Luke Appling – ol Aches and Pains The best I ever saw The righthand-hitting Appling batted .310 in twenty seasons (1930-43 – 45-50) with the White Sox. A leadoff hitter with the ability to foul off pitch after pitch, he won two batting titles, with averages of .388 in 1936 and .328 in…
Ranking the Catchers With a commanding presence behind the plate and a rocket arm, Johnny Bench was the best defensive catcher in history. But that wasn’t all. The powerful right-handed slugger won a pair of Most Valuable Player awards and led the Reds to six division titles, four pennants, and two championships. He hit…
Bill Dickey talks about how he became a Yankee, Miller Huggins, how he talked him into using Earle Combs bat. The first in a long line of outstanding catchers in New York Yankees history, Bill Dickey likely would be better-remembered today had he not been replaced almost immediately by Yogi Berra after he retired at…
Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville, and Bill Terry are inducted into the Hall of Fame during ceremonies in Cooperstown
On January 21, 1953, pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America surprisingly bypasses former New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot. DiMaggio will gain an election two years later. Dean gathers 209…
Jimmy Piersall and New York’s Billy Martin first exchange insults before a game in Boston‚ then exchange punches in the tunnel under the stands. It takes coaches Bill Dickey and Oscar Melillo‚ along with starter Ellis Kinder‚ to break up the fight. Piersall goes to the clubhouse to change his bloody shirt and gets into another brawl with teammate Mickey McDermott. He sits as Ellis Kinder stops the Yanks‚ 5 – 2.
New managers in spring training camps are Billy Herman with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Muddy Ruel with the St. Louis Browns, Bucky Harris with the New York Yankees, and Johnny Neun with the Cincinnati Reds. Neun ended 1946 as manager of the Yankees after both Joe McCarthy and Bill Dickey quit.
1943 – New York Yankees pitcher Spud Chandler shuts out the St. Louis Cardinals, 2 – 0, as the Yankees win the World Series in five games. Chandler gives up 10 hits and strands 11 runners. Bill Dickey’s two-run homer in the 6th inning is the difference.
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more October 5, 1943 Game 1 of the 1943 World Series pauses for a moment as a B-17 Flying Fortress flies over Yankee Stadium. Exactly…
War Bond Game, August 26, 1943, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Lefty Grove, Connie Mack, Eddie Collins, Al Simmons, Bill Dickey, George Sisler, and Homerun Baker stand in uniform before an Old Timers All Star game.