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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY		PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
4	6 (2)	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	8 (1)	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	9	Apr 22	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
7	10	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	49	11.0	7	2	0	9	0
8	11	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	12	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
10	13	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
11	14	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
12	15	Apr 29	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	16	Apr 30	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	17	May 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
15	18	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	20 (1)	May 4	NYY	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
17	21	May 5	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	22	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	23	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	24	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	27 (2)	May 13	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
22	28	May 14	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	30 (1)	May 16	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	31	May 17	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	32	May 18	NYY		SLB	W,12-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	33	May 19	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
27	34	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
28	35	May 21	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
29	36	May 22	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
30	37	May 23	NYY		BOS	T,9-9	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
31	41 (3)	May 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	42	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	T,2-2	GS	18	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	50 (7)	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
34	51	Jun 8 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
35	53 (1)	Jun 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	55 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	56	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	57	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	58	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	61 (2)	Jun 20	NYY		DET	W,14-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
41	62	Jun 21	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	63	Jun 22	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	64	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	65	Jun 25	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
45	66	Jun 26	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
46	67	Jun 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	GF	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
47	68	Jun 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	69	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	72 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-2	CG	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	73	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	74	Jul 5	NYY		PHA	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	75	Jul 6 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
53	77 (1)	Jul 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	78	Jul 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	79	Jul 12	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	80	Jul 13 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-1	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	86 (5)	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	7.2	6	1	0	7	0
58	87	Jul 19 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	89 (1)	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	74	17.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	90	Jul 22	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	92 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	GS	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	94 (1)	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	95	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	98 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-3	CG	50	13.0	5	2	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	100 (1)	Aug 1	NYY		SLB	W,9-0	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	101	Aug 2	NYY		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	102	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	105 (2)	Aug 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	106	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	108 (1)	Aug 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
71	109	Aug 8	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	112 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
73	113	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	114	Aug 12	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
75	115	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	118 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	119	Aug 16	NYY		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	120	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	123 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	40	9.1	2	2	0	4	0
81	125	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	126	Aug 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	35	7.1	6	2	0	8	0
83	128 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	131 (2)	Aug 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
85	133 (1)	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	134	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	135	Sep 1 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-11	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	137 (1)	Sep 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GF	34	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
89	138	Sep 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
90	140 (1)	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	141	Sep 9	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
92	142	Sep 11	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GS	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	143	Sep 12	NYY		DET	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	144	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,3-5	GS	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	145	Sep 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
96	147 (1)	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	148	Sep 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GS	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	149	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	150	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	151	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	L,8-9	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	154 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
102	155	Sep 27	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
103	156	Sep 28	NYY		WSH	L,0-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							104gm		831.0	422	45	3	470	11