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Bill Dickey

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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