Jim Dyck

James Robert Dyck (February 3, 1922 - January 11, 1999) was a left fielder/third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for four different teams between 1951 and 1956. Listed at 6' 2", 200 lb., Dyck batted and threw right handed. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska.

Dyck entered the majors in 1951 with the St. Louis Browns, playing for them three years before joining the Cleveland Indians (1954), Baltimore Orioles (1955-56) and Cincinnati Reds (1956). His most productive season came with the 1952 Browns, when he posted career-highs in home runs (15), RBI (64), runs (60), doubles (22) and games played (122), while hitting a .269 batting average. On July 16, 1953, he entered the books records when the Browns tied, by then, a major league mark with three successive home runs during the first inning of a 8–6 victory over the Yankees. Dyck hit his homer after solo shots belted by Clint Courtney and Dick Kryhoski. In a six-season career, Dyck was a .246 hitter (242-for-983) with 26 home runs and 114 in 330 games, including 52 doubles, five triples, four stolen bases, and a .344 on-base percentage.

Following his majors career, Dyck played during three seasons in the Pacific Coast League with the Indians and Reds affiliated teams, before retiring in 1960 to open a family bowling-alley business.

Dyck died in Cheney, Washington at he age of 76.

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* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dyckji01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdyckj101.htm Retrosheet]
* [http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Dyck.Jim.Obit.html The Deadball Era]