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Art Ditmar

Arthur John Ditmar

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 3, 1929 in Winthrop, MA
High School: Pittsfield HS (Pittsfield, MA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1954 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1954-1962

Final Game: May 19, 1962 (Age 33)
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 25 PHA AL 14 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .125 .300 .125 .425 20 1 0 0 1 0 1
1955 26 KCA AL 35 67 62 3 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 .210 .222 .210 .432 17 13 2 0 4 0 0 1
1956 27 KCA AL 44 97 91 5 13 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 24 .143 .170 .176 .346 -8 16 0 0 4 0 0 1
1957 28 NYY AL 46 36 35 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 7 1 0 1 0 0 1
1958 29 NYY AL 38 48 44 8 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 .250 .283 .250 .533 51 11 3 0 2 0 0 1
1959 30 NYY AL 38 78 76 6 15 4 0 1 11 1 0 0 10 .197 .195 .289 .484 34 22 5 0 1 1 0 1
1960 31 NYY AL 36 76 69 2 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 14 .159 .205 .188 .394 10 13 5 0 3 0 0 1
1961 32 TOT AL 32 33 31 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .097 .125 .097 .222 -39 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 32 NYY AL 12 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .053 .053 .053 .105 -71 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 32 KCA AL 20 14 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1962 33 KCA AL 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 289 452 422 27 75 6 0 2 32 1 1 13 89 .178 .202 .206 .408 12 87 16 0 17 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 253 237 15 42 3 0 1 18 1 1 7 50 .178 .202 .206 .408 12 49 9 0 10 1
KCA (5 yrs) 119 195 179 8 30 0 0 1 12 0 1 7 41 .168 .199 .184 .383 3 33 2 0 10 0 0
NYY (5 yrs) 170 257 243 19 45 6 0 1 20 1 0 6 48 .185 .204 .222 .426 19 54 14 0 7 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 25 PHA AL 14 11 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1
1955 26 KCA AL 35 67 -7 0 -0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 1
1956 27 KCA AL 44 97 -15 -1 1 0 11 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 1
1957 28 NYY AL 46 36 -4 0 -0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 1
1958 29 NYY AL 38 48 -1 0 -0 0 5 4 0.4 1 6 0.4 .512 .503 0.4 -0.0 5 1
1959 30 NYY AL 38 78 -8 0 -0 0 9 1 0.1 2 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 4 1
1960 31 NYY AL 36 76 -9 -1 -1 0 8 -2 -0.3 2 0 -0.3 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 1
1961 32 NYY AL 12 19 -5 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .481 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -2 1
1961 32 KCA AL 20 14 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 1
1962 33 KCA AL 6 6 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 -0.0 -0 /1
9 Seasons 289 452 -51 -1 -1 0 50 -4 -0.5 14 10 -0.5 .499 .500 -0.4 -0.1 10
KCA (5 yrs) 119 195 -25 -1 0 0 21 -5 -0.5 6 1 -0.5 .495 .499 -0.5 0.0 1
NYY (5 yrs) 170 257 -26 -0 -2 0 29 1 0.1 8 9 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 -0.1 9

