League Leaders Who Led?
Art Ditmar

Art Ditmar

1954–1962  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'2", 185 lb  ·  b. 1929 Winthrop, MA

Career 72–77 · 3.98 ERA · 552 SO · 1268.0 IP · 289 G · 75 H · 2 HR · 32 RBI · .178 AVG

Seasons leading his league
1
1 best in baseball
4 Top-5 finishes
1 Title seasons
1 Categories led
1959 Best season

Spanning 1959–1959, peaking at 1 titles in 1959.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,195th League titles 1
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 2,061st Top-5 finishes 4

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks + Hits / IP 1 1st — 1959 1.03
Earned Run Average — #3 — 1960 #3

Title Seasons

1 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1959 1 WHIP 1.03

Pitching

9 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1954 PHA AL 1 4 6.41 14 5 0 39.1 50 28 4 36 14 2.19
1955 KC1 AL 12 12 5.03 35 22 1 175.1 180 98 23 86 79 1.52
1956 KC1 AL 12 22 4.42 44 34 1 254.1 254 125 30 108 126 1.42
1957 NYA AL 8 3 3.25 46 11 6 127.1 128 46 9 35 64 1.28
1958 NYA AL 9 8 3.42 38 13 4 139.2 124 53 14 38 52 1.16
1959 NYA AL 13 9 2.90 38 25 1 202.0 156 65 17 52 96 1.03
1960 NYA AL 15 9 3.06 34 28 0 200.0 195 68 25 56 65 1.26
1961 KC1 +1 AL 2 8 5.15 32 13 1 108.1 119 62 15 37 43 1.44
1962 KC1 AL 0 2 6.65 6 5 0 21.2 31 16 1 13 13 2.03
Career — — 72 77 3.98 287 156 14 1268.0 1,237 561 138 461 552 1.34

Batting

9 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 PHA AL 14 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
1955 KC1 AL 35 62 3 13 0 0 0 6 1 9 0 .210 .222 .210 .432
1956 KC1 AL 44 91 5 13 0 0 1 4 3 24 0 .143 .170 .176 .346
1957 NYA AL 46 35 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1958 NYA AL 38 44 8 11 0 0 0 5 2 10 0 .250 .283 .250 .533
1959 NYA AL 38 76 6 15 4 0 1 11 0 10 1 .197 .195 .290 .484
1960 NYA AL 36 69 2 11 2 0 0 2 4 14 0 .159 .206 .188 .394
1961 KC1 +1 AL 32 31 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 .097 .125 .097 .222
1962 KC1 AL 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career — — 289 422 27 75 6 0 2 32 13 89 1 .178 .202 .206 .408

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 287 103 172 13 13 .955