Jack Dittmer
Appearance
Jack Dittmer | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: Elkader, Iowa, U.S. | January 10, 1928|
Died: May 31, 2014 Strawberry Point, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 86)|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 17, 1952, for the Boston Braves | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 23, 1957, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .232 |
Home runs | 24 |
Runs batted in | 136 |
Teams | |
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John Douglas "Jack" Dittmer (January 10, 1928 – May 31, 2014) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played six seasons in the majors, from 1952 until 1957, for the Boston / Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers.
As an amateur, Dittmer was a three-sport star at Elkader High School, where he played basketball, baseball, and football. In Dittmer's senior year of high school, he was selected the best high-school baseball player in the state of Iowa, and he went on to play in a National All-star Game. He continued to play all three sports at the University of Iowa, where he was mainly known as a wide receiver. Dittmer was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- 9-Time Letterwinner Jack Dittmer Passes Away
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- 1928 births
- 2014 deaths
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- Baseball players from Iowa
- Birmingham Barons players
- Boston Braves players
- Denver Bears players
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- Iowa Hawkeyes football players
- Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players
- Major League Baseball second basemen
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- Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
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