R.A. Dickey
Robert Allen Dickey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 29, 1974 in Nashville, TN
High School: Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed September 12, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 2001
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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
2001 26 TEX AL 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 13 9 9 3 7 1 4 0 0 1 53 70 1.667 9.8 2.3 5.3 3.0 0.57
2003 28 TEX AL 9 8 .529 5.09 38 13 6 1 1 1 116.2 135 68 66 16 38 5 94 5 2 5 513 99 1.483 10.4 1.2 2.9 7.3 2.47
2004 29 TEX AL 6 7 .462 5.61 25 15 2 0 0 1 104.1 136 77 65 17 33 1 57 4 1 5 480 90 1.620 11.7 1.5 2.8 4.9 1.73
2005 30 TEX AL 1 2 .333 6.67 9 4 2 0 0 0 29.2 29 23 22 4 17 0 15 2 0 2 134 69 1.551 8.8 1.2 5.2 4.6 0.88
2006 31 TEX AL 0 1 .000 18.90 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 8 7 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 24 2.700 21.6 16.2 2.7 2.7 1.00
2008 33 SEA AL 5 8 .385 5.21 32 14 9 0 0 0 112.1 124 65 65 15 51 4 58 2 1 11 500 81 1.558 9.9 1.2 4.1 4.6 1.14
2009 34 MIN AL 1 1 .500 4.62 35 1 13 0 0 0 64.1 74 34 33 8 30 1 42 4 0 4 293 95 1.617 10.4 1.1 4.2 5.9 1.40
7 Seasons 22 28 .440 5.43 144 48 33 1 1 2 442.2 519 283 267 69 177 12 271 17 4 28 1991 87 1.572 10.6 1.4 3.6 5.5 1.53
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .440 5.43 51 17 12 0 0 1 157 184 100 95 24 63 4 96 6 1 10 705 87 1.572 10.6 1.4 3.6 5.5 1.53
TEX (5 yrs) 16 19 .457 5.72 77 33 11 1 1 2 266.0 321 184 169 46 96 7 171 11 3 13 1198 87 1.568 10.9 1.6 3.2 5.8 1.78
MIN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.62 35 1 13 0 0 0 64.1 74 34 33 8 30 1 42 4 0 4 293 95 1.617 10.4 1.1 4.2 5.9 1.40
SEA (1 yr) 5 8 .385 5.21 32 14 9 0 0 0 112.1 124 65 65 15 51 4 58 2 1 11 500 81 1.558 9.9 1.2 4.1 4.6 1.14

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 26 TEX AL 4 53 46 9 13 6 0 3 1 2 7 4 .283 .377 .609 .986 .256 28 0 0 0 0 1
2003 28 TEX AL 38 513 463 68 135 27 3 16 7 2 38 94 .292 .350 .467 .816 .334 216 11 5 4 3 5
2004 29 TEX AL 25 480 437 77 136 28 1 17 6 5 33 57 .311 .363 .497 .859 .325 217 6 4 3 3 1
2005 30 TEX AL 9 134 114 23 29 6 2 4 3 0 17 15 .254 .358 .447 .806 .260 51 4 2 0 1 0
2006 31 TEX AL 1 18 17 7 8 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 .471 .500 1.529 2.029 .200 26 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 32 500 437 65 124 25 1 15 6 7 51 58 .284 .357 .449 .805 .295 196 6 2 4 6 4
2009 34 MIN AL 35 293 255 34 74 12 3 8 5 1 30 42 .290 .371 .455 .826 .319 116 5 4 2 2 1
7 Seasons 144 1991 1769 283 519 104 10 69 28 17 177 271 .293 .360 .480 .841 .312 850 32 17 13 15 12
162 Game Avg. 51 705 627 100 184 37 4 24 10 6 63 96 .293 .360 .480 .841 .312 301 11 6 5 5 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2003 28 TEX AL 38 13 5 5 3 1 1 6 7 .462 1 0 1 1 6 46% 47 81 25 17 7 2 7 4.9 6.5 5.7 96 3 3 6 1 120
2004 29 TEX AL 25 15 4 7 4 0 0 7 8 .467 1 1 0 0 5 33% 39 73 -1 20 4 0 5 5.4 6.1 5.4 94 3 8 3 1 131
