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Jim Hickman
James Lucius Hickman (Gentleman Jim)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 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
Final Game: July 14, 1974
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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 *89/7
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 5897
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 *89/75
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 87395
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 0 937/8
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 1 789/351
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 98/7
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 *9/87
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 8 389/7 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 93/87
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 39/7
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 39/7
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

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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 68 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 68 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 68 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 NYM NL 25 OF 124 106 950.1 280 265 7 8 0 .971 4.1 5.2 3.1 3.4 -0.3 1 2.58 2.19 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 NYM NL 25 CF 84 78 688.2 209 198 4 7 0 .967 1.8 3.1 1.8 2.3 -0.5 0 2.64 2.40 .979 2.47 2.27
1962 NYM NL 25 RF 33 28 244.2 52 48 3 1 0 .981 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 1 1.88 1.55 .975 1.90 1.65
1962 NYM NL 25 LF 8 0 17.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 162.4 2.3 0.6 1.7 0 5.29 1.25 .970 1.80 1.38
1963 NYM NL 26 OF 82 72 646.0 161 149 6 6 2 .963 -9.5 -17.6 -4.5 -5.3 0.7 -5 2.16 1.89 .978 2.01 1.75
1963 NYM NL 26 3B 59 54 476.1 162 45 103 14 14 .914 -6.1 -15.4 -6.1 -6.1 -0.1 0 2.80 2.51 .943 2.93 2.54
1963 NYM NL 26 CF 42 42 363.0 92 86 3 3 1 .967 -4.4 -14.5 -3.4 -4.1 0.7 -1 2.21 2.12 .983 2.37 2.09
1963 NYM NL 26 RF 22 18 164.0 43 40 1 2 1 .953 -3.1 -22.7 -0.1 -0.5 0.4 -3 2.25 1.86 .977 1.83 1.61
1963 NYM NL 26 LF 19 12 119.0 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -2.0 -20.2 -1.0 -0.7 -0.4 -1 1.59 1.11 .973 1.80 1.38
1964 NYM NL 27 OF 113 98 881.0 251 237 8 6 1 .976 -2.8 -3.8 1.2 -0.4 1.6 -4 2.50 2.17 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 NYM NL 27 CF 89 81 707.1 208 198 5 5 1 .976 -3.6 -6.1 0.4 -1.2 1.6 -4 2.58 2.28 .977 2.35 2.10
1964 NYM NL 27 RF 19 15 135.2 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -6.2 0.3 0.9 -0.6 -1 2.06 1.63 .974 1.90 1.62
1964 NYM NL 27 LF 9 2 38.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1.5 47.4 0.5 -0.1 0.6 1 2.37 1.11 .964 1.71 1.34
1964 NYM NL 27 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1965 NYM NL 28 OF 91 62 576.1 144 136 3 5 0 .965 -2.7 -5.6 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 -2 2.17 1.53 .975 2.00 1.75
1965 NYM NL 28 CF 45 39 340.2 90 86 2 2 0 .978 -2.9 -10.2 -0.9 1.5 -2.4 -2 2.32 1.96 .981 2.30 2.00
1965 NYM NL 28 LF 36 14 151.1 39 36 1 2 0 .949 1.1 8.7 1.1 -0.7 1.8 0 2.20 1.03 .967 1.71 1.38
1965 NYM NL 28 1B 30 25 228.2 262 240 20 2 20 .992 1.1 5.8 1.1 1.7 -0.6 0 10.23 8.67 .990 10.02 8.60
1965 NYM NL 28 RF 16 9 84.1 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -0.9 -12.8 -0.9 -1.3 0.4 0 1.60 0.94 .975 1.96 1.73
1965 NYM NL 28 3B 14 6 58.0 18 10 6 2 2 .889 -3.2 -66.2 -3.2 -1.8 -1.4 0 2.48 1.14 .956 2.82 2.47
1966 NYM NL 29 OF 45 31 278.2 69 63 5 1 2 .986 -0.6 -2.6 0.4 -2.0 2.4 -1 2.20 1.51 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 NYM NL 29 RF 23 18 147.2 33 30 3 0 1 1.000 0.7 5.7 0.7 -0.5 1.2 0 2.01 1.43 .979 1.96 1.68
1966 NYM NL 29 1B 17 11 104.2 133 120 12 1 14 .992 2.1 24.1 2.1 1.0 1.1 0 11.35 7.76 .989 9.91 8.50
1966 NYM NL 29 LF 17 7 75.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 -1.7 -27.2 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 -1 1.56 0.76 .964 1.74 1.35
1966 NYM NL 29 CF 8 6 56.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 8.6 0.4 -0.3 0.7 0 2.73 2.13 .982 2.38 2.11
1967 LAD NL 30 OF 37 16 190.0 54 52 2 0 1 1.000 3.7 23.4 3.7 -1.0 4.6 0 2.56 1.46 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 LAD NL 30 LF 14 2 45.2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 0.7 0 1.77 0.64 .967 1.75 1.50
1967 LAD NL 30 CF 12 11 105.0 35 34 1 0 1 1.000 2.7 30.9 2.7 0.0 2.7 0 3.00 2.92 .980 2.30 2.04
1967 LAD NL 30 RF 12 3 39.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 30.5 1.0 -0.2 1.2 0 3.20 1.17 .979 2.04 1.76
1967 LAD NL 30 1B 2 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1967 LAD NL 30 3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -270.0 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 .900 2.92 2.75
