Corey Dickerson

McKenzie Corey Dickerson (born May 22, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies drafted him in the 29th round in 2009, but he did not sign.

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

The Rockies then selected Dickerson in the eighth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft.

In 2010 he played for Casper Ghosts in the Pioneer League, and batted .348(6th in the PCL)/.412(8th in the league)/.632(leading the league) with 54 runs (8th), 22 doubles (2nd), 9 triples (2nd), 13 home runs (tied for 3rd), and 61 RBIs (tied for the league lead) in 276 at bats.

On September 6, 2010, he was a Pioneer League Player of the Week.

In 2010 he was a Pioneer League postseason All Star, an MiLB Organization All Star, and a Topps Short-Season/Rookie All Star.

On June 3, 2011, while playing with the Asheville Tourists of the Class 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 11, 2011, he was the SAL Player of the Week.

In 2011 he batted .282/.356/.629(3rd in the SAL) with 78 runs (5th), 5 triples (tied for 10th), 32 home runs (leading the SAL), and 87 RBIs (tied for 3rd) for Asheville in 383 at bats and was an MiLB Organization All Star.

He was fourth in the minor leagues in both home runs and slugging percentage in 2011.

In 2012, Dickerson played for the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League, and for the Modesto Nuts of the California League.

He batted a combined .304/.358/.542 with 22 home runs and 81 RBIs in 506 at bats.

He was a California League mid-season All Star.

He then played in the Arizona Fall League, where he batted .364/.368/.515 in 66 at bats and was named a Rising Star.

He has 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).

Prior to the 2013 season, MLB named him the 16th-best prospect in the Rockies system.

In 2013 he batted .371(2nd in the PCL)/.414/.632(3rd) with 14 triples (leading the league), 11 home runs, and 50 RBIs in 315 at bats with Colorado Springs and was a PCL postseason All Star, and an MiLB Organization All Star.

The Rockies promoted Dickerson to the major leagues on June 21, 2013.

Dickerson made his debut the next day at Nationals Park where he picked up his first two career hits, both doubles, and his first career RBI as the Rockies beat the Washington Nationals.

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

In 2013 in the majors he batted .263/.316/.459 with 5 home runs and 17 RBIs in 190 at bats.

Dickerson began the 2014 season with the Rockies, but was optioned to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on April 9 when Boone Logan was activated from the disabled list.

On June 18, 2014, in a game versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dickerson was the only batter to reach base safely during Clayton Kershaw's no-hitter, reaching on an error.

In 2014 in the majors, he batted .312(9th-best in the league)/.364/.567(3rd-highest in the NL) with 24 home runs, 18.2 at-bats-per-home-run (6th-best in the NL), and 76 RBIs in 436 at-bats.

Dickerson suffered two broken ribs while diving for a catch on June 30, 2015.

In 2015 he batted .304/.333/.536 with 10 home runs and 31 RBIs in 224 at-bats.

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

In 2016, Dickerson's first season away from Coors Field, his batting line dropped to .245/.293/.469, as he hit a career-high 36 doubles (10th in the AL) with 24 home runs and 70 RBIs in 510 at bats.

He spent most of his time as the DH and left fielder.

Dickerson was an MLB All-Star in 2017, and won a Gold Glove Award in 2018.

Dickerson was placed on unconditional waivers by the Washington Nationals on August 2, 2023.

Dickerson was born in McComb, Mississippi, (population 13,000) and raised in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

He attended Brookhaven Academy (with a student body of 400) in Brookhaven, where he played baseball and also starred in football and basketball.

In his junior year, he injured his shoulder at a baseball camp, forcing him to move from shortstop to the outfield in baseball, and from quarterback to wide receiver in football.

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.

Also, his single-season .591 batting average and 55 runs batted in (RBIs) are both Brookhaven Academy records.

Dickerson later enrolled at Meridian Community College in Meridian, Mississippi, on a full baseball scholarship, where he played center field and was the leadoff hitter for the school's baseball team.

During his freshman season at Meridian, Dickerson hit .459 with 21 home runs.