Buddy Hicks
| Buddy Hicks | |||
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| Infielder | |||
| Born: February 15, 1927 Belvedere, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 1956, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 18, 1956, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .213 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 5 | ||
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Clarence Walter "Buddy" Hicks (February 15, 1927 – December 8, 2014) was an American former professional baseball player and manager. Primarily a shortstop during his 17-year active career (1944; 1947–62), he also played third base and first base. Hicks was a switch hitter who threw right-handed, standing 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighing 170 pounds (77 kg).
Hicks had a 26-game trial with the 1956 Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, garnering ten hits in 47 at bats for a .213 batting average, with two doubles and five runs batted in.[1][2] The rest of his career was spent in minor league baseball, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Tigers, Boston/Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies organizations. In 1,854 minor league games, he batted .273 with 63 home runs.[3]
He spent a decade (1960–69) as a minor league manager, working for the Braves and Washington Senators, including all or parts of three seasons at the Double-A level.
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External links
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- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics
- 1927 births
- 2014 deaths
- Atlanta Crackers players
- Baltimore Orioles (IL) players
- Baseball players from California
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
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- Cervecería Caracas players
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- Hollywood Stars players
- Licoreros de Pampero players
- Major League Baseball infielders
- Minor league baseball managers
- Minor league baseball players
- Newport News Dodgers players
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