R. A. Dickey Stats & Facts
R. A. Dickey Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 75 Weight: 215 Born: Tuesday, October 29, 1974 in Nashville, TN USA Died: in , Debut: 4/22/2001 Last Game: 9/26/2017 Full Name: Robert Allen Dickey
R.A. Dickey Defies Expectations: Leads NL in Strikeouts After 20-Win Season
In his last appearance of the season, Mets’ 20-game winner R.A. Dickey whiffs eight Miami batters to end the campaign with 230 strikeouts, the most in the National League. The 37 year-old knuckleballer did not foresee the possibility of this occurrence when he wrote the opening lines of Wherever I Wind Up, his autobiography released in March, sharing with his readers, “I will never be a Hall of Famer and will never lead the league in strikeouts,” unaware that he would accomplish the feat in the near future.
R.A. Dickey baffles the Phillies with his knuckleball, throwing a complete game one-hitter, for the Mets’ second shutout in two nights, and their fourth consecutive shutout of the Phillies at Citi Field, dating back to a three-game sweep in May. The only hit is by opposing pitcher Cole Hamels. The Mets’ run scores with two outs in the 6th, on consecutive doubles by David Wright and Carlos Beltran.
R.A. Dickey baffles the Phillies with his knuckleball, throwing a complete game one-hitter, for the Mets’ second shutout in two nights, and their fourth consecutive shutout of the Phillies at Citi Field, dating back to a three-game sweep in May. The only hit is by opposing pitcher Cole Hamels. The Mets’ run scores with two outs in the 6th, on consecutive doubles by David Wright and Carlos Beltran.
Ian Kinsler becomes the fifth major leaguer in baseball history to hit both a leadoff and walk-off home run for his team in the same game
On July 19, 2009 Ian Kinsler becomes the fifth major leaguer in baseball history to hit both a leadoff and walk-off home run for his team in the same game. The Rangers’ second baseman led off the bottom of the first inning with a round-tripper off Francisco Liriano, and then ended the contest…
Texas P R.A. Dickey ties a post-1900 major league record by surrendering six homers to the Tigers in a 10 – 6 Detroit victory
Using his newly-perfected knuckleball, Texas P R.A. Dickey ties a post-1900 major league record by surrendering six homers to the Tigers in a 10 – 6 Detroit victory. The only major league pitcher to give up more homers was Charlie Sweeney of the St. Louis Maroons, who allowed seven to the Detroit Wolverines on June 12, 1886. Detroit clouts 7 round-trippers in the contest, and sets a major league record with 15 homers in their first three games, breaking the mark of 10 set by the 1998 Mariners. The Tigers set a team record for any three-game span, breaking the mark of 14, set in 1997.
