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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	62	15.0	12	0	1	13	0
5	5	Apr 19	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		PHA	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
10	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	45	9.2	10	1	0	11	0
11	13 (2)	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	T,7-7	CG	61	14.0	10	0	0	10	0
12	14	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	46	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	15	Apr 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
15	17	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	18	May 4	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
17	19	May 5	NYY		WSH	W,18-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	20	May 6	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
19	21	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-9	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
20	22	May 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
21	23	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	24	May 15	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
23	25	May 16	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	26	May 17	NYY	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
25	27	May 18	NYY	@	DET	W,20-8	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	28	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	29	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	30	May 23	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
29	31	May 24	NYY		PHA	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	32	May 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
31	33	May 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-16	GS	37	5.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	34	May 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	35	May 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
34	36	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40 (3)	Jun 2	NYY		SLB	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	41	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
37	42	Jun 4	NYY		SLB	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
38	43	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	44	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
40	45	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	46	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	47	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
43	48	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	49	Jun 14	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	50	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
46	51	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-5	GS	28	7.0	4	3	0	7	0
47	52	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	53	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	55 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	GS	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	62 (6)	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
51	63	Jun 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5		12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	66 (2)	Jun 30	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	GF	19	3.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	68 (1)	Jul 2	NYY	@	DET	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	70 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	71	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	GS	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	72	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	73	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	74	Jul 9	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
59	79 (4)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	80	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	81	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,8-9	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	82	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	84 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
64	85	Jul 20	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	86	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	88 (1)	Jul 23	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	54	13.0	11	2	0	13	0
67	89	Jul 24	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
68	90	Jul 25	NYY		DET	W,10-7	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	91	Jul 26 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	93 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	49	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	95 (1)	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,12-14	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	96	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
73	97	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	98	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
75	99	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
76	101 (1)	Aug 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	102	Aug 5 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	104 (1)	Aug 6	NYY		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
79	105	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
80	106	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
81	107	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	108	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-17	GS	46	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
83	109	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
84	111 (1)	Aug 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	112	Aug 16	NYY	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
86	113	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
87	114	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
88	115	Aug 19	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	116	Aug 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
90	117	Aug 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	118	Aug 22	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	54	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	119	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	120	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	121	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	122	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	123	Aug 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	124	Aug 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
98	125	Aug 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	126	Aug 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	127	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	128	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	130 (1)	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	GS	18	3.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	131	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	132	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
105	134 (1)	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	135	Sep 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	136	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-4	GS	23	5.1	4	0	0	4	0
108	137	Sep 11	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	138	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	51	13.0	4	4	0	8	0
110	139	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		CHW	T,13-13	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	140	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	12.0	10	2	0	12	0
112	142 (1)	Sep 14	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
113	143	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	144	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,17-0	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
115	145	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
116	146	Sep 18	NYY		SLB	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	147	Sep 19	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
118	148	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	149	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,10-4	CG	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	150	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
121	151	Sep 23	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
122	152	Sep 25	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
123	153	Sep 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
124	154	Sep 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
125	155	Sep 27	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							125gm		1068.0	670	78	3	751	6