Buddy Hicks

Q: When did Buddy Hicks die?

Buddy Hicks died on December 8, 2014.

Q: How old was Buddy Hicks when they died?

Buddy Hicks was 87 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Buddy Hicks's cause of death?

The cause of death of Buddy Hicks was complications from a fall.

Q: When was Buddy Hicks born?

Buddy Hicks was born on February 15, 1927.

Q: What was Buddy Hicks's occupation?

Buddy Hicks was a baseball player.

Clarence Walter "Buddy" Hicks (February 15, 1927 – December 8, 2014) was an American professional baseball player and manager. Primarily a shortstop during his 17-year active career (1944; 1947–62), he also played third base and first base. Hicks was a switch hitter who threw right-handed, standing 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighing 170 pounds (77 kg).

Hicks had a 26-game trial with the 1956 Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, garnering ten hits in 47 at bats for a .213 batting average, with two doubles and five runs batted in. Defensively, he handled 52 total chances at shortstop and second base without an error for a 1.000 fielding percentage. The rest of his career was spent in minor league baseball, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Tigers, Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies organizations. In 1,854 minor league games, he batted .273 with 63 home runs.

He spent a decade (1960–69) as a minor league manager, working for the Braves and Washington Senators, including all or parts of three seasons at the Double-A level.