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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	5	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	6	Apr 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	47	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (7)	May 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
6	15	May 7	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	16	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	17	May 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	19 (1)	May 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	20	May 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	22 (1)	May 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	9.1	9	0	0	9	0
12	23	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	25 (1)	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	27 (1)	May 28	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
15	30 (2)	May 30 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	31	May 31 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-10	GF	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	32	May 31 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	34 (1)	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	66 (31)	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
20	68 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	69	Jul 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-0	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	75 (5)	Jul 16	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
23	76	Jul 17	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	77	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	78	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
26	79	Jul 21	NYY		SLB	L,0-1	CG	36	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	80	Jul 22	NYY		SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	81	Jul 23	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
29	83 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	84	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	85	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	90 (4)	Jul 30	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	92 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
34	94 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	96 (1)	Aug 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	97	Aug 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	98	Aug 8 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	100 (1)	Aug 10	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-10	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	101	Aug 11	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-9	GS	21	4.0	3	2	0	5	1
40	105 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
41	107 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	108	Aug 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	110 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	67	13.1	7	0	1	8	0
44	112 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	113	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	114	Aug 22 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,0-12	GS	35	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	117 (2)	Aug 24 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	119 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	121 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
50	122	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	124 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	125	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
53	126	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
54	127	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	129 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	131 (1)	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	132	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	133	Sep 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
59	134	Sep 12 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	136 (1)	Sep 14	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	137	Sep 15	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	138	Sep 16	NYY		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	140 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	7	1	0	8	0
64	142 (1)	Sep 22	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	143	Sep 23	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
66	144	Sep 24	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	145	Sep 25	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	50	14.0	11	0	1	12	0
68	146	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	149 (2)	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	L,3-11	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	153 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
71	155 (1)	Oct 3	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	GS	0		6	1	0	7	0
							71gm		598.0	322	37	2	361	5