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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 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	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	GS	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
7	8 (1)	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	9	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
9	10	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	11	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	13 (1)	Apr 28	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	14	Apr 29	NYY		SLB	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	15	Apr 30	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	17	May 2	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	19 (1)	May 3 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
17	20	May 4	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	21	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
19	22	May 6	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	23	May 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
21	26 (2)	May 16 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	28 (1)	May 17 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
23	30 (1)	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
24	32 (1)	May 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	33	May 24	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	34	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
27	35	May 26	NYY		BOS	W,9-2	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	43 (7)	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	47 (3)	Jun 7 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
30	49 (1)	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	W,11-10	CG	52	11.0	7	2	0	9	0
31	50	Jun 9	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	52 (1)	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	55 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	56	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	57	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	3	3	0	6	0
36	58	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	61 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	62	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	64 (1)	Jun 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	65	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
42	66	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
43	67	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	70 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	72 (1)	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
46	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	80 (5)	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
48	81	Jul 12 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-1	GF	16	5.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	82	Jul 13	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS	7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	105 (22)	Aug 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	GS	37	7.0	5	0	1	6	0
51	106	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	107	Aug 10 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
53	108	Aug 10 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	109	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	110	Aug 12	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	111	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
57	112	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	114 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	21	6.0	2	1	1	4	0
59	115	Aug 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-0	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	116	Aug 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	117	Aug 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
62	118	Aug 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	120	Aug 21	NYY		WSH	W,17-7	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	122 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
66	124 (1)	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
67	125	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	127 (1)	Aug 29	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	129 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
70	130	Aug 31	NYY		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	131	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	9	0	1	10	0
72	133 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	135 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	139 (3)	Sep 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	140	Sep 10	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
76	143 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	148 (4)	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	45	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
78	149	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
79	152 (2)	Sep 22	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	153	Sep 23	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							80gm		633.0	322	44	9	375	7