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Full Name: Jay Hanna Dean Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/182 First Game: September 28, 1930
Birthdate: January 16, 1910 Final Game: September 28, 1947
Birthplace: Lucas, Arkansas MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: July 17, 1974
Deathplace: Reno, Nevada
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953

Biography[]

Born on January 16, 1910 in Lucas, Arkansas, Dizzy Dean (Jay Hanna Dean) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 12 year career. Dean broke into the bigs on September 28, 1930 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 286 innings pitched in 1932, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dizzy Dean's best season was 1934, when he posted a 2.66 ERA, won 30 games and struck out 195 batters.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1930 STL N 1 1 1 0 1.00 5 1 1 1 0 0 9 3 0 3 0 0 0
1932 STL N 46 33 18 15 3.30 191 122 105 16 4 2 286 280 14 102 0 2 5
1933 STL N 48 34 20 18 3.04 199 113 99 26 3 4 293 279 11 64 0 2 5
1934 STL N 50 33 30 7 2.66 195 110 92 24 7 7 311.2 288 14 75 0 2 6
1935 STL N 50 36 28 12 3.04 190 126 110 29 3 5 325.1 324 16 77 0 1 4
1936 STL N 51 34 24 13 3.17 195 128 111 28 2 11 315 310 21 53 0 4 3
1937 STL N 27 25 13 10 2.69 120 76 59 17 4 1 197.1 200 9 33 0 1 2
1938 CHI N 13 10 7 1 1.81 22 20 15 3 1 0 74.2 63 2 8 0 0 1
1939 CHI N 19 13 6 4 3.36 27 40 36 7 2 0 96.1 98 4 17 0 0 1
1940 CHI N 10 9 3 3 5.17 18 35 31 3 0 0 54 68 4 20 0 0 0
1941 CHI N 1 1 0 0 18.00 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1947 STL A 1 1 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 316 229 150 83 3.03 1163 774 661 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 95 452 0 12 27
Total AL 1 1 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total 317 230 150 83 3.02 1163 774 661 154 26 30 1967.1 1919 95 453 0 12 27

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1930 STL N P 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1932 STL N P 46 0 0 9 46 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1933 STL N P 48 0 0 9 35 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .898
1934 STL N P 50 0 0 18 46 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1935 STL N P 50 0 0 13 42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1936 STL N P 51 0 0 10 44 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1937 STL N P 27 0 0 4 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1938 CHI N P 13 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1939 CHI N P 19 0 0 5 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1940 CHI N P 10 0 0 5 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1941 CHI N P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1947 STL A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 317 0 0 76 283 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 .960

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1930 STL N 1 3 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932 STL N 47 97 10 25 2 12 .258 .258 .371 5 0 0 10 0 8 0 0 0
1933 STL N 51 105 8 19 1 12 .181 .204 .267 2 2 3 14 0 3 1 0 0
1934 STL N 51 118 15 29 2 9 .246 .252 .339 3 1 1 15 0 7 1 0 5
1935 STL N 53 128 18 30 2 21 .234 .246 .313 4 0 1 16 1 4 2 0 1
1936 STL N 51 121 7 27 0 15 .223 .223 .289 6 1 0 27 0 3 0 0 3
1937 STL N 27 66 8 15 1 5 .227 .261 .288 1 0 3 11 0 9 0 0 2
1938 CHI N 13 26 3 5 0 1 .192 .192 .231 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
1939 CHI N 19 34 4 5 0 1 .147 .171 .176 1 0 1 7 0 2 1 0 0
1940 CHI N 10 18 2 4 0 0 .222 .222 .222 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1941 CHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 STL A 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 324 716 76 160 8 76 .223 .234 .300 23 4 9 104 1 39 5 0 12
Total AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 325 717 76 161 8 76 .225 .235 .301 23 4 9 104 1 39 5 0 12

Transactions[]

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (@1930).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Curt Davis, Clyde Shoun, Tuck Stainback and $185000 (April 16, 1938).

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