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Jim Hickman

James Lucius Hickman (Gentleman Jim)

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: May 10, 1937 in Henning, TN
High School: Ripley (Ripley, TN)
Signed
by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Mets/Dodgers/Cardinals 1962-1974

Final Game: July 14, 1974
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1303. Dick Green… #1304. John Milner… #1305. Nick Etten… #1306. JIM HICKMAN… #1307. Sid Bream… #1308. Bobby Adams… #1309. Joe Hauser… 

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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
1962 25 NYM NL 140 452 392 54 96 18 2 13 46 4 4 47 96 .245 .328 .401 .729 95 157 9 3 7 3 2 *
1963 26 NYM NL 146 546 494 53 113 21 6 17 51 0 5 44 120 .229 .291 .399 .690 97 197 8 1 3 4 1 5
1964 27 NYM NL 139 448 409 48 105 14 1 11 57 0 1 36 90 .257 .319 .377 .696 98 154 11 2 0 1 4 */5
1965 28 NYM NL 141 400 369 32 87 18 0 15 40 3 1 27 76 .236 .291 .407 .697 98 150 9 2 1 1 3 35
1966 29 NYM NL 58 174 160 15 38 7 0 4 16 2 1 13 34 .238 .299 .356 .655 84 57 4 1 0 0 0 3
1967 30 LAD NL 65 114 98 7 16 6 1 0 10 1 1 14 28 .163 .268 .245 .513 54 24 4 0 2 0 1 /351
1968 31 CHC NL 75 213 188 22 42 6 3 5 23 1 1 18 38 .223 .290 .367 .657 91 69 6 1 3 3 2
1969 32 CHC NL 134 389 338 38 80 11 2 21 54 2 1 47 74 .237 .326 .467 .794 110 158 8 0 0 4 3 *
1970 33 CHC NL 149 613 514 102 162 33 4 32 115 0 1 93 99 .315 .419 .582 1.001 155 299 10 1 2 3 8 3 AS,MVP-8
1971 34 CHC NL 117 444 383 50 98 13 2 19 60 0 1 50 61 .256 .342 .449 .791 112 172 12 3 3 5 7 3
1972 35 CHC NL 115 425 368 65 100 15 2 17 64 3 1 52 64 .272 .364 .462 .826 125 170 7 2 2 1 3 3
1973 36 CHC NL 92 249 201 27 49 1 2 3 20 1 1 42 42 .244 .368 .313 .682 86 63 8 0 2 4 2 3
1974 37 STL NL 50 68 60 5 16 0 0 2 4 0 0 8 10 .267 .353 .367 .720 102 22 3 0 0 0 0 3/5
13 Seasons 1421 4535 3974 518 1002 163 25 159 560 17 19 491 832 .252 .335 .426 .760 108 1692 99 16 25 29 36
162 Game Avg. 162 517 453 59 114 19 3 18 64 2 2 56 95 .252 .335 .426 .760 108 193 11 2 3 3 4
CHC (6 yrs) 682 2333 1992 304 531 79 15 97 336 7 6 302 378 .267 .362 .467 .829 121 931 51 7 12 20 25
NYM (5 yrs) 624 2020 1824 202 439 78 9 60 210 9 12 167 416 .241 .306 .392 .698 96 715 41 9 11 9 10
STL (1 yr) 50 68 60 5 16 0 0 2 4 0 0 8 10 .267 .353 .367 .720 102 22 3 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 65 114 98 7 16 6 1 0 10 1 1 14 28 .163 .268 .245 .513 54 24 4 0 2 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1962 25 NYM NL 453 -7 -1 0 -1 4 -2 16 9 0.8 5 0.5 0.3 $ *
1963 26 NYM NL 546 1 -3 3 0 -16 0 19 5 0.5 20 2.4 -1.9 $ 5
1964 27 NYM NL 448 -1 -2 4 -1 -3 -1 16 12 1.2 15 1.6 -0.4 $ */5
1965 28 NYM NL 400 0 0 4 -1 -5 -3 14 9 0.9 14 1.5 -0.6 $ 35
1966 29 NYM NL 174 -2 -2 0 0 2 -2 6 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $18,000 3
1967 30 LAD NL 114 -6 0 1 -1 3 -1 4 0 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $18,000 /351
1968 31 CHC NL 213 -2 0 -1 0 2 -2 7 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $
1969 32 CHC NL 389 5 -3 2 0 -4 -5 14 9 0.9 13 1.4 -0.5 $ *
1970 33 CHC NL 613 44 0 1 -1 -8 -6 18 48 5.0 56 5.6 -0.6 $ 3 AS,MVP-8
1971 34 CHC NL 444 5 -2 2 0 -8 -6 13 3 0.4 12 1.3 -0.9 $ 3
1972 35 CHC NL 425 13 3 0 1 -3 -6 13 21 2.3 24 2.7 -0.4 $ 3
1973 36 CHC NL 249 -2 0 0 -1 -4 -3 7 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ 3
1974 37 STL NL 68 1 0 -1 -1 3 0 2 4 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $ 3/5
13 Seasons 4536 49 -10 15 -6 -37 -37 149 121 12.4 160 17.1 -4.7 $36,000
CHC (6 yrs) 2333 63 -2 4 -1 -25 -28 72 81 8.6 108 11.3 -2.7 $
NYM (5 yrs) 2021 -9 -8 11 -3 -18 -8 71 36 3.5 54 6.0 -2.5 $18,000
STL (1 yr) 68 1 0 -1 -1 3 0 2 4 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $
LAD (1 yr) 114 -6 0 1 -1 3 -1 4 0 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $18,000

