Leroy Louis Dietzel (January 9, 1931 – February 3, 2018) was an American professional baseball player who played nine Major League

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in . A second baseman and third baseman, Dietzel was listed at tall and , and threw and batted right-handed. He was born in

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.MLB career statistics
''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on February 6, 2018. Signed as an amateur free agent in , Dietzel spent five seasons in the

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prior to playing his first MLB game with the Washington Senators. MiLB career statistics
''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on February 6, 2018. In his debut, Dietzel started at second base and collected two hits with an

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in four at bats, as the Senators defeated the

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, 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.Leroy Dietzel Obituary
''Legacy.com.'' Retrieved on February 6, 2018.

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