Jimmy Dykes Stats

Jimmy Dykes was born on Tuesday, November 10, 1896, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dykes was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 6, 1918, with the Philadelphia Athletics. 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 Jimmy Dykes baseball stats page.

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"When the A's got within one run (during the 1939 World Series), Dykes was so happy that he reached over and, while screaming, 'We're back in the game,' slammed the back the fellow sitting next to him so hard that the man fell of the bench. That man was the Athletics' elderly manager, Connie Mack. Dykes apologized profusely. 'It's all right Jimmy,' Mack said. 'And isn't this a wonderfuly rally?' A few minutes later Dykes pounded a two-run double off the wall to put the finishing touches on one of the greaties rallies in baseball history. The episode was classic Dykes. There was seldom anything ordinary about Jimmy's storied forty-seven-year baseball career during which he became the first man both to play and manager in the big leagues twenty or more years." - Author Rich Westcott in Philadelphia's Top Fifty Baseball Players (University of Nebraska Press, 05/01/2013, 'Jimmy Dykes', Page 93)

Jimmy Dykes

Jimmie Dykes Autograph on a 2009 Legendary Cuts (#14/15)

Jimmie Dykes Autograph on a 2009 Legendary Cuts (#14/15)

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Birth Name:   James Joseph Dykes
Nickname:   Jimmie or Jimmy
Born On:   11-10-1896  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-15-1976 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   St. Denis Cemetery, Havertown, Pennsylvania
High School:   Haverford Township High School (Haverford, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   05-06-1918 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-01-1939
Draft:   Not Applicable

Jimmy Dykes

Jimmy Dykes Pitching Stats

1927 31 Athletics 2 0 2 0 0 .000 4.50 0 0 1 2.0 8 2 1 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
1 Year 2 0 2 0 0 .000 4.50 0 0 1 2.0 8 2 1 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -

Jimmy Dykes

Jimmy Dykes Hitting Stats

1918 22 Athletics 59 186 13 35 3 3 0 0 13 19 0 32 7 0 1 1 .188 .267 .237
1919 23 Athletics 17 49 4 9 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 11 0 0 0 0 .184 .286 .204
1920 24 Athletics 142 546 81 140 25 4 8 0 35 55 0 73 27 0 9 3 .256 .334 .361
1921 25 Athletics 155 613 88 168 32 13 16 0 77 60 2 75 13 0 15 6 .274 .353 .447
1922 26 Athletics 145 501 66 138 23 7 12 0 68 55 0 98 15 0 10 7 .275 .359 .421
1923 27 Athletics 124 416 50 105 28 1 4 0 43 35 0 40 16 0 5 6 .252 .318 .353
1924 28 Athletics 110 410 68 128 26 6 3 0 50 38 0 60 11 0 1 3 .312 .372 .427
1925 29 Athletics 122 465 93 150 32 11 5 0 55 46 2 49 14 1 8 9 .323 .392 .471
1926 30 Athletics 124 429 54 123 32 5 1 0 44 49 0 34 13 0 8 8 .287 .370 .392
1927 31 Athletics 121 417 61 135 33 6 3 0 60 44 1 23 15 0 4 5 .324 .394 .453
1928 32 Athletics 85 242 39 67 11 0 5 0 30 27 4 21 12 0 5 3 .277 .361 .384
1929 33 Athletics 119 401 76 131 34 6 13 0 79 51 2 25 17 0 7 9 .327 .412 .539
1930 34 Athletics 125 435 69 131 28 4 6 0 73 74 3 53 16 0 10 8 .301 .414 .425
1931 35 Athletics 101 355 48 97 28 2 3 0 46 49 2 47 4 0 6 10 .273 .371 .389
1932 36 Athletics 153 558 71 148 29 5 7 1 90 77 2 65 8 0 4 12 .265 .358 .373
1933 37 White Sox 151 554 49 144 22 6 1 0 68 69 1 37 6 0 12 18 .260 .354 .327
1934 38 White Sox 127 456 52 122 17 4 7 1 82 64 0 28 12 0 4 14 .268 .363 .368
1935 39 White Sox 117 403 45 116 24 2 4 0 61 59 3 28 9 0 2 8 .288 .381 .387
1936 40 White Sox 127 435 62 116 16 3 7 0 60 61 2 36 11 0 4 11 .267 .362 .366
1937 41 White Sox 30 85 10 26 5 0 1 0 23 9 1 7 2 0 0 4 .306 .372 .400
1938 42 White Sox 26 89 9 27 4 2 2 0 13 10 0 8 0 0 0 4 .303 .374 .461
1939 43 White Sox 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
22 Years 2,282 8,046 1,108 2,256 453 90 108 2 1,071 958 25 850 228 1 115 149 .280 .365 .399

