3 Quotes & Sayings By Dizzy Dean

Dizzy Dean (1888 –1946) was an American baseball player and manager. He played professionally from 1910 to 1931, and was the winning pitcher in the 1919 World Series. He was born in April 1888. His nicknames included "Mississippi" and "Dizzy". In 1909, he became a minor league baseball player for the St Read more

Louis Cardinals farm team in the Class-A Western League. The following year he graduated to the Class-A Eastern League with the Newark Indians. In 1912, he joined the St.

Louis Browns of the American League, where he played as a pitcher and as early as 1913 as a third baseman. In 1916, Dean pitched a no-hitter for Cleveland against New York Yankees, which remains as one of two no-hitters ever pitched by Indians players. In October 1918, his contract was sold to the Chicago White Sox of the American League, but he was traded back to the Browns within a month for a cash payment of $10,000 ($ today). He finished his career playing for Cleveland in 1923–24 and 1924–25, ending with a 27–36 win/loss record and an ERA of 4.05 in 514 innings pitched.

In his last season Dean appeared in only 19 games due to arm trouble that resulted in surgery. After retiring from baseball, Dean became a manager—first with the Pacific Coast League's Oakland Oaks from 1926 to 1928 and then with the St. Louis Browns from 1929 to 1932. He led both teams to first-place finishes during his first season at both clubs; however, his tenure with Oakland was short-lived due to poor results on the field and off it that led him to be fired after just one year there. Dean managed St.

Louis until 1931 when he retired from major league management on health grounds; however five years later he was brought out of retirement by the Browns when they were on their way back to first place by posting an uncharacteristic 16–6 mark June 30 – July 25, 1936. The club tied for first place two weeks later but fell back after Dean benched some players who were not hitting; according to sports historian Leigh Montville this incident is what set off Dean's alcoholism which would lead him into financial difficulties by 1939, causing him to sell his house on Vincennes Road (now part of Peachtree Road) for $5,500 ($ today). He died at age 63 of throat

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They X-rayed my head and found nothing. Dizzy Dean
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The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing. Dizzy Dean