Jack Dittmer
1952–1957 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves
395G
.232AVG
.280OBP
.333SLG
More career statistics
283H
24HR
136RBI
2SB
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 | 1,218 | 1,217 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,312 | 1,311 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 395 | 1,312 | 1,218 | 117 | 283 | 43 | 4 | 24 | 136 | 77 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 406 | .232 | .280 | .333 | .613 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1953-05-23 to 1953-05-29
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1952-09-12 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1954-04-23 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1952-07-19 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 202 | 667 | 136 | 9 | 59 | 32 | 62 | .217 | .252 | .300 |
| Away | 193 | 644 | 147 | 15 | 77 | 45 | 40 | .249 | .298 | .369 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 108 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 10 | .188 | .231 | .376 |
| May | 52 | 148 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 12 | .266 | .291 | .309 |
| June | 85 | 281 | 46 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 16 | .174 | .210 | .216 |
| July | 71 | 232 | 51 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 20 | .236 | .280 | .343 |
| August | 67 | 214 | 46 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 22 | .231 | .276 | .332 |
| September | 90 | 328 | 84 | 10 | 46 | 25 | 22 | .282 | .332 | .430 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 58 | 187 | 48 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 15 | .271 | .294 | .424 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 56 | 202 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | .225 | .277 | .313 |
| new-york-giants | 56 | 196 | 38 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 21 | .211 | .270 | .339 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 54 | 182 | 38 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 14 | .225 | .269 | .314 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 54 | 179 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | .227 | .240 | .273 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 53 | 185 | 36 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 17 | .206 | .249 | .297 |
| chicago-cubs | 48 | 156 | 38 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | .271 | .327 | .393 |
| baltimore-orioles | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Boston Braves | 93 | 326 | 63 | 7 | 41 | 1 | .193 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Milwaukee Braves | 138 | 504 | 134 | 9 | 63 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1954 | Milwaukee Braves | 66 | 192 | 47 | 6 | 20 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 1955 | Milwaukee Braves | 38 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 4 | – | .127 | – | – |
| 1956 | Milwaukee Braves | 44 | 102 | 25 | 1 | 6 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Detroit Tigers | 16 | 22 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .227 | – | – |