John Douglas "Jack" Dittmer (January 10, 1928 – May 31, 2014) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played six seasons in the majors, from until , for the Boston / Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers.

As an amateur, Dittmer was a three-sport star at Elkader High School, where he played basketball, baseball, and football. In Dittmer's senior year of high school, he was selected the best high-school baseball player in the state of Iowa, and he went on to play in a National All-star Game. He continued to play all three sports at the University of Iowa, where he was mainly known as a wide receiver. Dittmer was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.

Jack Dittmer

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Retrosheet

9-Time Letterwinner Jack Dittmer Passes Away

1928 births

2014 deaths

Atlanta Crackers players

Baseball players from Iowa

Birmingham Barons players

Boston Braves players

Denver Bears players

Detroit Tigers players

Iowa Hawkeyes baseball players

Iowa Hawkeyes football players

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players

Major League Baseball second basemen

Milwaukee Braves players

Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players

People from Elkader, Iowa

Phoenix Giants players

Sacramento Solons players

Seattle Rainiers players

University of Iowa alumni

Jack Dittmer