Bill Dickey
William Malcolm Dickey
Born: June 6, 1907
Bastrop, LA USA
Deceased: 1993
Little Rock, AR USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, PH
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185
Career: 1928-1946
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
Minor League Statistics
Bill Dickey compiled a career batting average of .313 with 202 home runs and 1209 RBI in his 1789-game career with the New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1928 season and last took the field during the 1946 campaign. Dickey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1928 | AL | New York Yankees | 10 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | New York Yankees | 130 | 473 | 447 | 60 | 145 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | .324 | .346 | .485 | .832 | 217 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | 109 | 396 | 366 | 55 | 124 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 14 | .339 | .375 | .486 | .861 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | 130 | 523 | 477 | 65 | 156 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 20 | .327 | .378 | .442 | .820 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | 108 | 459 | 423 | 66 | 131 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 84 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 13 | .310 | .361 | .482 | .843 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | 130 | 532 | 478 | 58 | 152 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 97 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 14 | .318 | .381 | .490 | .871 | 234 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | 104 | 438 | 395 | 56 | 127 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 18 | .322 | .384 | .494 | .878 | 195 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | AL | New York Yankees | 120 | 491 | 448 | 54 | 125 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | .279 | .339 | .458 | .797 | 205 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | 112 | 472 | 423 | 99 | 153 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 16 | .362 | .428 | .617 | 1.045 | 261 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | 140 | 608 | 530 | 87 | 176 | 35 | 2 | 29 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 73 | 22 | .332 | .417 | .570 | .987 | 302 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | 132 | 532 | 454 | 84 | 142 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 22 | .313 | .412 | .568 | .981 | 258 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | 128 | 565 | 480 | 98 | 145 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 37 | .302 | .403 | .513 | .915 | 246 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | AL | New York Yankees | 106 | 424 | 372 | 45 | 92 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 32 | .247 | .336 | .355 | .691 | 132 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | 109 | 397 | 348 | 35 | 99 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 17 | .284 | .371 | .417 | .788 | 145 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | 82 | 295 | 268 | 28 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 11 | .295 | .359 | .373 | .732 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | AL | New York Yankees | 85 | 284 | 242 | 29 | 85 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 12 | .351 | .445 | .492 | .937 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | 54 | 156 | 134 | 10 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | .261 | .357 | .366 | .723 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1789 | 7060 | 6300 | 930 | 1969 | 343 | 72 | 202 | 1209 | 37 | 29 | 678 | 289 | .313 | .382 | .486 | .868 | 3062 | 49 | 31 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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1928 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1929 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 476 | 95 | 12 | 13 | .979 | 4.496 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1930 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 418 | 51 | 11 | 5 | .977 | 4.644 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1931 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 670 | 78 | 3 | 6 | .996 | 5.984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1932 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 108 | 0 | 0.0 | 639 | 53 | 9 | 6 | .987 | 6.407 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1933 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 721 | 82 | 6 | 15 | .993 | 6.323 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1934 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 527 | 49 | 8 | 13 | .986 | 5.538 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1935 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 536 | 62 | 3 | 7 | .995 | 5.068 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 499 | 61 | 14 | 10 | .976 | 5.234 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 692 | 80 | 7 | 11 | .991 | 5.635 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 518 | 74 | 8 | 7 | .987 | 4.698 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 571 | 57 | 7 | 8 | .989 | 4.984 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1940 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 425 | 55 | 3 | 9 | .994 | 4.706 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 422 | 45 | 3 | 11 | .994 | 4.490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 322 | 44 | 9 | 7 | .976 | 4.575 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1943 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 322 | 37 | 2 | 5 | .994 | 5.056 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1946 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 201 | 29 | 3 | 4 | .987 | 5.897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1708 | 0 | 0.0 | 7965 | 954 | 108 | 137 | .988 | 5.222 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .438 | .526 | .438 | .964 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .120 | .214 | .240 | .454 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .211 | .286 | .316 | .602 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .438 | .600 | 1.038 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .313 | .667 | .979 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .222 | .508 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | .300 | .263 | .563 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .278 | .350 | .444 | .794 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 38 | 161 | 145 | 19 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .255 | .329 | .379 | .709 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1932 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 6.500 |
1936 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 6 | 6 | 54.0 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 7.000 | 7.000 |
1937 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.523 | 5.400 |
1938 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.750 | 8.750 |
1939 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 37.0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.054 | 7.250 |
1941 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.318 | 5.200 |
1942 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 5 | 5 | 44.0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 5.318 | 5.200 |
1943 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.200 | 6.200 |
Totals | 38 | 38 | 340.0 | 223 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 6.406 | 6.368 |
Awards
1936 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1937 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1938 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C1
1939 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1941 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1942 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1943 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
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