Bill Dickey

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 6, 1907 in Bastrop, LA us

Died: November 12, 1993 in Little Rock, AR

Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, AR

High School: Searcy HS (Searcy, AR)

Debut: August 15, 1928 (Age 21-070d, 6,767th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 8, 1946 (Age 39-094d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1954. (Voted by BBWAA on 202/252 ballots)
View Bill Dickey's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: William Malcolm Dickey

Nicknames: The Man Nobody Knows

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Relatives: Brother of George Dickey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.4

6300

1969

202

.313

930

RBI

1209

OBP

.382

SLG

.486

OPS

.868

OPS+

127

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
6	7	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
7	8	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	9	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	10	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	12 (1)	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,1-10	GS	35	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
11	13	May 3	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	14	May 4	NYY		CHW	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
13	16 (1)	May 6	NYY		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	17	May 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	18	May 9	NYY		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	20 (1)	May 11	NYY		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	24 (3)	May 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	26 (1)	May 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	27	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-15	GS	38	6.1	4	0	1	5	0
20	30 (2)	May 22 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,20-13	CG	50	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	31	May 24 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	33 (1)	May 25	NYY		PHA	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	35 (1)	May 27	NYY		WSH	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	39 (1)	May 31	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	40	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
27	42 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GF	13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
28	43	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	44	Jun 8	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
30	45	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
31	46	Jun 10	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
32	47	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	48	Jun 12	NYY	@	DET	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	50 (1)	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GF	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	51	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-10	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	52	Jun 17	NYY	@	CLE	W,17-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	53	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
38	54	Jun 20	NYY		DET	L,6-11	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	56 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
40	57	Jun 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	58	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,15-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	59	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,6-10	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	61 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,16-4	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	62	Jun 26	NYY		CLE	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	63	Jun 27	NYY		CLE	L,7-11	GS	34	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	64	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,13-1	GS	21	5.1	2	0	0	2	0
47	65	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,14-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	66	Jun 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	69 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-15	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
50	70	Jul 3	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	71	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	6	0	2	8	0
52	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	74 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
54	76 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
55	77	Jul 9	NYY		PHA	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	78	Jul 10	NYY		PHA	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
57	86 (7)	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	87	Jul 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-14	CG	47	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	88	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-7	GS	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	91 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	6	1	0	7	0
61	92	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	GF	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	93	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	94	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	95	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,14-7	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	97 (1)	Jul 27	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
66	98	Jul 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	57	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
67	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
68	100	Jul 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	101	Jul 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
70	102	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-13	CG	54	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	103	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
72	104	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	GS	27	4.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	105	Aug 2 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	107 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	112 (4)	Aug 9	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	GF	23	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
76	113	Aug 10	NYY		SLB	W,14-11	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	118 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
78	122 (3)	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GF	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	123	Aug 22	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	124	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	44	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	125	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	127	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
84	128	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	130 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	131	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	132	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
88	133	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	L,5-14	GS	43	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
89	135 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	136	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	137	Sep 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	28	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	138	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
93	139	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	GS	35	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	140	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
95	141	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,10-11	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
96	142	Sep 13 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	31	5.0	4	2	1	7	0
97	144 (1)	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
98	145	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,19-10	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	148 (2)	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-9	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	149	Sep 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-10	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	153 (3)	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-8	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	1
							101gm		802.0	418	51	11	480	5