Dizzy Dean
Jay Hanna Dean
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 16, 1910 in Lucas, AR
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1930. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1930
Final Game: September 28, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1953 (209/264 ballots).
Died: July 17, 1974 in Reno, NV
Relatives: Brother of Paul Dean
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1930 20 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 33 502 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
1932 22 STL NL 18 15 .545 3.30 46 33 10 16 4 2 286.0 280 122 105 14 102 191 5 2 2 1203 119 1.336 8.8 0.4 3.2 6.0 1.87 MVP-19
1933 23 STL NL 20 18 .526 3.04 48 34 11 26 3 4 293.0 279 113 99 11 64 199 5 0 2 1202 114 1.171 8.6 0.3 2.0 6.1 3.11 MVP-7
1934 24 STL NL 30 7 .811 2.66 50 33 14 24 7 7 311.2 288 110 92 14 75 195 6 0 2 1291 159 1.165 8.3 0.4 2.2 5.6 2.60 AS,MVP-1
1935 25 STL NL 28 12 .700 3.04 50 36 14 29 3 5 325.1 324 126 110 16 77 190 4 0 1 1362 135 1.233 9.0 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.47 AS,MVP-2
1936 26 STL NL 24 13 .649 3.17 51 34 17 28 2 11 315.0 310 128 111 21 53 195 3 0 4 1303 124 1.152 8.9 0.6 1.5 5.6 3.68 AS,MVP-2
1937 27 STL NL 13 10 .565 2.69 27 25 2 17 4 1 197.1 200 76 59 9 33 120 2 3 1 818 148 1.181 9.1 0.4 1.5 5.5 3.64 AS
1938 28 CHC NL 7 1 .875 1.81 13 10 2 3 1 0 74.2 63 20 15 2 8 22 1 0 0 288 211 0.951 7.6 0.2 1.0 2.7 2.75
1939 29 CHC NL 6 4 .600 3.36 19 13 5 7 2 0 96.1 98 40 36 4 17 27 1 0 0 403 118 1.194 9.2 0.4 1.6 2.5 1.59
1940 30 CHC NL 3 3 .500 5.17 10 9 1 3 0 0 54.0 68 35 31 4 20 18 0 0 0 247 73 1.630 11.3 0.7 3.3 3.0 0.90
1941 31 CHC NL 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 20 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1947 37 SLB AL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
12 Seasons 150 83 .644 3.02 317 230 76 154 26 30 1967.1 1919 774 661 95 453 1163 27 5 12 8171 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57
162 Game Avg. 19 10 .644 3.02 39 29 9 19 3 4 245 239 96 82 12 56 145 3 1 1 1016 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57
STL (7 yrs) 134 75 .641 2.99 273 196 68 141 23 30 1737.1 1684 676 577 85 407 1095 25 5 12 7212 132 1.204 8.7 0.4 2.1 5.7 2.69
CHC (4 yrs) 16 8 .667 3.35 43 33 8 13 3 0 226.0 232 98 84 10 45 68 2 0 0 945 116 1.226 9.2 0.4 1.8 2.7 1.51
SLB (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
NL (11 yrs) 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57
AL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1934 24 STL NL WS W DET 2 1 .667 1.73 3 3 0 2 1 0 26.0 20 6 5 2 5 0 17 1 0 0 103 0.962 6.9 0.7 1.7 5.9 3.40
1938 28 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 6.48 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 8 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 33 1.080 8.6 2.2 1.1 2.2 2.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 .500 2.88 5 4 1 2 1 0 34.1 28 12 11 4 6 0 19 1 0 0 136 0.990 7.3 1.0 1.6 5.0 3.17
2 WS 2 2 .500 2.88 5 4 1 2 1 0 34.1 28 12 11 4 6 0 19 1 0 0 136 0.990 7.3 1.0 1.6 5.0 3.17

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1934 STL NL 24 0 0 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 2.000 15.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1935 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1936 STL NL 26 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 0.667 0.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1937 STL NL 27 1 0 1 .000 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 2 1 1 .500 2.70 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 10 3 3 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 41 1.500 9.0 0.9 4.5 9.0 2.00

