Art Ditmar
Arthur John Ditmar
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: April 3, 1929 in Winthrop, MA
High School: Pittsfield (Pittsfield, MA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1954
Final Game: May 19, 1962
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 PHA AL 25 P 14 5 39.1 10 4 5 1 1 .900 2.06 0.64 .960 2.01 0.93
1955 KCA AL 26 P 35 22 175.1 45 15 29 1 3 .978 2.26 1.26 .956 1.99 0.83
1956 KCA AL 27 P 44 34 253.2 55 20 33 2 3 .964 1.88 1.20 .949 1.92 0.82
1957 NYY AL 28 P 46 11 127.1 31 8 19 4 0 .871 1.91 0.59 .968 1.99 0.86
1958 NYY AL 29 P 38 13 139.2 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.55 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 NYY AL 30 P 38 25 202.0 49 21 25 3 2 .939 2.05 1.21 .955 2.05 0.85
1960 NYY AL 31 P 34 28 200.0 43 18 24 1 3 .977 1.89 1.24 .967 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT AL 32 P 32 13 108.1 29 9 19 1 0 .966 2.33 0.88 .952 2.05 0.83
1961 NYY AL 32 P 12 8 54.1 16 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.65 1.33 .950 2.05 0.83
1961 KCA AL 32 P 20 5 54.0 13 5 7 1 0 .923 2.00 0.60 .954 2.05 0.83
1962 KCA AL 33 P 6 5 21.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.83 .960 2.08 0.78
9 Seasons P 287 156 1267.1 288 103 172 13 13 .955 1.95 0.96 .958 1.98 0.83
9 Seasons TOT 287 156 1267.1 288 103 172 13 13 .955 1.95 0.96 .913 1.98 0.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 PHA AL 25 14 5 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 KCA AL 26 35 22 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 KCA AL 27 44 34 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYY AL 28 46 11 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 NYY AL 29 38 13 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 NYY AL 30 38 25 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 NYY AL 31 36 28 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 KCA AL 32 20 5 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 NYY AL 32 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 33 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 289 156 289 289 287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PHA AL 25 207 75% 22% 6 67% 1 4 0 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1955 KCA AL 26 792 78% 28% 34 91% 1 15 0 12 29 21 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 7 100%
1956 KCA AL 27 1119 79% 29% 34 94% 0 18 1 12 33 26 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 5 80%
1957 NYY AL 28 541 81% 35% 21 81% 0 7 0 6 17 14 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1958 NYY AL 29 586 84% 33% 20 95% 0 6 2 4 17 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1959 NYY AL 30 821 81% 35% 32 81% 1 21 0 17 25 18 2 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 4 25%
1960 NYY AL 31 839 85% 37% 32 78% 0 19 1 14 24 18 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 7 57%
1961 KCA AL 32 233 81% 26% 8 75% 0 4 0 4 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1961 NYY AL 32 240 83% 30% 14 93% 0 5 0 4 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1962 KCA AL 33 115 76% 23% 2 100% 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 5493 81% 31% 203 86% 3 101 4 77 169 134 17 13 0 9 4 9 13 8 12 1 34 62%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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