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. [More at Wikipedia]

April 3rd, 1929 in Winthrop  /  Died:   Jun 11th, 2021