Murry Dickson

Full Name: Murry Monroe Dickson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/157	First Game: September 30, 1939
Birthdate: August 21, 1916	Final Game: September 14, 1959
Birthplace: Tracy, Missouri	MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: September 21, 1989
Deathplace: Kansas City, Kansas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 21, 1916 in Tracy, Missouri, Murry Dickson (Murry Monroe Dickson) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 18 year career. Dickson broke into the bigs on September 30, 1939 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.91 ERA in 120.2 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Murry Dickson's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1951, when he posted a 4.02 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 112 batters. However, others believe that it was 1946, when he posted a 2.88 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 82 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1939	STL	N	1	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1940	STL	N	1	1	0	0	16.20	0	4	3	0	0	0	1.2	5	0	1	0	1	0
1942	STL	N	36	7	6	3	2.91	66	41	39	2	0	2	120.2	91	1	61	0	2	1
1943	STL	N	31	7	8	2	3.58	44	51	46	2	0	0	115.2	119	4	49	0	1	1
1946	STL	N	47	19	15	6	2.88	82	71	59	12	2	1	184.1	160	8	56	0	3	4
1947	STL	N	47	25	13	16	3.07	111	101	79	11	4	3	231.2	211	16	88	0	1	2
1948	STL	N	42	29	12	16	4.14	113	121	116	11	1	1	252.1	257	39	85	0	1	0
1949	PIT	N	44	20	12	14	3.29	89	97	82	11	2	0	224.1	216	17	80	0	1	6
1950	PIT	N	51	22	10	15	3.80	76	104	95	8	0	3	225	227	20	83	0	4	2
1951	PIT	N	45	35	20	16	4.02	112	151	129	19	3	2	288.2	294	32	101	0	1	6
1952	PIT	N	43	34	14	21	3.57	112	128	110	21	2	2	277.2	278	26	76	0	0	1
1953	PIT	N	45	26	10	19	4.53	88	121	101	10	1	4	200.2	240	27	58	0	4	3
1954	PHI	N	40	31	10	20	3.78	64	107	95	12	4	3	226.1	256	31	73	8	1	2
1955	PHI	N	36	28	12	11	3.50	92	98	84	12	4	0	216	190	27	82	8	2	4
1956	STL	N	28	27	13	8	3.07	109	75	67	12	3	0	196.1	175	20	57	4	7	1
1956	PHI	N	3	3	0	3	5.09	1	15	13	0	0	0	23	20	1	12	1	0	0
1956	TOT	N	31	30	13	11	3.28	110	90	80	12	3	0	219.1	195	21	69	5	7	1
1957	STL	N	14	13	5	3	4.14	29	41	34	3	1	0	74	87	8	25	0	3	1
1958	NY	A	6	2	1	2	5.75	9	17	13	0	0	1	20.1	18	4	12	0	1	1
1958	KC	A	27	9	9	5	3.27	46	42	36	3	0	1	99	99	12	31	4	0	2
1958	TOT	A	33	11	10	7	3.70	55	59	49	3	0	2	119.1	117	16	43	4	1	3
1959	KC	A	38	0	2	1	4.94	36	46	39	0	0	0	71	85	9	27	1	1	0
Total	NL		554	327	160	173	3.62	1190	1326	1152	146	27	21	2862	2827	277	988	21	32	34
Total	AL		71	11	12	8	4.16	91	105	88	3	0	2	190.1	202	25	70	5	2	3
Total			625	338	172	181	3.66	1281	1431	1240	149	27	23	3052.1	3029	302	1058	26	34	37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1939	STL	N	P	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	STL	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1942	STL	N	P	36	0	0	10	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	STL	N	P	31	0	0	6	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	.931
1946	STL	N	P	47	0	0	13	52	1	5	0	0	0	0	.985
1947	STL	N	P	47	0	0	13	47	4	3	0	0	0	0	.938
1948	STL	N	P	42	0	0	12	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	PIT	N	P	44	0	0	26	52	3	8	0	0	0	0	.963
1950	PIT	N	P	51	0	0	20	45	1	6	0	0	0	0	.985
1951	PIT	N	P	45	0	0	19	70	3	3	0	0	0	0	.967
1952	PIT	N	P	43	0	0	29	62	4	7	0	0	0	0	.958
1953	PIT	N	P	45	0	0	14	34	4	2	0	0	0	0	.923
1954	PHI	N	P	40	31	226.1	12	55	3	3	2	3	5	2	.957
1955	PHI	N	P	36	0	0	17	39	1	4	0	0	0	0	.982
1956	STL	N	P	28	0	0	24	45	1	4	0	0	0	0	.986
1956	PHI	N	P	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	TOT	N	P	31	0	0	24	51	1	5	0	0	0	0	.987
1957	STL	N	P	14	13	74.1	11	20	1	0	7	3	1	0	.969
1958	NY	A	P	6	2	20.1	3	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	1.000
1958	KC	A	P	27	9	99	6	25	0	3	4	2	3	0	1.000
1958	TOT	A	P	33	11	119.1	9	27	0	3	5	3	6	0	1.000
1959	KC	A	P	38	0	71	1	13	1	0	1	2	1	0	.933
Total			P	625	55	491	236	668	30	54	15	11	13	2	.968

