Murry Dickson
Murry Monroe Dickson
Born: August 21, 1916
Tracy, MO USA
Deceased: 1989
Kansas City, KS USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 157
Career: 1939-1959
Minor League Statistics
Murry Dickson compiled a career record of 172 wins and 181 losses in his 638-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics. He began playing during the 1939 season and last took the field during the 1959 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.91 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120.7 | 91 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 488 |
| 1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.58 | 31 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.7 | 119 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 496 |
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2.88 | 47 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 184.3 | 160 | 71 | 59 | 8 | 56 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 756 |
| 1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.07 | 47 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 231.7 | 211 | 101 | 79 | 16 | 88 | 0 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 970 |
| 1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 16 | .429 | 4.14 | 42 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 252.3 | 257 | 121 | 116 | 39 | 85 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1064 |
| 1949 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3.29 | 44 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 224.3 | 216 | 97 | 82 | 17 | 80 | 0 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 948 |
| 1950 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3.80 | 51 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 225.0 | 227 | 104 | 95 | 20 | 83 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 963 |
| 1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 20 | 16 | .556 | 4.02 | 45 | 35 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 288.7 | 294 | 151 | 129 | 32 | 101 | 0 | 112 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1241 |
| 1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 21 | .400 | 3.57 | 43 | 34 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 277.7 | 278 | 128 | 110 | 26 | 76 | 0 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1157 |
| 1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 19 | .345 | 4.53 | 45 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 200.7 | 240 | 121 | 101 | 27 | 58 | 0 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 877 |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 20 | .333 | 3.78 | 40 | 31 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 226.3 | 256 | 107 | 95 | 31 | 73 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 986 |
| 1955 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.50 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 216.0 | 190 | 98 | 84 | 27 | 82 | 8 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 905 |
| 1956 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.09 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| 1956 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.07 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 196.3 | 175 | 75 | 67 | 20 | 57 | 4 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 799 |
| 1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 87 | 41 | 34 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 326 |
| 1958 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.27 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 99.0 | 99 | 42 | 36 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 424 |
| 1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.75 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 |
| 1959 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.94 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 326 |
| Totals | 172 | 181 | .487 | 3.66 | 625 | 338 | 147 | 149 | 27 | 23 | 3052.3 | 3029 | 1431 | 1240 | 302 | 1058 | 18 | 1281 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 12936 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .324 | .588 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 47 | 67 | 65 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .277 | .288 | .385 | .672 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 47 | 83 | 80 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .213 | .222 | .238 | .460 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 101 | 96 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .289 | .302 | .591 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 85 | 84 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .202 | .202 | .274 | .476 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 52 | 83 | 82 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .256 | .265 | .305 | .570 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | 115 | 110 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .273 | .279 | .336 | .616 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 47 | 110 | 107 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .224 | .231 | .262 | .493 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 45 | 67 | 61 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .115 | .143 | .115 | .258 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 40 | 85 | 79 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .190 | .210 | .215 | .425 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 36 | 85 | 82 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .220 | .220 | .280 | .500 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 80 | 77 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .247 | .256 | .325 | .581 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .222 | .250 | .259 | .509 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 28 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .257 | .297 | .343 | .640 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 38 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 638 | 1142 | 1095 | 81 | 253 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 105 | .231 | .241 | .279 | .520 | 306 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.028 | |
| 1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .931 | .871 | |
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 52 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 1.383 | |
| 1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 3 | .938 | 1.277 | |
| 1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
| 1949 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 52 | 3 | 8 | .963 | 1.773 | |
| 1950 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 45 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 1.275 | |
| 1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 70 | 3 | 3 | .967 | 1.978 | |
| 1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 62 | 4 | 7 | .958 | 2.116 | |
| 1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .923 | 1.067 | |
| 1954 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 40 | 31 | 226.3 | 12 | 55 | 3 | 3 | .957 | 2.664 | 1.675 |
| 1955 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 36 | 28 | 216.0 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 2.333 | 1.556 |
| 1956 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 28 | 27 | 196.3 | 24 | 45 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 3.163 | 2.464 |
| 1956 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 3 | 3 | 23.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.348 | 2.000 |
| 1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 14 | 13 | 74.3 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 3.753 | 2.214 |
| 1958 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | P | 27 | 9 | 99.0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.818 | 1.148 |
| 1958 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 6 | 2 | 20.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.213 | .833 |
| 1959 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | P | 38 | 0 | 71.0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.775 | .368 |
| Totals | 625 | 113 | 926.3 | 236 | 668 | 30 | 54 | .968 | 8.783 | 1.446 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 1.200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 1.200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 1.000 |
| 1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 1.500 |
| 1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 5 | 2 | 18.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | .800 |
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