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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	12 (3)	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	13	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
12	15	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	16	May 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
14	17	May 4	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
15	18	May 5	NYY		SLB	W,12-10	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	19	May 7	NYY		DET	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	20	May 8	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
18	21	May 11	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
19	22	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
20	23	May 13	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
21	24	May 14	NYY		PHA	T,1-1	CG	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	26 (1)	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	27	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
24	28	May 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	29	May 25	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	30	May 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	2	12	0
27	31	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	32	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	33	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	34	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
31	35	May 31	NYY		BOS	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	36	Jun 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
33	37	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	38	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
35	39	Jun 3	NYY		DET	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
36	45 (5)	Jun 9	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	46	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
38	47	Jun 12	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	48	Jun 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	49	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	50	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	51	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
43	52	Jun 19 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	53	Jun 19 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,7-7	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
45	54	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	55	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
47	56	Jun 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	57	Jun 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	59	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	60	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	61	Jun 26	NYY	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
53	62	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
54	63	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	GS	27	7.0	7	0	1	8	0
55	64	Jun 30	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	65	Jul 1	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	66	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
60	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	54	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	71	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	72	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
64	73	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
65	74	Jul 12 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	75	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,15-12	CG	51	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
67	76	Jul 14	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	77	Jul 15	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	21	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	78	Jul 16	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	79	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,16-3	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	80	Jul 19	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	81	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
73	82	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	83	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
75	84	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	85	Jul 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
77	86	Jul 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	87	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
79	88	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	89	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
81	90	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	38	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	91	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	92	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	53	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
84	93	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	100 (6)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
86	101	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,16-3	GS	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
87	102	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
88	103	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	104	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	106 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	107	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	3	1	0	4	1
92	108	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	109	Aug 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	110	Aug 20	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
95	111	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
96	112	Aug 21 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	GS	8	1.1	1	1	0	2	0
97	114 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	115	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	116	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	118 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,15-3	GS	31	7.2	7	0	0	7	0
101	120 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	124 (3)	Aug 29	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	125	Aug 30	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	128 (2)	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	129	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	130	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	131	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
108	132	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
109	133	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	31	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	135	Sep 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
112	136	Sep 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	137	Sep 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	138	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	139	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
116	140	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
117	141	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
118	142	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	143	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-8	GS	27	5.0	7	1	0	8	0
120	145 (1)	Sep 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	148 (2)	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
122	150 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		BOS	T,2-2	CG	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
123	154 (3)	Sep 29 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
124	156 (1)	Oct 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	157	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
							126gm		1055.0	518	74	8	600	7