Corey Dickerson

McKenzie Corey Dickerson (born May 22, 1989) is an American former professional baseball left fielder.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies (2013–2015), Tampa Bay Rays (2016–2017), Pittsburgh Pirates (2018–2019), Philadelphia Phillies (2019), Miami Marlins (2020–2021), Toronto Blue Jays (2021), St. Louis Cardinals (2022) and Washington Nationals (2023).

The Rockies selected Dickerson in the eighth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2013.

[3] Dickerson holds the State Private School Association career and single-season records for home runs, with 45 over four seasons, and 15 his senior year.

[10] On June 3, 2011, while playing with the Asheville Tourists of the Single–A South Atlantic League, Dickerson recorded 10 RBIs on three home runs.

It was tied for the most RBIs in a single game in South Atlantic League history, a record that had stood for 33 years.

On July 28, Dickerson hit his first career home run off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Donovan Hand, in a Rockies victory.

[16] Dickerson began the 2014 season with the Rockies, but was optioned to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Triple–A Pacific Coast League on April 9 when Boone Logan was activated from the disabled list.

[16] On January 28, 2016, Dickerson was traded, along with Kevin Padlo, to the Tampa Bay Rays for pitchers Jake McGee and Germán Márquez.

His turnaround led him to a .325/.367/.569 line with 17 home runs at the All-Star break, leading the DH position in nearly every category.

[25] On February 22, they traded him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Daniel Hudson, Tristan Gray, and cash considerations.

[27] In 2018, Dickerson hit .300 (8th in the NL)/.330/.474 with seven triples (9th), 13 home runs, and 55 RBIs in 504 at-bats, and swung at 59.3% of all pitches he saw, tops in the major leagues.

[16] On July 31, 2019, the Pirates traded Dickerson to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later and international signing bonus money.

On June 29, 2021, Dickerson was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays alongside Adam Cimber in exchange for Joe Panik and minor league pitcher Andrew McInvale.

[41] Over three games from August 23 to 25, Dickerson recorded 10 hits in 10 consecutive at-bats, giving him the longest such streak by a Cardinal in the expansion era.

Dickerson with the Colorado Rockies in 2013
Dickerson in 2017
Dickerson with the Miami Marlins in 2021