According to the June issue of the Baseball Records Committee newsletter, Ray Gonzalez, one of SABR’s founding members, discovered an additional stolen base for Yankees Hall of Fame catcher, Bill Dickey. The encyclopedias show Dickey with four stolen bases in 1929, his first full season, but Ray found five games where Dickey had a stolen base. Ray supplied the dates and committee chair Lyle Spatz went digging to confirm them.

Here’s what he found (source included):

April 30 vs. Washington: Dickey stole second in the seventh inning, with Garland Braxton pitching and Roy Spencer catching. (Retrosheet ).

May 30 at Washington (second game): Dickey stole second in the seventh inning, with Bump Hadley pitching and Bennie Tate catching. (NY Times ).

July 31 vs. Chicago: Dickey stole second in the eighth inning, with Hal McKain pitching and Moe Berg catching. ( Retrosheet ).

August 16 at Detroit: Dickey stole second in the seventh inning, with Augie Prudhomme pitching and Merv Shea catching. ( Retrosheet ).

September 25 at Boston: Dickey stole second in the ninth inning, with Milt Gaston pitching and Johnnie Heving catching. (Retrosheet ).