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Jim
Hickman		  
Nickname: Gentleman Jim
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 10, 1937 in Usa, TN, HENNING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969   
Gold Glove 1964   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 25 WOR AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5
1963 26 WOR AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1964 27 WOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1965 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1966 29 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1967 30 SDP NL $ 1,378,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1968 31 SDP NL $ 1,378,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1969 32 BOS AL $ 1,870,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1970 33 BOS AL $ 1,870,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1971 34 BOS AL $ 650,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 35 BOS AL $ 650,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,870,714   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 25 AAA   74 295 52 88 14 1 17 52 3 2 38 64 .298 .378 .525 .904 56.5  
    AA   26 98 14 28 3 2 5 17 2 0 12 21 .286 .364 .510 .874 18.2  
1963 26 AAA   137 515 70 136 18 3 28 81 9 2 74 113 .264 .357 .474 .830 89.7  
1964 27 WOR AL 155 550 46 106 22 4 21 52 0 0 40 134 .193 .254 .362 .616 47.8 3.2
1965 28 KCR AL 86 146 16 32 3 2 5 19 0 0 15 34 .219 .292 .370 .662 15.5 1.9
1966 29 SDP NL 129 417 45 97 22 4 13 56 2 3 45 77 .233 .306 .398 .704 50.5 8.7
1967 30 SDP NL 132 446 61 118 26 3 10 61 2 1 48 85 .265 .337 .404 .740 59.3 11.9
1968 31 SDP NL 128 346 46 99 18 3 14 61 1 1 28 71 .286 .339 .477 .816 52.9 12.9
1969 32 BSN NL 101 381 41 98 20 1 12 44 3 3 34 77 .257 .319 .409 .728 48.0 6.7
  BOS AL 23 70 9 20 5 1 0 6 1 0 6 16 .286 .342 .386 .728 8.5 1.8
  TOT   124 451 50 118 25 2 12 50 4 3 40 93 .262 .323 .406 .728 56.5 8.4
    AAA   2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.6  
1970 33 BOS AL 115 341 45 81 18 3 5 39 1 1 23 78 .238 .287 .352 .639 32.5 4.0
1971 34 BOS AL 131 438 43 119 16 3 9 54 1 1 43 80 .272 .336 .384 .720 52.8 8.9
1972 35 BOS AL 80 236 17 39 6 1 4 25 0 0 14 48 .165 .212 .250 .462 11.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 1080 3371 369 809 156 25 93 417 11 10 296 700 .240 .302 .384 .686 378.9 59.9
3 Years AAA 213 817 123 225 32 4 45 134 12 4 114 179 .275 .366 .490 .856 146.8  
1 Years AA 26 98 14 28 3 2 5 17 2 0 12 21 .286 .364 .510 .874 18.2  
4 Years Minors 239 915 137 253 35 6 50 151 14 4 126 200 .277 .366 .492 .858 165.0  
162 Game Average 505 55 121 23 3 13 62 1 1 44 105 .240 .302 .384 .686 56.8  
Career Highs 155 550 61 119 26 4 21 61 4 3 48 134 .286 .339 .477 .816 59.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1948 202 458 79 11 50 243 6 5 161 398 .235 .295 .364 .659 210.5
vs LH   1423 167 351 77 14 43 174 5 5 135 302 .247 .313 .411 .724 182.7
Home 535 1662 182 403 76 13 45 200 3 5 131 368 .242 .299 .385 .684 190.2
Away 545 1709 187 406 80 12 48 217 8 5 165 332 .238 .305 .383 .688 203.1
RISP   832 0 207 31 6 20 302 0 0 56 165 .249 .292 .373 .665 91.4
Pinch Hitting   161 19 46 9 1 5 29 0 0 10 28 .286 .320 .447 .767 22.6
Close/Late   436 44 117 16 4 15 67 0 0 43 77 .268 .333 .427 .760 62.3
Mar/Apr 185 568 60 124 27 4 14 74 2 3 49 132 .218 .281 .354 .635 56.7
May 195 628 54 134 27 5 10 57 2 1 54 136 .213 .276 .320 .596 56.0
June 182 554 58 131 25 3 16 71 2 3 43 118 .236 .290 .379 .669 61.1
July 168 529 59 126 19 2 20 68 1 2 40 119 .238 .298 .395 .693 61.5
August 185 572 76 145 22 5 17 72 3 0 66 112 .253 .331 .399 .729 78.0
Sep/Oct 165 520 62 149 36 6 16 75 1 1 44 83 .287 .344 .471 .816 79.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1964 27 WOR AL LF 127 124 1094.0 234 3 1 0 .996 1.95   3.5
    CF 27 26 233.0 70 2 0 2 1.000 2.78    
    RF 6 1 16.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.94    
    1B 2 0 6.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
1965 28 KCR AL CF 13 11 97.0 32 0 1 0 .970 2.97   0.8
    LF 11 9 78.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    RF 3 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    1B 5 0 7.7 9 1 0 1 1.000 11.75   0.0
1966 29 SDP NL LF 109 106 898.3 192 3 0 2 1.000 1.95   2.4
