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Kevin Hickey

Kevin John Hickey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 25, 1956 in Chicago, IL
High School: Kelly HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1981
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles 1981-1991

Final Game: July 6, 1991
Died: May 16, 2012 in Chicago, IL
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Standard Pitching

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 82 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 3 199 130 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 45 1.500 9.6 1.9 3.9 6.4 1.67
6 Yrs 9 14 .391 3.91 231 0 79 0 0 17 232.2 213 114 101 21 101 19 118 4 2 6 987 100 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 2 291 100 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 86 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 2 613 112 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1981 25 CHW AL 44.1 41 0 22 4.47 4.11 -0.04 -0.33 98.4 3.76 -3 -0.4 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 -1 .491 .498 $
1982 26 CHW AL 78.0 60 0 32 3.69 4.67 -0.27 -0.37 98.7 4.51 7 0.8 1.5 0.0 1.5 15 .513 .505 $
1983 27 CHW AL 20.2 23 0 14 6.10 4.79 0.31 -0.38 101.6 4.16 -4 -0.5 1.7 -0.2 -0.5 -2 .480 .497 $
1989 33 BAL AL 49.1 51 0 16 2.92 4.49 0.10 -0.35 97.7 3.94 5 0.6 1.4 0.0 1.0 11 .511 .504 $180,000
1990 34 BAL AL 26.1 37 0 16 5.47 4.69 0.23 -0.36 96.4 3.96 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .488 .497 $250,000
1991 35 BAL AL 14.0 19 0 14 9.00 4.63 0.24 -0.35 100.3 4.06 -8 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .459 .495 $
6 Seasons 232.2 231 0 114 4.41 4.54 -0.01 -0.35 98.5 4.12 -7 -0.7 1.4 -0.5 0.8 15 .497 .499 $430,000
BAL (3 yrs) 89.2 107 0 46 4.62 4.57 0.16 -0.35 97.7 3.96 -7 -0.6 1.4 -0.2 -0.1 3 .494 .499 $430,000
CHW (3 yrs) 143.0 124 0 68 4.28 4.51 -0.11 -0.36 99.0 4.22 -0 -0.1 1.5 -0.3 0.9 12 .500 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 4
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 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 1
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 1
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 0
6 Yrs 231 987 861 114 213 31 8 21 13 10 101 118 .247 .326 .375 .701 .263 323 30 4 12 9 19 13
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 4
MLB Averages .258 .324 .387 .711 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 25 CHW AL -1.0 -0.1 195 0.3 2.9 -2.6 .93 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.93 2.1 14 8 19
1982 26 CHW AL 7.8 0.8 332 0.9 5.6 -4.7 .97 0.5 0.4 11.3 1.1 0.97 7.9 21 16 22
1983 27 CHW AL -2.4 -0.2 100 -1.1 2.0 -3.1 1.23 -0.5 -0.4 -5.7 -0.6 1.23 -4.1 12 2 8
1989 33 BAL AL 5.9 0.6 210 0.8 3.6 -2.7 1.06 0.7 0.1 8.8 0.9 1.06 7.5 20 10 19
1990 34 BAL AL -3.4 -0.3 120 -0.4 1.8 -2.1 1.13 0.0 -0.4 -1.4 -0.1 1.13 -0.8 14 8 15
1991 35 BAL AL -7.2 -0.7 62 0.1 0.7 -0.6 .57 -0.6 0.8 -3.6 -0.4 0.57 -5.9 6 4 9
6 Yrs -0.5 -0.0 1019 0.7 16.5 -15.8 1.00 0.2 0.5 10.4 1.1 1.00 6.6 87 48 92

Reliever Pitching*

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 .929 14 8 19 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 .974 21 16 22 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 21 8 38% 8 1.227 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 1.059 20 10 19 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 1.130 14 8 15 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 .574 6 4 9 5 2 12 12 7 1 12 4 5 2.2 13
6 Yrs 231 231 79 9 14 23 17 6 74% 68 34 246 56 23% 1.000 87 48 92 87 33 111 158 73 66 122 83 46 3.0 13

Ratio Pitching*

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 48% 1.6% 9.0% 9.6% 5.9% 29% 1.31 78% 41 3 7%
1982 26 CHW AL 327 38% 1.2% 11.6% 9.2% 4.3% 19% 1.81 76% 81 12 15%
1983 27 CHW AL 98 47% 5.1% 8.2% 11.2% 10.2% 44% 0.86 76% 20 1 5%
1989 33 BAL AL 199 37% 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 46% 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 Yrs 987 42% 2.1% 12.0% 10.2% 6.1% 28% 0.81 1.36 74% 22% 6.9% 12% 226 30 13%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 24% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 185 698 3.77 403 58% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 4% 43% 82% 50% 9% 17 8 14% 25 10 1 30% 1 6 14 0 0
1990 34 BAL AL 114 452 3.96 251 56% 26% 12% 29% 33% 74% 4% 41% 83% 48% 7% 8 4 9% 10 0 0 31% 0 2 -1 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 Yrs 361 1391 3.85 789 57% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 3% 42% 83% 49% 7% 27 14 12% 42 11 1 34% 1 8 13 0 1
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 Yrs 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 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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 2 613 112 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 112
1984 28 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 112 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 112
1985 29 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 112 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 112
1986 30 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 112 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 112
1987 31 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 112 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 112
1988 32 5 8 .385 3.52 124 0 47 0 0 14 143.0 134 68 56 12 59 13 63 3 0 2 613 112 1.350 8.4 0.8 3.7 4.0 1.07 112
1989 33 7 11 .389 3.37 175 0 64 0 0 16 192.1 172 84 72 15 82 17 91 4 2 5 812 116 1.321 8.0 0.7 3.8 4.3 1.11 116
1990 34 8 14 .364 3.58 212 0 73 0 0 17 218.2 198 100 87 18 95 19 108 4 2 6 925 109 1.340 8.1 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.14 109
1991 35 9 14 .391 3.91 231 0 79 0 0 17 232.2 213 114 101 21 101 19 118 4 2 6 987 100 1.350 8.2 0.8 3.9 4.6 1.17 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 23 13 12 5 11 8 0 1.619 9.9 4.7 3.4 0.73 2.1 23
1989 33 2 2 .500 3.68 44.0 41 20 18 3 25 25 1 1.500 8.4 5.1 5.1 1.00 0.6 51
1990 34 1 1 .500 6.38 24.0 28 19 17 3 14 15 0 1.750 10.5 5.3 5.6 1.07 1.1 37
1991 35 0 1 .000 10.38 13.0 16 17 15 3 6 10 0 1.692 11.1 4.2 6.9 1.67 2.1 19
6 Yrs 12 12 .500 4.61 238.0 246 136 122 23 117 118 5 1.525 9.3 4.5 1.01 0.9 231

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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