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Jimmy Dykes Fielding Stats

1918 Athletics 2B 56 55 1,449 349 6.2 328 139 189 21 32 n/a n/a n/a .940 6.11
1918 Athletics 3B 1 0 5 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40
1919 Athletics 2B 16 14 345 91 5.7 86 28 58 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .945 6.73
1919 Athletics 3B 1 1 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1920 Athletics 2B 110 110 2,850 713 6.5 682 304 378 31 55 n/a n/a n/a .957 6.46
1920 Athletics 3B 33 33 816 143 4.3 129 49 80 14 5 n/a n/a n/a .902 4.27
1921 Athletics 2B 155 155 4,533 1,002 6.5 956 434 522 46 96 n/a n/a n/a .954 5.69
1922 Athletics 2B 3 2 27 21 7.0 19 7 12 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .905 19.00
1922 Athletics 3B 143 143 420 509 3.6 481 186 295 28 20 n/a n/a n/a .945 30.92
1923 Athletics 2B 99 99 2,496 581 5.9 560 245 315 21 55 n/a n/a n/a .964 6.06
1923 Athletics 3B 4 3 81 5 1.3 5 2 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.67
1923 Athletics SS 22 19 453 90 4.1 86 38 48 4 9 n/a n/a n/a .956 5.13
1924 Athletics 2B 76 75 1,902 489 6.4 470 217 253 19 46 n/a n/a n/a .961 6.67
1924 Athletics 3B 27 26 708 104 3.9 97 32 65 7 5 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.70
1924 Athletics SS 5 4 105 21 4.2 20 12 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .952 5.14
1925 Athletics 2B 56 49 1,221 315 5.6 307 132 175 8 37 n/a n/a n/a .975 6.79
1925 Athletics 3B 66 64 1,524 233 3.5 220 93 127 13 8 n/a n/a n/a .944 3.90
1925 Athletics SS 2 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1926 Athletics 2B 44 36 807 241 5.5 236 100 136 5 26 n/a n/a n/a .979 7.90
1926 Athletics 3B 82 81 1,971 298 3.6 283 95 188 15 16 n/a n/a n/a .950 3.88
1926 Athletics SS 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1927 Athletics 1B 82 82 2,091 873 10.6 863 814 49 10 59 n/a n/a n/a .989 11.14
1927 Athletics 2B 3 2 54 17 5.7 15 7 8 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .882 7.50
1927 Athletics 3B 25 23 591 81 3.2 77 25 52 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .951 3.52
1927 Athletics CF 4 3 99 9 2.3 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1927 Athletics P 2 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1927 Athletics RF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1927 Athletics SS 5 0 30 6 1.2 6 3 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40
1928 Athletics 1B 6 5 105 43 7.2 42 38 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 10.80
1928 Athletics 2B 34 30 693 171 5.0 168 76 92 3 15 n/a n/a n/a .982 6.55
1928 Athletics 3B 19 19 393 52 2.7 51 21 30 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .981 3.50
1928 Athletics LF 1 1 27 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1928 Athletics SS 23 11 285 79 3.4 75 33 42 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .949 7.11
