Art Ditmar
| Art Ditmar | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: April 3, 1929 Winthrop, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 19, 1954, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |||
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| May 19, 1962, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 72–77 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.98 | ||
| Strikeouts | 552 | ||
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Arthur John Ditmar (born April 3, 1929) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Athletics (Philadelphia, 1954 - Kansas City, 1955–56, 1961–62) and the New York Yankees (1957–1961). He batted and threw right-handed and was listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).
A finesse control pitcher, Ditmar divided his career between the Athletics and Yankees. He didn't consider himself a power pitcher, yet the variable-speed fastball was his most common offering. He also had a slider and a good curveball.
Ditmar won 47 games for the Yankees in a span of five years, with a career-high 15 in 1960, despite not getting to pitch on a regular basis in a rotation that included Whitey Ford, Bobby Shantz, Don Larsen and Bob Turley.
In a nine-season career, Ditmar compiled a 72-77 record with 552 strikeouts and a 3.98 ERA in 1268.0 innings.
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