Kevin Hickey
Kevin John Hickey
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 25, 1956 in Chicago, IL
High School: Kelly (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1981
Final Game: July 6, 1991
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1981 25 CHW AL 0 2 .000 3.65 41 0 14 0 0 3 44.1 38 22 18 3 18 5 17 1 0 1 188 98 1.263 7.7 0.6 3.7 3.5 0.94
1982 26 CHW AL 4 4 .500 3.00 60 0 20 0 0 6 78.0 73 32 26 4 30 6 38 2 0 0 327 135 1.321 8.4 0.5 3.5 4.4 1.27
1983 27 CHW AL 1 2 .333 5.23 23 0 13 0 0 5 20.2 23 14 12 5 11 2 8 0 0 1 98 80 1.645 10.0 2.2 4.8 3.5 0.73
1989 33 BAL AL 2 3 .400 2.92 51 0 17 0 0 2 49.1 38 16 16 3 23 4 28 1 2 3 199 129 1.236 6.9 0.5 4.2 5.1 1.22
1990 34 BAL AL 1 3 .250 5.13 37 0 9 0 0 1 26.1 26 16 15 3 13 2 17 0 0 1 113 75 1.481 8.9 1.0 4.4 5.8 1.31
1991 35 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 9.00 19 0 6 0 0 0 14.0 15 14 14 3 6 0 10 0 0 0 62 44 1.500 9.6 1.9 3.9 6.4 1.67
6 Seasons 9 14 .391 3.91 231 0 79 0 0 17 232.2 213 114 101 21 101 19 118 4 2 6 987 99 1.350 8.2 0.8 3.9 4.6 1.17
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .391 3.91 68 0 23 0 0 5 69 63 34 30 6 30 6 35 1 1 2 291 99 1.350 8.2 0.8 3.9 4.6 1.17
BAL (3 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.52 107 0 32 0 0 3 89.2 79 46 45 9 42 6 55 1 2 4 374 85 1.349 7.9 0.9 4.2 5.5 1.31
CHW (3 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 111 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 25 CHW AL 41 188 164 22 38 6 2 3 3 2 18 17 .232 .308 .348 .656 .240 57 3 1 3 2 5
1982 26 CHW AL 60 327 285 32 73 8 2 4 0 4 30 38 .256 .327 .340 .667 .279 97 12 2 6 4 6
1983 27 CHW AL 23 98 87 14 23 5 0 5 1 0 11 8 .264 .347 .494 .841 .243 43 1 0 0 0 2
1989 33 BAL AL 51 199 173 16 38 3 0 3 3 3 23 28 .220 .315 .289 .604 .246 50 9 1 2 0 4
1990 34 BAL AL 37 113 98 16 26 5 2 3 6 1 13 17 .265 .348 .449 .797 .291 44 4 0 1 1 2
1991 35 BAL AL 19 62 54 14 15 4 2 3 0 0 6 10 .278 .339 .593 .931 .279 32 1 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 231 987 861 114 213 31 8 21 13 10 101 118 .247 .326 .375 .701 .263 323 30 4 12 9 19
162 Game Avg. 68 291 253 34 63 9 2 6 4 3 30 35 .247 .326 .375 .701 .263 95 9 1 4 3 6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 25 CHW AL 41 41 14 0 2 3 3 0 100% 11 7 55 13 24% 8 0.976 14 10 17 13 3 25 32 9 12 23 18 7 3.2
1982 26 CHW AL 60 60 20 4 4 8 6 2 75% 19 6 69 14 20% 8 1.000 22 17 21 25 7 28 45 15 26 28 30 17 3.9
1983 27 CHW AL 23 23 13 1 2 8 5 3 63% 10 2 22 8 36% 8 1.239 12 2 8 14 3 6 15 8 5 13 6 2 2.7
1989 33 BAL AL 51 51 17 2 3 2 2 0 100% 14 9 48 13 27% 8 1.086 20 11 18 19 10 22 31 20 15 24 16 10 2.9 14
1990 34 BAL AL 37 37 9 1 3 1 1 0 100% 9 7 35 6 17% 8 1.162 14 10 13 11 8 18 23 14 7 22 9 5 2.1 12
1991 35 BAL AL 19 19 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 5 3 18 2 11% 6 0.599 6 4 9 5 2 12 12 7 1 12 4 5 2.2 13
6 Seasons 231 231 79 9 14 23 17 6 74% 68 34 247 56 23% 1.030 88 54 86 87 33 111 158 73 66 122 83 46 3.0 13

