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

Born: April 3, 1929 in Winthrop, 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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 25 PHA AL 1 4 .200 6.41 14 5 8 0 0 0 39.1 50 35 28 4 36 14 1 0 3 199 61 2.186 11.4 0.9 8.2 3.2 0.39
1955 26 KCA AL 12 12 .500 5.03 35 22 8 7 1 1 175.1 180 109 98 23 86 5 79 7 1 7 773 83 1.517 9.2 1.2 4.4 4.1 0.92
1956 27 KCA AL 12 22 .353 4.42 44 34 6 14 2 1 254.1 254 141 125 30 108 6 126 7 0 5 1101 98 1.423 9.0 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.17
1957 28 NYY AL 8 3 .727 3.25 46 11 12 0 0 6 127.1 128 55 46 9 35 1 64 2 0 1 532 111 1.280 9.0 0.6 2.5 4.5 1.83
1958 29 NYY AL 9 8 .529 3.42 38 13 13 4 0 4 139.2 124 71 53 14 38 2 52 5 0 0 575 104 1.160 8.0 0.9 2.4 3.4 1.37
1959 30 NYY AL 13 9 .591 2.90 38 25 7 7 1 1 202.0 156 75 65 17 52 2 96 8 1 0 810 125 1.030 7.0 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.85
1960 31 NYY AL 15 9 .625 3.06 34 28 3 8 1 0 200.0 195 77 68 25 56 1 65 1 1 4 825 116 1.255 8.8 1.1 2.5 2.9 1.16
1961 32 TOT AL 2 8 .200 5.15 32 13 3 1 0 1 108.1 119 67 62 15 37 1 43 4 0 2 473 77 1.440 9.9 1.2 3.1 3.6 1.16
1961 32 NYY AL 2 3 .400 4.64 12 8 1 1 0 0 54.1 59 33 28 9 14 0 24 2 0 1 231 81 1.344 9.8 1.5 2.3 4.0 1.71
1961 32 KCA AL 0 5 .000 5.67 20 5 2 0 0 1 54.0 60 34 34 6 23 1 19 2 0 1 242 73 1.537 10.0 1.0 3.8 3.2 0.83
1962 33 KCA AL 0 2 .000 6.65 6 5 1 0 0 0 21.2 31 19 16 1 13 1 13 2 0 1 113 63 2.031 12.9 0.4 5.4 5.4 1.00
9 Seasons 72 77 .483 3.98 287 156 61 41 5 14 1268.0 1237 649 561 138 461 19 552 37 3 23 5401 97 1.339 8.8 1.0 3.3 3.9 1.20
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .483 3.98 44 24 9 6 1 2 195 190 100 86 21 71 85 6 0 4 829 97 1.339 8.8 1.0 3.3 3.9 1.20
KCA (5 yrs) 25 45 .357 4.97 119 71 25 21 3 3 544.2 575 338 301 64 266 13 251 19 1 17 2428 85 1.544 9.5 1.1 4.4 4.1 0.94
NYY (5 yrs) 47 32 .595 3.24 168 85 36 20 2 11 723.1 662 311 260 74 195 6 301 18 2 6 2973 111 1.185 8.2 0.9 2.4 3.7 1.54

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1957 28 NYY AL WS L MLN 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 22 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1958 29 NYY AL WS W MLN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.545 4.9 0.0 0.0 4.9
1960 31 NYY AL WS L PIT 0 2 .000 21.60 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 4.200 32.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 2 .000 3.18 5 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 6 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 47 0.971 7.9 0.0 0.8 3.2 4.00
3 WS 0 2 .000 3.18 5 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 6 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 47 0.971 7.9 0.0 0.8 3.2 4.00

Standard Batting

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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
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 98 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 11 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 11 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 8 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 Seasons 289 453 422 27 75 6 0 2 32 1 1 13 89 .178 .202 .206 .408 12 87 16 0 17 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 254 237 15 42 3 0 1 18 1 1 7 50 .178 .202 .206 .408 12 49 9 0 10 1
KCA (5 yrs) 119 196 179 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1959 AL--2.896--4th
1960 AL--3.060--4th

Wins s c a p y
1960 AL--15--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1960 AL--.625--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1959 AL--1.030--1st
1960 AL--1.255--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--6.951--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--2.317--8th
1960 AL--2.520--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1956 AL--44--7th
1957 AL--46--8th

Saves s c a p y
1957 AL--6--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1956 AL--254.3--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1956 AL--34--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 AL--23--2nd
1956 AL--30--2nd
1960 AL--25--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--108--6th

Hits s c a p y
1956 AL--254--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1959 AL--1.846--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--.757--10th

Losses s c a p y
1955 AL--12--10th
1956 AL--22--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1955 AL--98--2nd
1956 AL--125--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 AL--7--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 AL--7--7th
1956 AL--7--6th
1959 AL--8--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1956 AL--1101--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1959 AL--125--7th
1960 AL--116--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 30 (803), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (920), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

February 19, 1957: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with players to be named later, Wayne Belardi, Jack McMahan and Bobby Shantz to the New York Yankees for players to be named later, Rip Coleman, Milt Graff, Billy Hunter, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan and Irv Noren. The New York Yankees sent Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade. The Kansas City Athletics sent Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

June 14, 1961: Traded by the New York Yankees with Deron Johnson to the Kansas City Athletics for Bud Daley.

May 25, 1962: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.

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