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b. August 21, 1916 · St. Louis Cardinals 1939–1940, 1942–1943, 1946–1948, 1956–1957, Pittsburgh Pirates 1949–1953, Philadelphia Phillies 1954–1956, Kansas City Athletics 1958–1959, New York Yankees 1958

In 1951 he went 20-16 for a Pittsburgh club that finished seventh and lost 90 games, which is close to the limit of what one pitcher can do for a bad team. He then led the National League in losses three years running: 21, 19 and 20. The clubs behind him lost 112, 104 and 101.

Eighteen seasons gave him 172 wins against 181, a 3.66 earned run average, 3,052 innings and 149 complete games. He won a World Series game for St. Louis in 1946 and pitched in another for the Yankees in 1958, twelve years apart, at forty-two.

He was called the Thomas Edison of the mound for the number of grips and deliveries he tried, and he was still pitching in the major leagues at forty-three. No Hall of Fame ballot has ever listed him. He died in 1989, at seventy-three.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1953

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1939	STL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1940	STL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1942	STL	37	42	6	8	2	0	0	1	0	3	.190
1943	STL	31	34	1	9	2	0	0	6	0	1	.265
1946	STL	47	65	8	18	5	1	0	6	1	6	.277
1947	STL	47	80	4	17	2	0	0	9	1	5	.212
1948	STL	43	96	7	27	2	0	0	11	1	1	.281
1949	PIT	44	84	5	17	4	1	0	4	0	6	.202
1950	PIT	52	82	5	21	4	0	0	7	1	9	.256
1951	PIT	46	110	16	30	2	1	1	8	1	5	.273
1952	PIT	47	107	4	24	4	0	0	6	1	10	.224
1953	PIT	45	61	0	7	0	0	0	2	2	11	.115
1954	PHI	40	79	4	15	2	0	0	5	2	9	.190
1955	PHI	36	82	6	18	2	0	1	3	0	9	.220
1956	PHI/STL	35	86	8	22	2	2	0	6	1	11	.256
1957	STL	14	27	4	6	1	0	0	4	0	6	.222
1958	KCA/NYY	34	42	2	11	0	0	1	2	1	7	.262
1959	KCA	38	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	.176
Career	—	638	1095	81	253	34	5	3	82	12	105	.231

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1939	STL	0	0	1	0	0	3.2	1	0	1	2	0.00
1940	STL	0	0	1	1	0	1.2	5	3	1	0	16.20
1942	STL	6	3	36	7	2	120.2	91	39	61	66	2.91
1943	STL	8	2	31	7	0	115.2	119	46	49	44	3.58
1946	STL	15	6	47	19	1	184.1	160	59	56	82	2.88
1947	STL	13	16	47	25	3	231.2	211	79	88	111	3.07
1948	STL	12	16	42	29	1	252.1	257	116	85	113	4.14
1949	PIT	12	14	44	20	0	224.1	216	82	80	89	3.29
1950	PIT	10	15	51	22	3	225.0	227	95	83	76	3.80
1951	PIT	20	16	45	35	2	288.2	294	129	101	112	4.02
1952	PIT	14	21	43	34	2	277.2	278	110	76	112	3.57
1953	PIT	10	19	45	26	4	200.2	240	101	58	88	4.53
1954	PHI	10	20	40	31	3	226.1	256	95	73	64	3.78
1955	PHI	12	11	36	28	0	216.0	190	84	82	92	3.50
1956	PHI/STL	13	11	31	30	0	219.1	195	80	69	110	3.28
1957	STL	5	3	14	13	0	74.0	87	34	25	29	4.14
1958	KCA/NYY	10	7	33	11	2	119.1	117	49	43	55	3.70
1959	KCA	2	1	38	0	0	71.0	85	39	27	36	4.94
Career	—	172	181	625	338	23	3052.1	3029	1240	1058	1281	3.66

On this day & linked events

1916

Born August 21, 1916

Tracy, MO, USA

1989

Died September 21, 1989

1939

Major-league debut: Murry Dickson

Murry Dickson made a major-league debut on September 30, 1939.

1959

Final major-league game: Murry Dickson

Murry Dickson played a final major-league game on September 14, 1959.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain