Bill Dickey

Bill Dickey


Catcher
Born: June 6, 1907 Bastrop , United StatesUnited States
Died on: November 12, 1993 in Little Rock , United StatesUnited States
Suggested: Left	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
August 15, 1928 with the New York Yankees
Last MLB assignment
September 9, 1946 with the New York Yankees
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 313
Home runs	202
Runs Batted In	1,209
Teams
New York Yankees (1928-1943, 1946)
Awards
11 × All-Star (1933, 1934, 1936–1943, 1946) 14 × World Series winners (1928, 1932, 1936–1939, 1941, 1943, 1949–1953, 1956) In his honor, # 8 is no longer awarded by the New York Yankees
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1954
Quota	80.16%

William Malcolm "Bill" Dickey (born June 6, 1907 in Bastrop , Louisiana , † November 12, 1993 in Little Rock , Arkansas ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball .

biography

Bill Dickey has played his entire career with the New York Yankees and is one of the most famous catchers in Major League history. He played his first game for the Yankees on August 15, 1928, from the 1929 season he was a regular. Seven World Series titles, eight championships in the American League and eleven appointments as an All Star stood at the end of his career.

In 1946 he also worked as a manager for his Yankees. Later he was employed in the coaching team of the Yankees, here he wore the shirt number 33 until 1960, because Yogi Berra played with his number 8. In 1954 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame . In 1972, the Yankees retired the number 8 shirt in honor of Dickey and Berra.

Dickey also made two appearances in Hollywood films. He played himself in the films The Big Throw (with Gary Cooper ) and The Stratton Story (with James Stewart ).

His stations as a player

1928-1943 New York Yankees
1946 New York Yankees

His stations as a manager

1946 New York Yankees

Web links

Commons : Bill Dickey - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)

Bill Dickey in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Data as a manager (English)

Bill Dickey in the Hall of Fame (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Dickey, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dickey, William Malcolm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bastrop , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH	November 12, 1993
Place of death	Little Rock , Arkansas