About Roy Dietzel
Lived 1931 – 2018 (aged 87). Roy Dietzel was an American baseball player.
Leroy Louis Dietzel (January 9, 1931 – February 3, 2018) was an American professional baseball player who played nine Major League games in . A second baseman and third baseman, Dietzel was listed at tall and , and threw and batted right-handed. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Signed as an amateur free agent in , Dietzel spent five seasons in the minor leagues prior to playing his first MLB game with the Washington Senators.
In his debut, Dietzel started at second base and collected two hits with an RBI in four at bats, as the Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers, 16–6.
Overall, Dietzel went 5-for-21 in nine games, driving in one run and scoring one without extrabases. Afterwards, he returned to the minors for two more seasons before retiring in 1956.
Dietzel died in 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the age of 87.
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Who was Roy Dietzel?
American baseball player (1931-2018)
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Roy Dietzel was born on 9 January 1931 in Baltimore.
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Roy Dietzel died on 3 February 2018 in Charlotte.
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Roy Dietzel was a baseball player.
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Roy Dietzel was American.
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