Joe Hicks

William Joseph Hicks

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 7, 1933 in Ivy, VA
School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1959
Teams (by GP): Senators/Mets/WhiteSox 1959-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
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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
1953	20	CHW-min	D,A	79	296	296		114	13	14	17						.385	.385	.696	1.081		206							MSV,CSP · KITL,WL
1954	21	CHW-min	A	41	149	149		52	7	1	4						.349	.349	.490	.839		73							CSP · WL
1955	22	CHW-min	AA	101	321	321		96	17	11	9						.299	.299	.505	.804		162							MEM · SOUA
1958	25	CHW-min	A,AAA	137	542	524	10	186	33	4	9	5	3		17	12	.355	.375	.485	.860		254		0	1	0	3		CSP,INA · WL,AA
1959	26	CHW-min	AAA	151	642	573	86	180	29	10	11	79	7		45	67	.314	.368	.457	.825		262		8	9	7	4		INA · AA
1959	26	CHW	AL	6	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.429	.500	.429	.929	160	3	0	0	0	0	0	/879
1960	27	CHW-min	AAA	32	119	109	17	33	3	4	4	13	3	4	10	13	.303	.361	.514	.875		56							SDG · PCL
1960	27	CHW	AL	36	58	47	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	3	.191	.291	.213	.504	39	10	1	1	3	1	0	8/7
1961	28	CIN-min	AAA	81	306	288	38	80	15	1	8	35	8		18	25	.278	.320	.420	.740		121							INA · AA
1961	28	WSA	AL	12	29	29	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	.172	.172	.276	.448	21	8	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1962	29	WSA	AL	102	191	174	20	39	4	2	6	14	3	1	15	34	.224	.286	.374	.659	76	65	3	0	2	0	0	89/7
1963	30	NYM-min	AAA	81	342	309	51	99	13	2	14	44	3	3	33	62	.320	.386	.511	.897		158							BFL · IL
1963	30	NYM	NL	56	169	159	16	36	6	1	5	22	0	2	7	31	.226	.272	.371	.643	84	59	1	3	0	0	0	8/79
1964	31	NYM-min	AAA	137	548	468	77	132	14	4	18	61	2	3	57	67	.282	.368	.444	.812		208		8	12	3			BFL · IL
1965	32	NYM-min	AAA	44	179	151	27	48	2	1	12	25	3	2	23	19	.318	.416	.583	.999		88		3	1	1			BFL · IL
1966	33	CIN-min	AAA	87	201	172	22	30	7	0	1	12	0	1	23	37	.174	.289	.233	.521		40		5	0	1			BFL · IL
5 Yrs				212	455	416	41	92	11	3	12	39	3	6	29	73	.221	.278	.349	.626	73	145	5	4	5	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	348	318	31	70	8	2	9	30	2	5	22	56	.221	.278	.349	.626	73	111	4	3	4	1	0

WSA (2 yrs)				114	220	203	22	44	4	2	7	15	3	2	15	38	.217	.271	.360	.630	69	73	3	0	2	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				42	66	54	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	4	.222	.317	.241	.558	54	13	1	1	3	1	0
NYM (1 yr)				56	169	159	16	36	6	1	5	22	0	2	7	31	.226	.272	.371	.643	84	59	1	3	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				156	286	257	25	56	5	2	7	17	3	4	22	42	.218	.281	.335	.616	66	86	4	1	5	1	0
NL (1 yr)				56	169	159	16	36	6	1	5	22	0	2	7	31	.226	.272	.371	.643	84	59	1	3	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
1959	26	CHW	AL	6	8	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/879
1960	27	CHW	AL	36	58	-4	-0	-0	-6	-0	-11	-1.2	2	-10	-1.0	.468	.493	-0.4	-0.7	-3	$	8/7
1961	28	WSA	AL	12	29	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/97
1962	29	WSA	AL	102	191	-5	0	0	-2	-1	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.493	.495	0.0	-0.4	-0	$	89/7
1963	30	NYM	NL	56	169	-4	0	1	-2	-1	-6	-0.7	6	-0	-0.1	.487	.496	0.1	-0.3	2	$	8/79
5 Seasons				212	455	-14	-0	2	-10	-3	-26	-2.9	14	-13	-1.4	.487	.497	-0.3	-1.5	-2	$