2005 30 TEX AL 9 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 1 25% 42 57 31 6 2 0 3 4.6 5.6 5.8 103 0 2 2 0 112
2006 31 TEX AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 16 16 16 0 0 0 1 6.0 0.0 3.3 61 1 0 0 0 61
2008 33 SEA AL 32 14 3 8 3 1 1 5 9 .357 2 1 0 0 6 43% 39 69 10 14 3 6 2 4.3 4.4 5.5 97 2 4 8 0 116
2009 34 MIN AL 35 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47 47 47 13 5 0 1 12.0 7.2 5.0 104 0 0 1 0 104
6 Seasons 140 48 14 22 12 4 2 20 28 .417 5 3 1 1 18 38% 41 81 -1 70 21 8 19 5.0 5.6 5.5 96 9 17 20 2 131
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2001 26 TEX AL 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 1 0.566 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 0 3 0 9.0 46
2003 28 TEX AL 38 25 6 4 3 1 1 0 100% 4 3 23 9 39% 3 0.994 11 6 7 8 6 11 13 12 16 2 16 1 5.2 30
2004 29 TEX AL 25 10 2 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 2 25% 5 0.876 1 4 5 3 0 7 4 6 8 0 8 0 6.8 39
2005 30 TEX AL 9 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 5 1.050 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 4.0 15
2008 33 SEA AL 32 18 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 8 0.748 3 0 14 0 2 16 5 13 11 0 11 1 6.0 30
2009 34 MIN AL 35 34 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 27 17 63% 7 0.578 3 8 22 5 3 26 14 20 20 8 20 7 5.2 30
6 Seasons 143 96 33 8 6 2 2 0 100% 6 4 79 39 49% 0.833 20 21 51 18 14 64 42 54 60 12 60 12 5.6 31

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2001 26 TEX AL 53 38% 5.7% 7.6% 13.2% 17.0% 69% 0.65 0.76 74% 21% 18.8% 30% 8 0 0%
2003 28 TEX AL 513 53% 3.1% 18.3% 7.4% 9.0% 34% 0.68 0.95 69% 22% 7.8% 7% 103 11 11%
2004 29 TEX AL 480 52% 3.5% 11.9% 6.9% 9.6% 34% 0.82 1.02 76% 18% 9.2% 11% 81 6 7%
2005 30 TEX AL 134 46% 3.0% 11.2% 12.7% 9.0% 41% 1.02 1.64 72% 20% 9.1% 10% 31 4 13%
2006 31 TEX AL 18 22% 33.3% 5.6% 5.6% 33.3% 75% 0.23 0.50 56% 13% 46.2% 0% 2 0 0%
2008 33 SEA AL 500 53% 3.0% 11.6% 10.2% 8.2% 33% 0.86 1.15 74% 17% 8.7% 16% 85 6 7%
2009 34 MIN AL 293 46% 2.7% 14.3% 10.2% 7.9% 31% 0.89 1.34 71% 18% 7.8% 11% 52 5 10%
7 Seasons 1991 51% 3.5% 13.6% 8.9% 9.2% 35% 0.80 1.10 73% 19% 9.4% 11% 362 32 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 26 TEX AL 53 184 3.47 102 55% 25% 8% 25% 41% 75% 1% 41% 89% 45% 8% 4 1 8% 4 2 1 75% 0 2 0 0 0
2003 28 TEX AL 513 1999 3.90 1249 62% 27% 16% 27% 30% 73% 2% 46% 78% 60% 6% 30 19 21% 107 45 4 23% 19 6 0 0 0
2004 29 TEX AL 480 1799 3.75 1136 63% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 1% 46% 82% 63% 4% 19 13 21% 100 49 12 23% 8 5 0 0 0
2005 30 TEX AL 134 490 3.66 280 57% 30% 10% 25% 36% 70% 0% 40% 86% 52% 8% 11 8 11% 15 9 1 40% 1 3 0 0 0
2006 31 TEX AL 18 61 3.39 42 69% 24% 12% 26% 38% 76% 0% 52% 84% 72% 0% 0 0 22% 4 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 500 1908 3.82 1169 61% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 1% 43% 84% 52% 6% 29 19 17% 84 49 3 19% 13 6 0 0 0
