Jim Hicks

James Edward Hicks

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 18, 1940 in East Chicago, IN
High School: Roosevelt HS (East Chicago, IN)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1964
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1964-1970

Final Game: April 20, 1970
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Standard Batting

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
1959	19	CHW-min	D-	62	211	211		67	11	7	10						.318	.318	.578	.896		122							HDG · NESL
1960	20	CHW-min	D,C	85	289	289		70	15	4	7						.242	.242	.394	.637		114							CLI,IDF · MIDW,PION
1961	21	CHW-min	C	130	444	444		128	21	9	21						.288	.288	.518	.806		230							IDF · PION
1962	22	CHW-min	A	127	523	448	80	135	24	11	11	96	12		63	75	.301	.394	.478	.872		214		7	3	2	6		SAV · SALL
1963	23	CIN-CHW-min	AA	141	507	499	90	153	27	8	21	83	11	8	8	102	.307	.318	.519	.837		259							MAC,LBG · SALL
1964	24	CHW-min	AAA	101	385	320	63	92	13	8	16	66	6	0	58	98	.288	.403	.528	.931		169		5	0	2			INA · PCL
1964	24	CHW	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	25	CHW-min	AAA	108	417	358	55	96	18	4	19	60	2	2	51	107	.268	.366	.500	.866		179		5	2	1			INA · PCL
1965	25	CHW	AL	13	19	19	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	9	.263	.263	.474	.737	112	9	1	0	0	0	0	/79
1966	26	CHW-min	AAA	102	434	369	73	103	20	5	15	61	9	4	58	85	.279	.374	.482	.857		178		1	1	5			INA · PCL
1966	26	CHW	AL	18	28	26	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	.192	.222	.269	.491	45	7	1	0	1	0	0	/937

1967	27	CHW-min	AAA	143	585	493	87	142	20	12	21	87	8	2	79	111	.288	.385	.505	.890		249		4	1	8			INA · PCL
1968	28	STL-min	AAA	117	486	407	100	149	32	7	23	85	14	3	69	93	.366	.461	.649	1.110		264		6	0	4			TUL · PCL
1969	29	TOT	MLB	56	110	92	11	12	0	2	4	11	0	1	17	32	.130	.264	.304	.568	61	28	0	0	0	1	1	9/378
1969	29	STL	NL	19	48	44	5	8	0	2	1	3	0	0	4	14	.182	.250	.341	.591	64	15	0	0	0	0	0	9
1969	29	CAL	AL	37	62	48	6	4	0	0	3	8	0	1	13	18	.083	.274	.271	.545	57	13	0	0	0	1	1	/3789
1970	30	ANA-min	AAA	86	322	262	44	81	10	4	12	63	4	3	52	77	.309	.427	.515	.942		135		4	1	3			HAW · PCL
1970	30	CAL	AL	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	1	0	0	0	0	0
1971	31	SDP-min	AAA	104	435	345	69	114	22	0	26	78	3	2	79	96	.330	.455	.620	1.075		214		4	2	5			HAW · PCL
1972	32	SDP-min	AAA	139	551	435	92	142	26	1	26	87	1	1	104	116	.326	.458	.570	1.028		248		6	1	5			HAW · PCL
1973	33	HIR	Fgn																										HIR · JPCL
1974	34	HIR	Fgn																										HIR · JPCL
5 Yrs				93	161	141	16	23	1	3	5	14	0	1	18	48	.163	.256	.319	.575	65	45	2	0	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	280	246	28	40	2	5	9	24	0	2	31	84	.163	.256	.319	.575	65	78	3	0	2	2	2

