Dewey Creacy

Third Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Dewey Creacy was a third baseman who played in Major League Baseball for 6 teams, including the St. Louis Stars. In 959 career games, he hit .291 with 1,025 hits, 85 home runs, and 616 RBI. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 4,927.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated

AVG .291
HR 85
RBI 616
H 1,025
OPS .796
PIV 4,927
Position
Third Baseman
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'10" / 171 lb
Born
4/13/1900 in Dallas, TX, USA
Died
11/17/1984 in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Full name: Albert Dewey Creacy

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Dewey Creacy — Batting
PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
709.0 650.0 84.0 160.0 17.0 5.0 6.0 40.0 44.0 7.0 5.0 .246 .295 .315 .610

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Dewey Creacy — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1939 4.0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Listed seasons · 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — —

Career Batting Statistics

Dewey Creacy — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
959 3,517 602 1,025 146 59 85 616 56 332 7 .291 .357 .439 .796 4,927

Career AVG .291 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .357 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .439 vs. league average .398 across their career seasons — +10.3% above league average.

Career OPS .796 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — +7.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dewey Creacy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1924 SLS NNL 55 181 24 46 5 7 1 24 3 12 0 .254 .283 (-10%) .345 (-12%) .389 (-4%) .734 (-7%) -273.4
1925 SLS NNL 83 331 71 107 21 6 14 72 17 29 0 .323 .288 (+12%) .349 (+8%) .407 (+35%) .756 (+23%) 1350.1
1926 SLS NNL 92 391 95 133 27 9 23 107 7 27 1 .340 .279 (+22%) .345 (+12%) .390 (+62%) .735 (+39%) 2672.0
1927 SLS NNL 92 346 63 110 12 12 13 81 6 17 0 .318 .282 (+13%) .344 (+4%) .392 (+36%) .736 (+21%) 1216.0
1928 SLS NNL 78 298 41 98 23 5 10 54 1 24 0 .329 .280 (+17%) .342 (+13%) .395 (+37%) .737 (+26%) 1369.2
1929 SLS NNL 95 355 61 89 9 1 7 53 3 29 0 .251 .289 (-13%) .353 (-12%) .415 (-18%) .769 (-15%) -873.7
1930 SLS NNL 92 340 50 105 6 5 7 67 8 45 0 .309 .293 (+5%) .354 (+11%) .429 (-3%) .784 (+3%) 388.3
1931 SLS NNL 35 119 21 36 5 2 0 19 2 18 0 .303 .276 (+10%) .338 (+17%) .388 (-3%) .726 (+6%) 188.2
1932 DW EWL 29 98 13 25 3 1 0 10 0 14 0 .255 .275 (-7%) .335 (+4%) .391 (-22%) .726 (-10%) -114.8
1932 WAP EWL 34 113 24 35 5 4 3 25 1 19 0 .310 .275 (+13%) .335 (+22%) .391 (+29%) .726 (+26%) -114.8
1933 CBB NN2 27 105 13 25 5 2 0 6 2 10 0 .238 .270 (-12%) .329 (-4%) .377 (-14%) .707 (-9%) -145.6
1933 ACG NN2 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — -145.6
1934 PS NN2 69 253 38 55 5 0 1 15 3 21 3 .217 .278 (-22%) .340 (-18%) .392 (-37%) .733 (-28%) -1100.6
1935 PS NN2 57 205 38 61 8 3 4 27 2 27 0 .298 .279 (+6%) .342 (+11%) .399 (+6%) .742 (+8%) 358.9
1936 PS NN2 52 173 20 52 7 0 1 29 1 18 3 .301 .283 (+6%) .349 (+6%) .404 (-11%) .753 (-3%) -46.7
1937 PS NN2 22 69 10 18 3 0 0 12 0 7 0 .261 .276 (-6%) .342 (-1%) .398 (-24%) .740 (-13%) -128.8
1938 PS NN2 46 136 20 29 1 2 1 15 0 15 0 .213 .272 (-22%) .341 (-12%) .392 (-31%) .734 (-22%) -461.5
Career · 17 seasons 959 3,517 602 1,025 146 59 85 616 56 332 7 .291 — — — — 4,137

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dewey Creacy — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
25 92 10 25 3 2 2 11 5 2 .272

Playoff Batting by Year

Dewey Creacy — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1934 NLC PS 5 19 2 5 2 1 0 2 2 0 .263
1930 NNC SLS 6 23 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 .261
1928 NNC SLS 7 27 2 8 1 0 1 4 1 1 .296
1925 NNC SLS 7 23 3 6 0 0 1 3 2 1 .261

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dewey Creacy — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home11641166101431.246
Away612052355118.268

