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

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 95 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 12 tying, 31 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	85
CHC	10

Platoon
vs LHB	56
vs RHB	39

Home/Road
Home	49
Away	46

Outs
0	37
2	31
1	27

8 Opps
PHI	22
NYG	21
PIT	17
CHC	16
CIN	7
BRO	6
BSN	4
STL	2

57 Batters
Mel Ott	7
Chuck Klein	7
Dolph Camilli	4
Arky Vaughan	4
Frank Demaree	3
Leo Norris	3
Gus Suhr	3
Woody Jensen	3
Hughie Critz	3
Gabby Hartnett	3
Babe Herman	2
Billy Myers	2
Johnny Vergez	2
Lefty O'Doul	2
Pinky Whitney	2
Gus Mancuso	2
Earl Grace	2
Paul Waner	2
Burgess Whitehead	1
Bill Terry	1
Estel Crabtree	1
Riggs Stephenson	1
Woody English	1
Pep Young	1
Freddie Lindstrom	1
Al Lopez	1
Johnny Moore	1
Don Hurst	1
Pete Reiser	1
Lou Chiozza	1
Johnny Mize	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Hal Lee	1
Hank Leiber	1
Tony Cuccinello	1
Billy Herman	1
Augie Galan	1
Terry Moore	1
Randy Moore	1
Elbie Fletcher	1
Joe Marty	1
Gus Dugas	1
Johnny Gill	1
Jake Flowers	1
Ernie Lombardi	1
Buddy Hassett	1
Lonny Frey	1
Phil Cavarretta	1
Jim Bottomley	1
Dick Bartell	1
Frank McCormick	1
Carl Hubbell	1
Ival Goodman	1
Gene Moore	1
Stan Hack	1
Earl Browne	1
Hack Wilson	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	48
Polo Grounds (NYC)	13
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	10
Baker Bowl (PHI)	7
Forbes Fld (PIT)	6
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	5
Crosley Fld (CIN)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Braves Fld (BOS)	1

Where Hit
9	48
7	27
89	3
78	3
8	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	58
2·HR gms	15
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	57
1--	23
12-	8
-2-	5
--3	2

141 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	57
1 on	30
2 on	8
Any on	38

Inning
1	13
2	8
3	10
4	17
5	11
6	15
7	5
8	10
9	4
Extra	2

1-3	31
4-6	43
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	6
+1	10
Tied	27
-1	12
-2	13
-3	4
-4..	14

Ahead	25
Tied	27
Behind	43

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	25
1B	15
LF	11
SS	11
C	9
2B	8
3B	8
CF	6
P	2

