Bobby Dickerson

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Bobby Dickerson

|team = Philadelphia Phillies

|number = 96

|image = Bobby Dickerson 8.11.21 (cropped).jpg

|caption = Dickerson with the Padres in 2021

|bats = Right

|throws = Right

|position = Infielder / Coach

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|9|4}}

|birth_place = Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.

|teams =

Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|2011}}–{{mlby|2018}})
Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|2019}}, {{mlby|2022}}–present)
San Diego Padres ({{mlby|2020}}–{{mlby|2021}})

}}

Robert Dale Dickerson (born September 4, 1965) is an American professional baseball player and coach. Dickerson played for the Yankees' and Orioles' minor league affiliates from 1987 through 1993. He is the infield coach for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Playing career

Dickerson was born in Laurel, Mississippi. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 23rd round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft out of Nicholls State University in Louisiana. He obtained his Nicholls State diploma in 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bs-sp-orioles-bobby-dickerson-nicholls-state-degree-20180324-story.html |title="Orioles celebrate Bobby Dickerson's long-awaited diploma with Louisiana crawfish boil" - Baltimore Sun |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213183529/https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bs-sp-orioles-bobby-dickerson-nicholls-state-degree-20180324-story.html |url-status=dead }}

Dickerson played for the Yankees' and Orioles' minor league affiliates from 1987 through 1993. He played 207 games at shortstop, 144 games at second base, 58 games at third base, and 15 games at first base.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=dicker001bob "Bobby Dickerson Minor Leagues Statistics & History" | Baseball-Reference.com]

Managing and coaching career

Dickerson managed the Bluefield (A) Orioles from 1996-97, and was the Baltimore Orioles' minor league infield instructor from 1994-97.[https://www.milb.com/milb/news/gcs-487478 "Dickerson Named Iowa's Manager" | MiLB.com]

From 1998–99, Dickerson was the infield instructor for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2000, Dickerson managed the Diamondbacks' single-A team.

He managed Chicago's double-A affiliate the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx from 2002–05.[https://www.milb.com/norfolk/news/gcs-10785606 "Dickerson named interim manager" | Tides] Dickerson spent 2006-08 as an infield and bunting coordinator in the Cubs system. In 2006, Dickerson served as interim manager of the Iowa Cubs when Mike Quade was promoted to Chicago to coach third base. That year, the Cubs posted a 6–5 record under Dickerson. In 2009 he became Iowa's 15th manager since their affiliation with the Cubs began in 1981.

In 2010 he served as the Orioles Minor League Infield Coordinator/Latin America Field Coordinator in the Dominican Republic, and the Norfolk Tides interim manager.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100107&content_id=7886640&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal |title=Orioles name Minor League managers, coaches and staff |work=mlb.com |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=December 22, 2012}} Dickerson took over as Orioles bullpen coach on August 15, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110813&content_id=23172074¬ebook_id=23172078&vkey=notebook_bal&c_id=bal |title=Britton, Matusz nearing return to rotation |work=mlb.com |access-date=December 22, 2012}} On December 13, 2012, he was named the Orioles' third base coach.{{cite web|first=Roch|last=Kubatko|url=http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2012/12/dickerson-named-third-base-coach.html |title=School of Roch: Dickerson named third base coach |publisher=Masnsports.com |date=December 13, 2012 |access-date=December 22, 2012}}

In January 2019, the Philadelphia Phillies hired him to be their infield coach.[https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-dickerson-hired-to-be-phillies-coach/c-302608316 "Bobby Dickerson hired to be Phillies coach" | MLB.com]

On December 5, 2019, Dickerson was named the bench coach for the San Diego Padres.{{cite web|url=https://padres.mlblogs.com/padres-announce-2020-major-league-coaching-staff-12feb0a29faf|title=Padres Announce 2020 Major League Coaching Staff|website=MLB.com|date=December 5, 2019|access-date=December 5, 2019}} After the retirement of Glenn Hoffman, Dickerson also assumed the role of third base coach, in addition to his duties as bench coach, for the Padres during the 2021 season. {{Cite web|title=Dickerson adds to coaching role with 3B duty|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-dickerson-new-padres-third-base-coach|access-date=June 7, 2021|website=MLB.com|language=en}}

On October 25, 2021, the Phillies hired Dickerson as their infield coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/phillies/news/bobby-dickerson-joins-phillies-as-infield-coach|title=Phils hire Bobby Dickerson as infield coach|website=MLB.com }}