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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 (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
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:09AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 99 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 76 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 Seasons 9 14 .391 3.91 231 0 79 0 0 17 232.2 213 114 101 21 101 19 118 4 2 6 987 100 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1981 25 CHW AL 44.1 0 22 24 0 1.0 2 -0.1 $
1982 26 CHW AL 78.0 0 32 49 -2 1.0 17 1.1 $
1983 27 CHW AL 20.2 0 14 12 1 1.2 -2 -0.4 $
1989 33 BAL AL 49.1 0 16 27 1 1.0 11 0.8 $180,000
1990 34 BAL AL 26.1 0 16 14 1 1.1 -2 -0.4 $250,000
1991 35 BAL AL 14.0 0 14 8 0 .6 -6 -0.6 $
6 Seasons 232.2 0 114 134 1 1.0 20 0.4 $430,000
BAL (3 yrs) 89.2 0 46 49 2 1.0 3 -0.2 $430,000
CHW (3 yrs) 143.0 0 68 85 -1 1.0 17 0.6 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 25 CHW AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 26 CHW AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 27 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 33 BAL AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 34 BAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 35 BAL AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (3 yrs) 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1981 CHW AL 25 P 41 0 0 44.1 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.84 0.34 .963 1.97 1.98 3 2 40% 2
1982 CHW AL 26 P 60 0 0 78.0 26 5 20 1 4 .962 2.88 0.42 .958 1.80 1.80 0 4 100% 1
1983 CHW AL 27 P 23 0 0 20.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.17 .958 1.79 1.78 1 0 0% 0
1989 BAL AL 33 P 51 0 0 49.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.16 .960 1.86 1.85 3 3 50% 1
1990 BAL AL 34 P 37 0 0 26.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.14 .952 1.78 1.76 6 1 14% 0
1991 BAL AL 35 P 19 0 0 14.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.11 .955 1.80 1.80 0 0 0
6 Seasons P 231 0 0 232.2 59 13 45 1 4 .983 2.24 0.25 .959 1.84 1.83 13 10 43% 4
6 Seasons TOT 231 0 0 232.2 59 13 45 1 4 .983 2.24 0.25 .959 1.84 1.83 13 10 43% 4
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1989 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Ed Vosberg (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198933Baltimore Orioles$180,000*
199034Baltimore Orioles$250,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$430,000
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $130,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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