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Art Ditmar

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Full Name: Arthur John Ditmar Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: April 19, 1954
Birthdate: April 3, 1929 Final Game: May 19, 1962
Birthplace: Winthrop, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 External links
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Arthur John Ditmar (born April 3, 1929 in Winthrop, Massachusetts) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Athletics (Philadelphia, 1954 - Kansas City, 1955-56, 1961-62) and the New York Yankees (1957-1961). He batted and threw right-handed.

A finesse control pitcher, Ditmar divided his career between the Athletics and Yankees. He didn't considered himself a power pitcher, yet the variable-speed fastball was his most common oferring. He also had a slider and a good curveball.

Ditmar won 47 games for the Yankees in a span of five years, with a career-high 15 in 1960, despite he didn't get to pitch on a regular basis in a rotation that included Whitey Ford, Bobby Shantz, Don Larsen and Bob Turley.

In a nine-season career, Ditmar compiled a 72-77 record with 552 strikeouts and a 3.98 ERA in 1268.0 innings.


Most people believe that Art Ditmar's best season was 1959, when he posted a 2.90 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 96 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1954 PHI A 14 5 1 4 6.41 14 35 28 0 0 0 39.1 50 4 36 0 3 1
1955 KC A 35 22 12 12 5.03 79 109 98 7 1 1 175.1 180 23 86 5 7 7
1956 KC A 44 34 12 22 4.42 126 141 125 14 2 1 254.1 254 30 108 6 5 7
1957 NY A 46 11 8 3 3.25 64 55 46 0 0 6 127.1 128 9 35 1 1 2
1958 NY A 38 13 9 8 3.42 52 71 53 4 0 4 139.2 124 14 38 2 0 5
1959 NY A 38 25 13 9 2.90 96 75 65 7 1 1 202 156 17 52 2 0 8
1960 NY A 34 28 15 9 3.06 65 77 68 8 1 0 200 195 25 56 1 4 1
1961 NY A 12 8 2 3 4.64 24 33 28 1 0 0 54.1 59 9 14 0 1 2
1961 KC A 20 5 0 5 5.67 19 34 34 0 0 1 54 60 6 23 1 1 2
1961 TOT A 32 13 2 8 5.15 43 67 62 1 0 1 108.1 119 15 37 1 2 4
1962 KC A 6 5 0 2 6.65 13 19 16 0 0 0 21.2 31 1 13 1 1 2
Total 287 156 72 77 3.98 552 649 561 41 5 14 1268 1237 138 461 19 23 37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1954 PHI A P 14 0 0 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1955 KC A P 35 0 0 15 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1956 KC A P 44 0 0 20 33 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1957 NY A P 46 11 127.1 8 19 4 0 0 2 2 3 0 .871
1958 NY A P 38 13 139.2 6 15 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 1.000
1959 NY A P 38 25 202 21 25 3 2 0 0 3 6 0 .939
1960 NY A P 34 28 200 18 24 1 3 0 0 7 2 1 .977
1961 NY A P 12 8 54.1 4 12 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1.000
1961 KC A P 20 5 54 5 7 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .923
1961 TOT A P 32 13 108.1 9 19 1 0 0 4 6 3 0 .966
1962 KC A P 6 5 21.2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
Total P 287 95 799 103 172 13 13 0 8 26 18 1 .955

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1954 PHI A 14 8 0 1 0 0 .125 .300 .125 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0
1955 KC A 35 62 3 13 0 6 .210 .222 .210 0 0 1 9 0 4 0 0 2
1956 KC A 44 91 5 13 1 4 .143 .170 .176 0 0 3 24 0 4 0 0 0
1957 NY A 46 35 3 7 0 2 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 1
1958 NY A 38 44 8 11 0 5 .250 .283 .250 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 3
1959 NY A 38 76 6 15 1 11 .197 .195 .289 4 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 5
1960 NY A 36 69 2 11 0 2 .159 .205 .188 2 0 4 14 0 3 0 0 5
1961 NY A 12 19 0 1 0 0 .053 .053 .053 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KC A 20 12 0 2 0 1 .167 .231 .167 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
1961 TOT A 32 31 0 3 0 1 .097 .125 .097 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0
1962 KC A 6 6 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 289 422 27 75 2 32 .178 .202 .206 6 0 13 89 0 17 1 0 16

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1948).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Deron Johnson to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bud Daley (June 14, 1961).
  • Released by Kansas City Athletics (May 25, 1962).

[edit] Trivia

  • Ditmar defeated the Yankees 8-6, when the Athletics played their last game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City. In the same game, Yankees regular catcher Yogi Berra played his only game at third base in his career, and his teammate Mickey Mantle appeared at shortstop (September 26, 1954).
  • After a Budweiser TV commercial of the 1980s incorporated the original radio broadcast of the 1960 World Series Game 7, with announcer Chuck Thompson incorrectly naming Ditmar instead of Ralph Terry as the pitcher off whom Bill Mazeroski hit his legendary home run, Ditmar sued Anheuser-Busch for $500,000, invoking his reputation was tarnished. Resource: Clubhouse Lawyer, book written by Art Ditmar

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