CHW (3 yrs)				33	47	45	5	10	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	14	.222	.239	.356	.595	73	16	2	0	1	0	0
CAL (2 yrs)				41	66	52	6	5	0	0	3	8	0	1	13	20	.096	.273	.269	.542	56	14	0	0	0	1	1
STL (1 yr)				19	48	44	5	8	0	2	1	3	0	0	4	14	.182	.250	.341	.591	64	15	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				74	113	97	11	15	1	1	4	11	0	1	14	34	.155	.259	.309	.568	65	30	2	0	1	1	1
NL (1 yr)				19	48	44	5	8	0	2	1	3	0	0	4	14	.182	.250	.341	.591	64	15	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1964	24	CHW	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1965	25	CHW	AL	13	19	0	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	/79
1966	26	CHW	AL	18	28	-1	0	-0	2	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/937

1969	29	STL	NL	19	48	-2	0	0	2	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$11,000	9
1969	29	CAL	AL	37	62	-3	-1	0	-0	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.486	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/3789
1970	30	CAL	AL	4	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$12,000
5 Seasons				93	161	-7	-1	0	2	-2	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.490	.499	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$23,000

CHW (3 yrs)				33	47	-1	0	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
CAL (2 yrs)				41	66	-3	-1	0	-0	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.486	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$12,000
STL (1 yr)				19	48	-2	0	0	2	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$11,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1965	25	CHW	AL	19	15	2	3.6	86	.444	.263	.243	.263	.311	.474	.372	.737	.683	112	.447	0.1	0.0	.600	.211	.211	.0
1966	26	CHW	AL	28	23	1	1.2	84	.238	.192	.240	.222	.306	.269	.370	.491	.676	45	.099	-2.0	-0.2	.364	.115	.077

1969	29	TOT	MLB	110	82	8	2.6	92	.140	.130	.253	.264	.326	.304	.379	.568	.705	61	.297	-5.0	-0.5	.543	.348	.174	.0
1969	29	STL	NL	48	36	4	3.0	95	.241	.182	.259	.250	.330	.341	.384	.591	.714	64	.351	-2.6	-0.3	.528	.250	.159	.0
1969	29	CAL	AL	62	46	4	2.4	90	.036	.083	.247	.274	.323	.271	.373	.545	.696	57	.255	-2.5	-0.2	.556	.438	.188	.0
1970	30	CAL	AL	4	3	0	0.0	94	.500	.250	.253	.250	.327	.250	.386	.500	.713	41	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
5 Yrs				161	123	11	2.4	90	.202	.163	.249	.256	.321	.319	.376	.575	.697	65	.272	-7.2	-0.8	.512	.277	.156	.0
162 Game Avg.				280	214	19	2.4	90	.202	.163	.249	.256	.321	.319	.376	.575	.697	65	.272	-7.2	-0.8	.512	.277	.156

CAL (2 yrs)				66	49	4	2.2	90	.067	.096	.248	.273	.323	.269	.374	.542	.697	56	.233	-2.8	-0.3	.542	.404	.173	.0
CHW (3 yrs)				47	38	3	2.1	85	.300	.222	.241	.239	.308	.356	.371	.595	.679	73	.243	-1.8	-0.2	.459	.156	.133	.0
STL (1 yr)				48	36	4	3.0	95	.241	.182	.259	.250	.330	.341	.384	.591	.714	64	.351	-2.6	-0.3	.528	.250	.159	.0

AL (5 yrs)				113	87	7	2.2	88	.183	.155	.245	.259	.317	.309	.373	.568	.690	65	.237	-4.6	-0.5	.506	.289	.155	.0
NL (1 yr)				48	36	4	3.0	95	.241	.182	.259	.250	.330	.341	.384	.591	.714	64	.351	-2.6	-0.3	.528	.250	.159	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1965	25	CHW	AL	19	5.3%	47.4%	0.0%	10.5%	40%		2.1	19.0	9.5	2.00	47%
1966	26	CHW	AL	28	0.0%	17.9%	3.6%	3.6%	20%	5.00	5.2		26.0	0.55	75%

