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Bill Dickey
William Malcolm Dickey
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 6, 1907 in Bastrop, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1928
Final Game: September 8, 1946
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1954 (202/252 ballots).
Died: November 12, 1993 in Little Rock, AR
Relatives: Brother of George Dickey
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1928 21 NYY AL 10 15 15 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 56 6 0 0 /2
1929 22 NYY AL 130 473 447 60 145 30 6 10 65 5 3 14 16 .324 .346 .485 .832 117 217 1 11 *2
1930 23 NYY AL 109 396 366 55 124 25 7 5 65 7 1 21 14 .339 .375 .486 .861 120 178 0 9 2
1931 24 NYY AL 130 523 477 65 156 17 10 6 78 2 1 39 20 .327 .378 .442 .820 120 211 0 7 *2
1932 25 NYY AL 108 459 423 66 131 20 4 15 84 2 4 34 13 .310 .361 .482 .843 121 204 0 2 *2 MVP-14
1933 26 NYY AL 130 532 478 58 152 24 8 14 97 3 4 47 14 .318 .381 .490 .871 135 234 2 5 *2 AS,MVP-12
1934 27 NYY AL 104 438 395 56 127 24 4 12 72 0 3 38 18 .322 .384 .494 .878 132 195 2 3 *2 AS
1935 28 NYY AL 120 491 448 54 125 26 6 14 81 1 1 35 11 .279 .339 .458 .797 109 205 6 2 *2
1936 29 NYY AL 112 472 423 99 153 26 8 22 107 0 2 46 16 .362 .428 .617 1.045 158 261 3 0 *2 AS,MVP-5
1937 30 NYY AL 140 608 530 87 176 35 2 29 133 3 2 73 22 .332 .417 .570 .987 145 302 4 1 *2 AS,MVP-5
1938 31 NYY AL 132 532 454 84 142 27 4 27 115 3 0 75 22 .313 .412 .568 .981 143 258 2 1 *2 AS,MVP-2
1939 32 NYY AL 128 565 480 98 145 23 3 24 105 5 0 77 37 .302 .403 .513 .915 133 246 9 4 4 *2 AS,MVP-6
1940 33 NYY AL 106 424 372 45 92 11 1 9 54 0 3 48 32 .247 .336 .355 .691 82 132 7 2 2 2 AS
1941 34 NYY AL 109 397 348 35 99 15 5 7 71 2 1 45 17 .284 .371 .417 .788 109 145 10 3 1 *2 AS,MVP-13
1942 35 NYY AL 82 295 268 28 79 13 1 2 37 2 2 26 11 .295 .359 .373 .732 108 100 12 1 0 2 AS,MVP-17
1943 36 NYY AL 85 284 242 29 85 18 2 4 33 2 1 41 12 .351 .445 .492 .937 173 119 5 0 1 2 AS,MVP-8
1946 39 NYY AL 54 156 134 10 35 8 0 2 10 0 1 19 12 .261 .357 .366 .723 101 49 6 1 2 2 AS
17 Seasons 1789 7060 6300 930 1969 343 72 202 1209 37 29 678 289 .313 .382 .486 .868 127 3062 49 31 51
162 Game Avg. 162 639 570 84 178 31 7 18 109 3 3 61 26 .313 .382 .486 .868 127 277 3 5
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 25 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 19 16 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 .438 .526 .438 .964 7 1 1 0 0 1
1936 29 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 28 25 5 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 4 .120 .214 .240 .454 6 0 0 0 0 0
1937 30 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 21 19 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .211 .286 .316 .602 6 0 0 0 0 0
1938 31 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 16 15 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .400 .438 .600 1.038 9 1 0 0 0 0
1939 32 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 16 15 2 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 .267 .313 .667 .979 10 0 0 0 0 0
1941 34 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 18 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .167 .286 .222 .508 4 1 0 0 0 0
1942 35 NYY AL WS STL L 5 20 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 .300 .263 .563 5 0 0 0 0 0
1943 36 NYY AL WS STL W 5 20 18 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .278 .350 .444 .794 8 1 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons (8 Series) 38 161 145 19 37 1 1 5 24 1 1 15 12 .255 .329 .379 .709 55 4 1 0 0 2
8 WS 38 161 145 19 37 1 1 5 24 1 1 15 12 .255 .329 .379 .709 55 4 1 0 0 2

