67	10	65	2	43	0	0	4	652	110	4.59	1.463	9.3	0.6	3.9	2.6	0.66
1941	31	CHW	AL	5	8	.385	5.35	19	15	4	4	1	0	109.1	114	73	65	7	50	6	26	4	0	4	497	77	4.62	1.500	9.4	0.6	4.1	2.1	0.52
1942	32	CHW	AL	6	11	.353	4.89	26	23	2	6	0	0	160.0	173	92	87	16	70	2	39	5	1	3	712	73	4.29	1.519	9.7	0.9	3.9	2.2	0.56
1943	33	CHW	AL	12	10	.545	2.80	26	26	0	12	2	0	186.2	180	72	58	4	53	5	52	2	0	2	782	118	3.26	1.248	8.7	0.2	2.6	2.5	0.98
1944	34	CHW	AL	16	17	.485	3.62	36	36	0	15	2	0	246.0	269	132	99	15	68	11	70	2	1	3	1061	94	3.76	1.370	9.8	0.5	2.5	2.6	1.03
1945	35	CHW	AL	7	10	.412	4.19	18	16	2	6	3	0	122.1	136	61	57	4	36	3	43	0	0	0	531	79	3.30	1.406	10.0	0.3	2.6	3.2	1.19
1946	36	CHW	AL	3	3	.500	2.61	11	9	1	3	0	1	62.0	63	21	18	4	24	5	20	0	0	0	266	131	3.94	1.403	9.1	0.6	3.5	2.9	0.83
1947	37	PHA	AL	5	2	.714	3.12	11	9	1	2	1	0	60.2	48	24	21	0	40	0	18	2	0	0	259	123	4.16	1.451	7.1	0.0	5.9	2.7	0.45
1948	38	PHA	AL	1	2	.333	5.87	4	2	2	0	0	0	15.1	21	10	10	0	9	0	5	0	0	1	70	75	3.87	1.957	12.3	0.0	5.3	2.9	0.56
16 Yrs				108	128	.458	4.48	366	253	72	92	17	11	2003.2	2117	1146	997	129	890	54	660	22	4	44	8874	92	4.39	1.501	9.5	0.6	4.0	3.0	0.74
162 Game Avg.				12	14	.458	4.48	40	28	8	10	2	1	220	233	126	110	14	98	6	73	2	0	5	975	92	4.39	1.501	9.5	0.6	4.0	3.0	0.74
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CHW (11 yrs)				80	91	.468	4.23	235	199	24	68	11	2	1437.2	1527	786	675	104	561	48	448	16	3	30	6306	94	4.26	1.452	9.6	0.7	3.5	2.8	0.80
PHA (6 yrs)				28	36	.438	5.05	126	54	46	24	6	9	557.2	577	349	313	25	323	6	208	6	1	14	2524	88	4.73	1.614	9.3	0.4	5.2	3.4	0.64
WSH (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.72	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	13	11	9	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	44	51	4.52	2.280	14.0	0.0	6.5	4.3	0.67

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	IBB	Pos
1933	23	PHA	AL	0.1	8	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.667	1.167	207	.493	190	2		0	0	0	/1
1934	24	PHA	AL	0.2	40	83	72	6	15	2	1	1	4	0	0	7	32	.208	.278	.306	.584	53	.261	37	22		0	4	0	1/H
1935	25	PHA	AL	-0.7	44	65	60	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	25	.083	.098	.117	.215	-44	.086	-87	7		0	3	0	1/H
1936	26	3TM	AL	-0.2	40	63	57	6	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	17	.193	.233	.193	.426	6	.200	-13	11		0	3	0	1
1936	26	PHA	AL	-0.2	21	30	27	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.111	.172	.111	.284	-28	.138	-49	3		0	1	0	1
1936	26	WSH	AL	0.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0		0	0	0	/1
1936	26	CHW	AL	0.0	14	33	30	3	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	8	.267	.290	.267	.557	37	.258	21	8		0	2	0	1
1937	27	CHW	AL	0.1	29	54	44	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	20	.182	.294	.227	.521	33	.247	21	10		0	3	0	1
1938	28	CHW	AL	-0.2	8	18	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.063	.167	.063	.229	-41	.127	-56	1		0	0	0	/1
1939	29	CHW	AL	0.1	25	44	37	5	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	4	12	.216	.293	.378	.671	68	.298	54	14	0	0	2	0	1
1940	30	CHW	AL	0.4	23	60	50	5	12	1	0	1	8	0	0	7	14	.240	.333	.320	.653	70	.303	67	16	1	0	3	0	1/H
1941	31	CHW	AL	0.1	19	43	34	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	11	.088	.262	.118	.380	4	.209	7	4	0	1	1	0	1
1942	32	CHW	AL	-0.4	26	60	48	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	22	.104	.189	.125	.314	-10	.152	-37	6	2	0	7	0	1
1943	33	CHW	AL	0.0	26	68	56	7	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	5	22	.143	.226	.214	.440	30	.213	14	12	0	1	6	0	1
1944	34	CHW	AL	-0.4	36	90	77	8	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	33	.117	.171	.156	.327	-6	.151	-33	12	2	0	8	0	1
1945	35	CHW	AL	0.1	18	44	36	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	22	.167	.268	.222	.491	45	.218	18	8	0	0	3	1	1
1946	36	CHW	AL	-0.3	11	19	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.053	.053	.053	.105	-70	.024	-113	1	0	0	0	0	1
1947	37	PHA	AL	-0.3	11	20	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.063	.063	.063	.125	-65	.045	-154	1	0	0	4	0	1
1948	38	PHA	AL	0.0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-7	.240	25	0	0	0	0	0	/1
16 Yrs				-1.3	368	738	627	56	94	12	3	5	43	0	0	60	260	.150	.226	.203	.429	16	.200	-4	127	5	2	47	1	1/H
162 Game Avg				-0.6	162	325	276	25	41	5	1	2	19	0	0	26	114	.150	.226	.203	.429	16	.200	-4	56		1	21	0

