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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	28	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	3	1	0	4	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 30	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11	May 1	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	14 (2)	May 5	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
12	15	May 6	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
13	16	May 7	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	17	May 8	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	18	May 9	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
16	20 (1)	May 11	NYY		BOS	L,8-9	CG	49	11.0	9	2	0	11	0
17	24 (3)	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	25	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-10	GF	35	6.1	2	0	1	3	0
19	26	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	27	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
21	28	May 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
22	29	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	30	May 27	NYY		WSH	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	31	May 28 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	32	May 28 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
26	33	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	34	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	35	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	36	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	37	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
31	38	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	39	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
33	40	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	41	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	42	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
36	43	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	44	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	45	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
39	46	Jun 11	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
40	47	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
41	48	Jun 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	49	Jun 15	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	50	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	52 (1)	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
45	54 (1)	Jun 20	NYY	@	CHW	T,0-1	CG	46	10.1	2	4	0	6	1
46	55	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	56	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
48	58 (1)	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	60 (1)	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	61	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
51	64 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	6	2	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	66 (1)	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	70 (2)	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	51	9.1	5	2	0	7	1
55	72 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	73	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	74	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	77 (2)	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	78	Jul 16	NYY		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	79	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	83 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	86 (2)	Jul 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,12-14	GS	35	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	87	Jul 25	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	89 (1)	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	11.1	1	0	0	1	0
65	90	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	93 (2)	Jul 31	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	49	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	94	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	97 (2)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS	19	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
69	104 (6)	Aug 10	NYY		PHA	W,13-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	106 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	109 (2)	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
72	111 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	112	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	113	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-2	GF	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	114	Aug 21	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	115	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	W,15-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	116	Aug 23	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	117	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
79	118	Aug 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	120 (1)	Aug 27	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
81	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	124 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
83	127 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	134 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	136 (1)	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
87	137	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
88	138	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,16-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	139	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	141 (1)	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-16	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	142	Sep 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	144 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-8	GF	33	7.2	1	1	0	2	0
93	145	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	146	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	148 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
96	149	Sep 24 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,9-4	GF	7	2.1	2	0	0	2	0
97	150	Sep 26 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
98	151	Sep 26 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
99	152	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
100	153	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	154	Sep 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	155	Sep 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
							102gm		879.0	425	55	3	483	9