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Charlie Hickman
Charles Taylor Hickman (Piano Legs and Cheerful Charlie)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 4, 1876 in Taylortown, PA
School: West Virginia University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1897
Final Game: July 31, 1908
Died: April 19, 1934 in Morgantown, WV
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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
1897 21 BSN NL 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 490 5 0 0 /1
1898 22 BSN NL 19 61 58 4 15 2 0 0 7 0 1 .259 .283 .293 .576 62 17 1 1 /O31
1899 23 BSN NL 19 68 63 15 25 2 7 0 15 1 2 .397 .433 .651 1.084 185 41 2 1 1/O3
1900 24 NYG NL 127 511 473 65 148 19 17 9 91 10 17 .313 .359 .482 .841 136 228 17 4 *5/O
1901 25 NYG NL 112 428 406 44 113 20 6 4 62 5 15 .278 .315 .387 .702 106 157 7 0 O65/143
1902 26 TOT AL 130 564 534 74 193 36 13 11 110 9 15 .361 .387 .539 .926 157 288 7 8 *3O/41
1902 26 BOS AL 28 115 108 13 32 5 2 3 16 1 3 .296 .339 .463 .802 118 50 4 0 O
1902 26 CLE AL 102 449 426 61 161 31 11 8 94 8 12 .378 .399 .559 .958 167 238 3 8 *3/41
1903 27 CLE AL 131 552 522 64 154 31 11 12 97 14 17 .295 .325 .466 .790 137 243 6 7 *3/4
1904 28 TOT AL 128 520 481 52 132 28 16 6 67 12 24 .274 .312 .437 .748 137 210 2 13 34/O
1904 28 CLE AL 86 361 337 34 97 22 10 4 45 9 13 .288 .318 .448 .766 142 151 2 9 43/O
1904 28 DET AL 42 159 144 18 35 6 6 2 22 3 11 .243 .297 .410 .706 125 59 0 4 3
1905 29 TOT AL 147 615 573 69 159 37 12 4 66 6 21 .277 .311 .405 .716 128 232 7 14 4O3
1905 29 DET AL 59 236 213 21 47 12 3 2 20 3 12 .221 .278 .333 .612 93 71 5 6 O3
1905 29 WSH AL 88 379 360 48 112 25 9 2 46 3 9 .311 .332 .447 .779 150 161 2 8 4/3
1906 30 WSH AL 120 477 451 53 128 25 5 9 57 9 14 .284 .311 .421 .733 134 190 4 8 O3/54
1907 31 TOT AL 81 244 221 21 61 11 3 1 24 4 18 .276 .342 .367 .708 133 81 4 1 3O/41
1907 31 WSH AL 60 217 198 20 55 9 3 1 23 4 14 .278 .338 .369 .707 133 73 4 1 3O/41
1907 31 CHW AL 21 27 23 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 4 .261 .370 .348 .718 132 8 0 0 /O
1908 32 CLE AL 65 209 197 16 46 6 1 2 16 2 9 .234 .271 .305 .575 86 60 1 2 O3/4
12 Seasons 1081 4252 3982 478 1176 217 91 59 614 72 153 .295 .331 .440 .771 132 1752 58 59
162 Game Avg. 162 637 597 72 176 33 14 9 92 11 23 .295 .331 .440 .771 132 263 9 9
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
CLE (4 yrs) 384 1571 1482 175 458 90 33 26 252 33 51 .309 .337 .467 .804 141 692 12 26
WSH (3 yrs) 268 1073 1009 121 295 59 17 12 126 16 37 .292 .324 .420 .744 140 424 10 17
BSN (3 yrs) 40 132 124 20 42 4 7 1 24 1 3 .339 .369 .508 .877 137 63 3 2
NYG (2 yrs) 239 939 879 109 261 39 23 13 153 15 32 .297 .339 .438 .777 122 385 24 4
DET (2 yrs) 101 395 357 39 82 18 9 4 42 6 23 .230 .286 .364 .650 106 130 5 10
BOS (1 yr) 28 115 108 13 32 5 2 3 16 1 3 .296 .339 .463 .802 118 50 4 0
CHW (1 yr) 21 27 23 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 4 .261 .370 .348 .718 132 8 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 802 3181 2979 349 873 174 61 45 437 56 118 .293 .327 .438 .764 135 1304 31 53
NL (5 yrs) 279 1071 1003 129 303 43 30 14 177 16 35 .302 .343 .447 .789 124 448 27 6

