Jack Dittmer

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: January 10, 1928 in Elkader, IA us

Died: May 31, 2014 in Strawberry Point, IA

Buried: St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Elkader, IA

High School: Elkader HS (Elkader, IA)

School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

Debut: June 17, 1952 (Age 24-159d, 10,930th in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 23, 1957 (Age 29-164d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: John Douglas Dittmer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

1218

283

.232

117

RBI

136

OBP

.280

SLG

.333

OPS

.614

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	MLN	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
2	2	Apr 14	MLN		STL	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
3	3	Apr 17	MLN	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
4	4	Apr 19	MLN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	3
5	5	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 22	MLN	@	CHC	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
7	7	Apr 23	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
8	8	Apr 25	MLN		CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
9	9	Apr 28	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
10	10	Apr 29	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
11	11	Apr 30	MLN	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	4	3	0	7	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
13	13	May 3	MLN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
14	14	May 4	MLN	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
15	15	May 8	MLN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
16	16	May 9	MLN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
17	17	May 10 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
18	18	May 10 (2)	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
19	19	May 12	MLN		NYG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
20	20	May 13	MLN		NYG	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
21	21	May 14	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
22	22	May 15	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
23	23	May 16	MLN		PHI	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
24	24	May 18	MLN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
25	25	May 19	MLN		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
26	26	May 20	MLN		BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
27	27	May 23	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
28	28	May 24 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
29	29	May 24 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	2B
30	30	May 25 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
31	31	May 25 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
32	32	May 26	MLN		CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
33	33	May 27	MLN		CHC	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
34	34	May 29	MLN	@	STL	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
35	35	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
36	36	May 30 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
37	37	May 31 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
38	38	May 31 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2	MLN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
40	40	Jun 3	MLN	@	BRO	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
41	41	Jun 4	MLN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
42	42	Jun 5	MLN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
43	43	Jun 6	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
44	44	Jun 7 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
45	45	Jun 7 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
46	46	Jun 8	MLN	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	1	2B
47	47	Jun 9	MLN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
48	48	Jun 10	MLN	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
49	49	Jun 11	MLN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
50	50	Jun 12 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 12 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
52	52	Jun 13	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
53	53	Jun 14 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 14 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-0	GS	0	7.0	1	4	0	5	1
55	55	Jun 15	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 16 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
57	57	Jun 16 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 17	MLN		PHI	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
59	59	Jun 19	MLN		NYG	L,1-15	GS	22	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	2B
60	60	Jun 20	MLN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
61	61	Jun 21 (1)	MLN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
62	62	Jun 21 (2)	MLN		NYG	T,6-6	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
63	63	Jun 23	MLN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 24	MLN		PIT	L,1-10	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	65	Jun 25	MLN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	54	12.0	4	1	1	6	2	2B
66	66	Jun 26	MLN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
67	67	Jun 27	MLN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
68	68	Jun 28	MLN		BRO	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
69	69	Jun 30 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
70	70	Jun 30 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72 (1)	Jul 2	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
72	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,1-5	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
73	76 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	MLN		STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	77	Jul 5 (2)	MLN		STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	78	Jul 7	MLN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
76	79	Jul 8	MLN		CHC	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
77	80	Jul 10	MLN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
78	81	Jul 11	MLN	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
79	82	Jul 12 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
80	83	Jul 12 (2)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	2
81	84	Jul 16	MLN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	85	Jul 17	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	86	Jul 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
84	87	Jul 19 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.1	1	2	0	3	1	2B
85	88	Jul 19 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
86	89	Jul 21 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
87	90	Jul 21 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
88	91	Jul 22	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
89	92	Jul 24	MLN	@	BRO	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
90	93	Jul 25	MLN	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
91	94	Jul 26 (1)	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
92	95	Jul 26 (2)	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
93	96	Jul 27	MLN		NYG	W,13-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
94	97	Jul 28	MLN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
95	98	Jul 29	MLN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
96	99	Jul 30	MLN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	2B
97	100	Jul 31 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
98	101	Jul 31 (2)	MLN		PHI	T,0-0	CG	34	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	102	Aug 1	MLN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
100	103	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
101	104	Aug 2 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
102	105	Aug 3	MLN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
103	106	Aug 5	MLN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
104	107	Aug 6 (1)	MLN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
105	108	Aug 6 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
106	120 (11)	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
107	121	Aug 18	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
108	122	Aug 19	MLN	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
109	123	Aug 21	MLN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
110	124	Aug 22	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
111	125	Aug 23 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
112	126	Aug 23 (2)	MLN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	36	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
113	127	Aug 25 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
114	128	Aug 25 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
115	129	Aug 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
116	130	Aug 28	MLN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
117	131	Aug 29	MLN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
118	132	Aug 30 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,19-4	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
119	133	Aug 30 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	134	Sep 2	MLN	@	BRO	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
121	135	Sep 3	MLN	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	2B
122	136	Sep 4	MLN		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
123	137	Sep 5	MLN		STL	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
124	138	Sep 6 (1)	MLN		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
125	139	Sep 6 (2)	MLN		STL	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
126	140	Sep 7 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
127	141	Sep 7 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
128	142	Sep 8	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
129	143	Sep 9	MLN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
130	144	Sep 11	MLN		BRO	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
131	145	Sep 12	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	2B
132	148 (2)	Sep 15	MLN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
133	149	Sep 16	MLN		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	2	6	1	2B
134	150	Sep 19	MLN		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
135	153 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
136	154	Sep 22 (2)	MLN	@	STL	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
137	155	Sep 23	MLN	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
138	157 (1)	Sep 27	MLN	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
							138gm		1189.2	290	343	23	656	95