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1939	STL	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1940	STL	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	STL	N	37	42	6	8	0	1	.190	.190	.238	2	0	0	3	0	1	1
1943	STL	N	31	34	1	9	0	6	.265	.265	.324	2	0	0	1	0	3	0
1946	STL	N	47	65	8	18	0	6	.277	.288	.385	5	1	1	6	0	1	0
1947	STL	N	47	80	4	17	0	9	.213	.222	.237	2	0	1	5	0	2	3
1948	STL	N	43	96	7	27	0	11	.281	.289	.302	2	0	1	1	0	4	3
1949	PIT	N	44	84	5	17	0	4	.202	.202	.274	4	1	0	6	0	1	1
1950	PIT	N	52	82	5	21	0	7	.256	.265	.305	4	0	1	9	0	0	3
1951	PIT	N	46	110	16	30	1	8	.273	.279	.336	2	1	1	5	0	4	2
1952	PIT	N	47	107	4	24	0	6	.224	.231	.262	4	0	1	10	0	2	5
1953	PIT	N	45	61	0	7	0	2	.115	.143	.115	0	0	2	11	0	4	2
1954	PHI	N	40	79	4	15	0	5	.190	.210	.215	2	0	2	9	0	4	2
1955	PHI	N	36	82	6	18	1	3	.220	.220	.280	2	0	0	9	0	3	3
1956	STL	N	32	77	6	19	0	6	.247	.256	.325	2	2	1	9	0	2	1
1956	PHI	N	3	9	2	3	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1956	TOT	N	35	86	8	22	0	6	.256	.264	.326	2	2	1	11	0	2	1
1957	STL	N	14	27	4	6	0	4	.222	.250	.259	1	0	0	6	1	0	1
1958	NY	A	6	7	0	2	0	1	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1958	KC	A	28	35	2	9	1	1	.257	.297	.343	0	0	1	5	1	2	0
1958	TOT	A	34	42	2	11	1	2	.262	.295	.333	0	0	1	7	1	2	0
1959	KC	A	38	17	1	3	0	2	.176	.176	.176	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Total	NL		566	1036	78	239	2	78	.231	.240	.279	34	5	11	93	1	31	27
Total	AL		72	59	3	14	1	4	.237	.262	.288	0	0	1	12	1	2	0
Total			638	1095	81	253	3	82	.231	.241	.279	34	5	12	105	2	33	27

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1937).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates for $125000 (January 29, 1949).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Andy Hansen, Jack Lohrke and $70000 (January 13, 1954).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Herm Wehmeier to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Harvey Haddix, Ben Flowers and Stu Miller (May 11, 1956).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 15, 1957).
Signed by Kansas City Athletics (January 28, 1958).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees in exchange for Zeke Bella and cash (August 22, 1958).
Sold by New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics (May 9, 1959).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (October 5, 1959).

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All-Star Games: 1953
World Series Champion: 1946 1958

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