Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Bill Dickey

Baseball

— Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —

Bill Dickey Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2024

1. Bill Dickey Marker

Inscription.
First Arkansan inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame • Catcher with New York Yankees 1928-1946, on staff until 1962 • On seven World Series teams • Lifetime Batting Average .313 • Holds Season Batting Average record for catchers, .361 and 137 Runs Batted In

Kensett, Arkansas • Inducted 1999

Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports.

Location. 34° 30.651′ N, 93° 3.232′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is on Central Avenue (State Highway 7) just north of Spring Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk on the north side of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

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and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Don Grisham (here, next to this marker); Fay Jones (here, next to this marker); Billy Lee Riley (here, next to this marker); Tracy Lawrence (here, next to this marker); Dick Powell (here, next to this marker); Brent M. Jennings (here, next to this marker); Robert Holthus (here, next to this marker); Larry Snyder (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . Bill Dickey (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: William Malcolm Dickey (June 6, 1907 – November 12, 1993) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees for 17 seasons. Dickey managed the Yankees as a player-manager in 1946 in his last season as a player.
Dickey played with the Yankees from 1928 through 1943. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Dickey returned to the Yankees in 1946 as a player and manager. He retired after the 1946 season, but returned in 1949 as a coach, in which capacity he taught Yogi Berra the finer points of catching.
During Dickey's playing career, the Yankees went to the World Series nine times, winning eight championships. He was named to 11 All-Star Games. He went on to briefly manage the Yankees as a player-manager, then contribute to another six Yankee World Series titles as a coach. Dickey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.
His 1936 batting average of .362 was the highest single-season average ever recorded by a catcher, tied by Mike Piazza of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997, until Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins hit .365 in 2009.

(Submitted on January 16, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

2. Bill Dickey Marker

Looking east from Central Avenue; it is the rightmost of four markers in this photo. The Hot Springs City Visitor Center parking lot is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.