Murry Dickson | Major Leaguer 1939-1959

Full Name: Murry Monroe Dickson
Born: August 21,1916 in Tracy, Missouri
Death: September 21,1989
Height: Weight: 157 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1937] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Cardinals. [Jan 29,1949] - Purchased by Pirates from Cardinals. [Jan 13,1954] - Traded by Pirates to Phillies for Jack Lohrke, Andy Hansen and Cash. [May 11,1956] - Traded by Phillies with Herm Wehmeier to Cardinals for Stu Miller, Ben Flowers and Harvey Haddix. [Oct 15,1957] - Released by Cardinals. [Jan 28,1958] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Aug 22,1958] - Traded by Athletics to Yankees for Zeke Bella and Cash. [May 9,1959] - Purchased by Athletics from Yankees. [Oct 5,1959] - Released by Athletics.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1939	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.46	0.00	2.46	4.92	0.55	--
1940	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	0	0	16.27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	27.11	0.00	5.42	0.00	3.61	--
1942	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	6	3	2.91	36	7	2	0	13	2	120.2	91	41	39	1	61	66	2	0	6.79	0.07	4.55	4.92	1.26	--
1943	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	8	2	3.58	31	7	2	0	11	0	115.2	119	51	46	4	49	44	1	0	9.26	0.31	3.81	3.42	1.45	--
1946	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	15	6	2.88	47	19	12	2	9	1	184.1	160	71	59	8	56	82	3	0	7.81	0.39	2.73	4.00	1.17	--
1947	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	13	16	3.07	47	25	11	4	13	3	231.2	211	101	79	16	88	111	1	0	8.20	0.62	3.42	4.31	1.29	--
1948	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	12	16	4.14	42	29	11	1	8	1	252.1	257	121	116	39	85	113	1	0	9.17	1.39	3.03	4.03	1.36	--
1949	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	12	14	3.29	44	20	11	2	15	0	224.1	216	97	82	17	80	89	1	0	8.67	0.68	3.21	3.57	1.32	--
1950	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	10	15	3.80	51	22	8	0	18	3	225.0	227	104	95	20	83	76	4	1	9.08	0.80	3.32	3.04	1.38	--
1951	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	20	16	4.02	45	35	19	3	9	2	288.2	294	151	129	32	101	112	1	1	9.17	1.00	3.15	3.49	1.37	--
1952	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	14	21	3.57	43	34	21	2	8	2	277.2	278	128	110	26	76	112	0	0	9.01	0.84	2.46	3.63	1.27	--
1953	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	10	19	4.53	45	26	10	1	13	4	200.2	240	121	101	27	58	88	4	0	10.76	1.21	2.60	3.95	1.49	--
1954	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	10	20	3.78	40	31	12	4	5	3	226.1	256	107	95	31	73	64	1	0	10.18	1.23	2.90	2.54	1.45	--
1955	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	12	11	3.50	36	28	12	4	2	0	216.0	190	98	84	27	82	92	2	0	7.92	1.13	3.42	3.83	1.26	--
1956	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	0	3	5.09	3	3	0	0	0	0	23.0	20	15	13	1	12	1	0	0	7.83	0.39	4.70	0.39	1.39	--
	St. Louis	NL	39	Stl	MLB	13	8	3.07	28	27	12	3	0	0	196.1	175	75	67	20	57	109	7	0	8.02	0.92	2.61	5.00	1.18	--
1957	St. Louis	NL	40	Stl	MLB	5	3	4.14	14	13	3	1	0	0	74.0	87	41	34	8	25	29	3	0	10.58	0.97	3.04	3.53	1.51	46%
1958	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	1	2	5.76	6	2	0	0	1	1	20.1	18	17	13	4	12	9	1	0	7.97	1.77	5.31	3.98	1.48	63%
	KC A's	AL	41	Kca	MLB	9	5	3.27	27	9	3	0	9	1	99.0	99	42	36	12	31	46	0	0	9.00	1.09	2.82	4.18	1.31	50%
1959	KC A's	AL	42	Kca	MLB	2	1	4.94	38	0	0	0	12	0	71.0	85	46	39	9	27	36	1	0	10.77	1.14	3.42	4.56	1.58	57%

