Bill Dickey
American baseball player and coach (1907–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Malcolm Dickey (June 6, 1907 – November 12, 1993) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees for 19 seasons. Dickey managed the Yankees as a player-manager in 1946 in his last season as a player.
Bill Dickey | |
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Catcher / Manager | |
Born: (1907-06-06)June 6, 1907 Bastrop, Louisiana, U.S. | |
Died: November 12, 1993(1993-11-12) (aged 86) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 15, 1928, for the New York Yankees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 8, 1946, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .313 |
Home runs | 202 |
Runs batted in | 1,209 |
Managerial record | 57–48 |
Winning % | .543 |
Teams | |
As player
As manager | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the National | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 1954 |
Vote | 80.2% (ninth ballot) |
Dickey played with the Yankees from 1928 through 1943. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Dickey returned to the Yankees in 1946 as a player and manager. He retired after the 1946 season, but returned in 1949 as a coach, in which capacity he taught Yogi Berra the finer points of catching.
During Dickey's playing career, the Yankees went to the World Series nine times, winning eight championships. He was named to 11 All-Star Games. He went on to briefly manage the Yankees as a player-manager, then contribute to another six Yankee World Series titles as a coach. Dickey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.