Al
Dicken
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 15, 1955 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980    1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 19 DM FL   2 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 3
1975 20 MON FL   3 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 4
1976 21 HON JL   4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 4
1977 22 HON JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1978 23 HON JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
1979 24 HON JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 2 2 2 4 3 4
1980 25 HON JL $ 1,528,571 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 2 2 5 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,528,571 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 2 2 2 5 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 HON JL $ 1,707,143   10 10 11 18 17 17 12 12 12 6 5 5 15 14 14
1982 27 HON JL $ 2,442,857   10 10 10 19 18 18 12 12 12 9 8 8 15 14 14
1983 28 HON JL $ 5,070,001   9 9 10 19 18 18 12 11 11 8 8 8 15 14 14
1984 29 HON JL $ 5,070,001   9 9 10 19 18 18 12 11 11 8 8 8 15 13 14
1985 30 MON FL $ 5,070,001   9 9 10 18 17 18 12 11 11 8 8 8 14 13 13
1986 31 MON FL $ 460,000   9 9 10 16 15 15 11 10 11 8 8 8 15 13 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 460,000   9 9 10 16 15 15 11 10 11 6 5 5 14 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,070,001   10 10 11 19 18 18 12 12 12 9 8 8 15 14 14
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 19 AA   18 75 8 18 1 0 5 13 2 0 1 17 .240 .250 .453 .703 9.1  
    A   119 470 77 167 13 0 26 65 16 13 18 64 .355 .379 .549 .928 86.6  
1975 20 AA   1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
    A   135 538 68 170 27 2 24 88 9 8 26 87 .316 .348 .507 .855 87.2  
1976 21 AAA   41 150 20 35 8 0 7 24 3 3 6 37 .233 .263 .427 .689 16.4  
    AA   55 215 30 69 8 1 12 36 3 3 8 32 .321 .345 .535 .880 36.4  
    A   34 136 19 42 6 0 10 25 4 1 8 22 .309 .347 .574 .921 25.8  
1977 22 HON JL 24 66 3 14 3 0 1 6 2 0 4 15 .212 .264 .303 .567 5.9 0.5
    AAA   136 525 64 148 28 2 18 83 14 6 26 100 .282 .316 .446 .762 71.4  
1978 23 HON JL 88 185 20 45 8 2 1 12 4 3 16 42 .243 .309 .324 .633 18.5 1.6
1979 24 HON JL 146 491 67 130 26 10 25 76 6 1 24 141 .265 .308 .511 .819 73.9 12.0
1980 25 HON JL 157 609 96 153 39 6 38 114 7 3 30 166 .251 .292 .522 .815 92.3 16.2
1981 26 HON JL 156 599 87 160 35 2 35 129 9 7 29 110 .267 .304 .508 .812 90.1 13.1
1982 27 HON JL 155 602 81 147 29 5 38 105 14 7 34 94 .244 .290 .498 .788 85.3 11.2
1983 28 HON JL 130 486 83 127 33 4 30 91 11 3 35 64 .261 .314 .531 .845 82.9 17.1
1984 29 HON JL 87 142 22 22 2 1 5 21 5 1 13 28 .155 .231 .289 .520 10.9 0.0
    AAA   31 110 30 40 5 0 16 31 3 2 14 11 .364 .435 .845 1.281 34.1  
1985 30 MON FL 103 260 33 58 15 1 11 35 9 2 20 53 .223 .287 .415 .702 28.9 2.8
1986 31 MON FL 32 54 15 11 1 0 4 12 2 1 4 10 .204 .246 .444 .690 6.9 0.3
    AAA   48 63 6 15 5 0 3 7 0 0 7 9 .238 .314 .460 .775 9.2  
1987 32 AAA   62 126 36 43 6 0 15 42 3 1 21 14 .341 .435 .746 1.181 36.3  
10 Years Sim 1078 3494 507 867 191 31 188 601 69 28 209 723 .248 .296 .482 .778 495.6 74.7
5 Years AAA 318 974 156 281 52 2 59 187 23 12 74 171 .289 .345 .528 .873 167.4  
3 Years AA 74 294 38 87 9 1 17 49 5 3 9 51 .296 .317 .507 .824 45.1  
3 Years A 288 1144 164 379 46 2 60 178 29 22 52 173 .331 .367 .532 .900 199.5  
11 Years Minors 680 2412 358 747 107 5 136 414 57 37 135 395 .310 .352 .527 .880 412.1  
162 Game Average 525 76 130 28 4 28 90 10 4 31 108 .248 .296 .482 .778 74.5  
Career Highs 157 609 96 160 39 10 38 129 14 7 35 166 .267 .314 .531 .845 92.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2248 326 554 116 22 120 400 44 23 129 493 .246 .291 .478 .769 309.0
vs LH   1246 181 313 75 9 68 201 25 5 80 230 .251 .304 .490 .794 182.3
Home 550 1772 243 408 107 17 81 289 30 12 104 357 .230 .279 .447 .726 218.8
Away 528 1722 264 459 84 14 107 312 39 16 105 366 .267 .313 .518 .831 272.5
