Playing Career
Hickey went to the University of Texas-Pan American and was a first-team All-American in 1983. He went 16-2 in 19 starts with a 1.66 ERA and helped his team win 64 games, a school record. That season, his senior year, his 16 victories led all NCAA baseball. In that season, of his 19 starts he recorded 16 complete games; those 16 complete games were the third largest single season total in NCAA history at the time, and still rank 4th all-time.
Hickey was drafted in the 13th round of the 1983 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox. His best career season was in 1984, when he went 13-5 and had a 1.81 ERA in 49 relief appearances for the Single-A Appleton Foxes who were the champions of the Midwest League that year. He played in the White Sox' minor leagues from 1983 to 1987. In 1988, Hickey pitched for the Double-A San Antonio Missions in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. In 1989, he played for the Double-A Columbus Mudcats in the Houston Astros organization in what would be the final year of his playing career.
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