R.A. Dickey

Full Name: Robert Alan Dickey	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: April 22, 2001
Birthdate: October 29, 1974	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Robert Alan Dickey (born October 29 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers. Dickey has had limited success as a starting pitcher and is currently attempting to become a knuckleball pitcher. He has been with the Rangers organization since he was drafted in 1996, without interruption. The most notable (though rather dubious) moment of his career was on April 6, 2006 when Dickey allowed 6 home runs in one game, tying the post-1900 record which is also shared by another knuckleballer, Tim Wakefield.

In 2003, R.A. Dickey adapted a pitch called "The Thang", which is supposedly a mix between a splitter and a curve. It is not known whether or not Dickey himself invented the pitch, however.

At the beginning of the 2006 season, the Rangers gave Dickey a chance to try out his knuckleball at the major league level by naming him the 5th starter. However, after giving up 6 home runs in his first start on April 6, he was demoted to the Rangers' AAA minor league affiliate, the Oklahoma Redhawks, where he still remains.

Most people believe that R.A. Dickey's best season was 2003, when he struck out 94 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2001	TEX	A	4	0	0	1	6.75	4	9	9	0	0	0	12	13	3	7	1	1	0
2003	TEX	A	38	13	9	8	5.09	94	68	66	1	1	1	116.2	135	16	38	5	5	5
2004	TEX	A	25	15	6	7	5.61	57	77	65	0	0	1	104.1	136	17	33	1	5	4
2005	TEX	A	9	4	1	2	6.67	15	23	22	0	0	0	29.2	29	4	17	0	2	2
2006	TEX	A	1	1	0	1	18.90	1	7	7	0	0	0	3.1	8	6	1	0	0	0
Total			77	33	16	19	5.72	171	184	169	1	1	2	266	321	46	96	7	13	11

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2001	TEX	A	P	4	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
2003	TEX	A	P	38	13	116.2	5	14	0	1	1	7	2	1	1.000
2004	TEX	A	P	25	15	104.1	7	22	2	0	2	6	5	4	.935
2005	TEX	A	P	9	4	29.2	1	9	0	1	2	3	0	0	1.000
2006	TEX	A	P	1	1	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	77	33	266	14	46	2	2	5	17	9	5	.968

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Year	Team		G	AB	H	AVG	OBP	SLG
2001	TEX	A	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2003	TEX	A	38	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000
2004	TEX	A	25	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2005	TEX	A	9	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2006	TEX	A	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Total			77	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000

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Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1993).
Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (18th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed September 12, 1996).
Granted free agency (October 11, 2006).

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