Where does Dizzy Dean rank among baseball greats?
Dizzy Dean ranks #19 among the Top 50 all-time at SP. Rankings ⇒ Dizzy Dean Teammates Gabby Hartnett Johnny Mize Frankie Frisch Stan Hack Joe Medwick Pepper Martin Bill Nicholson Lon Warneke Paul Dean Bill Lee Ellis Kinder Jesse Haines Gabby Street Best Season: 1934 In addition to all of the pitching stats he put up, Dean batted .246 with two homers and a .339 slugging percentage. Taking into account his regular season pitching performance, the fact that he pitched almost every big game for the team down the stretch, and his World Series performance, it was one of the best seasons ever by a pitcher. On the Air In 1950 Dean began working on the Game of The Week, a job in which he proved perfectly suited and extremely popular. He lasted as a television and radio broadcaster for two decades. He was often controversial or downright frank. One story has it that Dean saw a young couple “necking” in the bleachers during a game. He was reported to have said (on air), “that young feller is kiss