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
1967 30 LAD NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 85 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
1 Season 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 85 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
162 Game Avg. 0 0 4.50 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 136 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 476 85 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0

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
1967 30 LAD NL 2.0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0.0 $
1 Season 2.0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1962 NYM NL 25 OF 124 280 265 7 8 0 .971 4 2.19 .974 2.05
1962 NYM NL 25 CF 84 78 66 688.2 209 198 4 7 0 .967 2 3 2.64 2.40 .979 2.47 2.45
1962 NYM NL 25 RF 33 28 26 244.2 52 48 3 1 0 .981 0 0 1.88 1.55 .975 1.90 1.88
1962 NYM NL 25 LF 8 0 0 17.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2 162 5.29 1.25 .968 1.80 1.80
1963 NYM NL 26 OF 82 161 149 6 6 2 .963 -10 1.89 .977 2.00
1963 NYM NL 26 3B 59 162 45 103 14 14 .914 -6 2.51 .941 2.92
1963 NYM NL 26 CF 42 42 41 363.0 92 86 3 3 1 .967 -4 -15 2.21 2.12 .982 2.37 2.36
1963 NYM NL 26 RF 22 18 15 164.0 43 40 1 2 1 .953 -3 -23 2.25 1.86 .976 1.83 1.82
1963 NYM NL 26 LF 19 12 10 119.0 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -2 -20 1.59 1.11 .971 1.80 1.79
1964 NYM NL 27 OF 113 251 237 8 6 1 .976 -3 2.17 .973 1.98
1964 NYM NL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.90
1964 NYM NL 27 CF 89 81 73 707.1 208 198 5 5 1 .976 -4 -6 2.58 2.28 .977 2.35 2.33
1964 NYM NL 27 RF 19 15 14 135.2 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 2.06 1.63 .973 1.89 1.87
1964 NYM NL 27 LF 9 2 2 38.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 2 47 2.37 1.11 .965 1.71 1.69
1965 NYM NL 28 OF 91 144 136 3 5 0 .965 -3 1.53 .975 2.00
1965 NYM NL 28 1B 30 262 240 20 2 20 .992 1 8.67 .990 10.03
1965 NYM NL 28 3B 14 18 10 6 2 2 .889 -3 1.14 .951 2.82
1965 NYM NL 28 CF 45 39 27 340.2 90 86 2 2 0 .978 -3 -10 2.32 1.96 .981 2.29 2.30
1965 NYM NL 28 LF 36 14 13 151.1 39 36 1 2 0 .949 1 9 2.20 1.03 .966 1.71 1.71
1965 NYM NL 28 RF 16 9 5 84.1 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -1 -13 1.60 0.94 .975 1.95 1.95
1966 NYM NL 29 OF 45 69 63 5 1 2 .986 -1 1.51 .974 2.03
1966 NYM NL 29 1B 17 133 120 12 1 14 .992 2 7.76 .989 9.89
1966 NYM NL 29 RF 23 18 11 147.2 33 30 3 0 1 1.000 1 6 2.01 1.43 .978 1.95 1.95
1966 NYM NL 29 LF 17 7 6 75.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 -2 -27 1.56 0.76 .963 1.74 1.74
1966 NYM NL 29 CF 8 6 5 56.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 0 9 2.73 2.13 .980 2.38 2.38
1967 LAD NL 30 OF 37 54 52 2 0 1 1.000 4 1.46 .976 2.03
1967 LAD NL 30 1B 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.95
1967 LAD NL 30 3B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -1 0.50 .950 2.95
1967 LAD NL 30 P 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1967 LAD NL 30 LF 14 2 2 45.2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.77 0.64 .969 1.73 1.74
1967 LAD NL 30 CF 12 11 8 105.0 35 34 1 0 1 1.000 3 31 3.00 2.92 .981 2.30 2.30
1967 LAD NL 30 RF 12 3 2 39.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 31 3.20 1.17 .976 2.04 2.03
1968 CHC NL 31 OF 66 122 115 4 3 0 .975 2 1.80 .975 2.03
1968 CHC NL 31 RF 49 30 27 306.2 74 68 3 3 0 .959 0 2 2.08 1.45 .981 2.01 2.02
1968 CHC NL 31 CF 21 19 11 160.1 45 44 1 0 0 1.000 1 9 2.53 2.14 .978 2.39 2.40
1968 CHC NL 31 LF 2 0 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 26 1.93 0.50 .960 1.74 1.65
1969 CHC NL 32 OF 125 162 153 6 3 0 .981 -4 1.27 .973 2.01
1969 CHC NL 32 RF 116 82 73 781.2 147 138 6 3 0 .980 -4 -6 1.66 1.24 .975 1.83 1.82
1969 CHC NL 32 CF 9 5 4 52.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.73 1.11 .977 2.30 2.30
1969 CHC NL 32 LF 5 0 0 12.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 2.19 0.60 .963 1.68 1.68
1970 CHC NL 33 OF 79 154 143 7 4 1 .974 -6 1.90 .976 2.06 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 1B 74 629 563 60 6 46 .990 -2 8.42 .992 9.64 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 CF 53 50 30 418.2 96 91 4 1 0 .990 -8 -24 2.04 1.79 .978 2.34 2.33 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 RF 28 24 12 201.0 53 47 3 3 1 .943 1 8 2.24 1.79 .976 1.99 1.98 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 LF 2 1 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 76 3.27 2.00 .970 1.72 1.75 AS,MVP-8
1971 CHC NL 34 OF 69 111 106 3 2 0 .982 -7 1.58 .979 2.19
1971 CHC NL 34 1B 44 396 364 31 1 28 .997 -1 8.98 .992 9.87
