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John Hicks

Tigers Career team 2016–2019
Number #29
Position Catcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 37
Height 6' 2"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Richmond, VA
Born Aug 31, 1989

Key Insights

2021
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the LAA, Hicks has hit .407 and slugged .778 over 30 plate appearances, his best of any club.

11 hits, 3 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .395 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Trevor Bauer has struck Hicks out 6 times in 13 plate appearances, 46.2% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 13 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Hicks hits Hector Santiago harder than anyone: 100.1 mph off the bat, against a median of 86.8 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the CIN, Hicks has hit .040 and slugged .040 over 25 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

1 hit, 0 home runs and 10 strikeouts, against a .395 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Hicks cannot get the barrel to J.A. Happ: 73.5 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 86.8 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He is a different player against this opponent

Hicks carries a .678 career OPS; against Reynaldo Lopez it is 1.036, over 18 plate appearances.

6 for 17 with 1 home run.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 31, 1989
Birth Place Richmond, VA
Height 6' 2"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Virginia