Vance Dinges, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 29-May-1915
Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 04-Oct-1990
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Vance Dinges
- Vance George Dinges (May 29, 1915 – October 4, 1990) was an American professional baseball player.
- He appeared in 159 Major League games as a first baseman and outfielder for the 1945–1946 Philadelphia Phillies.
- The native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, threw and batted left-handed; he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). Dinges' professional career lasted eleven seasons, 1938 through 1948.
- He was acquired by the Phillies from the Boston Red Sox in the 1944 Rule 5 draft; Phils' general manager Herb Pennock had previously been the head of the Red Sox' farm system.
- He made his MLB debut on April 17, 1945, and singled in his first at bat off Curt Davis of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- He served as a backup outfielder and first baseman that seasons, appearing in 109 games and batting .287.
- He also hit his first MLB home run that April 24, a solo blast off the New York Giants' Andy Hansen.
- Dinges was named a member of the 1945 National League All-Star squad by The Sporting News.
- But no midsummer classic was played that season and no official All-Star teams were officially chosen by the two leagues because of wartime travel restrictions Dinges then split 1946 between the Phils and their Utica Blue Sox Eastern League affiliate.
- He backed up right-handed-hitting first baseman Frank McCormick in 26 games and batted .308, slugging his second big-league homer as a pinch hitter off Ed Bahr of the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 12.In 553 plate appearances and 501 at bats, Dinges collected 146 Major League hits and posted a batting average of .291.
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