Jack Dittmer
John Douglas Dittmer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 10, 1928 in Elkader, IA
High School: Elkader (Elkader, IA)
School: University of Iowa
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1952
Final Game: June 23, 1957
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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
1952 24 BSN NL 93 355 326 26 63 7 2 7 41 1 0 26 26 .193 .255 .291 .546 53 95 9 1 2 4
1953 25 MLN NL 138 525 504 54 134 22 1 9 63 1 0 18 35 .266 .293 .367 .660 75 185 11 1 2 *4
1954 26 MLN NL 66 219 192 22 47 8 0 6 20 0 1 19 17 .245 .319 .380 .700 87 73 4 3 3 2 4
1955 27 MLN NL 38 77 72 4 9 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 15 .125 .171 .208 .379 2 15 1 0 1 0 1 4
1956 28 MLN NL 44 112 102 8 25 4 0 1 6 0 0 8 8 .245 .300 .314 .614 70 32 0 0 2 0 0 4
1957 29 DET AL 16 24 22 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .227 .292 .273 .564 54 6 0 0 0 0 1 /54
6 Seasons 395 1312 1218 117 283 43 4 24 136 2 1 77 102 .232 .280 .333 .614 66 406 25 5 10 2 2
162 Game Avg. 162 538 500 48 116 18 2 10 56 1 0 32 42 .232 .280 .333 .614 66 167 10 2 4
MLN (5 yrs) 379 1288 1196 114 278 42 4 24 134 2 1 75 101 .232 .280 .334 .615 66 400 25 5 10 2 1
DET (1 yr) 16 24 22 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .227 .292 .273 .564 54 6 0 0 0 0 1
NL (5 yrs) 379 1288 1196 114 278 42 4 24 134 2 1 75 101 .232 .280 .334 .615 66 400 25 5 10 2 1
AL (1 yr) 16 24 22 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .227 .292 .273 .564 54 6 0 0 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1952 24 BSN NL 355 274 24 2.3 95 .191 .193 .258 .255 .330 .291 .384 .546 .714 53 .260 -21.6 -2.3 .452 .181 .098 1.8
1953 25 MLN NL 525 383 54 3.7 105 .272 .266 .267 .293 .337 .367 .416 .660 .753 75 .384 -18.6 -1.8 .538 .139 .101 1.8
1954 26 MLN NL 219 155 22 3.8 104 .240 .245 .267 .319 .337 .380 .412 .700 .749 87 .396 -3.3 -0.3 .627 .229 .135 .0
1955 27 MLN NL 77 65 3 1.2 102 .143 .125 .261 .171 .331 .208 .413 .379 .744 2 .080 -10.4 -1.0 .297 .139 .083 .0
1956 28 MLN NL 112 79 10 3.4 98 .258 .245 .257 .300 .323 .314 .406 .614 .728 70 .375 -4.0 -0.4 .519 .147 .069 .0
1957 29 DET AL 24 17 2 3.2 102 .238 .227 .266 .292 .339 .273 .402 .564 .741 54 .357 -1.4 -0.1 .471 .136 .045
6 Seasons 1312 973 115 3.2 101 .237 .232 .263 .280 .334 .333 .405 .614 .739 66 .334 -59.2 -5.9 .509 .165 .101 3.7
162 Game Avg. 538 399 47 3.2 101 .237 .232 .263 .280 .334 .333 .405 .614 .739 66 .334 -59.2 -5.9 .509 .165 .101 2
MLN (5 yrs) 1288 956 113 3.1 101 .237 .232 .263 .280 .334 .334 .405 .615 .739 66 .333 -57.8 -5.8 .510 .166 .102 3.7
DET (1 yr) 24 17 2 3.2 102 .238 .227 .266 .292 .339 .273 .402 .564 .741 54 .357 -1.4 -0.1 .471 .136 .045
NL (5 yrs) 1288 956 113 3.1 101 .237 .232 .263 .280 .334 .334 .405 .615 .739 66 .333 -57.8 -5.8 .510 .166 .102 3.7
AL (1 yr) 24 17 2 3.2 102 .238 .227 .266 .292 .339 .273 .402 .564 .741 54 .357 -1.4 -0.1 .471 .136 .045