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1930 20 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 33 502 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 1.67 502
1931 21 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 33 502 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 1.67 502
1932 22 19 15 .559 3.23 47 34 10 17 4 2 295.0 283 123 106 14 105 196 5 2 2 1236 122 1.315 8.6 0.4 3.2 6.0 1.87 122
1933 23 39 33 .542 3.14 95 68 21 43 7 6 588.0 562 236 205 25 169 395 10 2 4 2438 118 1.243 8.6 0.4 2.6 6.0 2.34 118
1934 24 69 40 .633 2.97 145 101 35 67 14 13 899.2 850 346 297 39 244 590 16 2 6 3729 131 1.216 8.5 0.4 2.4 5.9 2.42 131
1935 25 97 52 .651 2.99 195 137 49 96 17 18 1225.0 1174 472 407 55 321 780 20 2 7 5091 132 1.220 8.6 0.4 2.4 5.7 2.43 132
1936 26 121 65 .651 3.03 246 171 66 124 19 29 1540.0 1484 600 518 76 374 975 23 2 11 6394 130 1.206 8.7 0.4 2.2 5.7 2.61 130
1937 27 134 75 .641 2.99 273 196 68 141 23 30 1737.1 1684 676 577 85 407 1095 25 5 12 7212 132 1.204 8.7 0.4 2.1 5.7 2.69 132
1938 28 141 76 .650 2.94 286 206 70 144 24 30 1812.0 1747 696 592 87 415 1117 26 5 12 7500 134 1.193 8.7 0.4 2.1 5.5 2.69 134
1939 29 147 80 .648 2.96 305 219 75 151 26 30 1908.1 1845 736 628 91 432 1144 27 5 12 7903 133 1.193 8.7 0.4 2.0 5.4 2.65 133
1940 30 150 83 .644 3.02 315 228 76 154 26 30 1962.1 1913 771 659 95 452 1162 27 5 12 8150 130 1.205 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130
1941 31 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130
1942 32 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130
1943 33 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130
1944 34 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130
1945 35 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130
1946 36 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130
1947 37 150 83 .644 3.02 317 230 76 154 26 30 1967.1 1919 774 661 95 453 1163 27 5 12 8171 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57 130

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1930 20 1 0 1.000 0.00 10.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.300 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00 0.0 1
1932 22 19 13 .594 3.28 288.0 284 117 105 14 103 192 5 1.344 8.9 3.2 6.0 1.86 0.4 46
1933 23 19 13 .594 3.40 294.0 300 123 111 12 69 200 5 1.255 9.2 2.1 6.1 2.90 0.4 48
1934 24 27 10 .730 2.40 334.0 293 99 89 14 76 209 6 1.105 7.9 2.0 5.6 2.75 0.4 50
1935 25 25 12 .676 2.80 341.0 327 118 106 16 78 199 4 1.188 8.6 2.1 5.3 2.55 0.4 50
1936 26 23 13 .639 3.05 328.0 320 123 111 22 55 203 3 1.143 8.8 1.5 5.6 3.69 0.6 51
1937 27 15 7 .682 2.62 206.0 207 67 60 9 34 125 2 1.170 9.0 1.5 5.5 3.68 0.4 27
1938 28 7 1 .875 1.75 77.0 65 17 15 2 8 23 1 0.948 7.6 0.9 2.7 2.88 0.2 13
1939 29 7 4 .636 3.30 101.0 103 41 37 4 18 28 1 1.198 9.2 1.6 2.5 1.56 0.4 19
1940 30 2 4 .333 5.56 55.0 73 38 34 4 21 18 0 1.709 11.9 3.4 2.9 0.86 0.7 10
1941 31 0 0 9.00 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
1947 37 0 0 0.00 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.8 2.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
12 Seasons 145 77 .653 2.96 2040.0 1975 745 670 97 466 1205 27 1.197 8.7 5.3 2.59 0.4 317

