Kerry Dineen Stats

Kerry Dineen was born on Tuesday, July 1, 1952, in Englewood, New Jersey. Dineen was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 14, 1975, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kerry Dineen baseball stats page.

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"Young Kerry was called up in the midst of the Yanks' outfield crisis last June. He broke into the line-up, and hit a robust .364 in his first- and last-7 games. After a base-hit in a game at Detroit on 6/19, he pulled a hamstring muscle and was returned to Syracuse to recuperate. Made 348 triples to the plate for the Chiefs, and hit .241 with 30 RBI. He's not a classy outfielder, but he makes the plays and has a good arm." - 1975 SSPC Baseball Card (Back of Card #452. Baseball Almanac Collection)

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Birth Name:   Kerry Michael Dineen
Nickname:   None
Born On:   07-01-1952  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Englewood, New Jersey
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-21-2015 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Henderson, Nevada
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Chula Vista High School (Chula Vista, CA)
College:   University of San Diego
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   06-14-1975 (Age 22)
Last Game:   10-01-1978
Draft:   1973 : 4th Round (85th)

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Kerry Dineen Pitching Stats

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Kerry Dineen Hitting Stats

1975 23 Yankees 7 22 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .364 .417 .409
1976 24 Yankees 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286
1978 26 Phillies 5 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .333 .375
3 Years 16 37 3 12 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 .324 .390 .378

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Kerry Dineen Fielding Stats

1975 Yankees CF 7 6 150 20 2.9 20 20 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1976 Yankees CF 2 2 57 9 4.5 8 8 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 3.79
1976 Yankees RF 2 0 9 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1978 Phillies LF 1 1 24 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
CF Totals 9 8 207 29 3.2 28 28 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.65
RF Totals 2 0 9 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
LF Totals 1 1 24 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
3 Years 12 9 240 31 2.6 30 30 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 3.38

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Kerry Dineen Miscellaneous Stats

1975 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 22.0 22.0 - - -
1976 Yankees 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0.0 3.5 7.0 - - -
1978 Phillies 0 0 .000 4 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
3 Years 1 1 .500 4 1 0 0.0 12.3 18.5 - - -

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Kerry Dineen Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1975 New York Yankees 49 $15,000.00 - -
1976 New York Yankees 47 $19,000.00 - -
1978 Philadelphia Phillies 26 $21,000.00 - -

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Kerry Dineen made his Major League debut on June 14, 1975, in the top of the ninth inning, taking the center field position in Shea Stadium, moving Walt Williams from center to right field, and Bobby Bonds (who was in right) to the dugout.

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Kerry Dineen | Image from 1975 SSPC Baseball Card (#452)
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Did you know that Kerry Dineen was the first University of San Diego college baseball player to make it to the Majors? In 1997, the Toreros inducted Dineen into their Hall of Fame:

Kerry Dineen
Class of 1974
Inducted 1997

Played three years at USD on the baseball team from 1971 to 1973 where he was recognized as a three-time NCAA Division II All America as an outfielder and a two-time USD team MVP. Kerry is the lone Torero to hold a career batting average above .400.

He went on to lead the club in hitting the next two years with averages of .394 and .411. After his 1973 campaign at USD, Kerry was drafted by the New York Yankees and made his major league debut on June 14, 1975. He had a brief stint on the 1976 Yankees team that went on to win the World Series, and he finished his major league career in 1978 with Philadelphia.

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