Charlie Hickman Notable

b. March 4, 1876 · Boston Beaneaters 1897–1899, New York Giants 1900–1901, Boston Americans 1902, Cleveland Bronchos 1902, Cleveland Naps 1903–1904, 1908, Detroit Tigers 1904–1905, Washington Senators 1905–1907, Chicago White Sox 1907

Charlie Hickman played for eight clubs across 12 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Boston Beaneaters in 1897 and closing with the Cleveland Naps in 1908.

He went 10 and 8 with a 4.28 earned run average, pitching 185 innings in 30 games. He struck out 37 and threw 3 shutouts. Across 1,081 games he batted .295, with 1,176 hits and 478 runs. He finished with 59 home runs, 217 doubles, 91 triples and 72 stolen bases.

He led the league in hits once, in 1902, with 193. He played 394 games at first base, with 4,057 putouts and 142 errors. He turned 206 double plays. He also played 290 games in the outfield, 152 games at second base and 140 games at third base.

He was born in Taylortown, PA, USA on March 4, 1876, and died on April 19, 1934. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1897	BSN	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.667
1898	BSN	19	58	4	15	2	0	0	7	1	16	0	.259
1899	BSN	19	63	15	25	2	7	0	15	2	7	1	.397
1900	NYG	127	473	65	148	19	17	9	91	17	30	10	.313
1901	NYG	112	406	44	113	20	6	4	62	15	52	5	.278
1902	BOS/CLE	130	534	74	193	36	13	11	110	15	15	9	.361
1903	CLE	131	522	64	154	31	11	12	97	17	61	14	.295
1904	CLE/DET	128	481	52	132	28	16	6	67	24	44	12	.274
1905	DET/WSH	147	573	69	159	37	12	4	66	21	76	6	.277
1906	WSH	120	451	53	128	25	5	9	57	14	64	9	.284
1907	CHW/WSH	81	221	21	61	11	3	1	24	18	19	4	.276
1908	CLE	65	197	16	46	6	1	2	16	9	12	2	.234
Career	—	1081	3982	478	1176	217	91	59	614	153	396	72	.295

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1897	BSN	0	0	2	0	1	7.2	10	5	5	0	5.87
1898	BSN	1	2	6	3	2	33.0	22	8	13	9	2.18
1899	BSN	6	0	11	9	1	66.1	52	33	40	14	4.48
1901	NYG	3	5	9	9	0	65.0	76	33	26	11	4.57
1902	CLE	0	1	1	1	0	8.0	11	7	5	1	7.88
1907	WSH	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	4	2	5	2	3.60
Career	—	10	8	30	22	4	185.0	175	88	94	37	4.28

On this day & linked events

1876

Born March 4, 1876

Taylortown, PA, USA

1934

Died April 19, 1934

1897

Major-league debut: Charlie Hickman

Charlie Hickman made a major-league debut on September 8, 1897.

1908

Final major-league game: Charlie Hickman

Charlie Hickman played a final major-league game on July 31, 1908.

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