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1981 25 CHW AL 188 52% 1.6% 9.0% 9.6% 5.9% 29% 1.31 78% 41 3 7%
1982 26 CHW AL 327 62% 1.2% 11.6% 9.2% 4.3% 19% 1.81 76% 81 12 15%
1983 27 CHW AL 98 53% 5.1% 8.2% 11.2% 10.2% 44% 0.86 76% 20 1 5%
1989 33 BAL AL 199 63% 1.5% 14.1% 11.6% 3.0% 16% 0.83 1.25 71% 22% 4.6% 17% 45 9 20%
1990 34 BAL AL 113 54% 2.7% 15.0% 11.5% 8.9% 39% 0.88 1.35 70% 22% 7.5% 7% 23 4 17%
1991 35 BAL AL 62 50% 4.8% 16.1% 9.7% 14.5% 60% 0.64 0.88 69% 20% 11.5% 7% 16 1 6%
6 Seasons 987 58% 2.1% 12.0% 10.2% 6.1% 28% 0.81 1.36 74% 22% 6.9% 12% 226 30 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 33 BAL AL 184 695 3.78 402 58% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 4% 43% 82% 51% 9% 17 8 14% 25 10 1 30% 1 6 15 0 0
1990 34 BAL AL 113 446 3.95 248 56% 26% 11% 29% 33% 73% 4% 41% 84% 48% 7% 8 4 8% 9 0 0 31% 0 2 0 0 1
1991 35 BAL AL 62 241 3.89 135 56% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 0% 42% 83% 45% 3% 2 2 11% 7 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 359 1382 3.85 785 57% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 3% 42% 83% 49% 8% 27 14 11% 41 11 1 34% 1 8 15 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1981 25 CHW AL 188 38 3 1 10 2 1 1 2 21 9 2 43% 5 1 0 81 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
1982 26 CHW AL 327 73 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 20 11 3 55% 4 0 2 154 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 0
1983 27 CHW AL 98 23 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 10 5 2 50% 2 1 0 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 33 BAL AL 199 38 5 1 3 0 10 1 2 2 1 13 7 2 54% 1 3 3 85 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
1990 34 BAL AL 113 26 2 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 10 6 0 60% 1 1 0 48 6 1 86% 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
1991 35 BAL AL 62 15 4 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 6 4 1 67% 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 987 213 11 1 21 2 36 14 7 11 10 80 42 10 53% 13 6 5 441 13 10 57% 11 9 1 0 1 1 4 3 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1981 25 0 2 .000 3.65 41 0 14 0 0 3 44.1 38 22 18 3 18 5 17 1 0 1 188 98 1.263 7.7 0.6 3.7 3.5 0.94 98
1982 26 4 6 .400 3.24 101 0 34 0 0 9 122.1 111 54 44 7 48 11 55 3 0 1 515 120 1.300 8.2 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.15 120
1983 27 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 111 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 111
1984 28 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 111 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 111
1985 29 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 111 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 111
1986 30 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 111 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 111
1987 31 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 111 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 111
1988 32 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 111 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 111
1989 33 7 11 .389 3.37 175 0 64 0 0 16 192.1 172 84 72 15 82 17 91 4 2 5 812 115 1.321 8.0 0.7 3.8 4.3 1.11 115
1990 34 8 14 .364 3.58 212 0 73 0 0 17 218.2 198 100 87 18 95 19 108 4 2 6 925 108 1.340 8.1 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.14 108
1991 35 9 14 .391 3.91 231 0 79 0 0 17 232.2 213 114 101 21 101 19 118 4 2 6 987 99 1.350 8.2 0.8 3.9 4.6 1.17 99

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1981 25 3 4 .429 4.57 63.0 63 36 32 5 30 24 2 1.476 9.0 4.3 3.4 0.80 0.7 41
1982 26 5 3 .625 3.45 73.0 75 31 28 4 31 36 2 1.452 9.2 3.8 4.4 1.16 0.5 60
1983 27 1 1 .500 5.14 21.0 24 13 12 5 11 8 0 1.667 10.3 4.7 3.4 0.73 2.1 23
1989 33 2 2 .500 3.60 45.0 40 20 18 3 24 26 1 1.422 8.0 4.8 5.2 1.08 0.6 51
1990 34 1 1 .500 6.38 24.0 27 19 17 3 14 16 0 1.708 10.1 5.3 6.0 1.14 1.1 37
1991 35 0 1 .000 10.38 13.0 16 17 15 3 6 9 0 1.692 11.1 4.2 6.2 1.50 2.1 19
6 Seasons 12 12 .500 4.59 239.0 245 136 122 23 116 119 5 1.510 9.2 4.5 1.03 0.9 231

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1981 AL  41 (9th)
1982 AL  60 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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