Did John Dillinger play professional baseball?

Answer 1

No, you are probably confusing the famous gangster with Bob Dillinger who played in the majors for six seasons with the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia A's, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox from 1946 to 1951 and compiled a lifetime batting average of .306 and was noted as a speedy basestealer, stealing 106 bases in his career playing mostly as a thirdbaseman.

Actually, John Dillinger did play semi-pro Baseball with a team in Martinsville, Indiana, as a secondbaseman. Another member of the team was Dillinger's first partner in crime, Harrp "Pete" Pierpoint.