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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
2	2	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	8 (1)	May 1	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
7	9	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	10	May 4	NYY	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	11	May 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
10	12	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	13	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
12	14	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	15	May 9	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	16	May 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-0	GS	15	5.0	3	1	0	4	1
15	19 (2)	May 15	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
16	20	May 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	21	May 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
18	22	May 18	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	23	May 20	NYY		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	24	May 21	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	6	2	0	8	1
21	25	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,14-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	26	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	27	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,14-0	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	28	May 25	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	29	May 26	NYY		DET	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
26	30	May 27	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	57	13.0	8	1	0	9	0
27	31	May 29 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
28	32	May 29 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	33	May 30	NYY		PHA	W,13-1	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	34	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	35	May 31 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	36	Jun 2	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	37	Jun 3	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	38	Jun 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	39	Jun 5	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	40	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	7	2	0	9	0
37	41	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
38	42	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	43	Jun 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
40	44	Jun 11	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	45	Jun 12	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
42	46	Jun 13 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	47	Jun 13 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	T,8-8	CG	51	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
44	48	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	49	Jun 16	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
46	50	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
47	51	Jun 19	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
48	52	Jun 20 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	53	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	54	Jun 22	NYY		SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	55	Jun 23	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	56	Jun 24	NYY		SLB	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	57	Jun 25	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	58	Jun 26	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
55	59	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	60	Jun 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	61	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	62	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
59	63	Jul 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
60	64	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	65	Jul 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
62	66	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,15-0	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	67	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
64	68	Jul 9	NYY		WSH	W,16-2	GS	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	69	Jul 10	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	70	Jul 11 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	71	Jul 11 (2)	NYY		WSH	T,5-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
68	72	Jul 14	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
69	73	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
70	74	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	L,7-14	CG	47	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	75	Jul 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
72	76	Jul 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
73	77	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
74	78	Jul 20 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	1
75	80 (1)	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	81	Jul 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-13	GS	39	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	82	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	83	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	84	Jul 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-11	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
80	85	Jul 25 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	8	1	0	9	1
81	86	Jul 27	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GS	46	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
82	87	Jul 28	NYY		DET	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
83	88	Jul 29	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	89	Jul 30	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	90	Jul 31	NYY		SLB	L,6-9	CG	49	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	91	Aug 1	NYY		SLB	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	92	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	93	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
89	94	Aug 4	NYY		CHW	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	95	Aug 5	NYY		CHW	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
91	96	Aug 6	NYY		CLE	T,7-6	CG	42	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
92	97	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
93	98	Aug 8	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
94	99	Aug 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	61	14.0	10	1	0	11	0
95	101 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,10-16	CG	51	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	103 (1)	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
97	104	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	105	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
99	106	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	107	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
101	108	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	109	Aug 19	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	110	Aug 20	NYY		PHA	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	111	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
105	112	Aug 22	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	20	5.1	10	0	0	10	0
106	113	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
107	114	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	115	Aug 26	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
109	116	Aug 27	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	117	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	118	Aug 29	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
112	119	Aug 30	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
113	120	Aug 31	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	121	Sep 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	122	Sep 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
116	124 (1)	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
117	125	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	126	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	127	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
120	128	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	132 (3)	Sep 11	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	133	Sep 12 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
123	134	Sep 12 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
124	135	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,17-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
125	136	Sep 15 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
126	137	Sep 15 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
127	138	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
128	139	Sep 18 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
129	140	Sep 18 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
130	141	Sep 19	NYY		DET	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
131	142	Sep 20	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
132	143	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
133	144	Sep 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,11-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	145	Sep 23	NYY		SLB	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
135	149 (3)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
136	155 (5)	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	5	4	0	9	1
137	156	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							137gm		1199.0	692	80	7	779	11