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Kevin Hickey
Kevin John Hickey

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 14, 1981
  vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 6, 1991
Born February 25, 1956 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1981 25 CHW AL   0   2  41   0   0   0  14  3   44.3   38   22   18   3   18   17   1   1   188   5   0  3.65  3.59   98 1.263
 1982 26 CHW AL   4   4  60   0   0   0  20  6   78.0   73   32   26   4   30   38   2   0   327   6   0  3.00  4.04  135 1.321
 1983 27 CHW AL   1   2  23   0   0   0  13  5   20.7   23   14   12   5   11    8   0   1    98   2   0  5.23  4.20   80 1.645
 1989 33 BAL AL   2   3  51   0   0   0  17  2   49.3   38   16   16   3   23   28   1   3   199   4   2  2.92  3.78  129 1.236
 1990 34 BAL AL   1   3  37   0   0   0   9  1   26.3   26   16   15   3   13   17   0   1   113   2   0  5.13  3.84   75 1.481
 1991 35 BAL AL   1   0  19   0   0   0   6  0   14.0   15   14   14   3    6   10   0   0    62   0   0  9.00  3.98   44 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .391   9  14 231   0   0   0  79 17  232.7  213  114  101  21  101  118   4   6   987  19   2  3.91  3.89   99 1.350
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   4  68   0   0   0  23  5   68.3   62   33   29   6   29   34   1   1   290   5   0  3.91  3.89   99 1.350
 Career High      4   4  60   0   0   0  20  6   78.0   73   32   26   5   30   38   2   3   327   6   2  2.92  4.04  135 1.236

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 25 CHW AL P 41 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.34 0.81 2.84 1.97 0 44.3 1982 26 CHW AL P 60 5 20 1 4 .962 .958 0.42 0.73 2.88 1.80 0 78.0 1983 27 CHW AL P 23 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.73 1.74 1.78 0 20.7 1989 33 BAL AL P 51 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 0.16 0.66 1.46 1.86 0 49.3 1990 34 BAL AL P 37 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.14 0.59 1.71 1.78 0 26.3 1991 35 BAL AL P 19 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.58 1.29 1.80 0 14.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 25 CHW AL P 41 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.34 0.81 2.84 1.97 0 44.3 1982 26 CHW AL P 60 5 20 1 4 .962 .958 0.42 0.73 2.88 1.80 0 78.0 1983 27 CHW AL P 23 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.73 1.74 1.78 0 20.7 1989 33 BAL AL P 51 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 0.16 0.66 1.46 1.86 0 49.3 1990 34 BAL AL P 37 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.14 0.59 1.71 1.78 0 26.3 1991 35 BAL AL P 19 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.11 0.58 1.29 1.80 0 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 231 13 45 1 4 .983 .960 0.25 0.69 2.24 1.84 0 232.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 231 13 45 1 4 .983 .960 0.25 0.69 2.24 1.84 0 233
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1981 AL-41-9
1982 AL-60-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2417) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 18, 1977: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

March 26, 1984: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

April 2, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

August 13, 1984: Sent by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on July 18, 1984. The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to the New York Yankees for Roy Smalley. The Chicago White Sox sent Doug Drabek (August 13, 1984) and Kevin Hickey (August 13, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

May 25, 1985: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 1, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 30, 1986: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

March 11, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

August 21, 1987: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

August 22, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

April 2, 1991: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

April 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 11, 1991: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

August 30, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Baltimore Orioles$180,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$430,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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