John Hicks

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 230lb (188cm, 104kg)

Born: August 31, 1989 in Richmond, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 31st round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Goochland HS (Goochland, VA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA).

High School: Goochland HS (Goochland, VA)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: August 29, 2015 (Age 25-363d, 20,993rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 21, 2021 (Age 31-324d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

Agents: Full Circle Sports Management

Full Name: John Austin Hicks

Nicknames: Jazz

Pronunciation: \hiks\

Twitter: @JohnHicks08

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

845

199

.236

RBI

OBP

.279

SLG

.401

OPS

.680

OPS+

Summary of 32 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 15 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	28
TEX	4

Platoon
vs RHP	22
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	20
Home	12

Outs
0	14
1	11
2	7

13 Opps
SEA	7
BAL	4
CHW	4
KCR	3
MIN	3
HOU	3
TOR	2
OAK	1
BOS	1
CLE	1
CHC	1
NYY	1
DET	1

27 Pitchers
Justin Verlander	2
Wade LeBlanc	2
Derek Holland	2
Marco Gonzales	2
Yusei Kikuchi	2
José Ureña	1
Alex Colomé	1
Andrés Machado	1
Domingo Acevedo	1
Trevor Hildenberger	1
Jose Quintana	1
Kevin Gausman	1
Jakob Junis	1
Wilmer Font	1
Mychal Givens	1
Ryan Eades	1
Heath Hembree	1
Joe Biagini	1
CC Sabathia	1
Trevor Bauer	1
Trevor Cahill	1
Ryan Pressly	1
Reynaldo López	1
Félix Hernández	1
Darren O'Day	1
Sam Gaviglio	1
Kyle Gibson	1

12 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	11
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	5
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Target Field (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	18
78	9
9	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	8
1	6
4	5
2	5
6	3
5	3
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	5
-2-	3
1-3	3
123	1
12-	1

51 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	19
1 on	8
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	1
2	4
3	5
4	8
5	2
6	2
8	3
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	10
4-6	12
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	1
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	12
-1	3
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	9
Tied	12
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	6
1-1	6
1-2	5
2-2	4
0-1	3
3-2	2
1-0	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	17
1B	13
PH	1
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
8th	12
7th	6
5th	5
6th	5
4th	3
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-04-23	DET	@	MIN	Ryan Pressly	ahead 10-4	t 9	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	3	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Upton Scores; J. Adduci Scores
2	2	2	1	2017-05-27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	Derek Holland	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	5,(1-2) BSFFX	1	7	2	0.128	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	2017-06-02	DET		CHW	Derek Holland	ahead 6-1	b 3	0	1--	4,(1-2) FFBX	2	7	2	0.035	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Upton Scores
4	4	4	1	2017-08-01	DET	@	NYY	CC Sabathia	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1-3	10,(3-2) BFFFBFFBFX	3	7	3	0.189	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Cabrera Scores; J. McCann Scores
5	5	5	1	2017-09-05	DET		KCR	Trevor Cahill	ahead 7-1	b 4	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	3	0.023	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Mahtook Scores
6	6	6	2	2017-09-05	DET		KCR	Andrés Machado	ahead 12-2	b 8	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2018-04-18	DET		BAL	Darren O'Day	behind 2-4	b 8	1	1-3	1,(0-0) .X	3	6	2	0.560	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); N. Castellanos Scores; V. Reyes Scores
8	8	2	1	2018-04-29	DET	@	BAL	Kevin Gausman	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	2	0.085	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	3	1	2018-05-06	DET	@	KCR	Jakob Junis	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0.063	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	4	1	2018-05-12 (2)	DET		SEA	Félix Hernández	behind 2-6	b 5	2	-2-	3,(1-1) S*BX	2	6	3	0.130	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. McCann Scores
11	11	5	1	2018-05-20	DET	@	SEA	Wade LeBlanc	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	4	3	0.191	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Castellanos Scores
12	12	6	1	2018-06-15	DET	@	CHW	Reynaldo López	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	3	0.108	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	7	1	2018-06-30	DET	@	TOR	Sam Gaviglio	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	6,(3-2) FSBBBX	1	6	3	0.109	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	8	1	2018-07-04	DET	@	CHC	Jose Quintana	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0.119	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	9	1	2018-07-15	DET	@	HOU	Justin Verlander	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	4,(1-2) F1SBX	2	5	2	0.162	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Adduci Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2019-04-10	DET		CLE	Trevor Bauer	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	6	2	0.104	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
17	17	2	1	2019-05-11 (1)	DET	@	MIN	Trevor Hildenberger	tied 3-3	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.371	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	3	1	2019-05-29	DET	@	BAL	Mychal Givens	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .BSX	1	7	2	0.235	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	4	1	2019-07-05	DET		BOS	Heath Hembree	behind 5-9	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	8	2	0.026	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	5	1	2019-07-20	DET		TOR	Wilmer Font	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	1--	5,(2-2) SSBBX	2	8	2	0.133	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Candelario Scores
21	21	6	1	2019-07-25	DET	@	SEA	Wade LeBlanc	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	8	2	0.111	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
22	22	7	1	2019-07-26	DET	@	SEA	Yusei Kikuchi	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.100	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
23	23	8	1	2019-08-13	DET		SEA	Yusei Kikuchi	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	7,(2-2) CSBFFBX	1	6	3	0.113	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
24	24	9	1	2019-08-21	DET	@	HOU	Justin Verlander	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.323	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
25	25	10	1	2019-08-22	DET	@	HOU	Joe Biagini	behind 0-6	t 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	3	PH/DH	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Castro Scores
26	26	11	1	2019-08-30	DET		MIN	Kyle Gibson	behind 3-12	b 4	1	---	6,(0-2) SFFFFX	1	8	3	0.008	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
27	27	12	1	2019-09-14	DET		BAL	Ryan Eades	tied 4-4	b 12	1	123	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	4	7	3	0.162	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); T. Demeritte Scores; D. Lugo Scores; B. Dixon Scores
28	28	13	1	2019-09-28 (2)	DET	@	CHW	Alex Colomé	behind 1-2	t 9	1	1-3	4,(1-2) .*BSSX	3	8	PH	0.533	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Rodríguez Scores/unER; T. Demeritte Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2021-07-01	TEX	@	OAK	Domingo Acevedo	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) .FBSBX	1	8	2	0.034	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	2	1	2021-07-03	TEX	@	SEA	Marco Gonzales	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	8	2	0.115	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	3	2	2021-07-03	TEX	@	SEA	Marco Gonzales	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	8	2	0.062	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
32	32	4	1	2021-07-06	TEX		DET	José Ureña	behind 0-1	b 4	1	-2-	3,(1-1) SB.X	2	5	2	0.210	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line); J. Gallo Scores