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)						172	181	3.66	625	338	149	27	147	23	3,052.1	3029	1431	1240	302	1058	1281	34	2	8.93	0.89	3.12	3.78	1.34	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1939	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	p		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1940	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	p		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1942	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	p		37	42	6	8	2	0	0	1	0		0	3	0		1		1	.190	*.198	.238	*436	--
1943	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	p		31	34	1	9	2	0	0	6	0		0	1	0		3		0	.265	*.271	.324	*595	--
1946	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	p		47	65	8	18	5	1	0	6	0		1	6	0		1		0	.277	*.294	.385	*679	--
1947	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	p		47	80	4	17	2	0	0	9	0		1	5	0		2		3	.213	*.229	.238	*467	--
1948	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	p		43	96	7	27	2	0	0	11	0		1	1	0		4		3	.281	*.294	.302	*596	--
1949	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	p		44	84	5	17	4	1	0	4	0		0	6	0		1		1	.202	*.210	.274	*484	--
1950	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	p		52	82	5	21	4	0	0	7	0		1	9	0		0		3	.256	*.271	.305	*576	--
1951	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	p		46	110	16	30	2	1	1	8	0	0	1	5	0		4		2	.273	*.285	.336	*621	--
1952	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p		47	107	4	24	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	10	0		2		5	.224	*.238	.262	*500	--
1953	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	p		45	61	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	0		4		2	.115	*.151	.115	*266	--
1954	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	p		40	79	4	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	9	0		4	0	2	.190	.210	.215	425	--
1955	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	p		36	82	6	18	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	3	0	3	.220	.220	.280	500	--
1956	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	p		3	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
	St. Louis	NL	39	Stl	MLB	p		32	77	6	19	2	2	0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	2	0	1	.247	.256	.325	581	--
1957	St. Louis	NL	40	Stl	MLB	p	9	14	27	4	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.250	.259	509	61%
1958	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	p	9	6	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	572	67%
	KC A's	AL	41	Kca	MLB	p	9	28	35	2	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	1	0	2	0	0	.257	.297	.343	640	35%
1959	KC A's	AL	42	Kca	MLB	p	9	38	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	352	67%

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)								638	1095	81	253	34	5	3	82	0		12	105	2		33		27	.231		.279	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1943	St. Louis	NL	26		Ws	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.2	0		0		1	0			0.00	---	13.64	0.00	1.52	--
1946	St. Louis	NL	29		Ws	0	1	3.86	2		0			0	14.0	11		6		4	7			7.07	---	2.57	4.50	1.07	--
1958	NY Yankees	AL	41		Ws	0	0	4.50	2		0			0	4.0	4		2		0	1			9.00	---	0.00	2.25	1.00	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	1	3.86	5		0			0	18.2	15		8		5	8			7.23	---	2.41	3.86	1.07	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1943	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1946	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	Ws	2	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1200	--
1958	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						5	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1200	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1939	St. Louis	NL	22	Stl	MLB	P	1		3.2	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.91

1940	St. Louis	NL	23	Stl	MLB	P	1		1.2	0	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	.000	.00

1942	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	P	36		120.2	10	27	0	37	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.76

1943	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	P	31		115.2	6	21	2	29	3	-	-	-	.931	2.10

1946	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	P	47		184.1	13	52	1	66	5	-	-	-	.985	3.17

1947	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	P	47		231.2	13	47	4	64	3	-	-	-	.938	2.33

1948	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	P	42		252.1	12	51	0	63	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25

1949	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	P	44		224.1	26	52	3	81	8	-	-	-	.963	3.13

1950	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	P	51		225	20	45	1	66	6	-	-	-	.985	2.60

1951	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	P	45		288.2	19	70	3	92	3	-	-	-	.967	2.77

1952	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	43		277.2	29	62	4	95	7	-	-	-	.958	2.95

1953	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	P	45		200.2	14	34	4	52	2	-	-	-	.923	2.15

1954	Philadelph	NL	37	Phi	MLB	P	40		226.1	12	55	3	70	3	-	-	-	.957	2.66

1955	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	P	36		216	17	39	1	57	4	-	-	-	.982	2.33

1956	Philadelph	NL	39	Phi	MLB	P	3		23	0	6	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.35
1956	St. Louis	NL	39	Stl	MLB	P	28		196.1	24	45	1	70	4	-	-	-	.986	3.16

1957	St. Louis	NL	40	Stl	MLB	P	14		74	11	20	1	32	0	-	-	-	.969	3.77

1958	KC A's	AL	41	Kca	MLB	P	27		99	6	25	0	31	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.82
1958	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	P	6		20.1	3	2	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.21

1959	KC A's	AL	42	Kca	MLB	P	38		71	1	13	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	1.77

Awards

[1951] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #9) [1952] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #13) [1953] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1946 and the New York Yankees in 1958.

Notes: Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1953)

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