Bill Dickey (William Malcolm Dickey) was born on June 6, 1907 in Bastrop, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on August 15, 1928 for the New York Yankees. In 1929, his rookie year, he hit .324 with 10 home runs and 65 RBI. Dickey played for the New York Yankees for his entire 17 year career.
Most people believe that Bill Dickey's best season was 1937, when he slugged 29 home runs, hit for a .332 average and knocked in 133 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1928
NY
A
10
15
1
3
0
2
.200
.200
.400
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1929
NY
A
130
447
60
145
10
65
.324
.346
.485
30
6
14
16
1
11
4
0
0
1930
NY
A
109
366
55
124
5
65
.339
.375
.486
25
7
21
14
0
9
7
0
0
1931
NY
A
130
477
65
156
6
78
.327
.378
.442
17
10
39
20
0
7
2
0
0
1932
NY
A
108
423
66
131
15
84
.310
.361
.482
20
4
34
13
0
2
2
0
0
1933
NY
A
130
478
58
152
14
97
.318
.381
.490
24
8
47
14
2
5
3
0
0
1934
NY
A
104
395
56
127
12
72
.322
.384
.494
24
4
38
18
2
3
0
0
0
1935
NY
A
120
448
54
125
14
81
.279
.339
.458
26
6
35
11
6
2
1
0
0
1936
NY
A
112
423
99
153
22
107
.362
.428
.617
26
8
46
16
3
0
0
0
0
1937
NY
A
140
530
87
176
29
133
.332
.417
.570
35
2
73
22
4
1
3
0
0
1938
NY
A
132
454
84
142
27
115
.313
.412
.568
27
4
75
22
2
1
3
0
0
1939
NY
A
128
480
98
145
24
105
.302
.403
.512
23
3
77
37
4
4
5
0
9
1940
NY
A
106
372
45
92
9
54
.247
.336
.355
11
1
48
32
2
2
0
0
7
1941
NY
A
109
348
35
99
7
71
.284
.371
.417
15
5
45
17
3
1
2
0
10
1942
NY
A
82
268
28
79
2
37
.295
.359
.373
13
1
26
11
1
0
2
0
12
1943
NY
A
85
242
29
85
4
33
.351
.445
.492
18
2
41
12
0
1
2
0
5
1946
NY
A
54
134
10
35
2
10
.261
.357
.366
8
0
19
12
1
2
0
0
6
Total
1789
6300
930
1969
202
1209
.313
.382
.486
343
72
678
289
31
51
36
0
49
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1928
NY
A
C
6
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1.000
1929
NY
A
C
127
0
0
476
95
12
13
0
4
0
0
0
.979
1930
NY
A
C
101
0
0
418
51
11
5
0
5
0
0
0
.977
1931
NY
A
C
125
0
0
670
78
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
.996
1932
NY
A
C
108
0
0
639
53
9
6
0
7
0
0
0
.987
1933
NY
A
C
127
0
0
721
82
6
15
0
10
0
0
0
.993
1934
NY
A
C
104
0
0
527
49
8
13
0
7
0
0
0
.986
1935
NY
A
C
118
0
0
536
62
3
7
0
8
0
0
0
.995
1936
NY
A
C
107
0
0
499
61
14
10
0
6
0
0
0
.976
1937
NY
A
C
137
0
0
692
80
7
11
0
5
0
0
0
.991
1938
NY
A
C
126
0
0
518
74
8
7
0
7
0
0
0
.987
1939
NY
A
C
126
0
0
571
57
7
8
0
6
0
0
0
.989
1940
NY
A
C
102
0
0
425
55
3
9
0
5
0
0
0
.994
1941
NY
A
C
104
0
0
422
45
3
11
0
2
0
0
0
.994
1942
NY
A
C
80
0
0
322
44
9
7
0
1
0
0
0
.976
1943
NY
A
C
71
0
0
322
37
2
5
0
2
0
0
0
.994
1946
NY
A
C
39
0
0
201
29
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.987
Total
C
1708
0
0
7965
954
108
137
0
76
0
0
0
.988
Transactions[]
Sold by Jackson (Cotton States) to New York Yankees for $12000 (1928).
Released by New York Yankees (September 20, 1946).
Career Highlights[]
All-Star Games: 11 times (1933, 1934, 1936-1943, 1946)
World Series Champion: 7 times (1932, 1936-1939, 1941, 1943
Batted .313 for his career, good enough for 82nd all-time
Had at least 22 HR and 105 RBI for 4 straight years (1936-1939)