2009 34 MIN AL 293 1116 3.81 684 61% 31% 12% 25% 32% 69% 1% 42% 83% 54% 7% 20 14 23% 66 37 6 21% 6 5 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1991 7557 3.80 4662 62% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 1% 44% 82% 57% 6% 113 74 19% 380 192 27 24% 47 27 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2001 26 TEX AL 53 13 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 67% 0 1 0 20 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 28 TEX AL 513 135 8 0 16 0 17 5 11 10 6 38 14 9 37% 3 5 1 209 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
2004 29 TEX AL 480 136 13 3 17 0 11 6 11 13 4 27 18 0 67% 10 5 2 182 6 5 55% 5 4 1 1 0 0 5 0 11 0
2005 30 TEX AL 134 29 2 0 4 0 5 2 2 3 1 14 12 0 86% 1 2 2 54 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 31 TEX AL 18 8 1 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 33 SEA AL 500 124 13 3 15 0 21 5 10 8 7 31 21 5 68% 2 11 9 165 6 7 46% 6 7 0 0 0 0 5 3 31 0
2009 34 MIN AL 293 74 7 0 8 1 14 4 4 4 4 17 10 3 59% 1 4 5 118 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
7 Seasons 1991 519 45 7 69 1 68 31 38 46 23 130 77 17 59% 17 28 19 751 28 17 62% 26 16 2 1 0 0 14 3 78 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2001 26 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 13 9 9 3 7 1 4 0 0 1 53 70 1.667 9.8 2.3 5.3 3.0 0.57 70
2002 27 0 1 .000 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 12.0 13 9 9 3 7 1 4 0 0 1 53 70 1.667 9.8 2.3 5.3 3.0 0.57 70
2003 28 9 9 .500 5.25 42 13 7 1 1 1 128.2 148 77 75 19 45 6 98 5 2 6 566 95 1.500 10.4 1.3 3.1 6.9 2.18 95
2004 29 15 16 .484 5.41 67 28 9 1 1 2 233.0 284 154 140 36 78 7 155 9 3 11 1046 93 1.554 11.0 1.4 3.0 6.0 1.99 93
2005 30 16 18 .471 5.55 76 32 11 1 1 2 262.2 313 177 162 40 95 7 170 11 3 13 1180 90 1.553 10.7 1.4 3.3 5.8 1.79 90
2006 31 16 19 .457 5.72 77 33 11 1 1 2 266.0 321 184 169 46 96 7 171 11 3 13 1198 87 1.568 10.9 1.6 3.2 5.8 1.78 87
2007 32 16 19 .457 5.72 77 33 11 1 1 2 266.0 321 184 169 46 96 7 171 11 3 13 1198 87 1.568 10.9 1.6 3.2 5.8 1.78 87
2008 33 21 27 .438 5.57 109 47 20 1 1 2 378.1 445 249 234 61 147 11 229 13 4 24 1698 85 1.565 10.6 1.5 3.5 5.4 1.56 85
2009 34 22 28 .440 5.43 144 48 33 1 1 2 442.2 519 283 267 69 177 12 271 17 4 28 1991 87 1.572 10.6 1.4 3.6 5.5 1.53 87

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001 26 0 1 .000 7.36 11.0 13 10 9 3 7 4 0 1.818 10.6 5.7 3.3 0.57 2.5 4
2003 28 5 7 .417 4.54 115.0 127 64 58 15 36 93 5 1.417 9.9 2.8 7.3 2.58 1.2 38
2004 29 5 6 .455 4.75 106.0 128 62 56 16 31 58 4 1.500 10.9 2.6 4.9 1.87 1.4 25
2005 30 1 2 .333 6.21 29.0 28 22 20 4 16 15 2 1.517 8.7 5.0 4.7 0.94 1.2 9
2006 31 0 0 21.00 3.0 8 8 7 6 1 1 0 3.000 24.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 18.0 1
2008 33 4 7 .364 5.55 107.0 126 73 66 15 52 55 2 1.664 10.6 4.4 4.6 1.06 1.3 32
2009 34 2 4 .333 5.02 61.0 75 38 34 8 30 40 4 1.721 11.1 4.4 5.9 1.33 1.2 35
7 Seasons 17 27 .386 5.21 432.0 505 277 250 67 173 266 17 1.569 10.5 5.5 1.54 1.4 144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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