CHW (11 Yrs)				-0.3	235	533	447	45	69	7	2	4	32	0	0	48	183	.154	.239	.206	.445	22	.210	6	92	5	2	35	1	1/H
PHA (6 Yrs)				-0.9	128	205	180	11	25	5	1	1	11	0	0	12	77	.139	.193	.194	.387	1	.173	-27	35	0	0	12	0	1/H
WSH (1 Yr)				0.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0		0	0	0	/1

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1933	23	PHA	AL	P	8	1	0	17.0	5	0	5	0	1	1.000	.960	2.65	2.28	0.63	2.28	1	2	1	33.3	47.3	0
1934	24	PHA	AL	P	39	23	14	208.0	46	12	31	3	0	.935	.956	1.86	2.14	1.10	2.11	3	6	7	53.8	37.5	1
1935	25	PHA	AL	P	43	15	8	185.0	47	10	34	3	0	.936	.949	2.14	2.15	1.02	2.14	5	10	7	41.2	42.9	0
1936	26	3TM	AL	P	40	15	6	163.0	42	5	34	3	3	.929	.956	2.15	1.99	0.98	1.96	6	7	4	36.4	37.0	2
1936	26	PHA	AL	P	21	4	0	72.0	21	1	19	1	2	.952	.956	2.50	1.99	0.95	1.96	4	3	0	0.0	37.0	0
1936	26	WSH	AL	P	5	0	0	8.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	.955	2.25	2.03	0.40	1.96	0	0	0			0
1936	26	CHW	AL	P	14	11	6	83.0	19	4	13	2	1	.895	.956	1.84	2.00	1.21	1.96	2	4	4	50.0	37.0	2
1937	27	CHW	AL	P	29	20	7	143.0	35	3	31	1	1	.971	.954	2.14	2.05	1.17	2.01	4	10	5	33.3	39.1	0
1938	28	CHW	AL	P	8	7	1	48.0	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	.952	1.88	2.12	1.25	2.06	3	0	1	100.0	37.0	0
1939	29	CHW	AL	P	25	19	2	128.0	26	5	19	2	2	.923	.951	1.69	1.92	0.96	1.89	5	9	4	30.8		0
1940	30	CHW	AL	P	23	17	6	150.0	29	8	20	1	2	.966	.956	1.68	2.04	1.22	2.01	4	6	2	25.0	42.1	0
1941	31	CHW	AL	P	19	15	4	109.0	25	10	13	2	1	.920	.960	1.90	2.14	1.21	2.11	4	5	1	16.7	41.5	0
1942	32	CHW	AL	P	26	23	6	160.0	39	7	32	0	2	*1.000*	.957	2.19	2.31	1.50	2.30	3	8	6	42.9		2
1943	33	CHW	AL	P	26	26	12	187.0	57	10	46	1	3	.982	.963	2.70	2.27	2.15	2.30	2	5	2	28.6		0
1944	34	CHW	AL	P	36	36	15	246.0	59	10	46	3	0	.949	.960	2.05	2.09	1.56	2.10	3	5	7	58.3		1
1945	35	CHW	AL	P	18	16	6	122.0	33	9	23	1	2	.970	.955	2.36	2.24	1.78	2.23	0	5	5	50.0	44.8	0
1946	36	CHW	AL	P	11	9	3	62.0	19	2	17	0	2	1.000	.951	2.76	2.00	1.73	1.99	0	2	0	0.0		1
1947	37	PHA	AL	P	11	9	2	61.0	13	1	8	4	3	.692	.955	1.33	1.92	0.82	1.90	0	0	0			0
1948	38	PHA	AL	P	4	2	0	15.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	.963	1.76	2.00	0.75	2.00	1	1	2	66.7	47.3	0
16 Yrs					366	253	92	2004.1	488	95	369	24	22	.951	.956	2.08	2.12	1.27	2.09	44	81	54	40.0	26.4	7

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bill Dietrich born?

Bill Dietrich was born on March 29, 1910.

Where was Bill Dietrich born?

Bill Dietrich was born in Philadelphia, PA.

How tall was Bill Dietrich?

Bill Dietrich was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Bill Dietrich weigh when playing?

Bill Dietrich weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bill Dietrich play?

Bill Dietrich played 16 seasons.

Is Bill Dietrich in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Dietrich has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bill Dietrich play?

Bill Dietrich was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bill Dietrich have?

Bill Dietrich had 660 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bill Dietrich played for?

Bill Dietrich played for 3 teams; the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals.

When did Bill Dietrich retire?

Bill Dietrich last played in 1948.

What are Bill Dietrich's nicknames?

Bullfrog is a nickname for Bill Dietrich.

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