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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
1897 21 BSN NL 0 0 5.87 2 0 2 0 0 1 7.2 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 76 1.957 11.7 0.0 5.9 0.0 0.00
1898 22 BSN NL 1 2 .333 2.18 6 3 3 3 1 2 33.0 22 8 8 0 13 9 0 0 1 0 168 1.061 6.0 0.0 3.5 2.5 0.69
1899 23 BSN NL 6 0 1.000 4.48 11 9 2 5 2 1 66.1 52 38 33 3 40 14 8 0 2 0 93 1.387 7.1 0.4 5.4 1.9 0.35
1901 25 NYG NL 3 5 .375 4.57 9 9 0 6 0 0 65.0 76 42 33 1 26 11 3 0 1 0 73 1.569 10.5 0.1 3.6 1.5 0.42
1902 26 CLE AL 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 11 8 7 0 5 1 1 0 0 39 44 2.000 12.4 0.0 5.6 1.1 0.20
1907 31 WSH AL 0 0 3.60 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 23 67 1.800 7.2 0.0 9.0 3.6 0.40
6 Seasons 10 8 .556 4.28 30 22 8 15 3 4 185.0 175 105 88 4 94 37 12 0 4 62 87 1.454 8.5 0.2 4.6 1.8 0.39
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .556 4.28 39 29 10 20 4 5 242 229 137 115 5 123 48 16 0 5 81 87 1.454 8.5 0.2 4.6 1.8 0.39
BSN (3 yrs) 7 2 .778 3.87 19 12 7 8 3 4 107.0 84 51 46 3 58 23 8 0 3 0 104 1.327 7.1 0.3 4.9 1.9 0.40
WSH (1 yr) 0 0 3.60 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 4 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 23 67 1.800 7.2 0.0 9.0 3.6 0.40
NYG (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.57 9 9 0 6 0 0 65.0 76 42 33 1 26 11 3 0 1 0 73 1.569 10.5 0.1 3.6 1.5 0.42
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 11 8 7 0 5 1 1 0 0 39 44 2.000 12.4 0.0 5.6 1.1 0.20
NL (4 yrs) 10 7 .588 4.13 28 21 7 14 3 4 172.0 160 93 79 4 84 34 11 0 4 0 91 1.419 8.4 0.2 4.4 1.8 0.40
AL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.23 2 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 15 12 9 0 10 3 1 0 0 62 49 1.923 10.4 0.0 6.9 2.1 0.30

