Jack Dittmer | |
Position: | Second baseman |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1928 |
Birth Place: | Elkader, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Strawberry Point, Iowa, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | June 17 |
Debutyear: | 1952 |
Debutteam: | Boston Braves |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | June 23 |
Finalyear: | 1957 |
Finalteam: | Detroit Tigers |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .232 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 24 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 136 |
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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 until, 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.