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1954 25 PHA AL 11 8 0 0.0 100 .250 .125 .266 .300 .342 .125 .390 .425 .732 20 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .429 .250 .000
1955 26 KCA AL 67 55 3 1.5 103 .245 .210 .266 .222 .346 .210 .397 .432 .743 17 .110 -7.6 -0.8 .275 .016 .000
1956 27 KCA AL 97 83 3 1.0 106 .182 .143 .267 .170 .349 .176 .408 .346 .757 -8 .051 -14.8 -1.4 .228 .055 .033 .0
1957 28 NYY AL 36 30 1 0.9 99 .269 .200 .262 .200 .334 .200 .396 .400 .729 10 .052 -4.4 -0.4 .241 .000 .000
1958 29 NYY AL 48 38 3 2.1 95 .324 .250 .257 .283 .325 .250 .390 .533 .715 51 .214 -3.0 -0.3 .361 .045 .000
1959 30 NYY AL 78 68 3 1.2 95 .212 .197 .256 .195 .326 .289 .391 .484 .717 34 .083 -6.9 -0.7 .348 .105 .092 1.0
1960 31 NYY AL 76 66 2 0.8 97 .200 .159 .258 .205 .330 .188 .394 .394 .724 10 .043 -8.6 -0.9 .270 .087 .029
1961 32 TOT AL 33 29 1 0.9 101 .125 .097 .260 .125 .335 .097 .405 .222 .740 -39 .049 -6.2 -0.6 .143 .032 .000
1961 32 NYY AL 19 18 0 0.0 100 .071 .053 .258 .053 .332 .053 .401 .105 .734 -71 .000 -4.6 -0.5 .056 .000 .000
1961 32 KCA AL 14 11 1 2.4 104 .200 .167 .264 .231 .339 .167 .411 .397 .750 9 .234 -1.6 -0.2 .300 .083 .000
1962 33 KCA AL 6 5 0 0.0 106 .250 .167 .268 .167 .341 .167 .417 .333 .758 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
9 Yrs 452 382 16 1.1 100 .220 .178 .261 .202 .336 .206 .398 .408 .734 12 .072 -53.4 -5.4 .275 .059 .028 1.3
162 Game Avg. 253 214 9 1.1 100 .220 .178 .261 .202 .336 .206 .398 .408 .734 12 .072 -53.4 -5.4 .275 .059 .028 1
KCA (5 yrs) 195 162 7 1.2 104 .212 .168 .267 .199 .347 .184 .404 .383 .751 3 .072 -25.8 -2.6 .257 .050 .017 .0
NYY (5 yrs) 257 220 9 1.1 96 .226 .185 .258 .204 .329 .222 .393 .426 .722 19 .073 -27.6 -2.8 .288 .066 .037 1.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 28 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 29 NYY AL WS MLN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 31 NYY AL WS PIT L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 25 PHA AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.0 36%
1955 26 KCA AL 67 0.0% 13.4% 1.5% 0.0% 0% 9.00 6.9 10.3 2.83 79%
1956 27 KCA AL 97 1.0% 24.7% 3.1% 1.0% 8% 8.00 3.8 91.0 22.8 1.85 68%
1957 28 NYY AL 36 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.9 17.5 3.00 72%
1958 29 NYY AL 48 0.0% 20.8% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.4 8.8 2.29 71%
1959 30 NYY AL 78 1.3% 12.8% 0.0% 6.4% 33% 7.6 76.0 6.9 2.69 85%
1960 31 NYY AL 76 0.0% 18.4% 5.3% 2.6% 18% 3.50 4.9 34.5 4.78 72%
1961 32 TOT AL 33 0.0% 21.2% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 7.00 4.4 31.0 2.67 73%
1961 32 NYY AL 19 0.0% 26.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.8 2.25 74%
1961 32 KCA AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 6.0 12.0 3.50 71%
1962 33 KCA AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 6.0 2.00 67%
9 Yrs 452 0.4% 19.7% 2.9% 1.8% 11% 6.85 4.7 211.0 13.2 2.76 73%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.8% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.42 6.9 37.9 8.2 1.01 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 25 PHA AL -0.8 -0.1 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.05 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.96 -0.9 0
1955 26 KCA AL -7.6 -0.8 67 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 1.22 -0.8 -0.1 -10.0 -1.0 1.03 -9.0 0
1956 27 KCA AL -14.8 -1.4 98 -1.4 0.9 -2.3 1.01 -1.2 -0.2 -17.9 -1.8 0.98 -14.3 0
1957 28 NYY AL -4.4 -0.4 36 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .96 -0.3 0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.86 -3.6 0
1958 29 NYY AL -3.0 -0.3 48 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .72 -0.1 -0.1 1.2 0.1 1.00 -0.2 0
1959 30 NYY AL -6.9 -0.7 79 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 .92 -0.7 0.6 -6.8 -0.7 1.06 -9.3 0
1960 31 NYY AL -8.6 -0.9 76 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .91 -1.0 0.2 -11.6 -1.2 0.95 -10.8 2.40 2
1961 32 TOT AL -6.2 -0.6 33 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .89 -0.6 -0.0 -7.0 -0.7 0.91 -6.9 0
1961 32 NYY AL -4.6 -0.5 19 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 1.03 -0.5 -0.0 -5.3 -0.5 0.90 -5.7 0
1961 32 KCA AL -1.6 -0.2 14 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 .71 -0.1 0.1 -1.6 -0.2 0.92 -1.2 0
1962 33 KCA AL -1.0 -0.1 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.11 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.97 -0.7 0
