Art Ditmar
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1929 –
Who is Art Ditmar?
Arthur John Ditmar is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Athletics and the New York Yankees. He batted and threw right-handed.
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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- Born
- Apr 3, 1929
Winthrop - Profession
- Lived in
- Winthrop
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on July 23, 2013
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