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James
Hickson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: November 2, 1982 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2014   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 21 ESS VL   0 0 0 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 4
2005 22 ESS VL   2 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
2006 23 ESS VL   3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5
2007 24 ESS VL   6 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 25 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 8 8
2009 26 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 8 8
2010 27 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 8
2011 28 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 8 8
2012 29 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8
2013 30 ESS VL $ 4,020,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
2014 31 NRL VL $ 4,020,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 9 8
2015 32 NRL VL $ 4,020,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 9 8
2016 33 NRL VL $ 2,720,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8
2017 34 NRW GL $ 1,750,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6
2018 35 NRW GL $ 1,750,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 5
2019 36 UTI VL $ 1,750,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 5
2020 37 SEM GL $ 100,000 2 1 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 3
Min Ratings   0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 3
Max Ratings $ 4,020,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 21 A   133 496 51 101 21 1 5 57 4 6 35 92 .204 .256 .280 .536 33.1  
2005 22 A   162 631 55 148 28 1 11 52 16 13 55 114 .235 .296 .334 .630 62.1  
2006 23 AA   36 134 15 27 5 0 3 11 1 3 15 25 .201 .282 .306 .588 11.5  
    A   126 474 53 120 22 1 7 56 10 10 39 78 .253 .310 .348 .658 49.8  
2007 24 AAA   99 348 39 96 21 0 6 28 7 4 26 50 .276 .326 .388 .714 42.9  
    AA   30 114 8 33 6 1 1 6 3 0 6 14 .289 .325 .386 .711 14.1  
2008 25 ESS VL 156 619 74 156 16 1 12 52 1 0 40 48 .252 .310 .339 .649 62.9 1.5
2009 26 ESS VL 162 686 89 195 24 2 15 76 5 0 47 44 .284 .333 .391 .724 89.4 13.2
2010 27 ESS VL 78 252 33 62 10 1 11 32 0 0 20 12 .246 .303 .425 .728 33.9 5.2
2011 28 ESS VL 162 608 74 140 22 2 17 60 0 0 53 35 .230 .299 .357 .656 67.1 6.6
2012 29 ESS VL 160 642 89 173 23 6 22 98 19 13 37 40 .269 .314 .427 .741 81.0 11.6
2013 30 ESS VL 157 586 85 169 26 4 21 86 8 3 36 37 .288 .340 .454 .794 84.6 16.9
2014 31 NRL VL 150 603 91 172 29 1 27 98 6 7 33 38 .285 .325 .471 .796 86.2 15.1
2015 32 NRL VL 155 600 100 165 37 3 18 77 1 1 39 23 .275 .325 .437 .762 82.4 14.0
2016 33 NRL VL 157 619 92 168 28 2 24 91 3 3 41 33 .271 .323 .439 .762 85.0 10.3
2017 34 NRW GL 158 619 70 143 32 2 17 70 0 0 27 68 .231 .275 .372 .647 58.8 2.9
2018 35 NRW GL 69 219 35 53 12 1 9 29 0 0 12 48 .242 .284 .429 .714 26.1 1.4
2019 36 UTI VL 158 588 71 134 16 2 18 75 1 0 64 109 .228 .306 .354 .659 63.4 8.5
2020 37 AAA   92 94 16 28 4 0 6 21 0 2 12 11 .298 .377 .532 .909 17.6  
12 Years Sim 1722 6641 903 1730 275 27 211 844 44 27 449 535 .261 .314 .405 .719 820.8 107.2
2 Years AAA 191 442 55 124 25 0 12 49 7 6 38 61 .281 .343 .419 .761 60.5  
2 Years AA 66 248 23 60 11 1 4 17 4 3 21 39 .242 .315 .343 .658 25.6  
3 Years A 421 1601 159 369 71 3 23 165 30 29 129 284 .230 .295 .322 .616 145.1  
7 Years Minors 678 2291 237 553 107 4 39 231 41 38 188 384 .241 .306 .343 .649 231.2  
162 Game Average 624 84 162 25 2 19 79 4 2 42 50 .261 .314 .405 .719 77.2  
Career Highs 162 686 100 195 37 6 27 98 19 13 64 109 .288 .340 .471 .796 89.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4939 635 1246 182 21 145 611 28 22 321 365 .252 .305 .386 .691 563.3
