Art Ditmar

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: April 3, 1929 in Winthrop, MA us

Died: June 11, 2021 in Myrtle Beach, SC

High School: Pittsfield HS (Pittsfield, MA)

School: American International College (Springfield, MA)

Debut: April 19, 1954 (Age 25-016d, 11,120th in major league history)
vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: May 19, 1962 (Age 33-046d)
vs. WSA 2.2 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Arthur John Ditmar

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1958 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

3.98

287

156

1268.0

552

WHIP

1.339

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
2	9 (4)	Apr 27	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-9	GS	21	3.2	1	0	0	1	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	11 (1)	May 2	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	16 (4)	May 6 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-3	GS	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	18 (1)	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
6	21 (2)	May 13 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	26 (4)	May 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
8	31 (4)	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
9	35 (3)	May 27 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	39 (3)	May 30 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (2)	Jun 3	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	46 (3)	Jun 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	49 (2)	Jun 10	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	GF	17	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	53 (3)	Jun 13	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-4	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	56 (2)	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	59 (2)	Jun 20	KCA		WSH	L,4-5		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	61 (1)	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	66 (4)	Jun 27	KCA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	71 (4)	Jul 3	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	73 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	75 (1)	Jul 7	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
22	77 (1)	Jul 12	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	82 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-10	GS	37	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	87 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	91 (3)	Jul 25	KCA		BOS	W,9-6	GS	28	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	95 (3)	Jul 29	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	100 (4)	Aug 3	KCA		WSH	L,1-2	GS	41	10.1	1	2	0	3	1	P
28	105 (4)	Aug 8	KCA	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	106	Aug 9	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	22	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	110 (3)	Aug 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-12	GS	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	112 (1)	Aug 16	KCA		CHW	L,5-6		17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	116 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
33	117	Aug 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	121 (3)	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS	25	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	123 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	124	Aug 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	128 (3)	Sep 2	KCA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	131 (2)	Sep 4	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	132	Sep 6	KCA		DET	L,0-6	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	136 (3)	Sep 11	KCA		NYY	L,5-9	GS	35	7.2	1	0	1	2	0	P
41	142 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	143	Sep 18	KCA		BOS	W,6-5		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	146 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	151 (4)	Sep 26	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS	16	2.1	2	2	1	5	0	P
							44gm		253.2	20	33	2	55	3