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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 2	NYY	@	DET	W,22-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	May 3	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	11	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	47	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	10.1	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	14	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,15-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	15	May 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	16	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
17	17	May 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	19	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	20	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	21	May 16	NYY		SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	23 (1)	May 18	NYY		SLB	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	24	May 19	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	25	May 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	26	May 21	NYY		CLE	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
26	27	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	28	May 24	NYY		DET	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	29	May 25	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	30	May 26	NYY		PHA	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
30	31	May 27 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
31	32	May 27 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	33	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	34	May 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	35	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
35	36	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	37	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	38	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-5	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	39	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	40	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
40	41	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
41	42	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	44	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
44	45	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	47 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	50	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
49	51	Jun 18	NYY		DET	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	52	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	53	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	W,13-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	54	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
53	55	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
55	57	Jun 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	58	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	59	Jun 26	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	60	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,23-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	61	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	62	Jun 29 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	48	11.2	6	0	0	6	0
61	64 (1)	Jun 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	65	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	16	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	66	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
64	67	Jul 2 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,11-1	GS	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
67	70	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	71	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
69	73 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
70	75 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
72	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	78	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	79	Jul 16 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	81 (1)	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	83 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	84	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	86 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
79	87	Jul 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	88	Jul 25	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	89	Jul 26	NYY		SLB	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	90	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
83	91	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	93 (1)	Aug 1	NYY		DET	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
85	94	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
86	95	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,12-3	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	96	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
88	97	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
89	98	Aug 6 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	99	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
91	100	Aug 8	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	101	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	104 (2)	Aug 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,18-4	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	106 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,21-0	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
95	107	Aug 15	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
96	108	Aug 16	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	109	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,9-8	GS	22	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
98	110	Aug 18	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	111	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
100	113 (1)	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
101	115 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
102	116	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
103	118 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	119	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	120	Aug 27	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	121	Aug 28	NYY	@	DET	W,18-2	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	122	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
108	123	Aug 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	8	1	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	124	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
110	125	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	127 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	T,5-5	CG	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	128	Sep 4 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
113	130 (1)	Sep 6	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
114	131	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	132	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	135 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
117	136	Sep 12	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	137	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	GS	35	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
119	139 (1)	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	140	Sep 16	NYY		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	141	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
122	145 (3)	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
123	146	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	147	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
125	149 (1)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	151 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
							126gm		1100.0	571	57	7	635	8