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Full name William Malcolm Dickey
Born June 6, 1907, Bastrop, Louisiana
Died November 12, 1993, Little Rock, Arkansas
Buried at Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Arkansas (Center Lawn- Number 193- Grave 2)
First Game: August 15, 1928; Final Game: September 8, 1946
Managed First Game: May 25, 1946; Managed Final Game: September 12, 1946
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 185
Brother of George Dickey
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1954
Named catcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1932 to 1933, 1936, 1938 to 1939 and 1941)
Ejections as player: 1930 (1), 1932 (2), 1934 (1), 1935 (1). Total: 5
Ejections as coach: 1952 (1), 1954 (1). Total: 2
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP 1928 NY A 1929 NY A 1930 NY A 1931 NY A 1932 NY A 1933 NY A 1934 NY A 1935 NY A 1936 NY A 1937 NY A 1938 NY A 1939 NY A 1940 NY A 1941 NY A 1942 NY A 1943 NY A 1946 NY A Total (17 Years) Splits 1789 6300 930 1969 343 72 202 1209 Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Daily Splits 10 15 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 -0.3 1928 NY A Daily Splits 130 447 60 145 30 6 10 65 14 4 16 1 11 0 6 4 4 6 .324 .346 .485 2.1 1929 NY A Daily Splits 109 366 55 124 25 7 5 65 21 3 14 0 9 0 8 8 7 1 .339 .375 .486 0.9 1930 NY A Daily Splits 130 477 65 156 17 10 6 78 39 4 20 0 7 0 18 10 2 1 .327 .378 .442 2.3 1931 NY A Daily Splits 108 423 66 131 20 4 15 84 34 7 13 0 2 0 12 11 2 4 .310 .361 .482 1.8 1932 NY A Daily Splits 130 478 58 152 24 8 14 97 47 10 14 2 5 0 5 13 3 4 .318 .381 .490 3.4 1933 NY A Daily Splits 104 395 56 127 24 4 12 72 38 4 18 2 3 0 7 10 0 3 .322 .384 .494 2.2 1934 NY A Daily Splits 120 448 54 125 26 6 14 81 35 2 11 6 2 0 11 12 1 1 .279 .339 .458 1.5 1935 NY A Daily Splits 112 423 99 153 26 8 22 107 46 8 16 3 0 0 13 9 0 2 .362 .428 .617 4.6 1936 NY A Daily Splits 140 530 87 176 35 2 29 133 73 13 22 4 1 0 8 13 3 2 .332 .417 .570 5.9 1937 NY A Daily Splits 132 454 84 142 27 4 27 115 75 11 22 2 1 0 7 14 3 0 .313 .412 .568 4.3 1938 NY A Daily Splits 128 480 98 145 23 3 24 105 77 6 37 4 0 4 0 13 9 5 0 .302 .400 .513 4.6 1939 NY A Daily Splits 106 372 45 92 11 1 9 54 48 5 32 2 2 0 6 7 0 3 .247 .336 .355 -0.3 1940 NY A Daily Splits 109 348 35 99 15 5 7 71 45 12 17 3 1 0 6 10 2 1 .284 .371 .417 1.5 1941 NY A Daily Splits 82 268 28 79 13 1 2 37 26 7 11 1 0 0 7 12 2 2 .295 .359 .373 1.5 1942 NY A Daily Splits 85 242 29 85 18 2 4 33 41 5 12 0 1 0 4 5 2 1 .351 .445 .492 3.3 1943 NY A Daily Splits 54 134 10 35 8 0 2 10 19 2 12 1 2 0 3 6 0 1 .261 .357 .366 1.1 1946 NY A 678 103 289 31 47 4 0 134 153 36 32 .313 .382 .486 40.4 Total SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1932 NY A Daily Splits 4 16 2 7 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .438 .526 .438 1932 NY A 1936 NY A Daily Splits 6 25 5 3 0 0 1 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .120 .214 .240 1936 NY A 1937 NY A Daily Splits 5 19 3 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .286 .316 1937 NY A 1938 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .400 .438 .600 1938 NY A 1939 NY A Daily Splits 4 15 2 4 0 0 2 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .267 .313 .667 1939 NY A 1941 NY A Daily Splits 5 18 3 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .167 .286 .222 1941 NY A 1942 NY A Daily Splits 5 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .263 .300 .263 1942 NY A 1943 NY A Daily Splits 5 18 1 5 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 .350 .444 1943 NY A Total ( 8 Years) Splits 38 145 19 37 1 1 5 24 15 2 12 1 0 0 0 8 4 1 1 .255 .329 .379 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1934 AL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .750 .500 1934 AL 1936 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1936 AL 1937 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.000 1937 AL 1938 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 1938 AL 1939 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1939 AL 1940 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1940 AL 1941 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1941 AL 1946 