1929 Athletics 2B 13 9 186 68 5.2 67 24 43 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .985 9.73
1929 Athletics 3B 48 47 1,128 150 3.1 139 60 79 11 9 n/a n/a n/a .927 3.33
1929 Athletics SS 60 58 1,476 291 4.9 270 119 151 21 27 n/a n/a n/a .928 4.94
1930 Athletics 3B 123 122 3,183 328 2.7 315 124 191 13 18 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.67
1930 Athletics LF 1 0 4 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
1931 Athletics 3B 87 87 2,259 265 3.0 258 105 153 7 19 n/a n/a n/a .974 3.08
1931 Athletics SS 15 14 402 74 4.9 66 31 35 8 8 n/a n/a n/a .892 4.43
1932 Athletics 2B 1 1 24 6 6.0 5 3 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .833 5.63
1932 Athletics 3B 141 141 36 401 2.8 393 142 251 8 20 n/a n/a n/a .980 294.75
1932 Athletics SS 10 10 255 41 4.1 39 10 29 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .951 4.13
1933 White Sox 3B 151 151 3,774 449 3.0 428 132 296 21 22 n/a n/a n/a .953 3.06
1934 White Sox 1B 27 26 672 260 9.6 255 244 11 5 18 n/a n/a n/a .981 10.25
1934 White Sox 2B 27 25 642 154 5.7 146 65 81 8 13 n/a n/a n/a .948 6.14
1934 White Sox 3B 74 74 1,773 248 3.4 234 74 160 14 9 n/a n/a n/a .944 3.56
1935 White Sox 1B 16 16 399 189 11.8 188 180 8 1 15 n/a n/a n/a .995 12.72
1935 White Sox 2B 3 3 51 22 7.3 21 10 11 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .955 11.12
1935 White Sox 3B 98 92 2,217 279 2.8 266 100 166 13 12 n/a n/a n/a .953 3.24
1936 White Sox 3B 125 121 2,967 366 2.9 348 108 240 18 14 n/a n/a n/a .951 3.17
1937 White Sox 1B 15 13 324 147 9.8 146 141 5 1 12 n/a n/a n/a .993 12.17
1937 White Sox 3B 11 11 228 33 3.0 33 11 22 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.91
1938 White Sox 2B 23 22 552 152 6.6 143 75 68 9 13 n/a n/a n/a .941 6.99
1938 White Sox 3B 1 1 27 4 4.0 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
1938 White Sox SS 1 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1939 White Sox 3B 2 1 7 3 1.5 2 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 7.71
3B Totals 1,262 1,241 24,116 3,952 3.1 3,764 1,361 2,403 188 188 n/a n/a n/a .952 4.21
2B Totals 719 687 17,832 4,392 6.1 4,209 1,866 2,343 183 401 n/a n/a n/a .958 6.37
1B Totals 146 142 3,591 1,512 10.4 1,494 1,417 77 18 104 n/a n/a n/a .988 11.23
SS Totals 144 116 3,021 603 4.2 563 247 316 40 52 n/a n/a n/a .934 5.03
CF Totals 4 3 99 9 2.3 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
P Totals 2 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
LF Totals 2 1 31 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.87
RF Totals 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
22 Years 2,280 2,190 48,702 10,469 4.6 10,040 4,901 5,139 429 745 n/a n/a n/a .959 5.57