OrderPos
5th	22
4th	22
3rd	11
7th	9
1st	8
2nd	8
6th	7
8th	6
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	44
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1932-04-23	Gus Suhr	PIT		STL	tied 9-9	b 9	0	---	1	5	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1932-04-28	Riggs Stephenson	CHC		STL	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	12-	3	5	7	10%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Richbourg Scores; D. Taylor Scores
3	3	3	1	1932-05-14	Chuck Klein	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1932-06-26 (2)	Woody English	CHC	@	STL	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	---	1	1	5	14%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1932-07-04 (2)	Estel Crabtree	CIN	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	1	1	8	10%	34%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1932-07-10 (1)	Don Hurst	PHI	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	1	4	3
7	7	7	2	1932-07-10 (1)	Hal Lee	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-7	t 5	0	---	1	6	7
8	8	8	1	1932-07-26 (2)	Lefty O'Doul	BRO		STL	behind 2-4	b 8	2	---	1	3	7	10%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	9	1	1932-07-29	Hack Wilson	BRO		STL	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2	4	9	15%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. O'Doul Scores
10	10	10	1	1932-08-06 (2)	Freddie Lindstrom	NYG		STL	behind 0-6	b 4	2	---	1	5	8	3%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1932-08-26	Carl Hubbell	NYG	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	9	1	11%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	2	1932-08-26	Mel Ott	NYG	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	13	1	1932-09-07	Pinky Whitney	PHI		STL	tied 3-3	b 3	2	---	1	5	5	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Whitney Scores/unER
14	14	14	1	1932-09-25 (2)	Gus Dugas	PIT	@	STL	behind 3-6	t 8	2	---	1	6	9	4%	8%		Home Run
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1933-05-02	Jake Flowers	BRO		STL	behind 1-12	b 8	2	12-	3	5	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Stripp Scores; L. O'Doul Scores
16	16	2	1	1933-05-26	Pinky Whitney	PHI	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 9	1	---	1	5	5	36%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	3	2	1933-05-26	Chuck Klein	PHI	@	STL	tied 3-3	t 13	0	---	1	3	9	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	4	1	1933-06-13	Gus Suhr	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 9	1	1--	2	6	3	36%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Lindstrom Scores
19	19	5	1	1933-07-02 (2)	Johnny Vergez	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	5	15%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20	20	6	1	1933-07-18	Chuck Klein	PHI	@	STL	behind 2-9	t 8	0	1--	2	3	9	1%	2%		Home Run; D. Bartell Scores
21	21	7	1	1933-08-13 (1)	Jim Bottomley	CIN	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	6	3	12%	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	8	1	1933-08-30	Bill Terry	NYG		STL	behind 0-4	b 4	0	1--	2	3	3	13%	29%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Critz Scores
23	23	9	2	1933-08-30	Lefty O'Doul	NYG		STL	behind 2-4	b 4	0	1--	2	5	9	22%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Ott Scores
24	24	10	1	1933-09-17	Mel Ott	NYG	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2	4	9	14%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Terry Scores
25	25	11	1	1933-09-30	Babe Herman	CHC	@	STL	ahead 4-2	t 6	2	-2-	2	4	9	14%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Herman Scores/unER; B. Herman Scores/unER
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1934-05-13	Lonny Frey	BRO	@	STL	behind 3-9	t 7	2	12-	3	1	6	6%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Cuccinello Scores; C. Perkins Scores
27	27	2	1	1934-05-20	Mel Ott	NYG		STL	behind 1-9	b 6	1	1--	2	4	8	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Terry Scores
28	28	3	1	1934-06-06	Babe Herman	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 5	0	1--	2	4	9	21%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Klein Scores
29	29	4	1	1934-06-16	Dolph Camilli	PHI	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 6	1	---	1	5	3	16%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	5	2	1934-06-16	Dolph Camilli	PHI	@	STL	ahead 4-3	t 8	0	---	1	5	3	12%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	6	1	1934-06-27	Hal Schumacher	NYG	@	STL	behind 2-4	t 3	0	---	1	9	1	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	7	1	1934-07-23	Hughie Critz	NYG		STL	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	10%	42%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	8	1	1934-07-28	Paul Waner	PIT		STL	behind 1-3	b 3	0	1--	2	2	9	18%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Waner Scores
34	34	9	2	1934-07-28	Earl Grace	PIT		STL	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	16%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	10	1	1934-08-03	Gus Suhr	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-6	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	11	1	1934-08-31	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		STL	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	1	6	2	10%	29%		Home Run (LF-CF)
37	37	12	1	1934-09-16 (1)	Gus Mancuso	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	2
38	38	13	2	1934-09-16 (1)	Mel Ott	NYG		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	4	9
39	39	14	1	1934-09-25	Arky Vaughan	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 9	1	1--	2	4	6	6%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Waner Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1935-04-21	Arky Vaughan	PIT		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	6	10%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	1935-04-28	Arky Vaughan	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	6
42	42	3	1	1935-05-11 (1)	Johnny Moore	PHI		STL	behind 0-12	b 6	2	---	1	3	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	4	1	1935-05-15 (1)	Hughie Critz	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	7	4	15%	69%		Inside-the-park Home Run (LF-CF)
44	44	5	2	1935-05-15 (1)	Hughie Critz	NYG		STL	tied 1-1	b 7	1	-2-	2	7	4	25%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Koenig Scores
45	45	6	1	1935-05-19	Randy Moore	BSN	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	9	17%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Jordan Scores
46	46	7	1	1935-06-04	Woody Jensen	PIT		STL	ahead 8-3	b 6	1	---	1	2	7	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	8	1	1935-06-20	Dolph Camilli	PHI		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	10%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	9	1	1935-07-04 (2)	Phil Cavarretta	CHC		STL	behind 2-4	b 6	1	---	1	3	3	13%	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	10	1	1935-07-11	Johnny Vergez	PHI	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 8	0	1--	2	5	5	38%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Camilli Scores
