| Buddy Hicks | |
| Position: | Infielder |
| Bats: | Switch |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 15 February 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Belvedere, California |
| Death Place: | St. George, Utah |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 17 |
| Debutyear: | 1956 |
| Debutteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | July 18 |
| Finalyear: | 1956 |
| Finalteam: | Detroit Tigers |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .213 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 0 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 5 |
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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 5inchesft10inchesin (ftin) tall and weighing 170lb.
Hicks had a 26-game trial with the 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.[1] [2] 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.[3]
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.