Bill Dietrich 1940 Game by Game Batting Logs

Bill Dietrich appeared in 23 Major League games during the 1940 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Dietrich appeared in, specifically relating to his 1940 hitting statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Dietrich started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"I tried the knuckle ball once. I worked on it a long while and finally,a couple years ago, I threw two of them at Cleveland. One was a homer and the other a triple - and the triple was hit farther than the homer!" - Bill Dietrich in Baseball Magazine (September 1942)
Bill Dietrich 1940 Game by Game Batting Logs

In Chronological Order / Bill Dietrich Stats

04-28-1940vs Browns11100001000001.0001.0001.000p
 April 1940 Totals
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 -
05-17-1940vs Yankees2010000000000.667.750.667p
05-19-1940vs Senators1000000000000.500.600.500p
05-29-1940 *at Browns4000001000000.250.333.250p
 May 1940 Totals
7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 -
06-03-1940 *at Red Sox3111002001000.273.333.364p
06-08-1940 *at Senators3000001002000.214.267.286p
06-15-1940 *vs Red Sox2010000100000.250.333.313p
06-26-1940vs Senators3120000000000.316.381.368p
 June 1940 Totals
11 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 .364 .417 .455 -
07-02-1940 *at Tigers2010001000000.333.391.381p
07-06-1940 *at Indians1000000000000.318.375.364p
07-17-1940 *at Senators3000000001000.280.333.320p
07-24-1940 *vs Red Sox3130011000000.357.400.500p
07-28-1940vs Yankees0000000000000.357.400.500p
 July 1940 Totals
9 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .444 .444 .778 -
08-06-1940 *vs Indians1000000100000.345.406.483p
08-13-1940 *at Browns2000000002000.323.382.452p
08-23-1940 *at Senators3010000101020.324.395.441p
08-28-1940 *at Red Sox2110002100000.333.415.444p
 August 1940 Totals
8 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 .250 .455 .250 -
09-02-1940 *vs Tigers2000000002010.316.395.421p
09-07-1940 *at Indians3000000001000.293.370.390p
09-12-1940 *vs Athletics2000000102000.279.367.372p
09-16-1940 *vs Red Sox1000000101000.273.373.364p
09-19-1940vs Yankees2000000000000.261.358.348p
09-27-1940 *vs Browns4000000001000.240.333.320p
 September 1940 Totals
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 -
 1940 Yearly Totals 50 5 12 1 0 1 8 7 0 14 0 3 0 .240 .333 .320 -

Bill Dietrich 1940 Game by Game Batting Logs



Did you know that Bill Dietrich appeared in 13 games at home, had 24 at-bats, drove in 1 runs, scored 3 times, had 8 hits (0 doubles / 0 triples / 1 home runs), walked 5 times (0 intentional), struck out 6 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 1 times (1 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .333 batting average, .448 on base percentage and .458 slugging average?

On the road, Bill Dietrich appeared in 10 games, had 26 at-bats, drove in 7 runs, scored 2 times, had 4 hits (1 doubles / 0 triples / 0 home runs), walked 2 times (0 intentional), struck out 8 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 2 times (2 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .153 batting average, .214 on base percentage and .192 slugging average?

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