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1946 AL Total ( 8 Years) Splits 8 19 3 5 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .391 .368 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1928 NY A Daily Splits C 6 0 0 13 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1.000 1929 NY A Daily Splits C 127 106 96 979.1 476 95 12 13 0 4 52 51 8 .979 1930 NY A Daily Splits C 101 91 72 780.2 418 51 11 5 0 5 42 28 3 .977 1931 NY A Daily Splits C 125 121 106 1066.2 670 78 3 6 0 0 57 46 3 .996 1932 NY A Daily Splits C 108 107 89 929.2 639 53 9 6 0 7 43 27 2 .987 1933 NY A Daily Splits C 127 127 120 1118.2 721 82 6 15 0 10 29 40 3 .993 1934 NY A Daily Splits C 104 101 97 905.1 527 49 8 13 0 7 48 24 3 .986 1935 NY A Daily Splits C 118 114 104 1005 536 62 3 7 0 8 30 29 2 .995 1936 NY A Daily Splits C 107 104 88 891.2 499 61 14 10 0 6 27 32 3 .976 1937 NY A Daily Splits C 137 137 123 1196.2 692 80 7 11 0 5 38 38 1 .991 1938 NY A Daily Splits C 126 126 110 1051 518 74 8 7 0 7 36 31 3 .987 1939 NY A Daily Splits C 126 125 115 1099 571 57 7 8 0 6 34 28 6 .989 1940 NY A Daily Splits C 102 96 92 879.1 425 55 3 9 0 5 26 28 2 .994 1941 NY A Daily Splits C 104 96 83 819.1 422 45 3 11 0 2 19 23 1 .994 1942 NY A Daily Splits C 80 72 59 623.1 322 44 9 7 0 1 14 26 1 .976 1943 NY A Daily Splits C 71 67 60 593.1 322 37 2 5 0 2 15 19 1 .994 1946 NY A Daily Splits C 39 38 33 334.1 201 29 3 4 1 0 9 16 3 .987 Total (17 Years) Splits C 1708 1628 1447 14286.1 7965 954 108 137 1 76 520 488 45 .988 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1932 NY A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36 25 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.000 1936 NY A Daily Splits C 6 6 6 54 38 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .977 1937 NY A Daily Splits C 5 5 5 44 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 1938 NY A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36 31 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 1939 NY A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 37 27 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 1941 NY A Daily Splits C 5 5 4 44 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1942 NY A Daily Splits C 5 5 5 44 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .963 1943 NY A Daily Splits C 5 5 5 45 28 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 Total ( 8 Years) Splits C 38 38 37 340 224 19 2 3 0 0 6 11 0 .992 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1934 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1936 AL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1937 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1938 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .889 1939 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 1 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1940 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1941 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 7 Years) Splits C 7 6 3 43 32 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 .971 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

                       Managerial Record

Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1946 NY A 105 57 48 .543 467 379 5-25 9-12 2 3 3

   Coaching Record

Year Team START END 1949 NY A 4-19 10- 2 1950 NY A 4-18 10- 7 1951 NY A 4-17 10-10 1952 NY A 4-16 10- 7 1953 NY A 4-14 10- 5 1954 NY A 4-13 9-26 1955 NY A 4-13 10- 4 1956 NY A 4-17 10-10 1957 NY A 4-16 10-10 1960 NY A 4-19 7-28 Total (10 Years)

Ejection Information

As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 5-21-1930(1) BOX NY A Dick Nallin Call at HP (Threw ball at umpire) 5- 2-1932 BOX NY A Brick Owens Called third strike 7- 4-1932(1) BOX NY A George Hildebrand Fighting 7-25-1934 BOX NY A Red Ormsby Fair/foul call (Shoved umpire) 5-20-1935 BOX NY A Bill McGowan Balk call

As coach: Date Team Umpire Reason 6- 6-1952 BOX NY A Eddie Hurley Balls and strikes 8-21-1954 BOX NY A Bill Grieve Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Sold by Jackson (Cotton States) to New York Yankees for $12500 (1928).

Released by New York Yankees (September 20, 1946).

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