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Jim Hickman (born James Lucius Hickman in on May 10, 1937 in Henning, Tennessee) is a former Major League Baseball player.

An outfielder who batted and threw right-handed, Hickman played for the New York Mets (1962-1966), Los Angeles Dodgers (1967), Chicago Cubs (1968-73) and St. Louis Cardinals (1974).

Hickman was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent prior to the 1956 season. He spent six seasons in the Cardinals’ farm system until he was selected by the New York Mets in the expansion draft. In his five seasons with the Mets, with whom he played 624 games, Hickman batted .241 with 60 home runs with 210 RBI.

Hickman has three places in Mets history. He is the first Met to hit for the cycle (against the Cardinals on August 7, 1963) and the first to hit three home runs in one game (also against the Cardinals, on September 3, 1965, all three home runs coming off Ray Sadecki). He also hit the last ever home run at the Polo Grounds in the final game ever played there, a September 18, 1963 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Perhaps the best season of Hickman’s career was 1970 while with the Cubs. He batted .315 with 162 hits, 33 doubles, 32 home runs, 115 runs batted in, 102 runs scored and 93 walks—all career highs which won him the Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award. He also made his only All-Star appearance at the newly opened Riverfront Stadium where, in the 12th inning, his RBI single drove in Pete Rose for the winning run, Rose barreling over Cleveland Indian catcher Ray Fosse to score the run.

In his 13-year career, Hickman batted .252 with 159 home runs and 560 runs batted in in 1421 games played.

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