William Malcolm Dickey was born on June 6, 1907 in Bastrop , Louisiana . He was a left handed batsman and right handed thrower. Dickey was the famous catcher of baseball game and played his entire career with the New York Yankees. He played for the New York Yankees from 1928–43 and also in 1946. In his career William Dickey had played with legends Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. He played in eight World Series out of which Yankees won seven. Dickey made his Major League debut in 1928 and played his first full season in 1929. He also earned a batting average of .300+ in the season. In the 1930s Dickey played one of his finest offensive seasons as a catcher, hitting over 20 home runs with 100 RBI in four consecutive seasons from 1936 – 1939. Dickey is also famous for his skill to handle pitchers and the strength of his throwing arm. In 1932 Dickey broke the jaw of the opposite team player and was served a 30-day suspension and $1,000 fine as punishment. Dickey took off from the team to play his role as a soldier in World War II and came back to manage the Yankees in 1946. He guided the team to 3rd place in the American League. William Dickey's average and strength dropped radically in 1940 and 1941 as he scored only 16 homers in two years. In 1942, Dickey caught only 82 games and only 85 the following year. But he drove only two runs with a homer in the fifth and final game of the World Series against the Cardinals. During the 1946 season he led the Yankees to a 57-48 mark but retired from the game after finishing the season. He finished his 17-year career with a .313 batting average. Not making it far from Yankees, he came back and coached the team from 1947 to 1957, passing. He scouted for the Yankees in 1959 before retiring. Bill Dickey starred as himself in two baseball movies; "Pride of the Yankees" with Gary Cooper and "The Stratton Story" with Jimmy Stewart. William Malcolm Dickey breathed his last on November 12, 1993 in Little Rock , Arkansas .