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Full Name: James Joseph Hickey
Title: Pitching Coach
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Coaching Career
Is in his 3rd season as Rays pitching coach
named to the post on November 18, 2006
is the seventh pitching coach in club history
joining Rick Williams (1998-2000), Bill Fischer
(2000-01), Jackie Brown (2002), Chris Bosio
(2003), Chuck Hernandez (2004-05) and Mike
Butcher (2006)...Has been to the postseason in 3 of the 5 seasons
he has been a ML pitching coach...Is one of just 7 pitching coaches in the last 50
years to go to the World Series with two different
franchisesjoins Dave Duncan, Mel
Stottlemyre, Larry Rothschild, Johnny Sain,
Stan Williams and Dave Wallace...In 2008, Rays pitchers went from last in the
majors in ERA (5.53) to 3rd with a club-record
3.82 markRays pitchers also set club records
for shutouts (12), complete games (7)
and opponents average (.246) and the club
featured five 11-game winners...In 2007, his first season with the Rays, Tampa
Bay pitchers topped the AL with a club-record
1,494 strikeouts, 6th-highest total in AL history...Joined the Rays from Houston, where he
spent the previous 16 seasons in the organization
as a pitching coach, the last two and a half
seasons on the major league staffin each of
his two full seasons as major league pitching
coach, Houston finished second in the NL in
ERA (3.51 in 2005 and 4.08 in 2006) and featured
the leagues ERA champion (Roger Clemens
in 2005 and Roy Oswalt in 2006)his
2005 staff, which advanced to the World Series,
had three pitchers among the top seven
in ERA and yielded the fewest runs and walks
in the NLin 2006 they finished second and
third in those categories, and tied the Mets for
the most shutouts with 12...Hickey was promoted to the major league
staff on an interim basis on July 14, 2004 when
Phil Garner was named interim manager
that Houston club advanced to the National League Championship Serieshe was named
full-time pitching coach in November 2004...He joined the Astros from Triple-A New Orleans
where he was in his seventh season as
the Zephyrs pitching coachin 2002 and 2003,
his New Orleans staffs led the Pacific Coast
League in ERAin 2004, the staff went through
16 different starters and posted a 3.41 ERA
in 2002, the staff posted a league-leading 11
shutoutsin 2001 the Zephyrs finished with
the second-best ERA in the PCL en route to the
Pacific Coast League championshiphis 1998
staff recorded 10 shutouts as New Orleans
claimed their first-ever Triple-A World Series...In 2002, Hickey served on the coaching staff
for the Triple-A All-Star Game and was selected
as a coach for the MLB All-Star Futures
Game in Milwaukeethat same season he
was named the Astros Player Development
Man of the Year.
Playing Career
Was a 13th round selection of the Chicago
White Sox in the 1983 June Draft and played
eight seasons in the minor leagues with the
White Sox, Dodgers and Astrosposted his
best season in 1984, finishing 13-5 with a 1.81
ERA for Midwest League champion Appleton
he concluded his playing career in 1989
with the Astros Double-A affiliate in Columbus.
Personal & Misc.
A standout at the University of Texas-Pan
American, Hickey was a first-team All-American
selection in 1983 after finishing the season
16-2 with a 1.66 ERAhe struck out 109 batters
in 130.1 innings while only surrendering
19 walksthat season he helped the Broncos
to a school-record 64 wins and a berth in the
NCAA tournament...Hickey and his wife, Jennifer, reside in St.
Cloud, Fla., near Orlando with their two sons,
Austin and Cameron, and daughter, Addison.
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