Jim Dickson
[edit] Biography
Born on April 20, 1938 in Portland, Oregon, Jim Dickson (James Edward Dickson) played for the Houston Colt .45s, Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 4 year career. Dickson broke into the bigs on July 2, 1963 with the Houston Colt .45s, and put up a 3.47 ERA in 85.2 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jim Dickson's best season was 1965, when he posted a 3.47 ERA and struck out 54 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.14
| 6
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14.2
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1964
| CIN
| N
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 7.20
| 6
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| 68
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 3.47
| 54
| 40
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 85.2
| 68
| 6
| 47
| 7
| 7
| 2
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 5.35
| 20
| 28
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 37
| 37
| 4
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6.41
| 12
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19.2
| 30
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 92
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 4.04
| 74
| 68
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 122.2
| 105
| 10
| 70
| 9
| 8
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 109
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 4.36
| 86
| 85
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 142.1
| 135
| 10
| 77
| 10
| 9
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 14.2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| CIN
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| P
| 68
| 0
| 85.2
| 2
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 0
| .933
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| P
| 24
| 1
| 37
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 3
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 109
| 1
| 142.1
| 2
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 5
| 0
| .923
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| CIN
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| KC
| A
| 68
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 24
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 92
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 109
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1958).
- Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Pittsburgh Pirates in the minor league draft (November 27, 1961).
- Traded by Houston Colt .45s with Wally Wolf and cash to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Eddie Kasko (January 20, 1964).
- Selected by Kansas City Athletics from Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 30, 1964).
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