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1928 NYY AL 21 C 6 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 1.33 .975 4.03 1
1929 NYY AL 22 C 127 583 476 95 12 13 .979 4.50 .976 4.04 4
1930 NYY AL 23 C 101 480 418 51 11 5 .977 4.64 .984 4.19 5
1931 NYY AL 24 C 125 751 670 78 3 6 .996 5.98 .981 4.34 0
1932 NYY AL 25 C 108 701 639 53 9 6 .987 6.41 .982 4.23 7 MVP-14
1933 NYY AL 26 C 127 809 721 82 6 15 .993 6.32 .988 4.28 10 AS,MVP-12
1934 NYY AL 27 C 104 584 527 49 8 13 .986 5.54 .981 4.36 7 AS
1935 NYY AL 28 C 118 601 536 62 3 7 .995 5.07 .984 4.20 8
1936 NYY AL 29 C 107 574 499 61 14 10 .976 5.23 .979 4.22 6 AS,MVP-5
1937 NYY AL 30 C 137 779 692 80 7 11 .991 5.64 .980 4.62 5 AS,MVP-5
1938 NYY AL 31 C 126 600 518 74 8 7 .987 4.70 .983 4.37 7 AS,MVP-2
1939 NYY AL 32 C 126 635 571 57 7 8 .989 4.98 .981 4.44 6 AS,MVP-6
1940 NYY AL 33 C 102 483 425 55 3 9 .994 4.71 .982 4.68 5 AS
1941 NYY AL 34 C 104 470 422 45 3 11 .994 4.49 .983 4.54 2 AS,MVP-13
1942 NYY AL 35 C 80 375 322 44 9 7 .976 4.58 .979 4.28 1 AS,MVP-17
1943 NYY AL 36 C 71 361 322 37 2 5 .994 5.06 .981 4.61 2 AS,MVP-8
1946 NYY AL 39 C 39 233 201 29 3 4 .987 5.90 .982 4.79 0 AS
17 Seasons C 1708 9027 7965 954 108 137 .988 5.22 .982 4.36 76
17 Seasons TOT 1708 9027 7965 954 108 137 .988 5.22 .970 4.36 76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933
1934 (C)
1936 *
1937 (C)
1938 (C)
1939 (C)
1940 (C)
1941 (C)
1942
1943
1946 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1932-AL-14-10%
1933-AL-12-11%
1936-AL-5-36%
1937-AL-5-28%
1938-AL-2-57%
1939-AL-6-33%
1941-AL-13-5%
1942-AL-17-4%
1943-AL-8-17%
2.02 Career Shares (85th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 AL--.318--9th
1936 AL--.362--3rd
1937 AL--.332--9th
Career--.313--83rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1936 AL--.428--6th
1937 AL--.417--5th
1938 AL--.412--10th
Career--.382--156th

Slugging % s c a p y
1933 AL--.490--6th
1936 AL--.617--5th
1937 AL--.570--6th
1938 AL--.568--6th
Career--.486--149th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 AL--.871--6th
1936 AL--1.045--4th
1937 AL--.987--5th
1938 AL--.981--5th
Career--.868--113th

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 AL--14--9th
1936 AL--22--8th
1937 AL--29--7th
1938 AL--27--8th
1939 AL--24--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1937 AL--133--4th
1938 AL--115--6th
1939 AL--105--8th
Career--1209--128th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1933 AL--135--5th
1936 AL--158--2nd
1937 AL--145--7th
1938 AL--143--4th
1939 AL--133--9th
Career--127--207th

Runs Created s c a p y
1937 AL--124--8th
Career--1165--198th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1933 AL--23--10th
1936 AL--38--7th
1937 AL--38--6th
1938 AL--31--10th
1943 AL--25--8th
Career--248--181st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1933 AL--2.3--8th
1936 AL--3.3--7th
1937 AL--3.4--5th
1938 AL--2.8--10th
1939 AL--2.4--10th
1943 AL--2.7--8th
Career--23.2--200th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1937 AL--66--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1933 AL--.673--7th
1936 AL--.771--4th
1937 AL--.735--6th
1938 AL--.727--4th
1939 AL--.674--10th
Career--.651--196th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL--6--2nd
1939 AL--4--5th
1941 AL--3--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1929 AL--27.938--7th
1930 AL--26.143--7th
1931 AL--23.850--9th
1932 AL--32.538--7th
1933 AL--34.143--3rd
1934 AL--21.944--4th
1935 AL--40.727--1st
1936 AL--26.438--6th
1937 AL--24.091--4th
1941 AL--20.471--7th
Career--21.800--83rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1932 AL--28.200--8th
1933 AL--34.143--7th
1935 AL--32.000--10th
1936 AL--19.227--4th
1937 AL--18.276--6th
1938 AL--16.815--5th
1939 AL--20.000--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1928 AL--born 1907-06-06--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 56 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 178 (58), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 46 (101), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1928 Season: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Jackson (Cotton States) for $12,000.

September 20, 1946: Released by the New York Yankees.

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