“Bill Dickey is the best (catcher) I ever saw… He was as good as anyone behind the plate, and better with the bat. There are others I’d include right behind Dickey, but he was the best all-around catcher of them all. I believe I could have won 35 games if Bill Dickey was my catcher.” – Bob Feller
In 1928, Bill Dickey was claimed on waivers from the Class D Jackson, Miss., team. Yankees scout Johnny Nee thought so highly of Dickey that he told Yankee GM Ed Barrow: “I will quit scouting if this boy does not make good”.