RISP   947 0 234 53 4 53 385 0 0 77 197 .247 .303 .479 .782 138.4
Pinch Hitting   168 29 38 8 3 5 30 4 1 13 42 .226 .277 .399 .675 19.4
Close/Late   437 71 103 24 5 24 65 0 0 35 88 .236 .291 .478 .769 61.9
Mar/Apr 206 675 102 182 38 4 44 150 15 5 39 139 .270 .308 .533 .841 109.9
May 199 577 91 125 33 4 25 89 15 3 38 127 .217 .270 .418 .688 66.7
June 152 489 58 119 26 7 22 67 5 1 22 110 .243 .279 .460 .739 62.2
July 177 561 89 145 29 4 33 92 8 5 34 107 .258 .309 .501 .810 83.5
August 164 559 74 127 25 5 26 83 15 8 35 118 .227 .281 .429 .710 66.7
Sep/Oct 180 633 93 169 40 7 38 120 11 6 41 122 .267 .320 .532 .853 102.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 22 HON JL RF 23 23 177.0 43 0 1 0 .977 2.19   0.1
1978 23 HON JL RF 19 17 134.0 28 0 4 0 .875 1.88   0.3
    CF 17 14 118.0 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.90    
    1B 15 10 97.7 87 5 0 13 1.000 8.48   0.2
1979 24 HON JL 1B 125 121 1070.7 1040 74 8 80 .993 9.36   2.9
    CF 2 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1980 25 HON JL RF 96 95 866.7 182 0 5 0 .973 1.89   1.8
    1B 52 48 444.3 446 34 5 32 .990 9.72   0.6
    CF 1 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1981 26 HON JL RF 136 134 1197.0 281 2 12 0 .959 2.13   3.3
    1B 12 10 95.7 84 9 0 10 1.000 8.75   0.2
    CF 6 0 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
1982 27 HON JL RF 151 144 1317.7 279 2 9 1 .969 1.92   3.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 28 HON JL RF 86 85 747.3 161 2 4 1 .976 1.96   0.9
    3B 39 39 336.0 23 45 8 6 .895 1.82   0.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1984 29 HON JL RF 24 10 111.7 26 0 1 0 .963 2.10   0.6
    CF 14 12 105.7 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.39    
    1B 4 2 18.0 16 0 1 2 .941 8.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1985 30 MON FL 1B 78 71 598.3 680 51 4 47 .995 11.00   1.4
    CF 8 0 15.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60   0.0
    RF 3 1 14.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 31 MON FL 1B 13 11 97.7 98 10 0 9 1.000 9.95   0.1
    RF 2 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 540 510 4577.3 1003 6 36 2 .966 1.98   10.5
  1B 300 273 2423.3 2453 183 18 193 .993 9.79   5.5
  3B 40 39 337.0 23 45 8 6 .895 1.82   0.3
  CF 49 27 269.3 73 0 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
Career Totals   932 849 7612.9 3555 235 62 201 .984 4.48   16.3
Career Highs   154 144 1326.0 1041 75 12 80 1.000 10.50    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1979-3-.511
1980-5-.522
1983-8-.531
OPS
1983-10-.845
Games
1980-5-157
1981-9-156
At-Bats
1980-8-609
1981-4-599
1982-8-602
Total Bases
1980-1-318
1981-5-304
1982-9-300
Doubles
1980-5-39
Triples
1979-8-10
Homeruns
1979-8-25
1980-1-38
1981-3-35
1982-2-38
1983-8-30
RBIs
1980-2-114
1981-1-129
1982-6-105
Strikeouts
1979-5-141
1980-1-166
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Oscar Moreno (918)
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History
Released by Honolulu on 7/21/1973
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Des Moines in 1974
Traded from Des Moines to Montreal on 2/5/1975 (Going to MON: 3B K. Woodson, RF A. Dicken. Going to DM: P E. Yulorix)
Injured on 7/31/1975 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Traded from Montreal to Honolulu on 7/1/1976 (Going to HON: SS L. Thelen, RF M. Cervantes, CF A. Dicken. Going to MON: SS L. Jeffcoat, RF M. Elliott)
Had first career hit on 9/2/1977, off Albert Ramos (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/17/1977, off Albert Diaz (VAL)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1979, hitting .455 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1980, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/16/1980, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1981, hitting .381 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1981, hitting .294 with 10 HR, 33 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1981, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game