Jack Dittmer Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Height: 73 Weight: 175 Born: Tuesday, January 10, 1928 in Elkader, IA USA Died: 5 31 2014 in Strawberry Point, IA USA Debut: 6/17/1952 Last Game: 6/23/1957 Full Name: John Douglas Dittmer
Led by OF Jim Pendleton’s three home runs, the Braves tie the Yankees’ 1939 major-league record for the most homers in a game with eight in their 19 – 4 win over Pittsburgh in the first game of a doubleheader. Pendleton is only the second rookie in history to hit three home runs in one game. In game two of the doubleheader, the Braves hit four more long balls to win 11 – 5. The 12 homers in a doubleheader shatter the previous mark of 9. Eddie Mathews’s four dingers for the day give him a National League-leading 43; he will end the season with 47 home runs, 30 of them on the road to set a major-league record.