Jim Deidel
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James Lawrence Deidel
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
- High School Mullen High School (Denver)
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"He really helped me turn my career around as far as pitching." - Ron Guidry
Jim Deidel came to the majors in 1974 after a long minor league career.
A June 24, 2007 article in the Denver Post described his time in baseball, saying that he was a three-sport athlete at Mullen High School. He had planned to play football at Colorado State until the New York Yankees drafted him. In the minors he was at Oneonta, Richmond and Syracuse. He usually started ahead of teammate Rick Dempsey in the minors.
When he was sent back to the minors in 1975, he asked to be released. He had found a good job in Denver, and compared it to the lack of security as a ballplayer.
Brother of minor leaguer Tom Deidel whose shoulder problems ended his career.
