Murry Dickson
Murry Monroe Dickson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 157 lb.

Born: August 21, 1916 in Tracy, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1939
Final Game: September 14, 1959
Died: September 21, 1989 in Kansas City, KS
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Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1939 STL NL 22 P 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.10
1940 STL NL 23 P 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.10
1942 STL NL 25 P 36 37 10 27 0 2 1.000 1.03 .968 1.17
1943 STL NL 26 P 31 29 6 21 2 3 .931 0.87 .962 1.16
1946 STL NL 29 P 47 66 13 52 1 5 .985 1.38 .959 1.01
1947 STL NL 30 P 47 64 13 47 4 3 .938 1.28 .967 0.91
1948 STL NL 31 P 42 63 12 51 0 0 1.000 1.50 .962 0.91
1949 PIT NL 32 P 44 81 26 52 3 8 .963 1.77 .953 0.91
1950 PIT NL 33 P 51 66 20 45 1 6 .985 1.27 .961 0.97
1951 PIT NL 34 P 45 92 19 70 3 3 .967 1.98 .962 0.96 MVP-9
1952 PIT NL 35 P 43 95 29 62 4 7 .958 2.12 .953 0.98 MVP-13
1953 PIT NL 36 P 45 52 14 34 4 2 .923 1.07 .958 0.87 AS
1954 PHI NL 37 P 40 31 226.1 70 12 55 3 3 .957 2.66 1.68 .960 2.07 0.87
1955 PHI NL 38 P 36 28 216.0 57 17 39 1 4 .982 2.33 1.56 .949 2.04 0.83
1956 TOT NL 39 P 31 30 219.1 76 24 51 1 5 .987 3.08 2.42 .966 2.05 0.83
1956 PHI NL 39 P 3 3 23.0 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.35 2.00 .967 2.03 0.83
1956 STL NL 39 P 28 27 196.1 70 24 45 1 4 .986 3.16 2.46 .966 2.05 0.83
1957 STL NL 40 P 14 13 74.1 32 11 20 1 0 .969 3.75 2.21 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 TOT AL 41 P 33 11 119.1 36 9 27 0 3 1.000 2.72 1.09 .961 1.95 0.82
1958 KCA AL 41 P 27 9 99.0 31 6 25 0 3 1.000 2.82 1.15 .961 1.95 0.82
1958 NYY AL 41 P 6 2 20.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.21 0.83 .960 1.95 0.82
1959 KCA AL 42 P 38 0 71.0 15 1 13 1 0 .933 1.77 0.37 .953 2.05 0.85
18 Seasons P 625 113 926.1 934 236 668 30 54 .968 8.78 1.45 .960 2.04 0.93
18 Seasons TOT 625 113 926.1 934 236 668 30 54 .968 8.78 1.45 .927 2.04 0.93
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1939 STL NL 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 STL NL 23 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 STL NL 25 37 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 STL NL 26 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 STL NL 29 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 STL NL 30 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 STL NL 31 43 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PIT NL 32 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PIT NL 33 52 52 52 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PIT NL 34 46 46 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PIT NL 35 47 47 47 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 36 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 37 40 31 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PHI NL 38 36 28 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 39 32 27 32 32 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1956 PHI NL 39 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 40 14 13 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 KCA AL 41 28 9 28 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 NYY AL 41 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 42 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 638 113 638 638 625 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PHI NL 37 885 86% 27% 53 87% 2 10 1 7 48 34 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 9 78%
1955 PHI NL 38 868 81% 29% 36 97% 0 16 1 14 36 26 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 7 86%
1956 STL NL 39 821 80% 26% 53 87% 1 23 2 17 45 34 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 3 1 7 100%
1956 PHI NL 39 100 87% 35% 5 100% 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1957 STL NL 40 340 84% 25% 28 86% 0 11 3 6 21 21 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1958 KCA AL 41 430 82% 29% 29 97% 2 5 0 5 28 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 5 100%
1958 NYY AL 41 94 77% 24% 4 100% 0 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 42 327 81% 30% 19 79% 0 1 0 1 15 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
6 Seasons 3865 82% 28% 227 89% 6 68 8 51 201 156 19 7 0 4 3 4 14 9 11 3 37 89%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* 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.

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