50	50	11	1	1935-07-28 (1)	Pep Young	PIT		STL	behind 1-2	b 4	1	---	1	5	4	13%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	12	1	1935-08-01	Ernie Lombardi	CIN		STL	behind 1-5	b 4	1	1--	2	6	2	14%	28%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bottomley Scores
52	52	13	1	1935-08-04 (2)	Paul Waner	PIT	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	3	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	14	1	1935-08-10	Billy Herman	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	10%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	15	1	1935-09-15	Hank Leiber	NYG	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	2	5	8	18%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Terry Scores
55	55	16	1	1935-09-27 (1)	Stan Hack	CHC	@	STL	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	---	1	7	5	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1936-04-14	Frank Demaree	CHC	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	7	17%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Klein Scores
57	57	2	2	1936-04-14	Frank Demaree	CHC	@	STL	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	1	5	7	9%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	3	3	1936-04-14	Chuck Klein	CHC	@	STL	ahead 6-3	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	9	8%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Herman Scores
59	59	4	4	1936-04-14	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	@	STL	ahead 8-3	t 6	1	---	1	4	2	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
60	60	5	1	1936-04-20	Billy Myers	CIN	@	STL	ahead 5-2	t 6	2	---	1	8	6	6%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	6	1	1936-05-17	Dolph Camilli	PHI		STL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	10%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	7	1	1936-05-26 (1)	Arky Vaughan	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	6	21%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Waner Scores
63	63	8	1	1936-06-05	Mel Ott	NYG	@	STL	behind 0-5	t 6	2	1--	2	4	9	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Terry Scores
64	64	9	1	1936-06-13	Chuck Klein	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	10	1	1936-06-19	Burgess Whitehead	NYG		STL	behind 2-6	b 6	2	12-	3	2	4	23%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Koenig Scores; J. Moore Scores
66	66	11	1	1936-06-25 (1)	Lou Chiozza	PHI		STL	behind 2-3	b 2	0	1--	2	8	4	16%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Grace Scores
67	67	12	2	1936-06-25 (1)	Earl Grace	PHI		STL	ahead 4-3	b 3	1	12-	3	7	2	18%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Klein Scores; D. Camilli Scores
68	68	13	3	1936-06-25 (1)	Leo Norris	PHI		STL	ahead 7-3	b 4	0	---	1	1	6	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	14	1	1936-06-28	Buddy Hassett	BRO		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	13%	56%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
70	70	15	1	1936-07-16	Leo Norris	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	7	6	25%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Grace Scores; L. Chiozza Scores
71	71	16	1	1936-07-21	Gus Mancuso	NYG		STL	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	7	2	15%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	17	2	1936-07-21	Dick Bartell	NYG		STL	tied 1-1	b 10	2	---	1	8	6	46%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	18	1	1936-07-26 (2)	Tony Cuccinello	BSN		STL	behind 0-2	b 6	2	1--	2	5	4	31%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Berger Scores/unER; T. Cuccinello Scores/unER
74	74	19	1	1936-08-25 (2)	Gene Moore	BSN	@	STL	behind 2-4	t 8	0	---	1	2	9	12%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	20	1	1936-09-20	Frank Demaree	CHC		STL	behind 0-1	b 8	2	---	1	4	9	32%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
76	76	21	2	1936-09-20	Johnny Gill	CHC		STL	tied 1-1	b 8	2	12-	3	7	7	38%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Hack Scores; G. Hartnett Scores
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
77	77	1	1	1937-05-29 (1)	Woody Jensen	PIT	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	7	15%	69%		Home Run; L. Waner Scores
78	78	2	2	1937-05-29 (1)	Woody Jensen	PIT	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 2	1	---	1	2	7	7%	83%		Home Run
79	79	3	1	1937-05-31 (2)	Augie Galan	CHC	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	1	7	11%	36%		Home Run
80	80	4	1	1937-06-20 (2)	Al Lopez	BSN	@	STL	behind 0-7	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	5	1	1937-06-27	Mel Ott	NYG	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
82	82	6	2	1937-06-27	Mel Ott	NYG	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	1--	2	5	9	5%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Ripple Scores
83	83	7	1	1937-08-08 (2)	Earl Browne	PHI	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9
84	84	8	2	1937-08-08 (2)	Leo Norris	PHI	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 4	2	-2-	2	6	5
85	85	9	1	1937-09-08	Gabby Hartnett	CHC		STL	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	1--	2	4	2	10%	94%		Home Run (LF-CF); F. Demaree Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
86	86	1	1	1938-04-20	Ival Goodman	CIN		CHC	behind 1-9	b 5	1	---	1	1	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
87	87	2	1	1938-07-30	Chuck Klein	PHI		CHC	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	9	13%	69%		Home Run
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
88	88	1	1	1939-07-09	Billy Myers	CIN		CHC	ahead 4-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	8	6	7%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Craft Scores
89	89	2	2	1939-07-09	Frank McCormick	CIN		CHC	ahead 7-1	b 4	2	12-	3	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Werber Scores; I. Goodman Scores
90	90	3	1	1939-08-13	Chuck Klein	PIT	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	7	17%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); P. Waner Scores
91	91	4	1	1939-09-15 (1)	Joe Marty	PHI	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
92	92	1	1	1940-04-29	Terry Moore	STL		CHC	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---	1	7	8	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
93	93	2	2	1940-04-29	Johnny Mize	STL		CHC	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	1--	2	5	3	17%	88%		Home Run; J. Medwick Scores
94	94	3	1	1940-05-12	Elbie Fletcher	PIT	@	CHC	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	--3	2	4	3	12%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Vaughan Scores
95	95	4	1	1940-09-11 (2)	Pete Reiser	BRO		CHC	behind 1-3	b 7	2	---	1	1	5	13%	28%		Home Run

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Summary of 95 Home Runs Allowed

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 12 tying, 31 go ahead

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