Bill Dickey vs. Mickey Vernon — Career Comparison

Bill Dickey
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameCatcherAll-Star
Mickey Vernon
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star

Bill Dickey and Mickey Vernon are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 112 for Bill Dickey, 113 for Mickey Vernon), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 129 vs 126). The overall lean goes to Bill Dickey, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Bill Dickey and Mickey Vernon

Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1789
152.04
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2409
146.98
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
7060
600
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9834
600
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6300
535.41
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8731
532.7
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.871
0.871
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
0.8
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1969
167.34
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2495
152.23
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1352
114.9
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1713
104.51
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
343
29.15
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
29.9
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
72
6.12
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
7.32
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
17.17
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
172
10.49
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
617
52.44
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
782
47.71
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1160.9
98.66
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1343.63
81.98
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3062
260.23
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3741
228.25
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2678
227.59
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3499
213.48
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.359
0.359
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.868
0.868
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.787
0.787
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.864
0.864
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
930
79.04
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1196
72.97
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1209
102.75
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1311
79.99
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1937
164.62
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2335
142.46
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1230.42
104.57
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1407.29
85.86
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
31
2.63
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
2.99
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
678
57.62
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
955
58.27
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
1.34
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
24.56
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
869
53.02
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.43
24.43
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
11.32
11.32
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.35
2.35
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.1
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
51
4.33
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
4.88
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
1.16
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
4.16
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 600 PA
183
11.17
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
37
3.14
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
8.36
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
29
2.46
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
5.49
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
66
5.61
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
13.85
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 600 PA
56.06
56.06
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.35
60.35

Fielding Stats for Bill Dickey and Mickey Vernon

Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1708
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2241
4.13
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
1.02
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14643
27
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4881
9
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7965
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19819
36.54
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1448
2.67
Bill Dickey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 9 Innings
212
0.39
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9027
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21479
39.6
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8919
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21267
39.21
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.8
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.01
99.01
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.222
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.49
9.49
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.68
24.68
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2044
3.77
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
Mickey Vernon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dickey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mickey Vernon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0