Dutch Dotterer

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Dutch Dotterer
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Henry John "Dutch" Dotterer Jr. (November 11, 1931 – October 9, 1999) was an American

Washington Senators (1961). A native of Syracuse, New York, he attended Syracuse University and while there was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity (Phi Gamma).

Baseball career

Dotterer threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 209 pounds (95 kg). After his pro career began in 1950, he played six full years in the

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Dotterer in 1958

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Kansas City Athletics, who then left him unprotected in the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft
, where he was acquired by Washington with the 12th pick in the player lottery.

Dotterer was the only player to hit a

Hall of Fame left-handed pitcher, with extra-inning pinch hits. His grand slam against Koufax, struck June 10, 1960, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, provided all the Reds' runs in a 4-3 win. [2]

Dotterer made the 1961 Opening Day maiden roster of the Senators and logged 19 at-bats with them, but on April 30 of that season he played his final MLB game, after which he spent the rest of his pro career with his hometown

in 1961–1962. He died in Syracuse at age 67.

Family

His father, Dutch Dotterer Sr., was a minor-league

Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in both football and baseball. Mike was drafted by the New York Yankees (1979, 1983), the Oakland Athletics (1982) and in the NFL by the Los Angeles Raiders (1983), where he was a member of the 1984 Super Bowl
Championship Team.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dutch Dotterer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. ^ "Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score: June 10, 1960". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.

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