Bill Dickey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 6, 1907 in Bastrop, LA us

Died: November 12, 1993 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, AR

High School: Searcy HS (Searcy, AR)

Debut: August 15, 1928 (Age 21-070d, 6,767th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 8, 1946 (Age 39-094d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1954. (Voted by BBWAA on 202/252 ballots)
View Bill Dickey's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: William Malcolm Dickey

Nicknames: The Man Nobody Knows

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Relatives: Brother of George Dickey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.4

6300

1969

202

.313

930

RBI

1209

OBP

.382

SLG

.486

OPS

.868

OPS+

127

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	45	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	6 (2)	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	7	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	8	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
7	9	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	10	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	11	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	12	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	13	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	14	May 4	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	15	May 5	NYY		DET	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	16	May 6	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	17	May 7	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
16	18	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
17	19	May 9	NYY		SLB	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	20	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	57	14.0	6	1	0	7	1
20	22	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
21	23	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	24	May 17	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	25	May 18	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
24	26	May 19	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
25	27	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
26	28	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
27	29	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	30	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	51	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
29	31	May 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	32	May 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	33	May 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	35 (1)	May 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
33	36	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
34	37	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	9	1	0	10	0
35	38	May 31	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39	Jun 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
37	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
38	41	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
39	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	44 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	45	Jun 8	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
42	46	Jun 9	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
43	47	Jun 10	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	48	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	49	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
46	51 (1)	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	53 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	54	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
49	55	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
50	57 (1)	Jun 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	58	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	59	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	60	Jun 24	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
54	61	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	62	Jun 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
56	63	Jun 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	64	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	66	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	CG	51	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
61	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
63	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	71	Jul 6	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	72	Jul 7	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	73	Jul 8	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	74	Jul 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	75	Jul 12	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	L,11-12	CG	50	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
71	78	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	79	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	80	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-13	CG	48	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	81	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,14-15	CG	48	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
75	82	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	83	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	84	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	87 (2)	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	88	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	89	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS	23	4.2	2	0	0	2	0
81	90	Jul 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	91	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
83	92	Jul 28 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	93	Jul 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	94	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-2	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	96 (1)	Aug 1	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
87	97	Aug 2	NYY		BOS	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	98	Aug 3	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
89	99	Aug 4	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
90	100	Aug 5	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
91	101	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	103 (1)	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
93	104	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	105	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	54	12.1	0	0	2	2	0
95	106	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
96	108 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
97	111 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	112	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		DET	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	113	Aug 18	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	GF	14	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	114	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	115	Aug 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
102	116	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
103	117	Aug 22 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	118	Aug 22 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
							104gm		913.0	527	49	8	584	13