What years did Charlie Hickman play?

Charlie Hickman played in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1908.

Was Charlie Hickman a pitcher?

Both. Charlie Hickman pitched in 30 games, going 10-8 with a 4.28 ERA, but spent most of his career as a First Baseman.

How many home runs did Charlie Hickman hit?

Charlie Hickman hit 59 career home runs with 1176 hits.

Charlie Hickman

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1897-1908)

AVG .295

HR 59

RBI 614

H 1,176

OPS .771

PIV 10,801

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 180 lb
Born: 3/4/1876 in Taylortown, PA, USA
Died: 4/19/1934 in Morgantown, WV, USA
MLB Debut: 1897-09-08
Last Game: 1908-07-31

Full name: Charles Taylor Hickman

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,081	3,982	478	1,176	217	91	59	614	72	153	396	.295	.331	.440	.771	10,801

Career AVG .295 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — +13.5% above league average.

Career OBP .331 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .440 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — +30.4% above league average.

Career OPS .771 vs. league average .656 across their career seasons — +17.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1897	BSN	NL	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.667	—	—	—	—	0.0
1898	BSN	NL	19	58	4	15	2	0	0	7	0	1	16	.259	.270 (-4%)	.333 (-15%)	.347 (-16%)	.680 (-15%)	-141.9
1899	BSN	NL	19	63	15	25	2	7	0	15	1	2	7	.397	.282 (+40%)	.343 (+26%)	.366 (+77%)	.710 (+53%)	481.0
1900	NY1	NL	127	473	65	148	19	17	9	91	10	17	30	.313	.279 (+12%)	.338 (+6%)	.366 (+32%)	.705 (+19%)	1614.6
1901	NY1	NL	112	406	44	113	20	6	4	62	5	15	52	.278	.271 (+2%)	.326 (-3%)	.359 (+8%)	.686 (+2%)	80.9
1902	BOS	AL	28	108	13	32	5	2	3	16	1	3	6	.296	.266 (+11%)	.321 (+5%)	.343 (+35%)	.665 (+21%)	316.7
1902	CLE	AL	102	426	61	161	31	11	8	94	8	12	9	.378	.266 (+42%)	.321 (+24%)	.343 (+63%)	.665 (+44%)	316.7
1903	CLE	AL	131	522	64	154	31	11	12	97	14	17	61	.295	.261 (+13%)	.316 (+3%)	.345 (+35%)	.662 (+19%)	1603.3
1904	CLE	AL	86	337	34	97	22	10	4	45	9	13	30	.288	.246 (+17%)	.300 (+6%)	.321 (+39%)	.622 (+23%)	1069.3
1904	DET	AL	42	144	18	35	6	6	2	22	3	11	14	.243	.246 (-2%)	.300 (-1%)	.321 (+27%)	.622 (+14%)	1069.3
1905	DET	AL	59	213	21	47	12	3	2	20	3	12	24	.221	.248 (-11%)	.307 (-9%)	.322 (+3%)	.629 (-3%)	-124.3
1905	WS1	AL	88	360	48	112	25	9	2	46	3	9	52	.311	.248 (+25%)	.307 (+8%)	.322 (+39%)	.629 (+24%)	-124.3
1906	WS1	AL	120	451	53	128	25	5	9	57	9	14	64	.284	.247 (+15%)	.307 (+1%)	.315 (+34%)	.622 (+18%)	1132.9
1907	WS1	AL	60	198	20	55	9	3	1	23	4	14	15	.278	.245 (+13%)	.304 (+11%)	.308 (+19%)	.613 (+15%)	461.7
1907	CHA	AL	21	23	1	6	2	0	0	1	0	4	4	.261	—	—	—	—	461.7
1908	CLE	AL	65	197	16	46	6	1	2	16	2	9	12	.234	.240 (-3%)	.298 (-9%)	.306 (-1%)	.605 (-5%)	-164.5
Career · 16 seasons			1,081	3,982	478	1,176	217	91	59	614	72	153	396	.295	—	—	—	—	8,053

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
10	8	30	22	15	3	4	185.0	175	88	4	94	37	4.28	-3239.4

Career ERA 4.28 vs. league average 3.40 across their career seasons — 25.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1897	BSN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	7.7	10	5	5	0	5.87	—	0.0
1898	BSN	NL	1	2	6	3	3	1	2	33.0	22	8	13	9	2.18	3.59 (+39%)	164.3
1899	BSN	NL	6	0	11	9	5	2	1	66.3	52	33	40	14	4.48	3.85 (-16%)	-2364.7
1901	NY1	NL	3	5	9	9	6	0	0	65.0	76	33	26	11	4.57	3.49 (-31%)	-1039.0
1902	CLE	AL	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	8.0	11	7	5	1	7.88	—	0.0
1907	WS1	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	5	2	3.60	—	0.0
Career · 6 seasons			10	8	30	22	15	3	4	185.0	175	88	94	37	4.28	—	-3,239

