Art Ditmar
1954–1962 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
289G
.178AVG
.202OBP
.206SLG
More career statistics
75H
2HR
32RBI
1SB
72–77W–L
1,268.0IP
552K
3.98ERA
156GS
14SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 422 | 421 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 89 | 90 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 453 | 452 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,401 | 5,402 |
| Pitching · p er | 561 | 564 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,237 | 1,238 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,804 | 3,802 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 289 | 453 | 422 | 27 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87 | .178 | .202 | .206 | .408 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,268.0 | 287 | 156 | 41 | 72 | 77 | 14 | 1,237 | 649 | 561 | 138 | 461 | 552 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 | 1.339 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1955-07-31 to 1955-08-14
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1955-08-21 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1956-07-17 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1954-09-26 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 136 | 205 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 42 | .156 | .176 | .193 |
| Away | 153 | 247 | 45 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 48 | .197 | .211 | .218 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .207 | .214 |
| May | 65 | 95 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | .141 | .137 | .152 |
| June | 55 | 90 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18 | .193 | .200 | .205 |
| July | 59 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | .229 | .282 | .243 |
| August | 52 | 93 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | .170 | .194 | .227 |
| September | 40 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | .150 | .164 | .217 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 48 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .164 | .174 | .180 |
| cleveland-guardians | 40 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .186 | .227 | .186 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 39 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 15 | .219 | .212 | .297 |
| detroit-tigers | 38 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | .203 | .227 | .254 |
| baltimore-orioles | 38 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .163 | .170 | .163 |
| boston-red-sox | 36 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .167 | .180 | .167 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .133 | .129 | .133 |
| new-york-yankees | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .259 | .320 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 14 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 39 | 14 |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 35 | 62 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .210 | 175 | 79 |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics | 44 | 90 | 13 | 1 | 4 | – | .144 | 253 | 126 |
| 1957 |  New York Yankees | 46 | 35 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 127 | 64 |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 38 | 44 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .250 | 139 | 52 |
| 1959 | New York Yankees | 38 | 76 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .197 | 202 | 96 |
| 1960 | New York Yankees | 36 | 69 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .159 | 200 | 65 |
| 1961 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 32 | 31 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .097 | 108 | 43 |
| 1962 | Kansas City Athletics | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 21 | 13 |