Corey Dickerson

Did You Know?

• Dickerson was hired as head baseball coach at Jackson Academy on June 10, 2024.
• His wife gave birth to their first son in 2014, and their second son on February 22, 2018, the same day he was traded to the Pirates.
• In the offseason, Dickerson resides in Madison, Mississippi.

Amateur career

Dickerson was born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Brookhaven, Mississippi, where he attended Brookhaven Academy and played baseball, football, and basketball. A shoulder injury during his junior year forced him from shortstop to the outfield and from quarterback to wide receiver. He holds State Private School Association career and single-season records for home runs, with 45 over four seasons and 15 as a senior, and his single-season .591 batting average and 55 RBIs are Brookhaven Academy records. He then played center field and batted leadoff at Meridian Community College, hitting .459 with 21 home runs as a freshman.

Professional career

The Colorado Rockies drafted Dickerson in the 29th round in 2009, but he did not sign and attended community college; they selected him again in the eighth round of the 2010 draft. In 2010, playing for the Casper Ghosts, he batted .348/.412/.632 with 13 home runs and tied for the league lead in RBIs. On June 3, 2011, while with the Single-A Asheville Tourists, he recorded 10 RBIs on three home runs, tying the South Atlantic League single-game record.

That season he led the league in home runs with 32. In 2012, he played for the Tulsa Drillers and Modesto Nuts, combining for a .304/.358/.542 line with 22 home runs. Prior to 2013, MLB ranked him the 16th-best prospect in the Rockies system. He batted .371/.414/.632 with 14 triples for Colorado Springs in 2013.

Promoted to the majors on June 21, 2013, he debuted the next day with two doubles and an RBI. He hit his first career home run on July 28 off Donovan Hand. In 2013, he posted a .263/.316/.459 slash line with five home runs in the majors.