1967 LAD NL 30 P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1968 CHC NL 31 OF 66 49 471.2 122 115 4 3 0 .975 1.7 4.3 0.7 0.0 0.6 1 2.27 1.80 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 CHC NL 31 RF 49 30 306.2 74 68 3 3 0 .959 0.4 1.6 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 1 2.08 1.45 .981 2.02 1.77
1968 CHC NL 31 CF 21 19 160.1 45 44 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 9.0 1.2 0.3 0.8 0 2.53 2.14 .978 2.39 2.18
1968 CHC NL 31 LF 2 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 25.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.93 0.50 1.000 1.74 1.40
1969 CHC NL 32 OF 125 87 846.0 162 153 6 3 0 .981 -3.9 -5.5 -3.9 -0.6 -3.3 0 1.69 1.27 .973 2.02 1.75
1969 CHC NL 32 RF 116 82 781.2 147 138 6 3 0 .980 -4.2 -6.4 -4.2 -0.8 -3.4 0 1.66 1.24 .975 1.89 1.60
1969 CHC NL 32 CF 9 5 52.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 4.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.73 1.11 .980 2.30 2.07
1969 CHC NL 32 LF 5 0 12.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 9.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 2.19 0.60 .967 1.68 1.30
1970 CHC NL 33 OF 79 75 630.2 154 143 7 4 1 .974 -6.2 -11.8 -6.2 -2.1 -4.1 0 2.14 1.90 .976 2.07 1.78 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 1B 74 71 579.2 629 563 60 6 46 .990 -1.6 -3.3 -1.6 -2.4 0.8 0 9.67 8.42 .992 9.68 8.37 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 CF 53 50 418.2 96 91 4 1 0 .990 -8.3 -23.8 -6.3 -2.0 -4.3 -2 2.04 1.79 .978 2.34 2.07 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 RF 28 24 201.0 53 47 3 3 1 .943 1.4 8.4 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 2 2.24 1.79 .977 2.00 1.68 AS,MVP-8
1970 CHC NL 33 LF 2 1 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 76.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 3.27 2.00 .975 1.72 1.40 AS,MVP-8
1971 CHC NL 34 OF 69 63 541.2 111 106 3 2 0 .982 -7.2 -16.0 -6.2 -7.0 0.8 -1 1.81 1.58 .979 2.19 1.92
1971 CHC NL 34 RF 65 60 511.2 98 93 3 2 0 .980 -8.5 -19.9 -7.5 -7.0 -0.5 -1 1.69 1.48 .982 2.07 1.80
1971 CHC NL 34 1B 44 39 341.2 396 364 31 1 28 .997 -0.8 -2.8 -0.8 -1.5 0.8 0 10.40 8.98 .992 9.88 8.58
1971 CHC NL 34 CF 4 3 26.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 50.8 1.1 0.0 1.1 0 3.81 2.75 .982 2.63 2.30
1971 CHC NL 34 LF 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 2.00 .950 1.80 1.50
1972 CHC NL 35 1B 77 69 628.1 746 670 70 6 61 .992 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 -0.4 0 10.60 9.61 .992 9.73 8.42
1972 CHC NL 35 OF 27 27 202.1 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -17.8 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 -2 1.69 1.41 .976 2.18 1.96
1972 CHC NL 35 RF 26 26 193.1 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -19.9 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 -2 1.82 1.50 .979 2.03 1.74
1972 CHC NL 35 LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 1.90 1.70
1973 CHC NL 36 1B 51 38 366.1 434 398 31 5 37 .988 -3.3 -10.8 -3.3 -2.5 -0.8 0 10.54 8.41 .992 9.83 8.40
1973 CHC NL 36 OF 13 11 83.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -17.3 -1.2 -1.7 0.5 0 1.41 1.00 .977 2.23 1.96
1973 CHC NL 36 RF 11 8 64.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -22.5 -1.2 -1.8 0.6 0 1.41 0.91 .970 2.01 1.77
1973 CHC NL 36 LF 3 3 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 1.89 1.33 .975 2.04 1.67
1974 STL NL 37 1B 14 6 63.0 72 64 7 1 13 .986 3.4 64.8 2.4 1.5 0.9 1 10.14 5.07 .992 9.94 8.34
1974 STL NL 37 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.60
12 Seasons OF 871 697 6297.2 1559 1470 51 38 7 .976 -27.6 -5.3 -14.6 -18.3 3.4 -13 2.17 1.75 .975 2.05 1.79
12 Seasons RF 420 321 2874.0 610 571 24 15 3 .975 -18.3 -7.6 -15.3 -13.1 -2.2 -3 1.86 1.42 .978 1.96 1.69
10 Seasons CF 367 334 2917.2 813 774 21 18 4 .978 -11.8 -4.9 -2.8 -3.5 0.6 -9 2.45 2.17 .979 2.38 2.13
8 Seasons 1B 309 259 2313.1 2674 2421 231 22 219 .992 1.3 0.7 0.3 -1.4 1.8 1 10.32 8.58 .992 9.80 8.45
12 Seasons LF 117 42 506.0 120 113 2 5 0 .958 2.5 5.9 3.5 -1.7 5.0 -1 2.05 0.98 .968 1.76 1.40
5 Seasons 3B 77 60 541.1 182 56 110 16 17 .912 -10.5 -23.3 -10.5 -9.1 -1.5 0 2.76 2.16 .943 2.92 2.54
1 Season P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
13 Seasons TOT 1258 1016 9154.1 4415 3947 392 76 243 .983 -36.8 -4.8 -24.8 -28.8 3.7 -13 1 4.27 3.45 .967 4.06 3.47
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (8, 15%)
0.15 Career Shares (795th)

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)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 16 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (997), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1379), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1961 expansion draft.

November 29, 1966: Traded by the New York Mets with Ron Hunt to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith.

April 23, 1968: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Phil Regan to the Chicago Cubs for Jim Ellis and Ted Savage.

March 23, 1974: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Scipio Spinks.

July 16, 1974: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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