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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 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	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 20	NYY	@	PHA	L,11-12	CG	45	8.2	7	1	0	8	1
8	8	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
12	12	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 29	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
15	15	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
17	17	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	18	May 3	NYY		SLB	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
19	19	May 5	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
20	20	May 6	NYY		DET	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	21	May 7	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
22	22	May 8	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
23	23	May 9	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 10	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
25	25	May 12	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
26	27 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	28	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
28	29	May 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	30	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
30	31	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
31	32	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
32	33	May 21	NYY	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	49	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
33	34	May 23 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	35	May 23 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
35	36	May 24	NYY	@	PHA	W,25-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
36	37	May 25	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
37	38	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	16	3.2	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	54 (15)	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
39	56 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	57	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	58	Jun 19	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	59	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	60	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-6	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	62	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	GS	39	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	63	Jun 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-11	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
47	64	Jun 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	65	Jun 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	66	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	67	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	68	Jun 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,10-5	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	69	Jun 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	70	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
54	71	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
55	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	74	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	75	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	76	Jul 10	NYY		CLE	W,18-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	77	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
61	78	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	80 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	81	Jul 15 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
64	83 (1)	Jul 16	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	84	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	86 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,15-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
67	87	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
68	88	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	89	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	90	Jul 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
71	91	Jul 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	92	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	97 (4)	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	98	Jul 30	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
75	99	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	100	Aug 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	6	1	1	8	0
77	101	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG	67	16.0	11	2	0	13	0
78	102	Aug 4	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	103	Aug 5	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	104	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
81	105	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	7	2	0	9	2
82	106	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	GS	25	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	111 (4)	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,16-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	112	Aug 16 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
85	116 (3)	Aug 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
86	117	Aug 21	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	118	Aug 22	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	47	13.0	8	0	0	8	0
88	119	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	120	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	121	Aug 25	NYY		SLB	W,13-1	GS	33	8.0	8	1	1	10	1
91	122	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	123	Aug 27	NYY		SLB	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	124	Aug 28 (1)	NYY		DET	W,14-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	127 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
95	129 (1)	Aug 31	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	134 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,7-7	CG	55	12.0	8	0	2	10	1
97	135	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	137 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
99	138	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
100	139	Sep 9 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
101	146 (6)	Sep 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	147	Sep 19	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
103	148	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
104	150 (1)	Sep 22	NYY		PHA	W,10-3	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	153 (2)	Sep 25	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	154	Sep 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
							107gm		901.0	499	61	14	574	10