Dizzy Dean

Full Name: Jay Hanna Dean	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/182	First Game: September 28, 1930
Birthdate: January 16, 1910	Final Game: September 28, 1947
Birthplace: Lucas, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: July 17, 1974
Deathplace: Reno, Nevada
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953

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[edit] Biography

Born on January 16, 1910 in Lucas, Arkansas, Dizzy Dean (Jay Hanna Dean) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 12 year career. Dean broke into the bigs on September 28, 1930 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 286 innings pitched in 1932, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dizzy Dean's best season was 1934, when he posted a 2.66 ERA, won 30 games and struck out 195 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1930	STL	N	1	1	1	0	1.00	5	1	1	1	0	0	9	3	0	3	0	0
1932	STL	N	46	33	18	15	3.30	191	122	105	16	4	2	286	280	14	102	2	5
1933	STL	N	48	34	20	18	3.04	199	113	99	26	3	4	293	279	11	64	2	5
1934	STL	N	50	33	30	7	2.66	195	110	92	24	7	7	311.2	288	14	75	2	6
1935	STL	N	50	36	28	12	3.04	190	126	110	29	3	5	325.1	324	16	77	1	4
1936	STL	N	51	34	24	13	3.17	195	128	111	28	2	11	315	310	21	53	4	3
1937	STL	N	27	25	13	10	2.69	120	76	59	17	4	1	197.1	200	9	33	1	2
1938	CHI	N	13	10	7	1	1.81	22	20	15	3	1	0	74.2	63	2	8	0	1
1939	CHI	N	19	13	6	4	3.36	27	40	36	7	2	0	96.1	98	4	17	0	1
1940	CHI	N	10	9	3	3	5.17	18	35	31	3	0	0	54	68	4	20	0	0
1941	CHI	N	1	1	0	0	18.00	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
1947	STL	A	1	1	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		316	229	150	83	3.03	1163	774	661	154	26	30	1963.1	1916	95	452	12	27
Total	AL		1	1	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	0
Total			317	230	150	83	3.02	1163	774	661	154	26	30	1967.1	1919	95	453	12	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1930	STL	N	P	1	1	4	0	0	1.000
1932	STL	N	P	46	9	46	3	7	.948
1933	STL	N	P	48	9	35	5	1	.898
1934	STL	N	P	50	18	46	2	1	.970
1935	STL	N	P	50	13	42	2	0	.965
1936	STL	N	P	51	10	44	1	3	.982
1937	STL	N	P	27	4	24	1	3	.966
1938	CHI	N	P	13	2	11	0	0	1.000
1939	CHI	N	P	19	5	16	0	0	1.000
1940	CHI	N	P	10	5	15	1	0	.952
1941	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1947	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	317	76	283	15	15	.960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1930	STL	N	1	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1932	STL	N	47	97	10	25	2	12	.258	.258	.371	5	0	0	10	0	8	0	0
1933	STL	N	51	105	8	19	1	12	.181	.204	.267	2	2	3	14	0	3	1	0
1934	STL	N	51	118	15	29	2	9	.246	.252	.339	3	1	1	15	0	7	1	5
1935	STL	N	53	128	18	30	2	21	.234	.246	.313	4	0	1	16	1	4	2	1
1936	STL	N	51	121	7	27	0	15	.223	.223	.289	6	1	0	27	0	3	0	3
1937	STL	N	27	66	8	15	1	5	.227	.261	.288	1	0	3	11	0	9	0	2
1938	CHI	N	13	26	3	5	0	1	.192	.192	.231	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
1939	CHI	N	19	34	4	5	0	1	.147	.171	.176	1	0	1	7	0	2	1	0
1940	CHI	N	10	18	2	4	0	0	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
1941	CHI	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1947	STL	A	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		324	716	76	160	8	76	.223	.234	.300	23	4	9	104	1	39	5	12
Total	AL		1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			325	717	76	161	8	76	.225	.235	.301	23	4	9	104	1	39	5	12

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (@1930).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Curt Davis, Clyde Shoun, Tuck Stainback and $185000 (April 16, 1938).