Alex Dickerson
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Alexander Ross Dickerson
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 3", Weight 225 lb.
- School Indiana University
- High School Poway High School
Alex Dickerson was a 2010 All-American who turned pro in 2011.
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[edit] Biographical Information
[edit] High School
Dickerson hit .354 as a high school junior. In 2008, the senior batted .455/.522/.851 to win All-State honors in California. He led his team to the #11 ranking in the country (as per Collegiate Baseball). The Washington Nationals took him in the 48th round of the 2008 amateur draft but he continued on to college.
[edit] College
As a college freshman, Dickerson hit .370/.426/.618 with 14 home runs, 45 runs and 57 RBI in 58 games. He set Indiana University freshman records for both home runs and RBI. He was named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year, the first Indiana player to take that honor. He was named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball; Baseball America picked him second-team at DH behind Troy Channing.
In 2010, the sophomore tore the cover off the ball to the tune of .419/.472/.805 with 19 doubles, 24 home runs, 62 runs and 75 RBI in 55 games. He won the Big Ten Triple Crown and also led with 99 hits. He was named the Conference Player of the Year, the first player in Big Ten history to do so the year after being Freshman of the Year. He was 7th in NCAA Division I in home runs (tied with Jeremy Baltz), 7th in total bases (190), 8th in slugging (.004 ahead of Anthony Rendon), tied for 19th in hits, 24th in average and tied for 28th in RBI. He was named to the All-American outfield by both Collegiate Baseball (along Gary Brown and Chad Oberacker) and the American Baseball Coaches Association (joining Brown and Chris Duffy). He was third team on the Baseball America list.
Assigned to the Cape Cod League, he was amazing for the Wareham Gatemen, going 17 for 34 with 4 doubles and a homer in a pitcher-friendly league. He joined Team USA's college edition for the rest of the summer but had middling numbers (9 for 36, 2 2B, HR, 5 BB). In the 2010 World University Championship, he saw limited action for the Silver Medalists, going 1 for 4 while backing up Mikie Mahtook, George Springer and Jackie Bradley Jr.
As a junior in 2011, Dickerson fell to .367/.440/.540 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 54 games while battling back problems (he had back surgery back in high school as well). He was All-Conference at DH and finished tied for first in Indiana history in home runs. Baseball America ranked him as the 42nd-best prospect in the nation but he fell to the third round of the 2011 amateur draft before the Pittsburgh Pirates took him. It was an unusual selection for Pittsburgh, which had shied away from power-hitting college players in recent years. He was Pittsburgh's third selection of 2011, following Gerrit Cole and Josh Bell. He was the 91st overall selection and first of the third round.
Dickerson made his pro debut on June 16 with the State College Spikes, going 1 for 4 with a double as the DH and #3 hitter in a 7-0 loss to the Williamsport Crosscutters. He had State College's only hit further than a single that day.
[edit] Sources
- Indiana bio
- 2010-2011 Baseball Almanacs
- Unofficial Pittsburgh Pirates e-mail list
- 2010 World University Championship
