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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 19	NYY		PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
6	7 (1)	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	8	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
10	11	Apr 28	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
11	12	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	13	Apr 30	NYY		WSH	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 1	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	15	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	16	May 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	17	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	26	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	18	May 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	19	May 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
19	20	May 13	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	21	May 14	NYY	@	DET	L,4-10	GS	44	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	22	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	23	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	24	May 17	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
24	25	May 18	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
25	26	May 19	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	9	1	0	10	0
26	27	May 20	NYY		CHW	W,7-2	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	30 (2)	May 24	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	31	May 25 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
29	32	May 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	33	May 26	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	34	May 27	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
32	35	May 28	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	36	May 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	31	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	37	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	39 (1)	Jun 1 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	40	Jun 1 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
37	41	Jun 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
38	42	Jun 3	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	43	Jun 5	NYY		PHA	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	44	Jun 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
41	45	Jun 8 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	45	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
42	46	Jun 8 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	47	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	48	Jun 11 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
45	49	Jun 12 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-4	GS	23	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	50	Jun 12 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	51	Jun 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-3	GS	22	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	53 (1)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	54	Jun 19 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	55	Jun 19 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	6	1	0	7	0
51	58 (2)	Jun 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-12	GF	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	59	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	11	0	0	11	0
53	60	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
54	61	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
55	62	Jun 27	NYY		WSH	W,15-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	63	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	64	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,7-8	GS	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	73 (8)	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
59	74	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	GS	27	5.2	2	1	0	3	0
60	75	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	78 (2)	Jul 18	NYY		SLB	L,1-4	CG	45	11.0	6	2	0	8	0
62	79	Jul 19	NYY		SLB	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
63	80	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	81	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	83 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	84	Jul 24	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	85	Jul 26	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
68	86	Jul 27	NYY		WSH	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	88 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	89	Jul 30	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	90	Aug 2	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	91	Aug 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	92	Aug 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	95 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	96	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	97	Aug 9	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	99 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	100	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	101	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
80	102	Aug 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	103	Aug 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
82	104	Aug 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	105	Aug 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	106	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	45	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
85	107	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	108	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	109	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
88	110	Aug 21 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	111	Aug 21 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-14	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	112	Aug 22	NYY	@	SLB	L,9-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	113	Aug 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	52	13.0	6	1	0	7	0
92	114	Aug 24	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
93	115	Aug 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	117 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	72	14.2	6	0	0	6	0
95	118	Aug 26 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	119	Aug 27 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-10	CG	52	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
97	120	Aug 27 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
98	121	Aug 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	122	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	123	Aug 31 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
101	124	Aug 31 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	125	Sep 1	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	126	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	127	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	128	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
106	130 (1)	Sep 9	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	131	Sep 10	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	132	Sep 11	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
109	133	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,5-8	GS	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
110	134	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,5-13	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
111	135	Sep 14 (1)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
112	136	Sep 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
113	137	Sep 15	NYY		DET	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
114	140 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
115	141	Sep 18 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
116	142	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
117	143	Sep 22 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
							118gm		1008.0	536	62	3	601	7