WSA (2 yrs)				114	220	-6	-0	1	-2	-2	-9	-1.0	6	-3	-0.4	.491	.497	-0.1	-0.5	-1	$
CHW (2 yrs)				42	66	-4	-1	0	-6	-0	-11	-1.2	2	-9	-0.9	.473	.497	-0.3	-0.7	-3	$
NYM (1 yr)				56	169	-4	0	1	-2	-1	-6	-0.7	6	-0	-0.1	.487	.496	0.1	-0.3	2	$

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
1959	26	CHW	AL	8	5	1	5.4	98	.500	.429	.259	.500	.330	.429	.396	.929	.726	160	.591	0.6	0.1	.600	.000	.000
1960	27	CHW	AL	58	44	3	1.8	101	.200	.191	.264	.291	.337	.213	.403	.504	.740	39	.164	-3.8	-0.4	.400	.128	.021
1961	28	WSA	AL	29	25	1	1.1	99	.167	.172	.257	.172	.331	.276	.400	.448	.730	21	.064	-3.4	-0.3	.280	.069	.103	.0
1962	29	WSA	AL	191	141	19	3.6	103	.246	.224	.263	.286	.335	.374	.410	.659	.745	76	.397	-6.8	-0.7	.590	.247	.149	4.0
1963	30	NYM	NL	169	126	16	3.4	89	.252	.226	.254	.272	.316	.371	.380	.643	.696	84	.439	-3.9	-0.4	.532	.176	.145	.0
5 Yrs				455	341	40	3.2	97	.241	.221	.259	.278	.328	.349	.397	.626	.725	73	.362	-17.2	-1.7	.522	.190	.127	4.8
162 Game Avg.				348	261	31	3.2	97	.241	.221	.259	.278	.328	.349	.397	.626	.725	73	.362	-17.2	-1.7	.522	.190	.127	4

WSA (2 yrs)				220	166	20	3.2	102	.234	.217	.262	.271	.335	.360	.408	.630	.743	69	.347	-10.1	-1.0	.543	.222	.143	4.2
CHW (2 yrs)				66	49	4	2.2	101	.235	.222	.263	.317	.336	.241	.402	.558	.738	54	.214	-3.2	-0.3	.422	.111	.019
NYM (1 yr)				169	126	16	3.4	89	.252	.226	.254	.272	.316	.371	.380	.643	.696	84	.439	-3.9	-0.4	.532	.176	.145	.0

