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

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-25 / in Starts: 12-22

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 7

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	50	4	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	0.00	3.37	33	15	9	0	0	1	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	2	.26	0.107	.74	0.18%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
2	51	9	Apr 27	KCA	@	CHW	L,7-9	GS-4	L(1-1)	5	3.2	8	5	4	1	1	1	0	2.84	4.19	21	5	6	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	19	0	2	0	0	1	2	1.13	-0.400	2.35	-0.50%	-3.13	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	52	11	May 2	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.75	3.59	29	7	7	2	0	8	54			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	2	0	0	.95	0.109	1.89	0.13%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
4	53	16	May 6(2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-3	GS-3		3	2.1	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.86	3.69	13	3	2	0	0	3	46			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.080	1.54	-0.09%	-1.07	1b start a 5	3b 123 1 out a4
5	54	18	May 9	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	2	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.03	3.18	32	12	6	2	0	7	76			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.337	1.42	0.39%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	55	21	May 13(1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.03	3.27	35	15	9	0	0	4	68			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.367	2.44	0.45%	2.79	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
7	56	26	May 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	L(3-3)	4	9.0	6	5	5	5	3	0	1	2.57	3.35	38	13	10	1	0	6	53			0	0	0	30	0	3	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.129	.87	-0.09%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
8	57	31	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GS-9		4	9.0	8	5	5	3	2	1	0	2.95	3.51	38	17	8	2	2	8	50			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.33	-0.158	.95	-0.07%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
9	58	35	May 27(2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	10	0	0	0	2	0	2	2.55	3.38	38	16	8	0	2	10	69			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	2	0	1	.82	0.381	.58	0.16%	4.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
10	59	39	May 30(2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	GS-8	L(4-4)	2	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.52	3.38	31	12	8	0	2	6	65			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.020	.75	0.01%	2.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	60	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-6		3	6.0	9	6	4	3	2	0	1	2.78	3.41	31	5	11	1	0	9	33			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	-0.211	.69	-0.08%	-2.49	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d5
12	61	46	Jun 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-2	L(4-5)	4	1.1	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	3.39	3.56	11	2	1	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.329	.47	-0.11%	-4.55	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d5
13	62	49	Jun 10	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	4-GF	W(5-5)	1	5.1	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.29	3.43	17	5	6	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	.86	0.279	.30	0.06%	2.13	4b 123 2 out tie	9b end a 4
14	63	53	Jun 13	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-4	GS-7	W(6-5)	2	7.0	8	3	3	2	9	0	0	3.33	3.23	30	7	6	1	3	6	56			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.048	.39	0.02%	0.51	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a5
15	64	56	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	GS-8	L(6-6)	3	7.0	8	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.45	3.18	30	5	10	2	0	8	46			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.080	.36	-0.02%	0.65	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
16	65	59	Jun 20	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	8-8	BS(1)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.42	3.18	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	-0.218	.62	-0.03%	-0.47	8t 12- 0 out a1	8t 3 out d1
17	66	61	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	L(6-7)	1	9.0	9	6	6	2	5	2	0	3.63	3.31	36	11	9	4	0	9	48			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.89	-0.197	.14	-0.02%	-1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
18	67	66	Jun 27	KCA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	L(6-8)	4	9.0	9	5	4	3	8	1	0	3.65	3.29	37	10	7	0	0	9	56			0	1	1	33	1	1	0	1	1	1	.88	-0.135	.05	0.00%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	68	71	Jul 3	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-5	L(6-9)	5	5.0	9	5	5	1	2	3	0	3.87	3.56	24	7	5	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.246	.01	0.00%	-2.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
20	69	73	Jul 4(2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	6-7	H(1)	0	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.83	3.57	7	1	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.04	6b --3 0 out a2	7b 12- 1 out a1
21	70	75	Jul 7	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(7-9)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.71	3.52	34	10	11	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.258	.00	0.00%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	71	77	Jul 12	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS-2	L(7-10)	4	2.0	4	4	3	2	0	1	0	3.85	3.64	13	4	3	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-3.05	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