1971 CHC NL 34 RF 65 60 46 511.2 98 93 3 2 0 .980 -8 -20 1.69 1.48 .982 2.07 2.06
1971 CHC NL 34 CF 4 3 2 26.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 51 3.81 2.75 .982 2.63 2.65
1971 CHC NL 34 LF 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 2.00 .970 1.80 1.90
1972 CHC NL 35 1B 77 746 670 70 6 61 .992 0 9.61 .992 9.76
1972 CHC NL 35 OF 27 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -3 1.41 .978 2.19
1972 CHC NL 35 RF 26 26 12 193.1 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -20 1.82 1.50 .979 2.02 2.03
1972 CHC NL 35 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 1.00 1.00 .970 1.90 1.90
1973 CHC NL 36 1B 51 434 398 31 5 37 .988 -3 8.41 .992 9.83
1973 CHC NL 36 OF 13 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1.00 .977 2.23
1973 CHC NL 36 RF 11 8 4 64.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -23 1.41 0.91 .973 2.01 2.01
1973 CHC NL 36 LF 3 3 0 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.89 1.33 .978 2.04 2.03
1974 STL NL 37 1B 14 72 64 7 1 13 .986 3 5.07 .991 9.93
1974 STL NL 37 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 1.00 .950 3.00
12 Seasons OF 871 1559 1470 51 38 7 .976 -28 1.75 .975 2.04
12 Seasons RF 420 321 247 2874.0 610 571 24 15 3 .975 -18 -8 1.86 1.42 .977 1.94 1.93
10 Seasons CF 367 334 267 2917.2 813 774 21 18 4 .978 -12 -5 2.45 2.17 .979 2.38 2.36
8 Seasons 1B 309 2674 2421 231 22 219 .992 1 8.58 .992 9.80
12 Seasons LF 117 42 35 506.0 120 113 2 5 0 .958 2 6 2.05 0.98 .967 1.76 1.75
5 Seasons 3B 77 182 56 110 16 17 .912 -10 2.16 .942 2.90
1 Season P 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
13 Seasons TOT 1258 2.0 4415 3947 392 76 243 .983 -37 -22080 0.00 3.45 .984 1.80 4.00
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
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

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (8, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (809th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1970 NL  5.6 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1970 NL  .419 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1970 NL  .582 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1970 NL  1.001 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1970 NL  102 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1970 NL  299 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  32 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1970 NL  115 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  93 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1962 NL  96 (7th)
1963 NL  120 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1970 NL  155 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1970 NL  129 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  44 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1970 NL  4.2 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  69 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1970 NL  .785 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1970 NL  16.1 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
1970 NL  54.60 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1970 NL  4.7 (9th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1970 NL  4.7 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
1970 NL  5.0 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1972 NL  70 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1963 NL  14 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1965 NL  1 (5th)
1974 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1Bs c a p y
1972 NL  10.60 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1972 NL  9.61 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)s c a p y
1962 NL  2.64 (3rd)
1964 NL  2.58 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 NL  2.40 (5th)
1964 NL  2.28 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 NL  .980 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OFs c a p y
1962 NL  2.58 (4th)
1964 NL  2.50 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1964 NL  2.17 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1937-05-10 (8th)

             

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (1148), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1022), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1325), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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
196629New York Mets$18,0003/25/67 TSN
196730Los Angeles Dodgers$18,0003/25/67 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$36,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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