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| Player Report for #79 Jim 'Gentleman Jim' Hickman | | Saturday, October 4th, 1969 | 
| AB | 438 | | HR | 11 | | RBI | 62 | | AVG | .274 | | OPS | .782 |
| | Name: | Jim Hickman | Contract: | Minor League Contract | | Nickname: | Gentleman Jim | Salary: | | | Birthday: | 05-10-1937 | Signed Through: | | | Age: | 32 | Years of Major League Service: | 4 Years, 145 Days | | Born in: | Henning (Tennessee) | Major League Service Days this Year: | None | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 6' 3" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 8 Years, None | | Weight: | 205 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 9 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Arbitration eligible in offseason | | Position: | CF | Minor League Option Years: | Out of option years | | Bats: | Right | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Very Unhappy | Local Popularity (National) | Well Known (Unknown) |
| | Player Development | | | | | | | Leadership: | 2 | IF Range: | 1 | | Desire for Winner: | 2 | IF Arm: | 1 | | Loyalty: | 2 | IF Range: | 1 | | Greed: | 5 | IF Error: | 1 | | Intelligence: | > 10 | IF DP: | 1 | | Work Ethic: | 9 | | | | | OF Range: | 7 | | | | OF Arm: | 7 | | | | OF Err: | 4 | | | | Catcher Abil: | 0 | | | | Catcher Arm: | 0 |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | | | Versus LHP | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | | | Versus RHP | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | | | Talent | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 5 | | Left Field 7 (Arm: 7) | | Stealing Ability: | 5 | | Center Field 4 (Arm: 7) | | Baserunning Instincts: | 6 | | Right Field 8 (Arm: 7) | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 2 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 2 | | | | Hitter Type: | Normal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 09-01-1969 | @ POR | Loss, 0-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-31-1969 | @ POR | Win, 5-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-30-1969 | @ POR | Win, 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-29-1969 | TEX | Loss, 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-28-1969 | TEX | Loss, 4-5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-27-1969 | TEX | Loss, 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-26-1969 | @ TOR | Loss, 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-25-1969 | @ TOR | Loss, 4-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-24-1969 | @ TOR | Loss, 0-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 08-22-1969 | DEN | Loss, 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Independence League 1969 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 124 | 438 | 120 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 62 | 67 | 88 | 84 | .274 | .398 | .384 | .782 | .782 | .110 | 19.3 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 124 | 536 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 73.0 | 5.88 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 125 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .371 | .304 | .675 | | Versus Right | | 313 | 92 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .294 | .410 | .415 | .825 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | April | | 52 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .493 | .462 | .955 | | May | | 101 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .336 | .327 | .663 | | June | | 89 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .352 | .337 | .689 | | July | | 100 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .340 | .436 | .490 | .926 | | August | | 94 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 | .402 | .340 | .742 | | September | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | | Last Year | | 125 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .168 | .234 | .216 | .450 | | 2 Years Ago | | 95 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .253 | .315 | .368 | .683 | | Career | | 758 | 199 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 120 | 108 | 118 | 154 | 10 | 0 | 11 | .263 | .366 | .371 | .736 | | Home | | 209 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 32 | 49 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .263 | .407 | .364 | .770 | | Road | | 229 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .284 | .390 | .402 | .791 | | Grass | | 419 | 116 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 60 | 63 | 81 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .277 | .397 | .391 | .788 | | Turf | | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .423 | .211 | .634 | | Day | | 145 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .351 | .290 | .640 | | Night | | 293 | 86 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 52 | 61 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .294 | .421 | .430 | .851 | | Close/Late | | 103 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .291 | .430 | .408 | .837 | | Inning 1-3 | | 144 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .381 | .389 | .770 | | Inning 4-6 | | 154 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .305 | .417 | .416 | .833 | | Inning 7-9 | | 121 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .248 | .385 | .331 | .716 | | Extra Innings | | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .458 | .421 | .879 | | 0 Outs | | 143 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .308 | .425 | .413 | .838 | | 1 Outs | | 144 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 37 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .264 | .411 | .368 | .779 | | 2 Outs | | 151 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .252 | .358 | .371 | .729 | | Scoring Position | | 113 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 15 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .248 | .399 | .381 | .779 | | Bases Empty | | 231 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 45 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .281 | .403 | .377 | .780 | | Runner on 1st | | 94 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .287 | .385 | .404 | .790 | | Runner on 2nd | | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .324 | .382 | .707 | | Runner on 3rd | | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .208 | .457 | .208 | .665 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .400 | .267 | .667 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .421 | .500 | .921 | | Bases Loaded | | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .409 | .722 | 1.131 | | Two Strikes | | 188 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 42 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .202 | .352 | .255 | .607 | | First Pitch | | 80 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .487 | .488 | .738 | 1.225 | | Count 0-1 | | 40 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .450 | .850 | | Count 0-2 | | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .103 | .125 | .103 | .228 | | Count 1-0 | | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | | Count 1-1 | | 47 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .149 | .167 | .255 | .422 | | Count 1-2 | | 70 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .264 | .314 | .578 | | Count 2-0 | | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | | Count 2-1 | | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .394 | .606 | | Count 2-2 | | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .255 | .447 | | Count 3-0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | | Count 3-1 | | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .872 | .500 | 1.372 | | Full Count | | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .600 | .262 | .862 | | Behind in Count | | 139 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .266 | .271 | .309 | .580 | | Ahead in Count | | 83 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .512 | .373 | .885 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1966 New York (N) - ORB2 | 29 | 9 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .370 | .300 | .670 | 0.0 | | Total ORB2 | | 9 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .370 | .300 | .670 | 0.0 |
| | Player History | | 04-09-1962 | Named the #24 prospect in the ORB2 | | 09-24-1962 | Wins the ORB2 NL Player of the Week Award. | | 11-04-1962 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $20,849 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1963 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 6 (4); Eye: 6 (4). | | 04-08-1963 | Named the #25 prospect in the ORB2 | | 06-08-1963 | Injured (finger blister), day-to-day for one week. | | 06-16-1963 | Injured (fractured cheekbone), out for 7-8 months. | | 11-12-1963 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $22,083 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1964 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 5 (3); Eye: 6 (4). | | 11-19-1964 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $23,390 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1965 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 5 (3); Eye: 7 (4). | | 07-07-1965 | Injured (strained calf muscle), out for one week. | | 11-13-1965 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $24,774 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1966 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 5 (3); Eye: 7 (4). | | 10-18-1966 | Won the 1966 Other Reality Baseball 2 World Series with the New York (N) Mets! | | 11-08-1966 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $26,241 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1967 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 5 (3); Eye: 7 (4). | | 11-12-1967 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $27,794 through arbitration. | | 01-01-1968 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 5 (3); Eye: 8 (4). | | 01-01-1969 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (3); Power: 5 (3); Eye: 8 (4). | |
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