Jack Dittmer | |||
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Second baseman | |||
Born: Elkader, Iowa |
January 10, 1928|||
Died: May 31, 2014 Strawberry Point, Iowa |
(aged 86)|||
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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 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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 and 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.