vs LH   1702 268 484 93 6 66 233 16 5 128 170 .284 .338 .462 .801 255.6
Home 852 3200 433 825 132 12 86 386 23 14 237 240 .258 .315 .387 .703 381.1
Away 870 3441 470 905 143 15 125 458 21 13 212 295 .263 .312 .422 .734 437.8
RISP   1614 0 405 59 7 38 594 0 0 143 138 .251 .311 .367 .678 187.5
Pinch Hitting   41 4 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 1 .268 .326 .390 .716 5.4
Close/Late   717 92 201 26 1 29 105 0 0 63 51 .280 .342 .441 .782 105.9
Mar/Apr 298 1182 162 322 49 3 41 152 7 6 71 86 .272 .317 .423 .740 152.9
May 294 1168 139 312 50 4 44 157 8 3 77 92 .267 .320 .430 .750 155.0
June 265 1036 138 281 48 6 30 144 6 3 77 83 .271 .328 .416 .744 136.3
July 208 784 103 206 39 2 24 112 3 4 61 50 .263 .320 .409 .729 99.7
August 265 993 146 243 34 3 32 127 2 4 69 77 .245 .302 .382 .683 111.2
Sep/Oct 392 1478 215 366 55 9 40 152 18 7 94 147 .248 .300 .378 .678 163.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2008 25 ESS VL SS 156 149 1329.3 224 455 38 116 .947 4.60   6.3
2009 26 ESS VL SS 161 161 1404.7 219 478 36 112 .951 4.47   5.0
2010 27 ESS VL SS 72 56 519.0 76 194 11 47 .961 4.68   3.4
2011 28 ESS VL SS 162 162 1439.3 200 505 32 90 .957 4.41   9.7
2012 29 ESS VL SS 160 158 1423.3 218 495 29 117 .961 4.51   11.4
2013 30 ESS VL SS 155 154 1341.0 207 482 30 108 .958 4.62   8.3
2014 31 NRL VL SS 149 147 1315.0 153 443 23 77 .963 4.08   9.6
2015 32 NRL VL 1B 1 0 8.0 7 0 1 0 .875 7.88   0.0
    SS 154 152 1355.3 168 395 32 89 .946 3.74   8.3
2016 33 NRL VL SS 157 155 1407.0 203 466 33 82 .953 4.28   7.6
2017 34 NRW GL SS 157 156 1357.7 178 491 33 108 .953 4.43   8.4
2018 35 NRW GL 2B 3 3 27.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.1
    3B 8 5 57.0 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.2
    RF 3 3 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    SS 46 39 353.3 50 126 8 32 .957 4.48   2.3
2019 36 UTI VL SS 140 140 1201.3 187 411 38 77 .940 4.48   4.1
  SS 1669 1629 14446.3 2083 4941 343 1055 .953 4.38   84.4
  3B 8 5 57.0 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.2
  RF 3 3 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
  2B 3 3 27.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.1
  1B 1 0 8.0 7 0 1 0 .875 7.88   0.0
Career Totals   1684 1640 14565.3 2103 4956 344 1055 .954 4.36   84.8
Career Highs   162 162 1439.3 224 505 38 117 .963 4.68    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2012 29 ESS VL 4 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353
2015 32 NRL VL 5 16 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .063 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 9 33 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 .121 .216 .212 .428
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2009-1-162
2011-1-162
 At-Bats
2009-2-686
2012-8-642
 Runs
2015-10-100
 Singles
2009-3-154
 Triples
2012-10-6
 Caught Stealing
2012-7-13
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Robert Banister (927)
  2. Garland Rosa (909)
  3. Angel Gonzales (909)
  4. Ferdinand Avant (909)
  5. Earl Cashion (908)
  6. James Mosteller (890)
  7. Sol Perez (889)
  8. Pedro Delcastillo (884)
  9. John Lee (879)
  10. Mark Glover (877)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 120th overall pick, by Essex in 2004
Injured on 8/1/2006 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 9/16/2006 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/18/2007 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 9/17/2007 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/4/2008, off Joshua Stitt (GRE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/2008, off Anthony Coffey (MON)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2012, hitting .398 with 5 HR, 22 RBI
 
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