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Jimmy Dykes Miscellaneous Stats

1918 Athletics 3 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.8 14.3 - - -
1919 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 4.5 49.0 - - -
1920 Athletics 6 9 .400 0 0 n/a 68.3 7.5 15.6 - - -
1921 Athletics 6 5 .545 0 0 n/a 38.3 8.2 8.0 - - -
1922 Athletics 6 2 .750 0 0 n/a 41.8 5.1 7.4 - - -
1923 Athletics 6 4 .600 0 0 n/a 104.0 10.4 9.7 - - -
1924 Athletics 1 3 .250 2 0 n/a 136.7 6.8 8.2 - - -
1925 Athletics 3 2 .600 3 0 n/a 93.0 9.5 8.5 - - -
1926 Athletics 6 2 .750 1 1 n/a 429.0 12.6 9.8 - - -
1927 Athletics 2 3 .400 5 0 n/a 139.0 18.1 7.0 0.00 0.00 4.50
1928 Athletics 2 1 .667 3 0 n/a 48.4 11.5 8.1 - - -
1929 Athletics 8 3 .727 2 0 n/a 30.8 16.0 5.1 - - -
1930 Athletics 3 3 .500 2 0 n/a 72.5 8.2 6.0 - - -
1931 Athletics 1 2 .333 0 0 n/a 118.3 7.6 7.7 - - -
1932 Athletics 8 2 .800 1 0 n/a 79.7 8.6 6.2 - - -
1933 White Sox 3 7 .300 0 0 n/a 554.0 15.0 8.1 - - -
1934 White Sox 1 1 .500 1 0 n/a 65.1 16.3 5.6 - - -
1935 White Sox 4 3 .571 1 0 n/a 100.8 14.4 6.6 - - -
1936 White Sox 1 3 .250 1 1 n/a 62.1 12.1 7.3 - - -
1937 White Sox 0 0 .000 4 0 n/a 85.0 12.1 3.7 - - -
1938 White Sox 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 44.5 11.1 6.8 - - -
1939 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
22 Years 70 55 .560 27 3 n/a 74.5 9.5 7.5 0.00 0.00 4.50

Jimmy Dykes

Jimmy Dykes Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1918 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $1,300.00 n/a -
1919 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $1,500.00 n/a -
1920 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $1,800.00 n/a -
1921 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $3,500.00 n/a -
1922 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1923 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $5,500.00 n/a -
1924 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $6,000.00 n/a -
1925 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $7,000.00 n/a -
1926 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1927 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $8,000.00 n/a -
1928 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1929 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $10,000.00 n/a Stats
1930 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $12,000.00 n/a Stats
1931 Philadelphia Athletics 5 $12,000.00 n/a Stats
1932 Philadelphia Athletics 5 $8,000.00 n/a -
1933 Chicago White Sox 7 $12,500.00 Stats -
1934 Chicago White Sox 5 $12,500.00 Stats -
1935 Chicago White Sox 5 $12,500.00 - -
1936 Chicago White Sox 5 $14,000.00 - -
1937 Chicago White Sox 5 $15,000.00 - -
1938 Chicago White Sox 5 $20,000.00 - -
1939 Chicago White Sox 5 $20,000.00 - -

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Did you know that when Jimmy Dykes retired, he ranked eighth in American League history in games played (2,282), and ninth in at bats (8,046)? Too easy? Did you know after that he later became the first manager in history to win 1,000 games without capturing a league pennant?

Jimmy Dykes

Jimmy Dykes | 1960 Topps (#214)
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Did you know that Jimmy Dykes won two World Series rings (1929 & 1930) and appeared in the all three of the Philadelphia Athletics final Fall Classics? The franchise, 1901 through 1954, played in eight World Series and when they won in 1929/1930, they became the first American League franchise to win consecutive titles more than once (they were already the first franchise to ever win back-to-back titles in the junior circuit).

Did you know that Jimmy Dykes hit 365 doubles with the Athletics, the most in franchise history? Amongst A's, he has played the third most games in an Athletics uniform, had the third most at-bats, scored the seventh most runs, had the fourth most hits, and driven in the ninth most runs.

Jimmy Dykes was selected to play third base in the 1933 All-Star Game - the first in Midsummer Classic history - making him the first third baseman ever selected in American League history to start at the hot corner. The contest was played in Comiskey Park, Dykes batted sixth, went 2-for-3 in the game, and turned the first double-play in All-Star Game history with first baseman Lou Gehrig in the second inning.

Jimmy Dykes - 1st Baltimore Orioles Manager

Jimmy Dykes | First Baltimore Orioles Manager
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Dykes served in that position with the Chicago White Sox from 1934 through 1939, continued there through 1946, later became the first manager ever of the Baltimore Orioles (who had just relocated from St. Louis), managed six teams in total (the most by any 20th-century skipper) and was so popular (amongst the players) that Bobby Shantz, his ace, stated, "He was the best manager I ever played for. He got more out of his players than any manager I had, including Casey Stengel."