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Since his six-pitch repertoire required much experimentation, Dickson came to be called "the Thomas Edison of the mound." He pitched in the 1943 WS while on furlough from the army. Topping the NL with a .714 winning percentage in 1946, his 15-6 record included the Cardinals' pennant-clinching playoff victory over Brooklyn. Sold to Pittsburgh in January 1949, Dickson had a career-high 20 wins in 1951. He led the league in losses three straight years (1952-54), losing 60 games over that span. Dickson received credit for the save in the 1953 All-Star Game. (TJ)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » October 3, 1946: The St. Louis Cardinals wallop the Brooklyn Dodgers 8–4 at Ebbets Field to win the National League playoffs 2-0 and advance to the World Series. Erv Dusak and Enos Slaughter lead the attack, while winning pitcher Murry Dickson adds a triple. Dickson allows just two hits till the last inning, before the Dodgers score three runs off him. Harry Brecheen strikes out two batters with the bases full to end it. Joe Hatten is the loser. » August 10, 1947: With five hits Stan Musial finally lifts his average over .300, and the Cardinals make a run at the Dodgers sweeping the Pirates, 5–0 and 7–5. Murry Dickson allows four hits in the shutout. Musial will finish at .312, and the Cards, five games back of Brooklyn. » June 20, 1948: Johnny Mize, Willard Marshall, and Sid Gordon of the Giants hit HRs in the eighth inning in a 6-4 win against Murry Dickson of the Cardinals. » January 29, 1949: The Pirates get Murry Dickson from St. Louis for $125,000. » May 5, 1949: At the Polo Grounds, Johnny Mize pounds a 10th-inning homer and the Giants beat the Pirates 3–2 to sweep their three-game series. The homer, off Murry Dickson, is Big John's 300th. Reliever Hank Behrman, in for Sheldon Jones, pitches out of tight jams in the 9th and 10th to win. Wally Westlake is stranded in the 10th after reaching Behrman for a leadoff triple. » September 29, 1949: The Cardinals lose to former Redbird Murry Dickson, now with the Pirates, 7-2, following a George Munger loss. The Dodgers take 2 from the Braves and a half-game lead. » August 19, 1950: The Pirates outslug the Cubs, 13–9, for their sixth win in seven games. Ralph Kiner slugs two homers to put him seven days and nine games ahead of last year, when he hit 54. He has rapped eight this month and four in the last five games. Clyde McCullough adds a bases loaded triple, sac fly, and two-run double, while Johnny Hopp homers. The Cubs answer with homers by Hank Sauer, Mickey Owen, and Roy Smalley, but its not enough. Reliever Bob Rush loses to Murry Dickson. » April 18, 1951: At Pittsburgh, the Bucs Murry Dickson goes six innings, allowing three runs in the first inning, to get the victory, 5–4 over the Cards. Dickson cracks a homer and Wally Westlake also homers for the game winner. Tom Poholsky, the first Cardinal rookie to ever start an Opener, pitches seven innings and takes the loss. » May 20, 1951: The Phils defeat the Pirates 17–0 and 12–4, as Richie Ashburn gets four hits in each game. Russ Meyer tosses the shutout in the first game pasting over Murry Dickson. » June 19, 1951: Willie Jones cracks a pair of homers, one with the bases loaded, to drive in six runs as the Phils roll over the host Pirates, 9–1. Jones' first homer comes in the first inning with Ashburn on base, and his second is an inside-the-park grand slam in the eighth inning. Every Phils batter collects a hit including winning hurler Russ Meyer. Murry Dickson is chased early with Ted Wilks, in his first appearance for the Pirates, relieving. » August 1, 1951: At Pittsburgh, the Dodgers take a 7–2 lead against Murry Dickson, then make