AL (4 yrs)				286	215	24	3.0	102	.234	.218	.262	.281	.335	.335	.407	.616	.742	66	.318	-13.3	-1.3	.517	.198	.117	4.2
NL (1 yr)				169	126	16	3.4	89	.252	.226	.254	.272	.316	.371	.380	.643	.696	84	.439	-3.9	-0.4	.532	.176	.145	.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%
1959	26	CHW	AL	8	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.00	7.0			0.50	75%
1960	27	CHW	AL	58	0.0%	5.2%	10.3%	1.7%	11%	0.50	15.7		23.5	2.08	78%
1961	28	WSA	AL	29	3.5%	13.8%	0.0%	3.5%	20%		7.3	29.0	29.0	1.43	83%
1962	29	WSA	AL	191	3.1%	17.8%	7.9%	6.3%	31%	2.27	5.1	29.0	12.4	0.91	70%
1963	30	NYM	NL	169	3.0%	18.3%	4.1%	7.1%	33%	4.43	5.1	31.8	7.2	1.09	73%
5 Yrs				455	2.6%	16.0%	6.4%	5.7%	28%	2.52	5.7	34.7	10.7	1.12	73%
MLB Averages					2.4%	14.1%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.63	6.3	37.9	8.4	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	26	CHW	AL	0.6	0.1	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.20	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.85	0.3	0.74	2
1960	27	CHW	AL	-3.8	-0.4	59	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	1.02	-0.3	-0.2	-5.9	-0.6	0.97	-4.0	1.48	17
1961	28	WSA	AL	-3.4	-0.3	31	-0.4	0.4	-0.7	1.07	-0.3	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.86	-2.4	1.11	6
1962	29	WSA	AL	-6.8	-0.7	198	-0.9	3.2	-4.1	1.12	-0.1	-0.7	-5.6	-0.6	0.89	-2.2	1.37	61
1963	30	NYM	NL	-3.9	-0.4	175	0.4	3.0	-2.6	.88	-0.2	0.6	4.7	0.5	0.92	0.2	1.23	16
5 Yrs				-17.2	-1.7	472	-1.5	7.2	-8.7	1.02	-0.8	-0.6	-9.7	-0.9	0.91	-8.2	1.34	102

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	26	CHW	AL	0	0%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	27	CHW	AL	0	19%	27	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	28	WSA	AL	3	25%	12	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
1962	29	WSA	AL	3	29%	78	3	1	75%	3	2	1	0	3	47%	11	7	4	1	1	0	3	0	3
1963	30	NYM	NL	0	27%	58	0	2	0%	0	2	0	3	4	70%	7	2	5	1	1	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				6	26%	183	3	6	33%	3	7	1	4	8	56%	23	11	12	3	2	1	6	1	5

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
1959	26	CHW	AL	8	75%	3			2	2	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	27	CHW	AL	58	93%	9			17	4	0	0	1.48	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	9	1	11%	6	4	67%	35	2	6%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1961	28	WSA	AL	29	83%	5			6	2	0	0	1.11	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	29	WSA	AL	191	92%	39			61	9	0	1	1.37	6	0	2	6	0	4	2	0	2	2	100%	30	3	10%	18	4	22%	90	9	10%	4	1	25%	5	2	40%	0
1963	30	NYM	NL	169	88%	36			16	3	1	3	1.23	5	0	2	4	1	5	0	0	0	0		29	1	3%	12	1	8%	87	18	21%	7	3	43%	2	1	50%	0
5 Yrs				455	90%	92			102	20	1	4	1.34	12	0	6	11	1	10	2	0	5	5	100%	74	5	7%	39	9	23%	222	29	13%	14	5	36%	8	4	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1959	26	6	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.429	.500	.429	.929	160	3	0	0	0	0
1960	27	42	66	54	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	2	7	4	.222	.317	.241	.558	54	13	1	1	3	1
1961	28	54	95	83	5	17	1	0	1	3	0	3	7	8	.205	.272	.253	.525	44	21	1	1	3	1
1962	29	156	286	257	25	56	5	2	7	17	3	4	22	42	.218	.281	.335	.616	66	86	4	1	5	1
1963	30	212	455	416	41	92	11	3	12	39	3	6	29	73	.221	.278	.349	.626	73	145	5	4	5	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
1959	26	6	9	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.556	.500	1.056	2	6
1960	27	38	62	50	3	10	1	0	0	2	0	7	3	.200	.305	.220	.525	3	36
1961	28	12	28	28	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	.143	.143	.250	.393	1	12
1962	29	102	190	173	19	38	4	2	6	14	3	15	34	.220	.282	.370	.652	18	102
1963	30	56	174	163	19	40	7	1	6	26	0	8	31	.245	.293	.411	.704	18	56
5 Yrs		214	463	422	42	96	12	3	13	43	3	31	73	.227	.286	.363	.649	42	212
162 Game Avg.		162	350	319	32	73	9	2	10	33	2	23	55	.227	.286	.363	.649	32	212

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