Dillon Dingler
Dillon Dingler is an American professional baseball catcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.Career
Dingler attended Jackson High School in Massillon, Ohio, where he played baseball, basketball, and football, leading Jackson to state championships in both basketball and baseball his senior year. Undrafted in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Ohio State University where he played college baseball for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
As a freshman at Ohio State in 2018, Dingler batted.244 with four home runs and 17 RBIs over 53 games. He earned Big Ten Conference All-Freshman honors. In 2019, his sophomore year, he was named a team captain. He missed 19 games during the season due to a broken hamate bone in his left hand. Over 49 games, he slashed.291/.392/.424 with three home runs and 19 RBIs, and was named to the All-Big Ten second team. As a junior in 2019, Dingler once again was named a team captain. He hit.340 with five home runs and 14 RBIs over 13 games before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dingler was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the second round with the 38th overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $1.93 million.
