Dizzy Dean

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 182lb (188cm, 82kg)

Born: January 16, 1910 in Lucas, AR us

Died: July 17, 1974 in Reno, NV

Buried: Bond Cemetery, Bond, MS

Debut: September 28, 1930 (Age 20-255d, 7,144th in major league history)
vs. PIT 9.0 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 28, 1947 (Age 37-255d)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1953. (Voted by BBWAA on 209/264 ballots)
View Dizzy Dean's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Jay Hanna Dean

Nicknames: The Great Man

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Relatives: Brother of Paul Dean

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.2

150

ERA

3.02

317

230

1967.1

1163

WHIP

1.206

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-3 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1934	WS g1	Oct 3	STL	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.00	3.96	36	150	95	35	15	13	8	0	1	7	63			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.236	31.57	7.86%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
2	1934	WS g5	Oct 7	STL		DET	L,1-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	8.0	6	3	2	3	6	1	1	2.65	4.36	33	110	70	24	12	5	15	3	2	3	63			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.053	72.89	2.35%	1.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
3	1934	WS g7	Oct 9	STL	@	DET	W,11-0	SHO	W(2-1)	1	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.73	3.57	34	101	77	24	9	12	11	0	2	6	80			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.29	0.161	48.58	15.57%	5.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
1938 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1938	WS g2	Oct 6	CHC		NYY	L,3-6	GS-9	L(0-1)	8	8.0	7	6	6	1	2	2	0	6.75	6.18	31					12	11	0	2	5	45			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.325	65.13	-10.95%	-1.93	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d3
5	1938	WS g4	Oct 9	CHC	@	NYY	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.48	6.05	2					0	2	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.023	5.74	-0.28%	-1.15	8b 123 2 out d3	8b end d 5
											34.1	28	12	11	6	19	4	1	2.88		136																			0

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