Jim Hicks
James Edward Hicks
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 18, 1940 in East Chicago, IN
High School: Roosevelt (East Chicago, IN)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1964
Final Game: April 20, 1970
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Standard Fielding

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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
1965 CHW AL 25 OF 5 3 28.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 -1 0.96 0.60 .975 2.02 1.78
1965 CHW AL 25 LF 3 1 14.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.1 8.6 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 2.57 1.33 .980 1.86 1.50
1965 CHW AL 25 RF 2 2 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -128.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 -1 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.86 1.55
1966 CHW AL 26 OF 10 6 50.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 47.7 2.0 0.6 1.3 0 2.50 1.40 .979 2.09 1.82
1966 CHW AL 26 RF 8 5 40.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 47.6 1.6 0.6 0.9 0 2.68 1.50 .975 1.94 1.69
1966 CHW AL 26 1B 2 2 12.0 13 12 0 1 1 .923 -0.3 -30.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 9.00 6.00 .992 9.60 8.20
1966 CHW AL 26 LF 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 48.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.45
1969 TOT MLB 29 OF 25 17 154.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 1.8 14.0 0.8 0.6 0.2 1 2.10 1.44 .975 2.05 1.78
1969 TOT MLB 29 RF 18 12 116.0 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.1 21.7 1.1 1.5 -0.4 1 2.33 1.67 .973 1.89 1.60
1969 STL NL 29 OF 15 11 107.0 26 24 2 0 0 1.000 1.6 17.9 0.6 1.6 -1.0 1 2.19 1.73 .973 2.02 1.75
1969 STL NL 29 RF 15 11 107.0 26 24 2 0 0 1.000 1.6 17.9 0.6 1.6 -1.0 1 2.19 1.73 .973 1.89 1.60
1969 CAL AL 29 OF 10 6 47.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.1 0.2 -1.0 1.2 0 1.91 1.00 .980 2.13 1.84
1969 CAL AL 29 1B 8 7 46.0 65 63 1 1 7 .985 -0.3 -7.8 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 12.52 8.00 .992 9.63 8.32
1969 CAL AL 29 LF 4 2 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 -73.3 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.60
1969 CAL AL 29 CF 3 3 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 48.0 0.8 0.1 0.7 0 2.70 2.00 .983 2.52 2.17
1969 CAL AL 29 RF 3 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 4.00 1.33 .975 1.90 1.60
3 Seasons OF 40 26 232.1 54 51 2 1 0 .981 2.4 12.4 2.4 0.6 1.7 0 2.05 1.33 .976 2.06 1.79
3 Seasons RF 28 19 170.1 44 42 2 0 0 1.000 2.2 15.5 2.2 1.8 0.3 0 2.32 1.57 .975 1.90 1.62
2 Seasons 1B 10 9 58.0 78 75 1 2 8 .974 -0.6 -12.4 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 0 11.79 7.60 .992 9.62 8.30
3 Seasons LF 9 4 42.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.6 -17.1 -0.6 -1.3 0.7 0 1.29 0.67 .986 1.91 1.53
1 Season CF 3 3 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 48.0 0.8 0.1 0.7 0 2.70 2.00 .983 2.52 2.17
5 Seasons TOT 50 35 290.1 132 126 3 3 8 .977 1.8 7.4 1.8 0.7 1.0 0 0 4.00 2.58 .963 3.57 3.09

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 CHW AL 24 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1965 CHW AL 25 13 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 9 1
1966 CHW AL 26 18 8 18 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 10 2 5
1969 CAL AL 29 37 13 37 37 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 3 3 10 23 0
1969 STL NL 29 19 11 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 1 3
1970 CAL AL 30 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Seasons 93 35 93 93 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 3 28 40 39 11
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 59 49% 73% 19% 9 33%
1966 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 167 60% 78% 31% 20 60%
1969 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 5 45.5% 5 1 9.1% 1 437 64% 73% 28% 45 58%
1969 CAL AL 29 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 0 0 0 0 0 39 74% 82% 38% 5 80%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 9 5 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 16 7 43.8% 8 1 6.3% 1 702 62% 75% 29% 79 57%
MLB Averages 41.5% 3.2% 62% 76% 25% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 CHW AL 26 53 34% 85% 25% 3 67% 0 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1969 CAL AL 29 195 47% 80% 33% 9 100% 0 64 2 61 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 248 44% 81% 31% 12 92% 0 74 2 71 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 76% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CHW AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 57 54% 84% 35% 7 57%
1966 CHW AL 26 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 0 0 0 0 0 39 54% 74% 21% 2 100%
1969 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 90 67% 76% 17% 7 0%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 186 60% 78% 23% 16 38%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.7% 62% 76% 25% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 79 56% 72% 23% 8 75%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 79 56% 72% 23% 8 75%
MLB Averages 40.1% 2.1% 62% 76% 25% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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