Ernie Hickman

Ernie Hickman
Ernie Hickman
	Pitcher
	Born: April 18, 1856; East St. Louis, Illinois
	Died: November 19, 1891 (aged 34–35); East St. Louis, Illinois
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	June 7, 1884, for the Kansas City Cowboys
Last MLB appearance
	July 29, 1884, for the Kansas City Cowboys
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	4–13
Strikeouts	68
Earned run average	4.52
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Kansas City Cowboys (1884);

Ernest Patrick Hickman (1856–1891), was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884. His batting and throwing hand, as well as his middle name, and height and weight were all unknown until they were discovered by the webmaster of Baseball Almanac in 2023. With this new information, SABR still has yet to update his biography. ^[1]

Death

Hickman was known to suffer from severe mental illness and as a result he committed suicide on November 19, 1891, a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after shooting his wife. According to his SABR bio, Hickman told her something to the effect of "now we will die together."^[2] He was 35 years old.^[3]

References

^ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hickmer01
^ https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ernie-hickman/
^ "Terrible Tragedy". The Paxton Record. November 26, 1891. p. 6.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference

Ernie Hickman at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

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[1] ttps://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hickmer01

[2] ttps://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ernie-hickman/

[3] "Terrible Tragedy". The Paxton Record. November 26, 1891. p. 6.

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