{{Short description|American baseball player (1931–2018)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Roy Dietzel |image=Roy Dietzel.jpg |position=Second baseman |birth_date={{Birth date|1931|1|9}} |birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2018|2|3|1931|1|9}} |death_place=Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 2 |debutyear={{Baseball year|1954}} |debutteam=Washington Senators |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 24 |finalyear={{Baseball year|1954}} |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=At bats |stat1value=21 |stat2label=RBI |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Batting average |stat3value=.238 |teams= * Washington Senators ({{Baseball year|1954}}) }}

'''Leroy Louis Dietzel''' (January 9, 1931 – February 3, 2018) was an American professional baseball player who played nine Major League games in {{Baseball year|1954}}. A second baseman and third baseman, Dietzel was listed at {{convert|6|ft}} tall and {{convert|190|lb}}, and threw and batted right-handed. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.<ref name=BR>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dietzro01.shtml MLB career statistics]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on February 6, 2018.</ref>

Signed as an amateur free agent in {{Baseball year|1950}}, Dietzel spent five seasons in the minor leagues prior to playing his first MLB game with the Washington Senators.<ref name=BRm>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dietze001ler MiLB career statistics]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on February 6, 2018.</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1954/B09020WS11954.htm Washington Senators 16, Detroit Tigers 6]. ''Retrosheet box score''. Retrieved on February 6, 2018.</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/charlotte/obituary.aspx?n=leroy-louis-dietzel-roy&pid=188076855&fhid=4156 Leroy Dietzel Obituary]. ''Legacy.com.'' Retrieved on February 6, 2018.</ref>

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