Jim Dickson
James Edward Dickson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 20, 1938 in Portland, OR
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1963
Final Game: July 24, 1966
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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
1963 25 HOU NL 0 1 .000 6.14 13 0 7 0 0 2 14.2 22 13 10 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 69 51 1.636 13.5 0.0 1.2 3.7 3.00
1964 26 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 25 50 2.600 14.4 0.0 9.0 10.8 1.20
1965 27 KCA AL 3 2 .600 3.47 68 0 20 0 0 0 85.2 68 40 33 6 47 7 54 2 2 7 368 101 1.342 7.1 0.6 4.9 5.7 1.15
1966 28 KCA AL 1 0 1.000 5.35 24 1 11 0 0 1 37.0 37 28 22 4 23 2 20 0 1 1 168 64 1.622 9.0 1.0 5.6 4.9 0.87
4 Seasons 5 3 .625 4.36 109 1 41 0 0 3 142.1 135 85 69 10 77 10 86 2 3 9 630 79 1.489 8.5 0.6 4.9 5.4 1.12
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .625 4.36 67 1 25 0 0 2 88 83 53 43 6 48 6 53 1 2 6 389 79 1.489 8.5 0.6 4.9 5.4 1.12
KCA (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 4.04 92 1 31 0 0 1 122.2 105 68 55 10 70 9 74 2 3 8 536 86 1.427 7.7 0.7 5.1 5.4 1.06
CIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 7.20 4 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 8 4 4 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 25 50 2.600 14.4 0.0 9.0 10.8 1.20
HOU (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.14 13 0 7 0 0 2 14.2 22 13 10 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 69 51 1.636 13.5 0.0 1.2 3.7 3.00
AL (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 4.04 92 1 31 0 0 1 122.2 105 68 55 10 70 9 74 2 3 8 536 86 1.427 7.7 0.7 5.1 5.4 1.06
NL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.41 17 0 10 0 0 2 19.2 30 17 14 0 7 1 12 0 0 1 94 51 1.881 13.7 0.0 3.2 5.5 1.71

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
1963 25 HOU NL 13 69 64 13 22 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 .344 .353 .375 .728 .367 24 1 0 1 2 0
1964 26 CIN NL 4 25 18 4 8 3 1 0 0 1 5 6 .444 .542 .722 1.264 .615 13 1 0 1 1 1
1965 27 KCA AL 68 368 309 40 68 11 5 6 9 1 47 54 .220 .324 .346 .670 .246 107 5 2 7 3 7
1966 28 KCA AL 24 168 140 28 37 6 2 4 8 3 23 20 .264 .366 .421 .787 .282 59 2 0 4 1 2
4 Seasons 109 630 531 85 135 22 8 10 19 5 77 86 .254 .347 .382 .729 .283 203 9 2 13 7 10
162 Game Avg. 67 389 328 53 83 14 5 6 12 3 48 53 .254 .347 .382 .729 .283 125 6 1 8 4 6
MLB Averages

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
1966 28 KCA AL 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 6 3 0 1 4.0 9.0 3.7
1 Season 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 6 3 0 1 4.0 9.0 3.7
MLB Averages

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
1963 25 HOU NL 13 13 7 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 10 2 20% 7 0.558 4 2 7 2 2 9 5 8 6 4 6 2 3.4
1964 26 CIN NL 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.883 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 2 0 3.8
1965 27 KCA AL 68 68 20 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 48 20 42% 7 0.692 11 19 37 6 5 57 25 43 30 21 31 15 3.8
1966 28 KCA AL 24 23 11 1 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 17 8 47% 6 0.471 3 5 14 3 0 20 9 14 12 3 12 6 4.3
4 Seasons 109 108 41 5 3 4 3 1 75% 9 3 75 30 40% 0.626 18 29 59 12 7 89 39 69 50 29 51 23 3.9

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%
1963 25 HOU NL 69 42% 0.0% 8.7% 2.9% 2.9% 9% 1.24 87% 16 1 6%
1964 26 CIN NL 25 32% 0.0% 24.0% 20.0% 16.0% 50% 2.50 52% 9 1 11%
1965 27 KCA AL 368 39% 1.6% 14.7% 12.8% 6.0% 32% 0.76 68% 66 5 8%
1966 28 KCA AL 168 39% 2.4% 11.9% 13.7% 7.1% 32% 0.67 70% 43 2 5%
4 Seasons 630 39% 1.6% 13.7% 12.2% 6.4% 30% 0.80 70% 134 9 7%
MLB Averages

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
1963 25 HOU NL 69 22 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 100% 2 1 0 32 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 26 CIN NL 25 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1965 27 KCA AL 368 68 6 0 22 2 4 2 4 25 11 5 44% 2 7 3 130 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1966 28 KCA AL 168 37 4 1 10 3 1 0 4 20 12 2 60% 2 1 4 65 8 3 73% 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
4 Seasons 630 135 10 1 37 5 5 2 8 55 32 8 58% 6 9 7 238 19 5 79% 14 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 36 0
MLB Averages

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+
1963 25 0 1 .000 6.14 13 0 7 0 0 2 14.2 22 13 10 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 69 51 1.636 13.5 0.0 1.2 3.7 3.00 51
1964 26 1 1 .500 6.41 17 0 10 0 0 2 19.2 30 17 14 0 7 1 12 0 0 1 94 51 1.881 13.7 0.0 3.2 5.5 1.71 51
1965 27 4 3 .571 4.02 85 0 30 0 0 2 105.1 98 57 47 6 54 8 66 2 2 8 462 86 1.443 8.4 0.5 4.6 5.6 1.22 86
1966 28 5 3 .625 4.36 109 1 41 0 0 3 142.1 135 85 69 10 77 10 86 2 3 9 630 79 1.489 8.5 0.6 4.9 5.4 1.12 79

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
1963 25 0 1 .000 7.71 14.0 24 13 12 0 2 6 0 1.857 15.4 1.3 3.9 3.00 0.0 13
1964 26 0 0 7.20 5.0 7 4 4 0 4 6 0 2.200 12.6 7.2 10.8 1.50 0.0 4
1965 27 4 5 .444 4.00 81.0 72 40 36 6 50 51 2 1.506 8.0 5.6 5.7 1.02 0.7 68
1966 28 1 2 .333 6.43 35.0 40 28 25 4 25 19 0 1.857 10.3 6.4 4.9 0.76 1.0 24
4 Seasons 5 8 .385 5.13 135.0 143 85 77 10 81 82 2 1.659 9.5 5.5 1.01 0.7 109

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1965 AL--68--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

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

Similarity Scores

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