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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 BSN NL 24 2B 90 504 228 267 9 60 .982 5.50 .975 4.96
1953 MLN NL 25 2B 138 656 290 343 23 95 .965 4.59 .972 4.83
1954 MLN NL 26 2B 55 50 445.0 266 119 141 6 31 .977 0.8 2.2 2.8 1.1 1.7 -2 5.26 4.73 .976 5.57 5.31
1955 MLN NL 27 2B 28 17 165.2 88 44 42 2 9 .977 -3.0 -21.7 -3.0 -1.7 -1.3 0 4.67 3.07 .974 5.48 5.00
1956 MLN NL 28 2B 42 23 248.1 145 64 78 3 15 .979 0.8 3.9 1.8 0.5 1.3 -1 5.15 3.38 .980 5.33 4.66
1957 DET AL 29 3B 3 2 16.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 22.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.31 2.00 .950 3.20 2.77
1957 DET AL 29 2B 1 1 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
6 Seasons 2B 354 91 864.0 1661 746 872 43 210 .974 -1.4 -1.9 1.6 -0.1 1.7 -3 16.85 4.57 .974 5.48 4.93
1 Season 3B 3 2 16.1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 22.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.31 2.00 .950 3.20 2.77
6 Seasons TOT 357 93 880.1 1667 749 875 43 210 .974 -1.1 -1.5 1.9 0.2 1.7 -3 16.60 4.55 .949 5.44 4.91

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
1952 BSN NL 24 93 93 93 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 25 138 138 138 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 26 66 50 66 66 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1955 MLN NL 27 38 17 38 38 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1956 MLN NL 28 44 23 44 44 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 DET AL 29 16 3 16 16 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
6 Seasons 395 93 395 395 0 0 0 354 3 0 0 0 0 0 40 1
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 MLN NL 26 1680 62% 79% 25% 154 94% 0 107 42 49 17 119 91 20 0 1 5 1 2 2 2 26 8 4 9 1 24 10 13 2 1 1
1955 MLN NL 27 537 63% 81% 24% 35 91% 0 33 8 16 9 31 24 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 7 0 1 0 8 1 7 0 0 0
1956 MLN NL 28 584 66% 78% 27% 57 91% 0 37 14 14 9 43 37 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 9 3 1 3 0 8 4 4 1 0 1
1957 DET AL 29 19 47% 95% 26% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2820 63% 79% 25% 247 93% 0 178 64 79 36 194 153 31 0 1 9 1 6 2 6 43 18 5 13 1 40 15 24 3 1 2
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 DET AL 29 67 82% 82% 16% 6 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 67 82% 82% 16% 6 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 62%

* 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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