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dewey Creacy — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1938-09-05 PH5BLGL 412000010
1938-09-05 PH5BLGL 400000000
1938-09-03 PH5BLGL 300000000
1938-09-01 PH5NY5W 311000000
1938-08-27 PH5HOMW 200000000
1938-08-27 PH5HOML 401000100
1938-08-25 PH5NW2L 411000000
1938-08-14 PH5BLGW 400000010
1938-08-13 PH5HOML 300000000
1938-08-13 PH5HOML 400000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dewey Creacy — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 1 0 1 0 0 0
2B 55 48 93 162 25 16
3B 906 810 826 1251 164 94
OF 6 3 8 2 0 0
SS 5 3 7 6 3 1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dewey Creacy — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1924 SLS 2B 13 13 19 39 6 2
1924 SLS 3B 41 38 43 71 6 5
1924 SLS SS 1 1 2 1 2 0
1925 SLS 3B 84 2 2 1 1 0
1925 SLS OF 2 0 0 0 0 0
1926 SLS 3B 92 92 97 171 32 17
1927 SLS 2B 6 4 14 15 1 3
1927 SLS 3B 89 84 88 155 23 15
1927 SLS OF 1 0 2 0 0 0
1927 SLS SS 1 1 0 0 0 0
1928 SLS 2B 21 18 27 54 6 7
1928 SLS 3B 59 59 50 84 11 3
1928 SLS SS 2 1 5 5 1 1
1929 SLS 2B 12 10 26 43 11 3
1929 SLS 3B 86 84 86 121 15 5
1930 SLS 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0
1930 SLS 3B 91 91 86 120 16 8
1930 SLS OF 1 1 2 0 0 0
1930 SLS SS 1 0 0 0 0 0
1931 SLS 3B 34 34 27 48 3 2
1931 SLS OF 1 1 1 2 0 0
1932 DW 3B 29 29 30 40 4 3
1932 WAP 3B 34 34 42 52 3 4
1933 CBB 3B 27 27 33 41 1 5
1933 ACG 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0
1934 PS 3B 69 69 68 118 14 5
1935 PS 3B 56 56 55 69 18 7
1935 PS OF 1 1 3 0 0 0
1936 PS 2B 1 1 4 2 0 1
1936 PS 3B 50 48 59 72 6 5
1937 PS 3B 22 20 17 37 2 1
1938 PS 2B 2 2 3 9 1 0
1938 PS 3B 42 42 43 51 9 9

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Dewey Creacy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
First Base 1
Second Base 55
Third Base 906
Shortstop 5
Left Field 4
Right Field 2

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

  1. 98
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    .289 avg, 73 HR
  2. 95
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    .290 avg, 66 HR
  3. 89
    Russ Wrightstone
    .297 avg, 60 HR
  4. 86
    Whitey Kurowski
    .286 avg, 106 HR
  5. 85
    Bill Riggins
    .296 avg, 45 HR
  6. 83
    Judy Johnson HOF
    .296 avg, 36 HR

Dewey Creacy: the record in brief

The season rows for Dewey Creacy begin in 1924. Creacy played for the St. Louis Stars (1924 to 1931), the Detroit Wolves (1932), the Washington Pilots (1932), the Columbus Blue Birds (1933), the Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants (1933), and the Philadelphia Stars (1934 to 1938). At 5'10" and 171 pounds, Creacy is listed as a third baseman. The bio says Creacy threw and hit right-handed. The recorded birth is April 13, 1900, in Dallas, TX, USA. The bio records the death on November 17, 1984, in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The bio lists the given name Albert Dewey.

Across 959 games at the plate, Creacy's career line reads 1,025 hits in 3,517 at bats for a .291 average, adding 85 home runs, 616 runs batted in, and 56 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .357 clip and slugging .439, Creacy finished with a .796 OPS. Creacy hit .291 while the league hit .281 over the same span, a figure close to average.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dewey Creacy

Was Dewey Creacy a pitcher?
No. Dewey Creacy was a position player (Third Baseman).
How many home runs did Dewey Creacy hit?
Dewey Creacy hit 85 career home runs with 1,025 hits.
What teams did Dewey Creacy play for?
Dewey Creacy played for 6 teams: the St. Louis Stars (1924–1931), the Detroit Wolves (1932), the Washington Pilots (1932), the Columbus Blue Birds (1933), the Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants (1933), and the Philadelphia Stars (1934–1938).
What were Dewey Creacy's career stats?
In 959 games, Dewey Creacy had 1,025 hits, 85 home runs, 616 RBI, 602 runs, and 56 stolen bases, with a .291 batting average.
What position did Dewey Creacy play?
Dewey Creacy played primarily as a third baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dewey Creacy and how much did he weigh?
Dewey Creacy was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 171 pounds.
How many home runs did Dewey Creacy hit each season?
Dewey Creacy's home runs by season: 1 in 1924, 14 in 1925, 23 in 1926, 13 in 1927, 10 in 1928, 7 in 1929, 7 in 1930, 0 in 1931, 3 in 1932, 0 in 1933, 1 in 1934, 4 in 1935, 1 in 1936, 0 in 1937, and 1 in 1938. His most in one season was 23, in 1926.
What was Dewey Creacy's career batting average?
Dewey Creacy batted .291 over his career, with 1,025 hits in 3,517 at bats.
How many RBI did Dewey Creacy have?
Dewey Creacy drove in 616 runs in his career.
Is Dewey Creacy in the Hall of Fame?
No. Dewey Creacy has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.