Bill Dickey career stats

Source SABR/Lahman databaseThrough 1946 seasonDebut 1928-08-1517 major-league seasons

Bill Dickey played 17 major-league seasons (1928-1946) as a C (1,708). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.

Games1789

AVG.313

HR202

RBI1209

OPS.868

SB37

Lines

Showing 17 season lines

Bill Dickey year-by-year batting
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OPS	OPS+
1928	21	NYA	10	15	1	3	0	2	0	0	2	.200	.600	59
1929	22	NYA	130	447	60	145	10	65	5	14	16	.324	.832	118
1930	23	NYA	109	366	55	124	5	65	7	21	14	.339	.861	122
1931	24	NYA	130	477	65	156	6	78	2	39	20	.327	.820	122
1932	25	NYA	108	423	66	131	15	84	2	34	13	.310	.843	124
1933	26	NYA	130	478	58	152	14	97	3	47	14	.318	.871	137
1934	27	NYA	104	395	56	127	12	72	0	38	18	.322	.878	133
1935	28	NYA	120	448	54	125	14	81	1	35	11	.279	.797	111
1936	29	NYA	112	423	99	153	22	107	0	46	16	.362	1.045	164
1937	30	NYA	140	530	87	176	29	133	3	73	22	.332	.987	155
1938	31	NYA	132	454	84	142	27	115	3	75	22	.313	.981	152
1939	32	NYA	128	480	98	145	24	105	5	77	37	.302	.915	140
1940	33	NYA	106	372	45	92	9	54	0	48	32	.247	.691	85
1941	34	NYA	109	348	35	99	7	71	2	45	17	.284	.788	116
1942	35	NYA	82	268	28	79	2	37	2	26	11	.295	.732	114
1943	36	NYA	85	242	29	85	4	33	2	41	12	.351	.937	183
1946	39	NYA	54	134	10	35	2	10	0	19	12	.261	.723	109

Bill Dickey year-by-year fielding by position
Year	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1928	C	6	6	2	0	0
1929	C	127	476	95	12	13
1930	C	101	418	51	11	5
1931	C	125	670	78	3	6
1932	C	108	639	53	9	6
1933	C	127	721	82	6	15
1934	C	104	527	49	8	13
1935	C	118	536	62	3	7
1936	C	107	499	61	14	10
1937	C	137	692	80	7	11
1938	C	126	518	74	8	7
1939	C	126	571	57	7	8
1940	C	102	425	55	3	9
1941	C	104	422	45	3	11
1942	C	80	322	44	9	7
1943	C	71	322	37	2	5
1946	C	39	201	29	3	4

Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.

Awards and award voting

Bill Dickey won: TSN All-Star 1932 (ML), TSN All-Star 1933 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (ML), TSN All-Star 1936 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1938 (ML), TSN All-Star 1938 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1939 (ML), TSN All-Star 1939 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1941 (ML), TSN All-Star 1941 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1942 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1943 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1943 (ML).

MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1943, 1942, 1941, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1933, 1932.

Bill Dickey award voting history
Year	Award	Lg	Rank	Points	First-place votes
1932	Most Valuable Player	AL	15	8 / 80	0
1933	Most Valuable Player	AL	12	9 / 80	0
1936	Most Valuable Player	AL	5	29 / 80	0
1937	Most Valuable Player	AL	5	22 / 80	0
1938	Most Valuable Player	AL	2	196 / 336	3
1939	Most Valuable Player	AL	6	110 / 336	3
1941	Most Valuable Player	AL	13	18 / 336	0
1942	Most Valuable Player	AL	17	12 / 336	0
1943	Most Valuable Player	AL	8	58 / 336	2

All-time single-season board appearances

Bill Dickey ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).

Bill Dickey all-time single-season leaderboard appearances
Rank	Board	Year	Stat
#41	catchers	1937	155 OPS+
#54	catchers	1938	152 OPS+
#106	catchers	1939	140 OPS+
#120	catchers	1933	137 OPS+

Where this page comes from

Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.

Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.

Player pages

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Year

Age

Team

RBI

AVG

OPS

OPS+

1928

NYA

.200

.600

1929

NYA

130

447

145

.324

.832

118

1930

NYA

109

366

124

.339

.861

122

1931

NYA

130

477

156

.327

.820

122

1932

NYA

108

423

131

.310

.843

124

1933

NYA

130

478

152

.318

.871

137

1934

NYA

104

395

127

.322

.878

133

1935

NYA

120

448

125

.279

.797

111

1936

NYA

112

423

153

107

.362

1.045

164

1937

NYA

140

530

176

133

.332

.987

155

1938

NYA

132

454

142

115

.313

.981

152

1939

NYA

128

480

145

105

.302

.915

140

1940

NYA

106

372

.247

.691

1941

NYA

109

348

.284

.788

116

1942

NYA

268

.295

.732

114

1943

NYA

242

.351

.937

183

1946

NYA

134

.261

.723

109

Awards and award voting

MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1943, 1942, 1941, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1933, 1932.

Bill Dickey award voting history
Year	Award	Lg	Rank	Points	First-place votes
1932	Most Valuable Player	AL	15	8 / 80	0
1933	Most Valuable Player	AL	12	9 / 80	0
1936	Most Valuable Player	AL	5	29 / 80	0
1937	Most Valuable Player	AL	5	22 / 80	0
1938	Most Valuable Player	AL	2	196 / 336	3
1939	Most Valuable Player	AL	6	110 / 336	3
1941	Most Valuable Player	AL	13	18 / 336	0
1942	Most Valuable Player	AL	17	12 / 336	0
1943	Most Valuable Player	AL	8	58 / 336	2

Rank

Board

Year

Stat

#41

catchers

1937

155 OPS+

#54

catchers

1938

152 OPS+

#106

catchers

1939

140 OPS+

#120

catchers

1933

137 OPS+

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