Art Ditmar Stats & Facts
Art Ditmar Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 185 Born: Wednesday, April 03, 1929 in Winthrop, MA USA Died: in , Debut: 4/19/1954 Last Game: 5/19/1962 Full Name: Arthur John Ditmar
1960 – Despite Roy Sievers’ two homers and a double, the Yankees beat the White Sox, 3 – 2, dropping Chicago 1 1/2 games off the pace and into a 2nd place tie with the Orioles. Art Ditmar is the winner over Herb Score.
1960 – Despite Roy Sievers’ two homers and a double, the Yankees beat the White Sox, 3 – 2, dropping Chicago 1 1/2 games off the pace and into a 2nd place tie with the Orioles. Art Ditmar is the winner over Herb Score.
1957 World Series Game three Lew Burdette beats the Yankees
On October 3, 1957 – In Game 3 of the World Series, Lew Burdette wins the first of his three decisions against the Yankees. Burdette and the Milwaukee Braves beat Bobby Shantz, 4 – 2. Hank Aaron led off the second inning with a triple, then made it safe at home on Joe Adcock’s…
Yankees and White Sox Brawl – Full Broadcast June 13 1957 New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox
On June 13, 1957 At Comiskey Park the New York Yankees defeated Billy Pierce, 10-3 and the White Sox 4-3 behind a 16 hit attack. The game took an ugly turn however as the White Sox and Yankees hooked up in perhaps the greatest “base-brawl” in history. In the first inning at Comiskey Park, New…
The Kansas City Athletics and Yankees trade 13 players including Clete Boyer
1957 – The Kansas City Athletics ship pitchers Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, and Jack McMahan, and infielders Clete Boyer, Curt Roberts and Wayne Belardi to the Yankees. In return they receive pitchers Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman and Jack Urban, OF Irv Noren, plus infielders Billy Hunter and Milt Graff. Roberts will not go to New York City till May 4th, while Boyer goes a month later, conveniently just when his mandatory service time in the majors as a result of the bonus rule expires. Hunter and Urban don’t switch until April 5th. The veteran Shantz and Boyer will be valuable pick-ups for New York, with Shantz leading the American League in ERA this year, and Boyer a tough defensive 3B for eight years in pinstripes. The A’s will eventually admit that when they signed Boyer for a $40,000 bonus in 1955, it was on behalf of the Yankees, with the understanding that they’d ship him to NY as soon as he became eligible to be sent down to the minors.
Yogi Berra ties the major league career record for home runs by a catcher
Yogi Berra ties the major league career record for home runs by a catcher in the Yankees’ 9 – 5 victory over Kansas City. His 236th – and the Yankees’ 177th of the season – ties him with Cub great Gabby Hartnett.
Philadelphia A’s defeat the Bronx Bombers, 8-6, in the last game the franchise will play representing Philadelphia
At Yankee Stadium, the A’s defeat the Bronx Bombers, 8-6, in the last game the franchise will play representing Philadelphia. Connie Mack’s Athletics, after spending the first 54 years of existence in the City of Brotherly Love, will play in Kansas City next season, after much legal wrangling, under the new ownership of Arnold Johnson.
