Dizzy Dean Quotes
- Mini Bio
- Name: Jay Hanna Dean
- Born: 16th January 1910, Lucas, Arkansas, U.S.
- Died: 17th July 1974, Reno, Nevada, U.S.
- Occupation: Baseball player and sportscaster
- Famous for: Being the last national league pitcher to win 30 games in one season (1934)
- Trivia: He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1953
"It ain't braggin' if you really done it"
Dizzy Dean"I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head"
Dizzy Dean"Anybody who’s ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world"
Dizzy Dean"All ballplayers want to wind up their career with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can’t help it"
Dizzy Dean"Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say ‘isn’t’ and they ain’t eating"
Dizzy Dean"I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet"
Dizzy Dean"The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing"
Dizzy Dean"Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss"
Dizzy Dean"I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind"
Dizzy Dean"It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?"
Dizzy Dean"I’ll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth"
Dizzy Dean"The dumber a pitcher is, the better"
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Dizzy Dean Biography
Bio By: Michael Joseph Farrelly
Born Jay Hanna Dean, but Dizzy Dean was the nickname given to this brash and talented baseball player who was regarded as a hero to many during the depression ravaged years of 1930's America.
Dean was a colourful character who liked to make predictions on games and season outcomes and when they actually happened he just nonchalantly mentioned the immortal quote "It ain't braggin' if you really done it"
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He was never known for his eloquence although that never stopped him becoming a legendary baseball commentator who liked to shoot from the lip. In his prime as a pitcher his fastball was too much for the best batters of his era and in 1934 he became the last national league pitcher to win 30 games in a season while en-route to winning the world series for the Saint Louis Cardinals.
He had further stints with the Chicago Cubs and the Saint Louis Browns before retiring his fastball for his fast words on the microphone as a sportscaster. He was no shrinking violet who came out with some memorable one liners so I have compiled here my list of eight of the best Dizzy Dean quotes.
Quotes About Dizzy Dean
Fellow professional baseball player Pepper Martin described his game persona: "When ole Diz was out there pitching it was more than just another ball game. It was a regular three-ring circus and everybody was wide awake and enjoying being alive"
The sports writer Norman Cousins gave this assessment: "He was supposed to be as fast as Walter Johnson and though he couldn't curve them and mix them up like the great Matty (Christy Mathewson), his assortment was better than most"
The Pulitzer Prize winning sports writer Red Smith described him thus: "As a ballplayer, (Dizzy) Dean was a natural phenomenon, like the Grand Canyon or the Great Barrier Reef. Nobody ever taught him baseball and he never had to learn. He was just doing what came naturally when a scout named Don Curtis discovered him on a Texas sandlot and gave him his first contract"
