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Article: All-time Arkansas born/raised team.
- Article from:
- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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Catcher
Bill Dickey
Raised in Kensett
Notes: Dickey was part of some great New York Yankee teams from 1928 to 1946 that included such names as Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio. Dickey was not bad himself, finishing with a career .313 average, 202 home runs and 1,209 RBIs. Perhaps his finest season was 1938, when he finished second in the American League Most Valuable Player voting, 109 points behind Jimmie Foxx. He hit .313 with 27 homers and 115 RBIs that season. Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock, home of the minor League Arkansas Travelers, is named in part after Dickey (along with his brother, George ...
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