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Jack Dittmer
John Douglas Dittmer

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School University of Iowa

Debut June 17, 1952
Final Game June 23, 1957
Born January 10, 1928 in Elkader, IA

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 24 BSN NL  93  326   26   63   7  2   7   41   1  0  26  26  .193  .255  .291   53   95   2           1   9
 1953 25 MLN NL 138  504   54  134  22  1   9   63   1  0  18  35  .266  .293  .367   75  185   2           1  11
 1954 26 MLN NL  66  192   22   47   8  0   6   20   0  1  19  17  .245  .319  .380   87   73   3   2       3   4
 1955 27 MLN NL  38   72    4    9   1  1   1    4   0  0   4  15  .125  .171  .208    3   15   1   0   1   0   1
 1956 28 MLN NL  44  102    8   25   4  0   1    6   0  0   8   8  .245  .300  .314   70   32   2   0   0   0   0
 1957 29 DET AL  16   22    3    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   1  .227  .292  .273   54    6   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      395 1218  117  283  43  4  24  136   2  1  77 102  .232  .280  .333   66  406  10   2   2   5  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        500   48  116  18  2  10   56   1  0  32  42  .232  .280  .333   66  167   4   1   1   2  10
 Career High    138  504   54  134  22  2   9   63   1  1  26  35  .266  .293  .367   75  185   3   2   1   3  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 24 BSN NL  355  274   24   2.3    95| .193  .258| .255  .330| .291  .384| .546  .714|  53  .260 -21.6  -2.3 100%
 1953 25 MLN NL  525  383   54   3.7   105| .266  .267| .293  .337| .367  .416| .660  .753|  75  .384 -18.6  -1.8 100%
 1954 26 MLN NL  219  155   22   3.8   104| .245  .267| .319  .337| .380  .412| .699  .749|  87  .396  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1955 27 MLN NL   77   65    3   1.2   101| .125  .260| .171  .330| .208  .411| .379  .741|   3  .080 -10.2  -1.0   0%
 1956 28 MLN NL  112   79   10   3.4    98| .245  .257| .300  .323| .314  .406| .614  .728|  70  .375  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1957 29 DET AL   24   17    2   3.2   102| .227  .266| .292  .339| .273  .402| .565  .741|  54  .357  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1312  973  115   3.2   101| .232  .263| .280  .334| .333  .405| .613  .739|  66  .334 -59.1  -5.9  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 24 BSN NL 2B 90 228 267 9 60 .982 .975 5.50 4.96 1953 25 MLN NL 2B 138 290 343 23 95 .965 .972 4.59 4.83 1954 26 MLN NL 2B 55 119 141 6 31 .977 .976 4.73 5.31 1955 27 MLN NL 2B 28 44 42 2 9 .977 .974 3.07 5.00 1956 28 MLN NL 2B 42 64 78 3 15 .979 .980 3.38 4.66 5.15 5.33 23 248.3 1957 29 DET AL 3B 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.77 3.31 3.20 2 16.3 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.80 3.60 5.40 1 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 24 BSN NL 2B 90 228 267 9 60 .982 .975 5.50 4.96 1953 25 MLN NL 2B 138 290 343 23 95 .965 .972 4.59 4.83 1954 26 MLN NL 2B 55 119 141 6 31 .977 .976 4.73 5.31 1955 27 MLN NL 2B 28 44 42 2 9 .977 .974 3.07 5.00 1956 28 MLN NL 2B 42 64 78 3 15 .979 .980 3.38 4.66 5.15 5.33 23 248.3 1957 29 DET AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 4.80 3.60 5.40 1 5.0 1957 29 DET AL 3B 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.77 3.31 3.20 2 16.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 354 746 872 43 210 .974 .974 4.57 4.93 24 253.3 3B* 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.77 2 16.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 357 749 875 43 210 .974 .974 4.55 4.91
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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

February 12, 1957: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Detroit Tigers for Chick King and cash.

October 15, 1957: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for Wayne Terwilliger.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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