Murry Dickson

Murry Monroe Dickson (August 21, 1916 – September 21, 1989) was a right-handed pitcher from Tracy, Missouri who spent the 1940s and 1950s in Major League Baseball. Known for an unusually wide array of pitches and deliveries, he earned the nickname "Thomas Edison" from Cardinals manager Eddie Dyer. Dickson came up through the Cardinals farm system, winning 22 games for the 1939 Houston Buffaloes to lead the Texas League, then joining St. Louis for good in 1942. He pitched the Cardinals to the 1946 NL pennant by defeating Brooklyn in Game 2 of the league playoffs and started Game 7 of the 1946 World Series, which St. Louis won.