Aaron Hicks
| Aaron Hicks | |||
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Hicks with the Minnesota Twins
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| New York Yankees | |||
| Center fielder | |||
| Born: October 2, 1989 San Pedro, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 1, 2013, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .225 | ||
| Home runs | 20 | ||
| Runs batted in | 78 | ||
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Aaron Michael Hicks (born October 2, 1989) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut on April 1, 2013 with the Minnesota Twins.
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Career
Minnesota Twins
Minor league career
A switch hitter, Hicks was drafted by Minnesota Twins in the first round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft out of Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California.[1] In his first professional season, Hicks was tabbed a 2008 Baseball America Rookie All-Star and named the top prospect in the Twins' organization. He batted .318 with four home runs, 27 runs batted in, twelve stolen bases and 28 walks for the Gulf Coast League Twins to earn a Gulf Coast League postseason All-Star nod. In 2009, Hicks batted .251 with four home runs, 29 RBIs, ten steals and 40 walks for the Beloit Snappers. He returned to Beloit in 2010 and hit .279 with eight home runs.
Playing for the Fort Myers Miracle in 2011, he hit .242 with five home runs. In 2012 he hit .286 with 13 home runs for the New Britain Rock Cats. After being sent down from the major leagues in August, for the 2013 season in AAA he batted .222 with the Rochester Red Wings.[2]
Hicks has been a top 100 prospect by Baseball America four times.[3][4][5][6]
Major leagues
On March 24, 2013, it was announced that Hicks would be the starting center fielder for the Minnesota Twins. He chose his new number to honor Dave Winfield, who wore 32 for the Twins.[7] He was sent down to AAA on August 1, and was not called back up in 2013.[8][9]
In 2013, Hicks batted .192 in 281 at bats, with a .259 on-base percentage.[10][9] Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune wrote that he became: "the latest unpaid spokesman for the Public Service Announcement that reminds baseball fans not to believe anything they see in spring training."[11]
Despite his underwhelming 2013 performance, Hicks was named the starting center fielder for the 2014 season amid protest and controversy. Hicks' 2014 season did not show improvement at the plate. Through 47 games, Hicks hit .201 and was demoted to Double A on June 9th.[12]
Hicks gave up switch hitting during the 2014 season due to a lack of confidence in his ability to bat left-handed.[13] However, he went back to switch hitting less than a month later.[14]
New York Yankees
On November 11, 2015, the Twins traded Hicks to the New York Yankees for John Ryan Murphy.[15]
References
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External links
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Long Beach, California
- Baseball players from California
- African-American baseball players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Minnesota Twins players
- Gulf Coast Twins players
- Beloit Snappers players
- Fort Myers Miracle players
- Mesa Solar Sox players
- New Britain Rock Cats players
- Bravos de Margarita players
- Rochester Red Wings players