    RF 12 11 95.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    CF 3 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 2 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
1967 30 SDP NL LF 76 74 601.0 115 4 1 2 .992 1.78   3.2
    RF 55 53 470.0 114 2 0 2 1.000 2.22    
    CF 1 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    1B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 31 SDP NL LF 54 41 408.3 72 2 0 0 1.000 1.63   1.1
    RF 31 25 226.0 51 1 2 0 .963 2.07    
    CF 7 5 50.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34    
    1B 7 3 39.0 48 6 0 4 1.000 12.46   0.1
1969 32 BSN NL CF 11 10 88.1 19 0 2 0 .905 1.94   0.2
    LF 3 2 21.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.42   0.0
    1B 3 2 17.2 19 3 1 3 .957 11.51   0.0
    RF 2 2 11.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.51   0.0
  BOS AL CF 2 2 15.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.1 3 1 0 1 1.000 11.61   0.0
    RF 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 13 12 104.0 23 0 2 0 .920 1.99   0.2
      LF 4 2 25.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .36   0.0
      1B 4 2 20.3 22 4 1 4 .963 11.53   0.1
      RF 2 2 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1970 33 BOS AL CF 63 52 442.7 108 1 0 0 1.000 2.22   2.1
    LF 15 13 114.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.49    
    1B 16 10 94.0 118 9 0 11 1.000 12.16   0.2
    RF 13 10 92.0 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1971 34 BOS AL LF 57 57 486.0 98 1 2 1 .980 1.83   1.5
    CF 25 21 175.7 52 0 1 0 .981 2.66    
    RF 14 6 73.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    1B 2 2 20.0 24 0 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.0
1972 35 BOS AL 1B 37 34 301.7 333 17 0 23 1.000 10.44   1.1
    CF 13 8 78.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.4
    RF 11 6 63.7 12 0 1 0 .923 1.70    
    LF 9 6 52.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
  LF 462 432 3758.0 762 13 4 5 .995 1.86   11.7
  CF 165 136 1199.7 322 3 4 2 .988 2.44   3.6
  RF 147 117 1077.0 244 5 3 2 .988 2.08   0.0
  1B 76 51 495.3 568 38 1 46 .998 11.01   1.5
Career Totals   850 736 6529.9 1896 59 12 55 .994 2.69   16.8
Career Highs   162 151 1349.0 379 17 3 23 1.000 7.19    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 29 SDP NL 12 42 10 18 4 1 1 3 0 0 3 7 .429 .467 .643 1.110
1967 30 SDP NL 7 21 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .190 .357 .333 .690
1968 31 SDP NL 7 30 4 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .400 .600
1969 32 BOS AL 19 76 4 14 2 1 0 7 0 0 5 16 .184 .241 .237 .478
Career Post-Season Batting 45 169 21 42 6 2 4 14 0 0 13 30 .249 .306 .379 .685
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1964-9-155
 Homeruns
1964-9-21
 Strikeouts
1964-2-134
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Worcester in 1962
Injured on 5/1/1962 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 8/2/1962 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/13/1963 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/1964, off Dwight Siebler (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1964, off Gary Bell (BOS)
Hit 3 homeruns against Toronto, driving in 4 runs on 8/24/1964
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1964
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 3/3/1966 (Going to KCR: SS Don Buddin, P Gary Wagner. Going to SDP: CF Jim Hickman)
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 5/13/1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,870,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Boston (N) on 2/1/1969 (Going to SDP: RF Tony Conigliaro, C Bob Tillman. Going to BSN: LF Jim Hickman, C Harry Chiti)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1969, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Boston (N) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1969 (Going to BSN: P Jerry Johnson. Going to BOS: LF Jim Hickman)
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,870,714 through salary arbitration
10/3/1970: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $650,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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