9 Yrs -53.4 -5.4 454 -4.3 5.0 -9.3 .97 -4.9 0.5 -55.1 -5.6 0.98 -55.8 2.40 2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 25 PHA AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 26 KCA AL 1 0 21% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1956 27 KCA AL 1 0 27% 24 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 14% 3 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 0
1957 28 NYY AL 1 0 43% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 29 NYY AL 3 0 62% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 39% 9 5 4 1 1 0 3 2 1
1959 30 NYY AL 0 0 36% 20 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 6 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
1960 31 NYY AL 0 0 13% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 25% 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1
1961 32 TOT AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 32 NYY AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 32 KCA AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 33 KCA AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 6 0 29% 127 1 1 50% 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 6 33% 23 16 7 9 5 3 8 5 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 25 PHA AL 11 36% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1955 26 KCA AL 67 28% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 12 2 17% 14 3 21% 56 6 11% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1956 27 KCA AL 97 20% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 4 57% 21 0 0% 26 1 4% 69 3 4% 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1957 28 NYY AL 36 31% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 15 2 13% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1958 29 NYY AL 48 31% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 9 3 33% 8 1 13% 34 7 21% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1959 30 NYY AL 78 28% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 18 5 28% 20 3 15% 67 10 15% 7 4 57% 2 1 50% 0
1960 31 NYY AL 76 33% 11 2 1 0 0 2.40 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 13 5 38% 14 3 21% 46 2 4% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1961 32 TOT AL 33 36% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 21 1 5% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1961 32 NYY AL 19 37% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 12 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1961 32 KCA AL 14 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 1 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1962 33 KCA AL 6 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 452 28% 75 2 1 0 0 2.40 2 0 12 2 0 1 1 0 24 17 71% 84 16 19% 92 13 14% 320 32 10% 25 9 36% 14 6 43% 0
MLB Averages 49% 77% 10% 31% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 25 14 11 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .125 .300 .125 .425 20 1 0 0 1 0
1955 26 49 78 70 3 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 13 .200 .233 .200 .433 18 14 2 0 5 0 0
1956 27 93 175 161 8 27 0 0 1 10 0 1 6 37 .168 .198 .186 .384 3 30 2 0 9 0 0
1957 28 139 211 196 11 34 0 0 1 12 0 1 6 46 .173 .198 .189 .387 4 37 3 0 10 0 0
1958 29 177 259 240 19 45 0 0 1 17 0 1 8 56 .188 .214 .200 .414 13 48 6 0 12 0 0
1959 30 215 337 316 25 60 4 0 2 28 1 1 8 66 .190 .209 .222 .431 18 70 11 0 13 1 0
1960 31 251 413 385 27 71 6 0 2 30 1 1 12 80 .184 .209 .216 .424 16 83 16 0 16 1 0
1961 32 283 446 416 27 74 6 0 2 31 1 1 13 87 .178 .202 .207 .409 12 86 16 0 17 1 0
1962 33 289 452 422 27 75 6 0 2 32 1 1 13 89 .178 .202 .206 .408 12 87 16 0 17 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 25 15 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 14
1955 26 37 70 65 3 14 0 0 0 7 0 1 9 .215 .227 .215 .443 3 35
1956 27 46 103 96 6 14 0 0 1 5 0 3 25 .146 .172 .177 .349 3 44
1957 28 48 36 35 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 .171 .171 .171 .343 1 46
1958 29 40 49 45 8 11 0 0 0 5 0 2 10 .244 .277 .244 .521 3 38
1959 30 40 83 81 7 17 5 0 1 13 1 0 10 .210 .207 .309 .516 5 38
1960 31 38 80 73 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 4 15 .164 .208 .192 .400 3 36
1961 32 32 36 33 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 .152 .200 .152 .352 1 32
1962 33 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
9 Yrs 302 474 442 28 79 7 0 2 36 1 14 91 .179 .204 .208 .412 19 289
162 Game Avg. 162 254 237 15 42 4 0 1 19 1 8 49 .179 .204 .208 .412 10 289

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