Bill Dickey
Yankees catcher and manager, 8-time World Series champion, Hall of Fame inductee.
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 17 seasons. Dickey managed the Yankees as a player-manager in 1946 in his last season as a player.
Quick Facts
- Position
- Catcher; Manager
- Born
- 6 June 1907
- Birthplace
- Bastrop, Louisiana, U.S.
- Died
- 12 November 1993
- Place of death
- Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
- Bats
- Left
- Throws
- Right
- Debut league
- MLB
Lore & Background
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.
Reader's Guide
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.
Did You Know?
- Dickey hit .362 in 1936, the highest single-season average ever recorded by a catcher at the time.
- He broke the jaw of Carl Reynolds in a 1932 game after a home-plate collision, receiving a 30-day suspension and $1,000 fine.
- Dickey appeared as himself in the 1942 film The Pride of the Yankees.
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