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Bill Dickey
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Birthdate: 6/6/1907 Died: 11/12/1993
Height / Weight: 6' 1.5" / 185 lbs. Place of Birth: Bastrop, LA, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Bill Dickey, Legendary Catcher of the Great Yankees Teams, his great career covered the teams led by Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio. In 1929, Dickey's first full season, he batted .329. In ten (10) different years he hit over .300 for the full season. He set a still standing batting average record by hitting .362 in 1936; the highest one year mark for a catcher. Hall of Fame Baseball Player He caught more than 100 games a year for 13 consecutive years to set a baseball record, a record that remained unbroken for 40 years. Bill Dickey is considered one the top five all-around catchers in baseball history. His great defensive play, handling of the great Yankee pitchers, top clutch hitting all helped propel the N. Y. Yankees to their seven world titles during his 17 year career. This Hall of Famer had a .313 career batting average with 1969 hits. Bill Dickey played in 1,789 games and had 343 lifetime doubles along with 202 homers (both a record for catchers when he retired) and had 1209 RBI's. Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
17 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1928 NYY (AL) 10 15 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 SLG
1929 NYY (AL) 130 447 60 145 30 6 10 65 14 16 5 3 0 1 11 0 .324 .346 SLG
1930 NYY (AL) 109 366 55 124 25 7 5 65 21 14 7 1 0 0 9 0 .339 .375 SLG
1931 NYY (AL) 130 477 65 156 17 10 6 78 39 20 2 1 0 0 7 0 .327 .378 SLG
1932 NYY (AL) 108 423 66 131 20 4 15 84 34 13 2 4 0 0 2 0 .310 .361 SLG
1933 NYY (AL) 130 478 58 152 24 8 14 97 47 14 3 4 0 2 5 0 .318 .381 SLG
1934 NYY (AL) 104 395 56 127 24 4 12 72 38 18 0 3 0 2 3 0 .322 .384 SLG
1935 NYY (AL) 120 448 54 125 26 6 14 81 35 11 1 1 0 6 2 0 .279 .339 SLG
1936 NYY (AL) 112 423 99 153 26 8 22 107 46 16 0 2 0 3 0 0 .362 .428 SLG
1937 NYY (AL) 140 530 87 176 35 2 29 133 73 22 3 2 0 4 1 0 .332 .417 SLG
1938 NYY (AL) 132 454 84 142 27 4 27 115 75 22 3 0 0 2 1 0 .313 .412 SLG
1939 NYY (AL) 128 480 98 145 23 3 24 105 77 37 5 0 0 4 4 0 .302 .403 SLG
1940 NYY (AL) 106 372 45 92 11 1 9 54 48 32 0 3 0 2 2 0 .247 .336 SLG
1941 NYY (AL) 109 348 35 99 15 5 7 71 45 17 2 1 0 3 1 0 .284 .371 SLG
1942 NYY (AL) 82 268 28 79 13 1 2 37 26 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 .295 .359 SLG
1943 NYY (AL) 85 242 29 85 18 2 4 33 41 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 .351 .445 SLG
1946 NYY (AL) 54 134 10 35 8 0 2 10 19 12 0 1 0 1 2 0 .261 .357 SLG
17 years   1789 6300 930 1969 343 72 202 1209 678 289 37 29 0 31 51 0 .313 .382 .SLG



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