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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-9 / in Starts: 29-9
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1932	WS g1	Sep 28	NYY		CHC	W,12-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	6	.77	0.090	40.25	2.45%	1.87	C
2	1932	WS g2	Sep 29	NYY		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	1	.500	.625	.500	1.125	6	1.10	0.152	59.00	4.35%	1.00	C
3	1932	WS g3	Oct 1	NYY	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	.400	.538	.400	.938	6	.49	0.052	20.33	1.43%	1.01	C
4	1932	WS g4	Oct 2	NYY	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.438	.526	.438	.964	6	1.16	-0.056	21.28	-0.60%	-1.22	C
1936 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	1936	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	1.65	-0.180	86.29	-5.26%	-1.04	C
6	1936	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY	@	NYG	W,18-4	CG	6	5	3	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.556	.856	5	.40	0.015	21.40	0.54%	2.71	C
7	1936	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		NYG	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.455	.762	5	.94	-0.028	58.90	-0.95%	-0.10	C
8	1936	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.235	.333	.569	5	.50	-0.048	32.05	-1.70%	-1.00	C
9	1936	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		NYG	L,4-5	GS-10	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.227	.300	.527	5	2.38	-0.176	119.07	-5.35%	-2.56	C
10	1936	WS g6	Oct 6	NYY	@	NYG	W,13-5	CG	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.214	.240	.454	5	.58	0.031	53.27	2.02%	0.14	C
1937 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1937	WS g1	Oct 6	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	.88	-0.001	46.18	-0.03%	1.00	C
12	1937	WS g2	Oct 7	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	5	1.09	-0.022	57.72	-1.08%	1.25	C
13	1937	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.385	.500	.885	5	.55	0.079	23.00	2.25%	0.21	C
14	1937	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.375	.669	5	.54	-0.058	10.21	-0.62%	-0.89	C
15	1937	WS g5	Oct 10	NYY	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.286	.316	.602	5	1.32	-0.089	45.71	-1.77%	-0.89	C
1938 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1938	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	6	.75	0.231	39.46	7.91%	2.14	C
17	1938	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6	1.13	-0.148	57.98	-4.16%	-1.39	C
18	1938	WS g3	Oct 8	NYY		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.500	.727	1.227	6	.98	-0.015	40.73	-0.49%	0.45	C
19	1938	WS g4	Oct 9	NYY		CHC	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.438	.600	1.038	6	.69	-0.077	15.59	-0.94%	-1.06	C
1939 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1939	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5	2.05	0.079	107.39	2.09%	0.01	C
21	1939	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY		CIN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	5	.81	0.043	43.24	1.26%	0.46	C
22	1939	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.600	.964	5	.35	0.073	14.42	2.00%	0.91	C
23	1939	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.667	.979	5	1.43	0.230	26.99	2.65%	1.16	C
1941 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	1941	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	6	.75	0.148	39.26	4.23%	1.42	C
25	1941	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY		BRO	L,2-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	6	1.29	-0.033	68.80	-0.74%	-0.83	C
26	1941	WS g3	Oct 4	NYY	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	6	1.19	-0.163	74.79	-6.15%	-1.93	C
27	1941	WS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.214	.508	6	1.46	-0.036	88.65	-1.14%	0.03	C
28	1941	WS g5	Oct 6	NYY	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.167	.286	.222	.508	6	.84	0.090	28.80	2.02%	1.01	C
1942 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	1942	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	7	.51	0.039	26.58	1.27%	0.35	C
30	1942	WS g2	Oct 1	NYY	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	7	1.58	0.075	80.93	2.09%	0.05	C
31	1942	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		STL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.455	.955	7	.90	-0.044	56.55	-1.90%	-0.20	C
32	1942	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		STL	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.333	.708	7	.94	-0.072	56.96	-2.77%	-0.65	C
33	1942	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		STL	L,2-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.263	.300	.263	.563	7	1.53	0.070	52.70	1.82%	-0.07	C
1943 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	1943	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.65	0.072	33.82	1.99%	0.26	C
35	1943	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY		STL	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	5	1.40	-0.084	75.36	-2.85%	-0.42	C
36	1943	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	6	.71	-0.017	44.07	-0.56%	-0.47	C
37	1943	WS g4	Oct 10	NYY	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	6	.92	0.098	60.39	4.14%	0.81	C
38	1943	WS g5	Oct 11	NYY	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.278	.350	.444	.794	5	.91	0.227	40.85	6.65%	0.71	C
									161	145	19	37	1	1	5	24	15	2	12	1	0				1	1	.255	.329	.379	.709

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