Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 625
- W
- 172
- L
- 181
- ERA
- 3.66
- IP
- 3052.1
- K
- 1,281
- BB
- 1,058
- WHIP
- 1.34
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.2 | 2 | 1 | 0.55 |
| 1940 | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 1942 | STL | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2.91 | 120.2 | 66 | 61 | 1.26 |
| 1943 | STL | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3.58 | 115.2 | 44 | 49 | 1.45 |
| 1946 | STL | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2.88 | 184.1 | 82 | 56 | 1.17 |
| 1947 | STL | 47 | 13 | 16 | 3.07 | 231.2 | 111 | 88 | 1.29 |
| 1948 | STL | 42 | 12 | 16 | 4.14 | 252.1 | 113 | 85 | 1.36 |
| 1949 | PIT | 44 | 12 | 14 | 3.29 | 224.1 | 89 | 80 | 1.32 |
| 1950 | PIT | 51 | 10 | 15 | 3.80 | 225.0 | 76 | 83 | 1.38 |
| 1951 | PIT | 45 | 20 | 16 | 4.02 | 288.2 | 112 | 101 | 1.37 |
| 1952 | PIT | 43 | 14 | 21 | 3.57 | 277.2 | 112 | 76 | 1.27 |
| 1953 | PIT | 45 | 10 | 19 | 4.53 | 200.2 | 88 | 58 | 1.49 |
| 1954 | PHI | 40 | 10 | 20 | 3.78 | 226.1 | 64 | 73 | 1.45 |
| 1955 | PHI | 36 | 12 | 11 | 3.50 | 216.0 | 92 | 82 | 1.26 |
| 1956 |  PHI/STL | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3.28 | 219.1 | 110 | 69 | 1.20 |
| 1957 | STL | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4.14 | 74.0 | 29 | 25 | 1.51 |
| 1958 |  NYY/ATH | 33 | 10 | 7 | 3.70 | 119.1 | 55 | 43 | 1.34 |
| 1959 | ATH | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4.94 | 71.0 | 36 | 27 | 1.58 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 4.00
- IP
- 18.0
- K
- 8
- BB
- 5
- WHIP
- 1.11
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 149
- SHO
- 27
- K/9
- 3.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PIT | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PIT | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PIT | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PHI | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PHI | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PHI/STL | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | STL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY/ATH | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Murry Dickson's career stats?
Murry Dickson played 18 seasons for the Cardinals, the Pirates, the Phillies and the Athletics. He had 172 wins and 1,281 strikeouts with a 3.66 ERA over 3,052.1 innings. His best season was 1951: 20 wins, a 4.02 ERA and 112 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
18 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1939 to 1959
Championships ×3
- 1942 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1958 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 177th in wins (pitching) (172)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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