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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	43	8.2	9	1	1	11	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 30	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-10	GS	21	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	18 (2)	May 7	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
17	19	May 10	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
18	20	May 11	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21	May 14	NYY		CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
20	22	May 15	NYY		CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
21	23	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	24	May 17	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
23	25	May 18	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	13	1	0	14	0
24	26	May 19 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-8	CG	47	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	27	May 19 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,7-12	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	28	May 20	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
27	29	May 21 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,14-2	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	30	May 21 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	31	May 22	NYY		PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
30	32	May 23	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	33	May 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
32	34	May 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	35	May 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	36	May 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-13	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	37	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	38	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
37	39	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,13-3	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 1 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	64	15.1	14	0	0	14	0
39	42 (1)	Jun 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
40	43	Jun 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,20-13	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	44	Jun 4 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-10	GS	26	5.0	7	0	0	7	0
42	45	Jun 4 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
43	46	Jun 5	NYY		BOS	W,12-1	GS	0		7	1	0	8	0
44	47	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	48	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
46	49	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	50	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	51	Jun 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	52	Jun 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
50	53	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	54	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	55	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	56	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	2	12	0
54	57	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
55	58	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	59	Jun 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
57	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-17	GS	42	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	62	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-14	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	63	Jun 25	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
61	64	Jun 26	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	65	Jun 28	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	66	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	71 (4)	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	7	2	1	10	0
65	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	0		2	0	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	104 (31)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	105	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	106	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	107	Aug 7 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
70	108	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
71	109	Aug 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	110	Aug 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	111	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	11	1	0	12	0
74	112	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	113	Aug 16 (1)	NYY		DET	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	114	Aug 16 (2)	NYY		DET	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
77	115	Aug 17	NYY		DET	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
78	116	Aug 19 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
79	117	Aug 19 (2)	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
80	119 (1)	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
81	120	Aug 22	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	121	Aug 23	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	122	Aug 24	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
84	123	Aug 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
85	124	Aug 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
86	125	Aug 27	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	126	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
88	128 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	129	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	130	Aug 30	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	131	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	132	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	L,1-7	GS	23	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	135 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	136	Sep 5 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	137	Sep 8 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	64	14.0	10	1	0	11	0
96	138	Sep 8 (2)	NYY	@	DET	T,7-7	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	139	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,13-14	CG	70	13.1	6	0	0	6	0
98	141 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,11-10	GS	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
99	142	Sep 10 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
100	143	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	144	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	55	12.0	6	1	0	7	1
102	145	Sep 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	150 (4)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
104	152 (1)	Sep 21	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	153	Sep 22	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-7	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
106	154	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	155	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-2	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	156	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS	27	6.0	7	0	1	8	0
							108gm		932.0	639	53	9	701	6