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1897 BSN NL 21 P 2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10
1898 BSN NL 22 OF 7 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 .933 2.03 6-1-0
1898 BSN NL 22 1B 6 65 59 2 4 8 .938 10.17 .978 10.07
1898 BSN NL 22 P 6 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.83 .920 2.25
1899 BSN NL 23 P 11 17 4 12 1 1 .941 1.45 .906 2.24
1899 BSN NL 23 OF 7 19 16 0 3 0 .842 2.29 .953 2.11 6-1-0
1899 BSN NL 23 1B 1 9 7 0 2 2 .778 7.00 .978 10.20
1900 NYG NL 24 3B 120 545 183 276 86 19 .842 3.83 .901 3.74
1900 NYG NL 24 OF 7 13 11 1 1 0 .923 1.71 .938 2.13 0-0-7
1901 NYG NL 25 OF 50 73 58 8 7 1 .904 1.32 .944 2.03 6-1-44
1901 NYG NL 25 SS 23 139 47 77 15 4 .892 5.39 .927 5.66
1901 NYG NL 25 3B 15 62 20 32 10 2 .839 3.47 .894 3.16
1901 NYG NL 25 P 9 27 6 19 2 2 .926 2.78 .933 2.39
1901 NYG NL 25 2B 7 23 7 15 1 1 .957 3.14 .939 5.06
1901 NYG NL 25 1B 2 19 16 3 0 0 1.000 9.50 .979 10.05
1902 BOS AL 26 OF 27 66 60 2 4 0 .939 2.30 .944 2.04 27-0-0
1902 CLE AL 26 1B 98 1166 1079 47 40 63 .966 11.49 .980 10.20
1902 CLE AL 26 2B 3 7 1 5 1 0 .857 2.00 .957 5.27
1902 CLE AL 26 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.60
1903 CLE AL 27 1B 125 1416 1310 66 40 67 .972 11.01 .981 8.00
1903 CLE AL 27 2B 7 40 13 22 5 2 .875 5.00 .948 5.04
1904 TOT AL 28 1B 79 859 787 45 27 35 .969 10.53 .982 10.78
1904 CLE AL 28 2B 45 246 85 147 14 7 .943 5.16 .954 5.04
1904 CLE AL 28 1B 40 427 391 22 14 17 .967 10.33 .982 10.78
1904 CLE AL 28 OF 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 .967 1.80 1-0-0
1904 DET AL 28 1B 39 432 396 23 13 18 .970 10.74 .982 10.78
1905 TOT AL 29 1B 15 152 136 10 6 5 .961 9.73 .983 10.64
1905 DET AL 29 OF 47 84 72 7 5 3 .940 1.68 .954 1.83 0-0-47
1905 DET AL 29 1B 12 116 103 8 5 4 .957 9.25 .983 10.64
1905 WSH AL 29 2B 85 489 170 281 38 19 .922 5.31 .954 4.91
1905 WSH AL 29 1B 3 36 33 2 1 1 .972 11.67 .983 10.63
1906 WSH AL 30 OF 95 156 137 12 7 2 .955 1.57 .963 1.87 0-0-95
1906 WSH AL 30 1B 18 173 160 9 4 8 .977 9.39 .982 10.68
1906 WSH AL 30 3B 5 20 4 14 2 0 .900 3.60 .920 3.16
1906 WSH AL 30 2B 1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 8.00 .950 5.20
1907 TOT AL 31 OF 21 32 25 4 3 1 .906 1.38 .959 1.83 0-0-21
1907 WSH AL 31 1B 30 316 289 16 11 12 .965 10.17 .982 10.95
1907 WSH AL 31 OF 18 29 23 4 2 1 .931 1.50 .959 1.83 0-0-18
1907 WSH AL 31 2B 3 14 4 6 4 0 .714 3.33 .964 5.30
1907 WSH AL 31 P 1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 2.40
1907 CHW AL 31 OF 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67 .967 1.83 0-0-3
1908 CLE AL 32 OF 28 43 34 5 4 1 .907 1.39 .956 1.80 0-0-28
1908 CLE AL 32 1B 20 237 214 15 8 6 .966 11.45 .984 11.05
1908 CLE AL 32 2B 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00 .950 5.10
10 Seasons 1B 394 4412 4057 213 142 206 .968 10.84 .981 9.75
10 Seasons OF 290 507 432 40 35 8 .931 1.63 .953 1.91 46-3-242
8 Seasons 2B 152 831 284 483 64 29 .923 5.05 .953 4.98
3 Seasons 3B 140 627 207 322 98 21 .844 3.78 .901 3.66
6 Seasons P 30 56 14 39 3 4 .946 1.77 .923 2.29
1 Season SS 23 139 47 77 15 4 .892 5.39 .927 5.66
12 Seasons TOT 1029 6572 5041 1174 357 272 .946 6.04 .912 5.70 46-3-242
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1902 AL  .361 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1902 AL  .387 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1900 NL  .482 (5th)
1902 AL  .539 (3rd)
1903 AL  .466 (6th)
1904 AL  .437 (5th)
1905 AL  .405 (6th)
1906 AL  .421 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1902 AL  .926 (3rd)
1903 AL  .790 (10th)
1904 AL  .748 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1902 AL  534 (10th)
1905 AL  573 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1902 AL  193 (1st)
1905 AL  159 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1902 AL  288 (1st)
1903 AL  243 (7th)
1905 AL  232 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1902 AL  36 (6th)
1903 AL  31 (7th)
1905 AL  37 (3rd)
1906 AL  25 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1900 NL  17 (2nd)
1902 AL  13 (5th)
1904 AL  16 (6th)
1905 AL  12 (6th)
Career  91 (204th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  9 (4th)
1902 AL  11 (2nd)
1903 AL  12 (2nd)
1904 AL  6 (4th)
1905 AL  4 (9th)
1906 AL  9 (2nd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1900 NL  91 (7th)
1902 AL  110 (2nd)
1903 AL  97 (2nd)
1905 AL  66 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1902 AL  133 (3rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1900 NL  136 (8th)
1902 AL  157 (3rd)
1903 AL  137 (9th)
1904 AL  137 (6th)
1905 AL  128 (10th)
1906 AL  134 (7th)
Career  132 (131st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1902 AL  110 (2nd)
1905 AL  72 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1902 AL  38 (2nd)
1904 AL  18 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1902 AL  3.8 (2nd)
1904 AL  2.1 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1900 NL  45 (5th)
1902 AL  60 (4th)
1903 AL  54 (6th)
1904 AL  50 (4th)
1905 AL  53 (3rd)
1906 AL  39 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1902 AL  .774 (3rd)
1904 AL  .679 (8th)
Career  .673 (127th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1900 NL  17 (4th)
1902 AL  7 (8th)
1903 AL  6 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1900 NL  9.5 (9th)
1902 AL  9.9 (8th)
1903 AL  12.9 (1st)
1904 AL  8.0 (9th)
1906 AL  9.0 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1900 NL  52.6 (3rd)
1902 AL  48.5 (4th)
1903 AL  43.5 (1st)
1904 AL  80.2 (4th)
1906 AL  50.1 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1897 NL  1 (8th)
1898 NL  2 (2nd)
1899 NL  1 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 82 (284), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (959), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Curt Walker (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August 6, 1897: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from New Castle (Interstate).

March 22, 1900: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Boston Beaneaters.

December 16, 1901: Jumped from the New York Giants to the Boston Americans.

June 3, 1902: Purchased by the Cleveland Bronchos from the Boston Americans.

August 7, 1904: Traded by the Cleveland Naps to the Detroit Tigers for Charlie Carr.

July 6, 1905: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers.

August 1, 1907: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Washington Senators.

December 21, 1907: Purchased by the Cleveland Naps from the Chicago White Sox.

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