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R.A. Dickey
Robert Allen Dickey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut April 22, 2001

Born October 29, 1974 in Nashville, TN

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed September 12, 1996. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 26 TEX AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   1  0   12.0   13    9    9   3    7    4   0   1    53   1   0  6.75  4.70   70 1.667
 2003 28 TEX AL   9   8  38  13   1   1   6  1  116.7  135   68   66  16   38   94   5   5   513   5   2  5.09  5.03   99 1.483
 2004 29 TEX AL   6   7  25  15   0   0   2  1  104.3  136   77   65  17   33   57   4   5   480   1   1  5.61  5.05   90 1.620
 2005 30 TEX AL   1   2   9   4   0   0   2  0   29.7   29   23   22   4   17   15   2   2   134   0   0  6.67  4.62   69 1.551
 2006 31 TEX AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    3.3    8    7    7   6    1    1   0   0    18   0   0 18.90  4.61   24 2.700
 2008 33 SEA AL   3   6  20  11   0   0   2  0   88.7   96   43   43  10   38   48   2   7   390   3   1  4.36  4.07   93 1.511
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .432  19  25  97  44   1   1  13  2  354.7  417  227  212  56  134  219  13  20  1588  10   4  5.38  4.75   88 1.554
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  46  21   0   0   6  0  171.0  201  109  102  27   64  105   6   9   765   4   1  5.38  4.75   88 1.554
 Career High      9   8  38  15   1   1   6  1  116.7  136   77   66  17   38   94   5   7   513   5   2  4.36  5.05   99 1.483

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2003 28 TEX AL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  411    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2008 33 SEA AL   2    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   37    1   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       19    5    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .400  .400  .400  116    2   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         43    9   17   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .400  .400  .400  116   17   0   0   0   0   9
 Career High      9    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           1   0   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2003 28 TEX AL    1    0    1         116|1.000  .280|1.000  .348|1.000  .448|2.000  .796| 411         0.5   0.0   0%
 2008 33 SEA AL    4    4    0   0.0   101| .250  .262| .250  .329| .250  .409| .500  .738|  37  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons         5    4    1   6.7   104| .400  .265| .400  .333| .400  .417| .800  .750| 116  .638   0.1   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 26 TEX AL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.50 1.50 1.72 0 12.0 2003 28 TEX AL P 38 5 14 0 1 1.000 .955 0.50 0.49 1.47 1.73 13 116.7 2004 29 TEX AL P 25 7 22 2 0 .935 .948 1.16 0.45 2.50 1.66 15 104.3 2005 30 TEX AL P 9 1 9 0 1 1.000 .952 1.11 0.46 3.03 1.70 4 29.7 2006 31 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.64 1 3.3 2008 33 SEA AL P 20 4 17 0 0 1.000 .959 1.05 0.45 2.13 1.67 11 88.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 26 TEX AL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.50 1.50 1.72 0 12.0 2003 28 TEX AL P 38 5 14 0 1 1.000 .955 0.50 0.49 1.47 1.73 13 116.7 2004 29 TEX AL P 25 7 22 2 0 .935 .948 1.16 0.45 2.50 1.66 15 104.3 2005 30 TEX AL P 9 1 9 0 1 1.000 .952 1.11 0.46 3.03 1.70 4 29.7 2006 31 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.64 1 3.3 2008 33 SEA AL P 20 4 17 0 0 1.000 .959 1.05 0.45 2.13 1.67 11 88.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 97 18 63 2 2 .976 .953 0.84 0.47 2.06 1.69 44 354.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 97 18 63 2 2 .976 .953 0.84 0.47 2.05 1.69 44 355
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
2003 AL-1-6

Wild Pitches
2008 AL-7-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2554) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed September 12, 1996.

October 11, 2006: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Texas Rangers$337,500
2005Texas Rangers$372,500
2006Texas Rangers$380,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,090,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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