two hits off four relievers and lose, 12–9. The Pirates score four in the 4th and four more in the 8th, including Ralph Kiner's 27th homer, to win and snap the Dodgers victory streak at 10 games. » August 16, 1951: The Cards score six runs in the 7th inning to defeat the Pirates, 9–6. Murry Dickson, trying for his 17th win, takes the loss. Stan Musial hits a 3-run homer in the 6th to start the scoring for St. Louis. His inside the park homer is his first hit in 13 at bats, and his 2nd inside-the-park homer in four days. » August 26, 1951: The Pirates club the Dodgers, 12–11 to win the opener of two with the league leaders. Brooklyn chases Howie Pollet and takes a 9–2 lead but the Bucs roar back with eight runs in the 7th inning. Clyde King, unscored on in his last eight games, is the loser. The Dodgers load the bases in the 9th, and Murry Dickson walks pinch-hitter Cal Abrams to force in a run and make the score 12–11. But Carl Furillo and Pee Wee Reese fail to deliver. Pete Castiglione has two homers for the Pirates. Brooklyn wins the second game, 4–3, when Jackie Robinson homers in the 10th, off Ted Wilks. Andy Pafko homers in the 8th, off Bob Friend, and Preacher Roe (17-2) goes all the way. » August 29, 1951: Pitching on 2-days rest, the Giants Jim Hearn tops 17-game winner Murry Dickson, 3–1. It is Hearn's 8th straight over Pittsburgh stretching back to 1949. The Giants gear up by recalling Hank Thompson from Minneapolis. » September 16, 1951: The visiting—and rampaging—Giants sweep the Pirates, 7–1 and 6–4. Larry Jansen wins his 19th and Sal Maglie collects his 23rd. It is Maglie's 11th straight win over the Bucs. The Giants collect 29 hits in the two games, including six by Al Dark, in handing losses to Howie Pollet and reliever Murry Dickson. The Dodger lead of four 1/2 is their slimmest since July 4th. » September 23, 1951: Pittsburgh's Murry Dickson wins his 20th game, a 3–0 whitewash of the Reds. Dickson's 20 wins will account for nearly a third of the Pirates' 64 victories, and helps the Bucs finish a game ahead of the last place Cubs. » January 13, 1954: The Pirates trade workhorse Murry Dickson to the Phils for P Andy Hansen and IF Jack "Lucky" Lohrke. Dickson led the league in losses the past two years and will lead it again in 1954. » September 24, 1954: Phillie Murry Dickson loses his 20th game of the season 1-0 to New York's Don Liddle. It marks the 3rd consecutive season he leads the NL in losses. » May 11, 1956: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. The Cards trade pitchers Harvey Haddix, Stu Miller, and Ben Flowers to Philadelphia for P Herm Wehmeier and Murry Dickson. Wehmeier, who lost to the Cards two days ago, has never beaten St. Louis, losing his first game to them on July 3, 1949. The string of 14 losses to one team ties the ML record. The Cards also trade 2B Solly Hemus for SS Bobby Morgan in a separate deal. » June 1, 1957: Braves pitchers Warren Spahn and Gene Conley stop Wally Moon's 24-game streak, but Cards 40-year-old Murry Dickson wins 7-1. » January 28, 1958: The Athletics sign P Murry Dickson as a free agent. » May 26, 1958: Murry Dickson pitches brilliant relief for the A's and clouts his 3rd career home run in the 10th to beat the Orioles, 5–4. The veteran pitches six 2/3 innings of shutout ball. » June 9, 1959: At the Stadium, the Yanks edge Kansas City, 9–8 in 13 innings. Mickey Mantle homers in the 4th, off Murry Dickson, but it is Hector Lopez's single that wins it in the 13th. » September 23, 1965: A 20-game winner in 1964, Larry Jackson loses his 20th game of 1965, as the Phillies sweep a twin bill from the Cubs, 11–5 and 7–4. Jackson is the first pitcher since Murry Dickson of the 1951-52 Pirates to follow a 20-win season with 20 losses.