Johnny Dickshot
1936–1945 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates
322G
.276AVG
.345OBP
.371SLG
More career statistics
273H
7HR
116RBI
23SB
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 · Caught stealing | 3 | 11 |
| Batting · Doubles | 35 | 34 |
| Batting · Hits | 273 | 272 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 97 | 98 |
| Batting · Runs | 142 | 141 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 23 | 24 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | 1,110 | 990 | 142 | 273 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 116 | 101 | 97 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 367 | .276 | .345 | .371 | .716 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1945-09-03 to 1945-09-16
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1937-05-04 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1945-06-09 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1945-04-19 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 165 | 540 | 128 | 1 | 58 | 44 | 50 | .265 | .319 | .358 |
| Away | 157 | 570 | 144 | 6 | 58 | 57 | 48 | .284 | .353 | .379 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 93 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | .263 | .333 | .338 |
| May | 67 | 232 | 48 | 1 | 23 | 25 | 27 | .238 | .315 | .327 |
| June | 41 | 142 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 12 | .290 | .338 | .359 |
| July | 59 | 213 | 59 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 15 | .314 | .380 | .436 |
| August | 72 | 243 | 53 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 21 | .247 | .309 | .340 |
| September | 51 | 169 | 49 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 14 | .310 | .349 | .405 |
| October | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 141 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 16 | .302 | .369 | .389 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 122 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 6 | .292 | .361 | .425 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 109 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .268 | .312 | .381 |
| new-york-yankees | 28 | 104 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 7 | .312 | .385 | .409 |
| chicago-cubs | 27 | 93 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 10 | .231 | .344 | .282 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 27 | 104 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | .283 | .317 | .434 |
| st-louis-browns | 23 | 86 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | .291 | .326 | .342 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 20 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | .250 | .339 | .346 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 9 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 264 | 66 | 3 | 33 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 35 | 8 | – | 4 | 3 | .229 | – | – |
| 1939 |  New York Giants | 10 | 34 | 8 | – | 5 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1944 |  Chicago White Sox | 62 | 162 | 41 | – | 15 | 2 | .253 | – | – |
| 1945 | Chicago White Sox | 130 | 486 | 147 | 4 | 58 | 18 | .302 | – | – |