Dizzy Dean
1930–1947 · bats R / throws R · ASD, BKB, CHM, Chicago Cubs, HWS, MLS, NLS, PIR
325G
.225AVG
.235OBP
.301SLG
More career statistics
161H
8HR
76RBI
5SB
150–83W–L
1,967.1IP
1,163K
3.02ERA
230GS
30SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 717 | 718 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 3 |
| Batting · RBI | 76 | 75 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,171 | 8,176 |
| Pitching · p er | 661 | 663 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,919 | 1,920 |
| Pitching · p hr | 95 | 93 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,902 | 5,906 |
| Pitching · p r | 774 | 776 |
| Pitching · p w | 453 | 451 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 325 | 766 | 717 | 76 | 161 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 76 | 9 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 216 | .225 | .235 | .301 | .536 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,967.3 | 317 | 230 | 154 | 150 | 83 | 30 | 1,919 | 774 | 661 | 95 | 453 | 1,163 | 0 | 0 | 3.02 | 1.206 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1934-08-08 to 1934-09-10
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1932-08-21 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1933-07-30 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1937-04-20 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 171 | 401 | 78 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 51 | .204 | .209 | .272 |
| Away | 154 | 365 | 83 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 53 | .247 | .236 | .333 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .150 | .148 | .167 |
| May | 57 | 147 | 38 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 11 | .273 | .272 | .396 |
| June | 54 | 135 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 23 | .228 | .222 | .293 |
| July | 57 | 150 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 18 | .188 | .200 | .283 |
| August | 59 | 137 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 24 | .246 | .234 | .338 |
| September | 65 | 136 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 24 | .219 | .213 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 56 | 120 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 15 | .157 | .150 | .235 |
| new-york-giants | 49 | 119 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | .250 | .244 | .306 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 48 | 102 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | .216 | .235 | .268 |
| cincinnati-reds | 47 | 120 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .174 | .183 | .239 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 46 | 123 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 19 | .267 | .260 | .333 |
| chicago-cubs | 38 | 88 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | .238 | .239 | .321 |
| boston-braves | 32 | 82 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | .274 | .244 | .452 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 9 | 5 |
| 1932 | St. Louis Cardinals | 47 | 97 | 25 | 2 | 12 | – | .258 | 287 | 191 |
| 1933 | St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 105 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .181 | 293 | 199 |
| 1934 | St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 119 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .244 | 311 | 195 |
| 1935 | St. Louis Cardinals | 53 | 128 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 2 | .234 | 325 | 190 |
| 1936 | St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 121 | 27 | – | 16 | – | .223 | 315 | 195 |
| 1937 | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | .227 | 197 | 120 |
| 1938 |  Chicago Cubs | 13 | 26 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .192 | 74 | 22 |
| 1939 | Chicago Cubs | 19 | 34 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .147 | 96 | 27 |
| 1940 | Chicago Cubs | 10 | 18 | 4 | – | – | – | .222 | 54 | 18 |
| 1941 | Chicago Cubs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1947 |  St. Louis Browns | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 4 | – |