Joe Hicks
William Joseph Hicks
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 7, 1933 in Ivy, VA
School: University of Virginia
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1959
Final Game: September 29, 1963
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 CHW AL 26 OF 4 1 16.2 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.2 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 2.16 1.00 .975 2.21 1.95
1959 CHW AL 26 CF 2 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.86 1.50 .967 2.70 2.45
1959 CHW AL 26 LF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -90.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
1959 CHW AL 26 RF 1 1 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.60
1960 CHW AL 27 OF 14 7 78.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -6.2 -94.6 -4.2 -1.4 -2.8 -2 1.60 1.00 .979 2.25 1.95
1960 CHW AL 27 CF 11 7 63.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -5.6 -105.5 -3.6 -1.4 -2.2 -2 1.70 1.09 .983 2.66 2.30
1960 CHW AL 27 LF 3 0 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -48.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 1.20 0.67 1.000 2.16 1.67
1961 WSA AL 28 OF 7 6 57.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -10.5 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 2.37 2.14 .973 2.24 1.99
1961 WSA AL 28 RF 4 3 30.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -40.0 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 0 1.50 1.25 .980 2.07 1.75
1961 WSA AL 28 LF 3 3 27.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 22.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.00 1.63
1962 WSA AL 29 OF 42 29 282.1 78 74 1 3 1 .962 -1.9 -8.1 0.1 2.6 -2.4 -2 2.39 1.79 .981 2.19 1.92
1962 WSA AL 29 CF 23 15 142.2 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -4.2 0.5 1.3 -0.7 -1 2.71 1.87 .986 2.57 2.18
1962 WSA AL 29 RF 16 12 116.2 29 27 0 2 0 .931 -1.1 -11.3 -0.1 1.5 -1.6 -1 2.08 1.69 .979 2.00 1.71
1962 WSA AL 29 LF 5 2 23.0 5 3 1 1 1 .800 -0.3 -15.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 1.57 0.80 .980 2.00 1.60
1963 NYM NL 30 OF 41 36 326.2 87 83 1 3 0 .966 -2.0 -7.3 -1.0 0.4 -1.5 -1 2.31 2.05 .977 2.01 1.75
1963 NYM NL 30 CF 33 28 249.2 77 74 1 2 0 .974 -2.2 -10.6 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 -2 2.70 2.27 .982 2.37 2.09
1963 NYM NL 30 LF 5 4 37.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1.4 -45.4 -1.4 -0.9 -0.5 0 0.97 0.80 .980 1.80 1.38
1963 NYM NL 30 RF 5 4 40.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 48.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 1 1.80 1.60 .975 1.82 1.60
5 Seasons OF 108 79 761.1 198 188 4 6 1 .970 -10.5 -16.5 -5.5 1.8 -7.3 -5 2.27 1.78 .978 2.12 1.86
4 Seasons CF 69 50 463.0 135 132 1 2 0 .985 -7.7 -20.0 -2.7 1.6 -4.2 -5 2.59 1.93 .983 2.48 2.16
4 Seasons RF 26 20 193.2 43 39 2 2 0 .953 -0.8 -5.0 -0.8 1.5 -2.4 0 1.91 1.58 .979 1.97 1.69
5 Seasons LF 17 9 104.2 21 18 1 2 1 .905 -2.0 -22.9 -2.0 -1.3 -0.7 0 1.63 1.12 .976 1.95 1.56
5 Seasons TOT 108 79 761.1 198 188 4 6 1 .970 -10.5 -16.5 -5.5 1.8 -7.3 -5 2.27 1.78 .948 2.12 1.86
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1959 CHW AL 26 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 2 1
1960 CHW AL 27 36 7 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 14 22 4
1961 WSA AL 28 12 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 6 0
1962 WSA AL 29 102 29 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 16 42 65 2
1963 NYM NL 30 56 36 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33 5 41 17 0
5 Seasons 212 79 212 212 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 69 26 108 112 7
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 -- 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%
1959 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 27 74% 81% 33% 3 100%
1960 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 22.2% 14 0 0.0% 0 299 69% 77% 27% 33 36%
1962 WSA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 6 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 23 9 39.1% 14 0 0.0% 0 630 65% 79% 25% 73 59%
1963 NYM NL 30 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 3 0 6 1 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 7 4 0 32 10 31.3% 22 0 0.0% 1 1143 62% 80% 28% 136 55%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 27 12 0 19 1 0 5 3 0 11 0 0 11 7 0 73 23 31.5% 50 0 0.0% 1 2099 64% 79% 27% 245 54%
MLB Averages 41.0% 1.9% 61% 77% 28% 56%

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%
1959 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 64% 92% 36% 2 50%
1961 WSA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 131 66% 78% 34% 6 83%
1962 WSA AL 29 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 5 5 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 0 505 64% 76% 27% 49 55%
1963 NYM NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 169 59% 80% 30% 18 50%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 8 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 5 5 0 22 10 45.5% 12 0 0.0% 2 830 63% 77% 29% 75 56%
MLB Averages 41.5% 3.0% 61% 77% 28% 53%

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%
1959 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 15 67% 73% 13% 1 0%
1960 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 71 70% 82% 23% 7 29%
1961 WSA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 117 72% 82% 24% 16 56%
1962 WSA AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0.0% 3 1 25.0% 0 109 59% 75% 26% 9 33%
1963 NYM NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 176 62% 76% 23% 15 27%
5 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 17 7 41.2% 9 1 5.9% 0 488 65% 78% 23% 48 38%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.3% 61% 77% 28% 49%

* 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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