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.

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In 1940, Lou batted .295, hit 46 doubles, scored 97 runs and knocked in 101 runs.

Lou Boudreau was called "the Boy Wonder" when as a 24 year old in 1942, he was appointed player manager.

Boudreau was one of the finest fielding shortstops; he led the league eight times in fielding pct. In 1944, he set the single season record for the most double plays with 134 and in 1947 he established the record for the highest fielding percentage .982 for a shortstop in baseball history. He retired with the highest fielding pct. .972 in major league history for shortstops.

Lou Boudreau was an outstanding hitter and three times led the league in doubles. 1948, he led the Indians to their World Championship Crown with his great fielding, torrid hitting and top managing. In this year he led the AL league in batting average .355; while getting 199 hits, 34 doubles, 6 triples and 18 HR's with a slg. pct of .534, and scored 116 runs and had 106 RBI's. Boudreau also was voted the Most Valuable Player.

In the late 1950's, he managed the Red Sox, Kansas City and in 1960 managed the Chicago Cubs for one season. Shortly thereafter he became the Cubs' radio and television broadcaster until 1989.

Lou Boudreau's career numbers: over 6,000 at bats, with 1,779 hits, 385 doubles, 66 triples, 68 HR's, scored 861 runs. Boudreau has the seventh highest career batting average of .295 for a shortstop. baseballhistorian.com archives All Rights Reserved - Lou Boudreau Cleveland Indians Baseball History

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In 1934, Dizzy Dean and his rookie brother Daffy Dean won 49 games between them. Dizzy won 30 games, the last National Leaguer to win 30. His brother Daffy won 19 in this his rookie year. Dizzy was 30-7, pitching in 50 games, started 33 games and completed 24, while pitching 311 innings and threw 7 shutouts... ERA 2.66.

When news reporters asked what their names were, they both would give a different name every time. Seems that their parents really did name them Dizzy and Daffy.

Dizzy's Hall of Fame numbers include a top won and lost record of 150-83, pct .644 and an impressive 3.02 ERA. baseballistorian.com - The History of Baseball

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Hal Newhouser was 118-46 including 25 shutouts in a five year period, 1944-1948. In 1946, he had a 26-9 record and an ERA of 1.94. In 1948 he again won 21 games. In the 1945 World Series vs. the Cubs, Newhouser won two games and lost one.

Hal Newhouser was elected to the 'Hall of Fame' in 1992. Newhouser's career record was 207-150 with an ERA of 3.06.

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