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George Dickey

George Willard Dickey (Skeets)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 10, 1915 in Kensett, AR
High School: Searcy HS (Searcy, AR) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1935
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 1935-1947

Final Game: September 27, 1947
Died: June 16, 1976 in DeWitt, AR
Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, AR
Relatives: Brother of Bill Dickey
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1935 BOS AL 19 C 4 3 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .984 4.75 1 3 0 0% 41%
1936 BOS AL 20 C 10 6 6 34 25 6 3 1 .912 3.10 .979 4.78 2 10 2 17% 36%
1941 CHW AL 25 C 17 8 8 61 56 5 0 1 1.000 3.59 .983 5.00 1 4 0 0% 41%
1942 CHW AL 26 C 29 23 23 110 90 11 9 5 .918 3.48 .979 4.93 1 11 7 39% 42%
1946 CHW AL 30 C 30 20 20 111 97 14 0 3 1.000 3.70 .982 5.52 2 4 5 56% 46%
1947 CHW AL 31 C 80 57 55 325 285 35 5 5 .985 4.00 .985 5.02 8 20 18 47% 46%
6 Seasons C 170 117 115 648 560 71 17 15 .974 3.71 .983 5.07 15 52 32 38% 43%
6 Seasons TOT 170 117 115 648 560 71 17 15 .974 3.71 .983 5.07 15 52 32 38% 43%
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
1935 BOS AL 19 5 3 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1936 BOS AL 20 10 6 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CHW AL 25 32 8 32 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1942 CHW AL 26 59 23 59 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
1946 CHW AL 30 37 20 37 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1947 CHW AL 31 83 57 83 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Seasons 226 117 226 168 0 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 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

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1942 AL  9 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1947 AL  8 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1935 AL  born 1915-07-10 (3rd)
1936 AL  born 1915-07-10 (6th)

             

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