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Buttercup Dickerson

Lewis Pessano Dickerson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 140 lb.

Born: October 11, 1858 in Tyaskin, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1878
Teams (by GP): RubyLegs/Reds/PittsburghAlleghenys/Maroons/Trojans/... 1878-1885

Final Game: June 1, 1885
Died: July 23, 1920 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1878 CIN NL 19 OF 29 65 56 1 8 0 .877 1.97 .834 1.77 10-19-0
1879 CIN NL 20 OF 81 191 144 9 38 1 .801 1.89 .838 1.89 81-0-0
1880 TOT NL 21 OF 61 154 125 11 18 5 .883 2.23 .855 1.85 0-60-1
1880 TRO NL 21 OF 30 93 77 7 9 3 .903 2.80 .855 1.85 0-29-1
1880 TRO NL 21 SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .880 4.40
1880 WOR NL 21 OF 31 61 48 4 9 2 .852 1.68 .855 1.85 0-31-0
1881 WOR NL 22 OF 80 203 153 28 22 6 .892 2.26 .871 2.06 79-0-1
1883 PIT AA 24 OF 78 168 106 28 34 2 .798 1.72 .851 1.80 1-30-47
1883 PIT AA 24 SS 8 33 9 14 10 0 .697 2.88 .836 3.94
1883 PIT AA 24 2B 2 8 3 3 2 1 .750 3.00 .878 6.10
1884 TOT MLB 25 OF 62 119 91 15 13 2 .891 1.71 .825 1.57 43-5-15
1884 TOT MLB 25 3B 5 18 8 6 4 0 .778 2.80 .781 3.02
1884 TOT AA 25 OF 20 33 26 3 4 0 .879 1.45 .847 1.64 1-5-15
1884 SLM UA 25 OF 42 86 65 12 9 2 .895 1.83 .816 1.53 42-0-0
1884 SLM UA 25 3B 4 17 8 6 3 0 .824 3.50 .777 3.02
1884 BAL AA 25 OF 12 17 15 1 1 0 .941 1.33 .847 1.64 0-0-12
1884 BAL AA 25 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .850 3.00
1884 LOU AA 25 OF 8 16 11 2 3 0 .813 1.63 .847 1.64 1-5-3
1885 BUF NL 26 OF 5 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 1.60 .881 1.84 2-3-0
7 Seasons OF 396 908 681 94 133 16 .854 1.96 .849 1.84 216-117-64
2 Seasons SS 9 35 10 15 10 0 .714 2.78 .839 3.99
1 Season 3B 5 18 8 6 4 0 .778 2.80 .781 3.02
1 Season 2B 2 8 3 3 2 1 .750 3.00 .878 6.10
7 Seasons TOT 412 969 702 118 149 17 .846 1.99 .848 1.92 216-117-64
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1878 CIN NL 19 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 19 0 29 0
1879 CIN NL 20 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 81 0
1880 WOR NL 21 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 31 0
1880 TRO NL 21 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 1 30 0
1881 WOR NL 22 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 1 80 0
1883 PIT AA 24 85 85 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 30 47 78 0
1884 SLM UA 25 46 46 0 0 0 0 4 0 42 0 0 42 0
1884 BAL AA 25 13 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 12 0
1884 LOU AA 25 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 8 0
1885 BUF NL 26 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0
7 Seasons 408 408 0 0 0 2 5 9 216 117 64 396 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1879 NL  81 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1881 NL  28 (4th)
1883 AA  28 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1879 NL  38 (2nd)
1883 AA  34 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1880 NL  2.23 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1878 NL  born 1858-10-11 (4th)
1879 NL  born 1858-10-11 (8th)

                                         

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