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 6.9%)
1946 BBWAA (17.0%)
1947 BBWAA (54.7%)
1948 BBWAA (33.1%)
1949 Run Off (43.1%)
1950 BBWAA (50.6%)
1951 BBWAA (63.9%)
1952 BBWAA (64.7%)
1953 BBWAA (79.2%)
Selected to HOF in 1953 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1934 *
1935 *
1936 (P)
1937 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1934 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 NL (19, 5%)
1933 NL (7, 28%)
1934 NL (1, 98%)
1935 NL (2, 82%)
1936 NL (2, 66%)
1 MVP
2.80 Career Shares (39th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 NL  2.657 (2nd)
1935 NL  3.043 (6th)
1936 NL  3.171 (4th)
1937 NL  2.691 (3rd)
Career  3.024 (174th)

Wins s c a p y
1932 NL  18 (4th)
1933 NL  20 (2nd)
1934 NL  30 (1st)
1935 NL  28 (1st)
1936 NL  24 (2nd)
Career  150 (238th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1934 NL  .811 (1st)
1935 NL  .700 (4th)
1936 NL  .649 (4th)
Career  .644 (31st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1933 NL  1.171 (7th)
1934 NL  1.165 (3rd)
1935 NL  1.233 (10th)
1936 NL  1.152 (2nd)
1937 NL  1.181 (5th)
Career  1.206 (141st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 NL  8.570 (10th)
1934 NL  8.317 (2nd)
1936 NL  8.857 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 NL  1.966 (7th)
1936 NL  1.514 (3rd)
1937 NL  1.505 (1st)
Career  2.072 (111th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 NL  6.011 (1st)
1933 NL  6.113 (1st)
1934 NL  5.631 (2nd)
1935 NL  5.256 (2nd)
1936 NL  5.571 (2nd)
1937 NL  5.473 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1932 NL  46 (2nd)
1933 NL  48 (1st)
1934 NL  50 (2nd)
1935 NL  50 (2nd)
1936 NL  51 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1933 NL  4 (5th)
1934 NL  7 (2nd)
1935 NL  5 (4th)
1936 NL  11 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1932 NL  286.0 (1st)
1933 NL  293.0 (2nd)
1934 NL  311.7 (3rd)
1935 NL  325.3 (1st)
1936 NL  315.0 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 NL  191 (1st)
1933 NL  199 (1st)
1934 NL  195 (1st)
1935 NL  190 (1st)
1936 NL  195 (2nd)
1937 NL  120 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1932 NL  33 (2nd)
1933 NL  34 (4th)
1934 NL  33 (7th)
1935 NL  36 (1st)
1936 NL  34 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1932 NL  16 (8th)
1933 NL  26 (1st)
1934 NL  24 (2nd)
1935 NL  29 (1st)
1936 NL  28 (1st)
1937 NL  17 (8th)
Career  154 (217th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1932 NL  4 (1st)
1933 NL  3 (9th)
1934 NL  7 (1st)
1935 NL  3 (6th)
1936 NL  2 (10th)
1937 NL  4 (4th)
1939 NL  2 (8th)
Career  26 (161st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 NL  11 (9th)
1935 NL  16 (6th)
1936 NL  21 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1932 NL  102 (3rd)
1934 NL  75 (7th)
1935 NL  77 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1932 NL  280 (5th)
1933 NL  279 (2nd)
1934 NL  288 (5th)
1935 NL  324 (1st)
1936 NL  310 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 NL  1.873 (5th)
1933 NL  3.109 (2nd)
1934 NL  2.600 (3rd)
1935 NL  2.468 (5th)
1936 NL  3.679 (1st)
1937 NL  3.636 (1st)
Career  2.567 (70th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 NL  .404 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1932 NL  15 (6th)
1933 NL  18 (3rd)
1936 NL  13 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1932 NL  105 (6th)
1933 NL  99 (3rd)
1935 NL  110 (2nd)
1936 NL  111 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 NL  5 (10th)
1934 NL  6 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1932 NL  1203 (1st)
1933 NL  1202 (3rd)
1934 NL  1291 (2nd)
1935 NL  1362 (1st)
1936 NL  1303 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 NL  119 (10th)
1933 NL  114 (10th)
1934 NL  159 (3rd)
1935 NL  135 (3rd)
1936 NL  124 (6th)
1937 NL  148 (2nd)
Career  130 (38th)

Youngest s c a p y
1930 NL  born 1910-01-16 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 52 (23), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 137 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 112 (79), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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