1969	29	TOT	MLB	110	3.6%	29.1%	15.5%	5.5%	50%	1.88	2.9	23.0	8.4	0.69	52%
1969	29	STL	NL	48	2.1%	29.2%	8.3%	6.3%	38%	3.50	3.1	44.0	14.7	0.57	60%
1969	29	CAL	AL	62	4.8%	29.0%	21.0%	4.8%	75%	1.38	2.7	16.0	6.0	0.80	45%
1970	30	CAL	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			0.00	50%
5 Yrs				161	3.1%	29.8%	11.2%	5.6%	39%	2.67	2.9	28.2	10.1	0.70	55%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.5%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.88	5.8	42.6	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	24	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1965	25	CHW	AL	0.1	0.0	19	-0.2	0.4	-0.7	1.56	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.93	-0.7	1.86	8
1966	26	CHW	AL	-2.0	-0.2	28	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.19	-0.1	0.1	-2.3	-0.3	0.90	-2.0	1.39	2

1969	29	TOT	MLB	-5.0	-0.5	112	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	.93	-0.6	0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.94	-5.7	1.08	17
1969	29	STL	NL	-2.6	-0.3	49	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.86	-0.3	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	1.01	-3.3	0.92	1
1969	29	CAL	AL	-2.5	-0.2	63	-0.0	1.0	-1.1	.99	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.88	-2.4	1.09	16
1970	30	CAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.38	-0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.77	0.0	1.38	4
5 Yrs				-7.2	-0.8	163	-0.6	2.8	-3.3	1.06	-0.8	0.2	-6.4	-0.7	0.93	-8.4	1.34	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	25	CHW	AL	0	0	25%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1966	26	CHW	AL	1	0	50%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1

1969	29	TOT	MLB	0	0	28%	31	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	40%	6	5	1	1	1	0	3	0	3
1969	29	STL	NL	0	0	36%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1969	29	CAL	AL	0	0	21%	16	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	29%	4	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1970	30	CAL	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	0	31%	51	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	39%	6	5	1	1	1	0	6	2	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1965	25	CHW	AL	19	84%	5			8	2	0	0	1.86	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1966	26	CHW	AL	28	93%	5			2	0	0	0	1.39	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	2	0	0%	16	2	13%	3	1	33%	0	0		0

1969	29	TOT	MLB	110	59%	12			17	0	0	1	1.08	4	0	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	0		25	0	0%	10	3	30%	68	7	10%	6	2	33%	5	1	20%	0
1969	29	STL	NL	48	50%	8			1	0	0	0	0.92	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	0	0%	4	1	25%	34	2	6%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1969	29	CAL	AL	62	66%	4			16	0	0	1	1.09	3	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	0		14	0	0%	6	2	33%	34	5	15%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	0
1970	30	CAL	AL	4	25%	1			4	1	0	0	1.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				161	67%	23			31	3	0	1	1.34	5	0	3	1	4	3	2	0	1	1	100%	36	2	6%	14	3	21%	95	10	11%	10	3	30%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1965	25	15	19	19	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	9	.263	.263	.474	.737	112	9	1	0	0	0
1966	26	33	47	45	5	10	1	1	1	3	0	1	14	.222	.239	.356	.595	73	16	2	1	0	0
1967	27	33	47	45	5	10	1	1	1	3	0	1	14	.222	.239	.356	.595	73	16	2	1	0	0
1968	28	33	47	45	5	10	1	1	1	3	0	1	14	.222	.239	.356	.595	73	16	2	1	0	0
1969	29	89	157	137	16	22	1	3	5	14	1	18	46	.161	.256	.321	.578	65	44	2	1	1	1
1970	30	93	161	141	16	23	1	3	5	14	1	18	48	.163	.256	.319	.575	65	45	2	1	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	25	13	20	20	3	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	9	.300	.300	.500	.800	3	13
1966	26	18	29	27	4	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	.222	.250	.296	.546	2	18

1969	29	56	112	93	12	13	0	2	4	12	0	18	32	.140	.277	.312	.589	8	56
1970	30	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
4 Yrs		91	165	144	19	25	1	3	5	16	0	19	48	.174	.268	.326	.595	13	91
162 Game Avg.		162	294	256	34	45	2	5	9	28	0	34	85	.174	.268	.326	.595	23	91

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