The Tony Phillips of his time, Dykes played every position Connie Mack asked him to, contributing with the glove and the bat. He batted .421 in the 1929 World Series and belted four extra-base hits in the 1930 World Series, helping the A's win each year. He played more than 2,200 games and managed almost 3,000. He was in baseball for parts of six decades.

As a manager he never duplicated the success he had with the A's as a player, managing eight winning teams in 18 full seasons at the helm. In his 21 seasons as a manager he never finished higher than third. Not until Gene Mauch did a manager have such a long tenure as a major league manager without winning a pennant. Dykes was Connie Mack's choice to succeed him as manager of the A's, but after three poor finishes he was let go. Dykes was the first major league manager of the Baltimore Orioles, but lost 99 games and was fired. In August, 1960, he was part of the only trade of managers in baseball history. The Tigers dealt him to the Indians for manager Joe Gordon.

As a player he was described by Mack as "thick-chested, with the best throwing arm in my infield."

Played For
Philadelphia A's (1918-1932), Chicago White Sox (1933-1939)

Managed
Chicago White Sox (1934-1946), Philadelphia A's (1951-1953), Baltimore Orioles (1954), Cincinnati Reds (1958), Detroit Tigers (1959-1960), Cleveland Indians (1960-1961)

Honors
All-Star (2): 1933-1934. Dykes was the third baseman for the AL in the first two All-Star games ever played.

Players Linked
Simmons and Haas were sold with Dykes to the White Sox for $100,000 following the 1932 season. All total, Dykes played ten years with Haas and 12 with Simmons ... Joe Gordon was traded straight up for Dykes on August 3, 1960. It remains the only trade of major league managers ...

Pujols Before Pujols was Cool
On May 3, 1959, Dykes replaced the unforgettable Bill Norman as manager of the struggling Tigers. Detroit's record was 2-15. Dykes would manage Detroit at a .540 clip the rest of the way, bringing them in one game below .500 at 76-78. 43 years later Albert Pujols replaced Phil Garner as Tigers' manager, with Detroit languishing at 0-11