Ratio Batting*

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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
1952 24 BSN NL 355 2.0% 7.3% 7.3% 4.5% 25% 1.00 12.5 46.6 8.0 83%
1953 25 MLN NL 525 1.7% 6.7% 3.4% 6.1% 24% 1.94 14.4 56.0 8.0 88%
1954 26 MLN NL 219 2.7% 7.8% 8.7% 6.4% 30% 0.89 11.3 32.0 9.6 0.71 78%
1955 27 MLN NL 77 1.3% 19.5% 5.2% 3.9% 33% 3.75 4.8 72.0 18.0 1.33 73%
1956 28 MLN NL 112 0.9% 7.1% 7.1% 4.5% 20% 1.00 12.8 102.0 17.0 0.91 83%
1957 29 DET AL 24 0.0% 4.2% 8.3% 4.2% 20% 0.50 22.0 11.0 0.88 88%
6 Seasons 1312 1.8% 7.8% 5.9% 5.4% 25% 1.32 11.9 50.8 9.0 0.85 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 26 MLN NL 4 0 25% 79 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59% 11 7 4 0 0 0 6 0 6
1955 27 MLN NL 0 0 25% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1956 28 MLN NL 2 0 22% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75% 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1957 29 DET AL 1 0 43% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 Seasons 7 0 27% 130 2 1 67% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 58% 15 8 6 1 0 1 10 0 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 26 MLN NL 189 83% 47 10 1 0 0 1.53 6 0 4 6 0 3 3 0 4 3 75% 38 4 11% 24 8 33% 109 15 14% 10 5 50% 11 4 36% 30
1955 27 MLN NL 57 95% 9 8 1 0 0 1.24 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 15 1 7% 7 3 43% 47 4 9% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 19
1956 28 MLN NL 61 95% 25 1 0 0 0 0.43 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 200% 13 0 0% 7 2 29% 29 3 10% 1 1 100% 5 3 60% 51
1957 29 DET AL 24 96% 5 12 4 0 2 2.36 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 13 2 15% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 331 88% 283 31 6 0 2 1.74 24 0 12 8 0 4 4 0 6 10 167% 68 25 37% 39 13 33% 198 24 12% 16 6 38% 20 7 35% 100
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1952 24 93 355 326 26 63 7 2 7 41 1 0 26 26 .193 .255 .291 .546 53 95 9 1 2
1953 25 231 880 830 80 197 29 3 16 104 2 0 44 61 .237 .277 .337 .615 67 280 20 2 4
1954 26 297 1099 1022 102 244 37 3 22 124 2 1 63 78 .239 .286 .345 .631 71 353 24 5 7 2
1955 27 335 1176 1094 106 253 38 4 23 128 2 1 67 93 .231 .278 .336 .615 66 368 25 5 8 2 1
1956 28 379 1288 1196 114 278 42 4 24 134 2 1 75 101 .232 .280 .334 .615 66 400 25 5 10 2 1
1957 29 395 1312 1218 117 283 43 4 24 136 2 1 77 102 .232 .280 .333 .614 66 406 25 5 10 2 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1952 24 97 373 344 29 69 8 2 8 46 1 28 27 .201 .263 .305 .568 27 93
1953 25 143 542 522 55 138 23 1 9 64 1 19 36 .264 .292 .364 .655 55 138
1954 26 69 228 203 24 50 9 0 6 22 0 20 18 .246 .320 .379 .699 24 66
1955 27 40 80 76 5 10 1 1 1 5 0 4 16 .132 .175 .211 .386 3 38
1956 28 46 117 108 9 28 4 0 1 7 0 9 8 .259 .316 .324 .640 11 44
1957 29 17 26 24 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 .250 .308 .292 .599 2 16
6 Seasons 412 1366 1277 125 301 46 4 25 146 2 82 106 .236 .284 .337 .621 122 395
162 Game Avg. 162 537 502 49 118 18 2 10 57 1 32 42 .236 .284 .337 .621 48 395

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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