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	558	2000	250	625	29	325	.312
Away	528	1994	229	552	29	267	.277

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	12	70.1	69	35	36	17	4.48
Away	16	107.0	96	46	53	20	3.87

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
1908-07-31	CLE	NYY	W	0	0	0	0	0	0
1908-07-29	CLE	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1908-07-27	CLE	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1908-07-25	CLE	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1908-07-23	CLE	PHA	L	2	0	0	0	2	0
1908-07-22	CLE	PHA	W	4	1	0	0	1	1
1908-07-21	CLE	PHA	L	4	0	1	0	0	0
1908-07-20	CLE	MIN	L	4	0	1	0	0	0
1908-07-18	CLE	MIN	L	4	0	1	0	0	0
1908-07-17	CLE	MIN	W	4	0	0	1	0	2

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1907-07-11	MIN	CHW	—	5.0	4	4	0	5	2	0
1902-08-14	CLE	BLA	L	8.0	11	8	7	5	1	0
1901-09-22	NY1	CIN	L	1.0	5	4	4	1	0	0
1901-09-17	NY1	BRO	W	9.0	15	6	5	2	1	0
1901-09-13	NY1	CIN	W	14.0	9	1	1	5	2	0
1901-09-06	NY1	PIT	L	5.0	13	11	10	2	1	1
1901-09-04	NY1	PIT	L	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0
1901-09-02	NY1	CHC	L	9.0	6	3	1	1	4	0
1901-08-31	NY1	PHI	L	9.0	12	4	4	1	2	0
1901-08-27	NY1	PHI	W	9.0	5	3	3	7	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	394	157	4057	213	142	206
2B	152	135	284	483	64	29
3B	140	5	207	322	98	21
OF	290	192	432	40	35	8
P	30	0	14	39	3	4
SS	23	0	47	77	15	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1897	BSN	P	2	0	1	1	0	1
1898	BSN	1B	6	0	59	2	4	8
1898	BSN	OF	7	0	17	1	0	0
1898	BSN	P	6	0	3	2	0	0
1899	BSN	1B	1	0	7	0	2	2
1899	BSN	OF	7	0	16	0	3	0
1899	BSN	P	11	0	4	12	1	1
1900	NY1	3B	120	0	183	276	86	19
1900	NY1	OF	7	0	11	1	1	0
1901	NY1	1B	2	0	16	3	0	0
1901	NY1	2B	7	0	7	15	1	1
1901	NY1	3B	15	0	20	32	10	2
1901	NY1	OF	50	0	58	8	7	1
1901	NY1	P	9	0	6	19	2	2
1901	NY1	SS	23	0	47	77	15	4
1902	BOS	OF	27	0	60	2	4	0
1902	CLE	1B	98	0	1079	47	40	63
1902	CLE	2B	3	0	1	5	1	0
1902	CLE	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1903	CLE	1B	125	0	1310	66	40	67
1903	CLE	2B	7	0	13	22	5	2
1904	CLE	1B	40	39	391	22	14	17
1904	CLE	2B	45	45	85	147	14	7
1904	CLE	OF	1	1	2	0	1	0
1904	DET	1B	39	39	396	23	13	18
1905	DET	1B	12	12	103	8	5	4
1905	DET	OF	47	47	72	7	5	3
1905	WS1	1B	3	3	33	2	1	1
1905	WS1	2B	85	85	170	281	38	19
1906	WS1	1B	18	15	160	9	4	8
1906	WS1	2B	1	1	4	4	0	0
1906	WS1	3B	5	5	4	14	2	0
1906	WS1	OF	95	97	137	12	7	2
1907	WS1	1B	30	29	289	16	11	12
1907	WS1	2B	3	3	4	6	4	0
1907	WS1	OF	18	18	23	4	2	1
1907	WS1	P	1	0	0	4	0	0
1907	CHA	OF	3	2	2	0	1	0
1908	CLE	1B	20	20	214	15	8	6
1908	CLE	2B	1	1	0	3	1	0
1908	CLE	OF	28	27	34	5	4	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position	Games
Pitcher	30
First Base	393
Second Base	155
Third Base	140
Shortstop	23
Left Field	49
Center Field	3
Right Field	244

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
West Virginia University	Morgantown	WV	1897

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Frequently Asked Questions about Charlie Hickman

What years did Charlie Hickman play?: Charlie Hickman played in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1908.
Was Charlie Hickman a pitcher?: Both. Charlie Hickman pitched in 30 games, going 10-8 with a 4.28 ERA, but spent most of his career as a First Baseman.
How many home runs did Charlie Hickman hit?: Charlie Hickman hit 59 career home runs with 1176 hits.