Ernie Hickman

Ernie Hickman
Pitcher
Born: (1856-04-18)April 18, 1856
East St. Louis, Illinois
Died: November 19, 1891(1891-11-19) (aged 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 record4–13
Strikeouts68
Earned run average4.52
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Ernest Patrick Hickman (April 18, 1856 – November 19, 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]

Hickman died in a murder-suicide, first shooting his wife and then shooting himself in the head. He reportedly wanted himself and his wife to die together.[2]

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."[3] He was 35 years old.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ernie Hickman Stats, Height, Weight, Research & History | Baseball Almanac".
  2. ↑ "Ernie Hickman – Society for American Baseball Research".
  3. ↑ "Ernie Hickman – Society for American Baseball Research".
  4. ↑ "Terrible Tragedy". The Paxton Record. November 26, 1891. p. 6.
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