I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.

I always swung" and asking the director Sam Wood to allow him to swing through the third strike; Wood insisted that Dickey take the third strike. Already a good hitter Berra became an excellent defensive catcher. Dickey hit the series-clinching home run in the 1943 World Series.

He was named to 11 All-Star Games. Dickey managed the Yankees after retiring from his playing career.