O'Koyea Dickson

O'Koyea Dickson

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O'Koyea Dickson (born February 9, 1990) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Dickson graduated from George Washington High School in San Francisco, California, where he was the Player of the Year in 2008. As a sophomore at George Washington High, playing in the city championship game, he became the first high school player to hit a homerun in AT&T Park. He hit a ground rule double his next at-bat.

After graduating from George Washington, Dickson attended College of San Mateo, where he was an All-American as a sophomore and helped lead his team to consecutive league titles. For his junior year, he transferred to Sonoma State University. He led the California Collegiate Athletic Association in runs scored and helped take his team to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.

The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Dickson in the 12th round of the 2011 MLB Draft. He spent 2011 with the Ogden Raptors and 2012 with the Great Lakes Loons. He hit .280 with 15 homers and 88 RBI in 2013 with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League. In 2014, he played with the AA Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League, where he hit .269 with 17 homers and 73 RBI and scored an invite to spring training for 2015. He was assigned to the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers. He appeared in 117 games and hit .262 with 12 homers and 50 RBI. In 2016, he remained with Oklahoma City and hit .328 with 18 homers and 64 RBIs in 101 games. In 2017, he played in 116 games and hit .246 with 24 homers and 76 RBI for Oklahoma City.

The Dodgers promoted Dickson to the major leagues for the first time on September 1, 2017. He made his major league debut the following day as the starting leftfielder and was hitless in three at-bats with one walk.