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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 Fielding

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 Awards
1965 CHW AL 25 OF 5 3 0 28.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1 -60 0.96 0.60 .978 2.02 2.02
1965 CHW AL 25 LF 3 1 0 14.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0 9 2.57 1.33 .980 1.86 1.87
1965 CHW AL 25 RF 2 2 0 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -129 1.29 1.00 .980 1.86 1.85
1966 CHW AL 26 OF 10 6 4 50.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2 48 2.50 1.40 .982 2.09 2.10
1966 CHW AL 26 RF 8 5 3 40.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2 48 2.68 1.50 .979 1.94 1.94
1966 CHW AL 26 1B 2 2 0 12.0 13 12 0 1 1 .923 -0 -30 9.00 6.00 .991 9.60 9.60
1966 CHW AL 26 LF 2 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 1.80 1.00 .980 1.80 1.80
1969 TOT MLB 29 OF 25 17 13 154.0 36 34 2 0 0 1.000 2 14 2.10 1.44 .974 2.05 2.06
1969 TOT MLB 29 RF 18 12 10 116.0 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 2 22 2.33 1.67 .975 1.84 1.83
1969 STL NL 29 OF 15 11 10 107.0 26 24 2 0 0 1.000 2 18 2.19 1.73 .973 2.02 2.01
1969 STL NL 29 RF 15 11 10 107.0 26 24 2 0 0 1.000 2 18 2.19 1.73 .975 1.83 1.82
1969 CAL AL 29 OF 10 6 3 47.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.91 1.00 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 CAL AL 29 1B 8 7 3 46.0 65 63 1 1 7 .985 -0 -8 12.52 8.00 .992 9.63 9.62
1969 CAL AL 29 LF 4 2 2 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -73 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.00
1969 CAL AL 29 CF 3 3 1 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 48 2.70 2.00 .982 2.52 2.50
1969 CAL AL 29 RF 3 1 0 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 67 4.00 1.33 .975 1.90 1.90
3 Seasons OF 40 26 17 232.1 54 51 2 1 0 .981 2 12 2.05 1.33 .977 2.06 2.06
3 Seasons RF 28 19 13 170.1 44 42 2 0 0 1.000 2 15 2.32 1.57 .976 1.87 1.86
2 Seasons 1B 10 9 3 58.0 78 75 1 2 8 .974 -1 -12 11.79 7.60 .992 9.62 9.62
3 Seasons LF 9 4 3 42.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1 -17 1.29 0.67 .980 1.91 1.91
1 Season CF 3 3 1 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 48 2.70 2.00 .982 2.52 2.50
5 Seasons TOT 50 35 20 290.1 132 126 3 3 8 .977 2 7 4.00 2.58 .986 3.57 3.58
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1965 CHW AL 25 LF 0 9 0 0 -0 0
1965 CHW AL 25 RF -2 -129 -0 -0 -0 -1
1966 CHW AL 26 RF 2 48 2 1 1 0
1966 CHW AL 26 1B -0 -30 -0 -0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 26 LF 0 48 0 0 0 0
1969 STL NL 29 RF 2 18 1 -1 2 1
1969 CAL AL 29 1B -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 29 LF -1 -73 -1 -0 -1 0
1969 CAL AL 29 CF 1 48 1 1 0 0
1969 CAL AL 29 RF 0 67 0 1 -0 0
3 Seasons RF 2 15 2 0 2 0
2 Seasons 1B -1 -12 -1 -1 0 0
3 Seasons LF -1 -17 -1 1 -1 0
1 Season CF 1 48 1 1 0 0
5 Seasons TOT 2 7 2 1 1 0 0

Appearances

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1965 CHW AL 25 13 3 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 9 1
1966 CHW AL 26 18 8 18 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 10 0 2 5
1969 CAL AL 29 37 13 37 18 0 0 8 0 0 0 4 3 3 10 0 23 0
1969 STL NL 29 19 11 19 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 0 1 3
1970 CAL AL 30 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Seasons 93 35 93 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 3 28 40 0 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 58 50% 74% 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% 0 163 61% 80% 32% 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 2 2 0 12 6 50.0% 5 1 8.3% 1 428 65% 74% 29% 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 38 76% 84% 39% 5 80%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 5 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 19 8 42.1% 10 1 5.3% 1 687 64% 76% 29% 79 57%
MLB Averages 40.1% 3.3% 64% 79% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 48 38% 94% 27% 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 29 187 49% 83% 34% 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 235 47% 86% 33% 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 64% 79% 28% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 38 55% 76% 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 86 70% 79% 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% 0 181 62% 80% 24% 16 38%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.8% 64% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 77 57% 74% 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 77 57% 74% 23% 8 75%
MLB Averages 41.0% 2.4% 64% 79% 26% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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