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Jim Hickman
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 110 of 1233 players

James Lucius Hickman
Born: May 10, 1937 at Henning, Tenn.
Died: June 25, 2016 at Jackson, Tenn. Obituary
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.03 Weight: 195

Jim Hickman has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 11 times, most recently on March 24, 2022.

First Mets game: April 14, 1962
Last Mets game: October 2, 1966

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
9	April 14, 1962	October 3, 1965
27	April 14, 1966	May 13, 1966
6	August 1, 1966	October 2, 1966

9,+27,+6

Jim Hickman also played for the following teams:

Los Angeles Dodgers 1967; Chicago Cubs 1968 - 1973; St. Louis Cardinals 1974

Drafted from St. Louis Cardinals by Mets on October 10, 1961.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers with Ron Hunt in exchange for Tommy Davis and Derrell Griffith on November 29, 1966.

On disabled list:

from May 14, 1966 to August 7, 1966 (dislocated left wrist)

Established a Mets season record for Strikeouts in 1962 with 96 and in 1963 with 120.

Click the icon to see a graph of Jim Hickman's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1962 140 392 54 96 18 2 13 46 47 2 96 3 4 4 7 3 157 .245 .401 .328

1963 146 494 53 113 21 6 17 51 44 1 120 1 0 5 3 4 197 .229 .399 .291

1964 139 409 48 105 14 1 11 57 36 4 90 2 0 1 0 1 154 .257 .377 .319

1965 141 369 32 87 18 0 15 40 27 3 76 2 3 1 1 1 150 .236 .407 .291

1966 58 160 15 38 7 0 4 16 13 0 34 1 2 1 0 0 57 .237 .356 .299

5 years 624 1824 202 439 78 9 60 210 167 10 416 9 9 12 11 9 715 .241 .392 .306

Led Mets in games with 146 in 1963.
Led Mets in triples with 6 in 1963.
Led Mets in home runs with 17 in 1963.
Led Mets in slugging percentage with .399 in 1963.
Led Mets in strikeouts with 96 in 1962 and with 120 in 1963.

Games where Jim Hickman had 2 or more Home Runs
At St. Louis (NL) 09/01/62. At Chicago (NL) 06/01/65. At St. Louis (NL) 09/03/65.

Games where Jim Hickman had 4 or more Hits
vs. St. Louis (NL) 08/07/63. At Milwaukee (NL) 09/29/64. At Milwaukee (NL) 09/30/64. At St. Louis (NL) 09/03/65.
At Philadelphia (NL) 09/26/65.

Games played by position
1962: Outfield 124, Center Field 84, Right Field 33, Left Field 8
1963: Outfield 82, Third Base 59, Center Field 42, Right Field 22, Left Field 19
1964: Outfield 113, Center Field 89, Right Field 19, Left Field 9, Third Base 1
1965: Outfield 91, Center Field 45, Left Field 36, First Base 30, Right Field 16, Third Base 14
1966: Outfield 45, Right Field 23, First Base 17, Left Field 17, Center Field 8

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Jim Hickman was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1962 22 0 1 0 14 18 30 21 0
1963 42 1 6 12 34 25 6 0 0
1964 21 0 3 22 16 24 9 3 0
1965 0 0 1 12 26 29 23 2 0
1966 0 0 1 13 14 7 7 0 0
Totals 85 1 12 59 104 103 75 26 0

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