23	72	82	Jul 17(1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-10	GS-7	L(7-11)	4	6.1	15	10	10	2	1	2	0	4.30	3.79	37	10	9	1	0	15	2			0	0	0	34	5	1	0	0	1	1	.49	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-7.40	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d10
24	73	87	Jul 22(1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	4-GF	W(8-11)	4	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	4.37	3.93	25	8	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.96	4b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 3
25	74	91	Jul 25	KCA		BOS	W,9-6	GS-6		2	5.2	6	3	3	4	4	0	1	4.38	3.92	28	8	5	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
26	75	95	Jul 29	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	L(8-12)	3	9.0	8	5	5	6	8	3	0	4.42	4.09	40	8	11	3	0	7	53			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.177	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	76	100	Aug 3	KCA		WSH	L,1-2	GS-11	L(8-13)	4	10.1	9	2	2	3	8	0	0	4.26	3.94	41	16	5	1	3	9	72			1	0	0	37	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.55	0.356	.00	0.00%	2.79	1t start tie	11t --3 1 out d1
28	77	105	Aug 8	KCA	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-3		4	2.2	6	5	5	3	1	2	0	4.45	4.11	16	3	3	1	1	6	24			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.435	.00	0.00%	-4.21	1b start a 1	3b 123 2 out tie
29	78	106	Aug 9	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	3-GF	W(9-13)	0	6.1	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.30	4.06	22	7	7	2	1	4		1	1	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.57	0.434	.00	0.00%	2.54	3b --3 2 out a3	9b end a 2
30	79	110	Aug 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-12	GS-1	L(9-14)	4	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	1	4.53	4.09	7	1	0	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	-0.358	.00	0.00%	-4.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d4
31	80	112	Aug 16	KCA		CHW	L,5-6	4-7	L(9-15)	1	4.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.53	4.03	17	4	5	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.028	.00	0.00%	0.44	4t 1-3 0 out a1	7t 3 out d1
32	81	116	Aug 19(2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-16)	2	8.0	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	4.35	3.94	33	14	8	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.33	0.087	.00	0.00%	2.26	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	82	117	Aug 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.35	3.96	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.74	-0.306	.00	0.00%	-1.23	9b -2- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
34	83	121	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-4	L(9-17)	3	4.0	7	8	5	5	0	2	0	4.49	4.13	25	8	5	2	1	7	17			0	0	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	3	.81	-0.425	.00	0.00%	-6.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
35	84	123	Aug 26(2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	9-GF(10)	BW(10-17)	0	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.49	4.16	9	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	-0.043	.00	0.00%	0.17	9b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
36	85	124	Aug 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG(6)	L(10-18)	1	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	1	4.53	4.17	26	5	7	1	0	7	44			0	2	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.183	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	86	128	Sep 2	KCA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-19)	4	8.0	6	3	2	2	5	0	0	4.44	4.09	33	10	10	2	1	6	63			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.60	-0.046	.00	0.00%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
38	87	131	Sep 4	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.40	4.05	6	3	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.195	.00	0.00%	1.89	8t 123 0 out a4	9t end a 3
39	88	132	Sep 6	KCA		DET	L,0-6	GS-6	L(10-20)	1	6.0	7	4	4	4	1	3	0	4.45	4.23	27	4	11	2	1	7	39			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
40	89	136	Sep 11	KCA		NYY	L,5-9	GS-8	L(10-21)	4	7.2	6	8	6	6	3	2	0	4.53	4.33	35	10	10	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.09	-0.702	.00	0.00%	-4.06	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d3
41	90	142	Sep 16(2)	KCA		BAL	W,10-1	CG	W(11-21)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.40	4.28	30	11	12	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.322	.00	0.00%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
42	91	143	Sep 18	KCA		BOS	W,6-5			1	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.51	4.31	3												1			0		0
43	92	146	Sep 21(2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(12-21)	2	10.0	11	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.40	4.23	40	11	13	1	0	11	63			0	0	0	37	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.77	0.582	.00	0.00%	3.28	1b start a 2	10b 3 out a1
44	93	151	Sep 26	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS-3	L(12-22)	4	2.1	4	4	2	5	0	0	0	4.43	4.27	16	5	2	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.14	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-3.35	1b start a 1	3b 12- 1 out d3
							19-25		W-L:12-22,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.7	253.2	254	141	125	108	126	30	7	4.43	4.27	1101	1.19		6%	3%	249	48	13	54%	5	4	2	970	37	16	6	24	7	19	1.03	-1.926	.41	0.41%	-9.50

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