G-Fafif Old-Timey Member Posted December 8, 2023 Posted December 8, 2023 (edited) Joe Hicks, who hit 5 homers for the 1963 Mets, has died in Charlottesville, Va., on December 2 at age 91.https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/william-hicks-obituary?id=53787000https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyprogress/name/william-hicks-obituary?id=53787000Baseball-Reference pegs his birthdate as April 7, 1933, which would make him 90 at the time of his passing, but Hicks's obit says 91. Edited December 8, 2023 by Guest
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted December 8, 2023 Posted December 8, 2023 He was the fourth-oldest living Met, and one of only four living nonagenarians. (The remaining three are Willie Mays, Jim Marshall, and George Altman.)With Hicks' death, Cliff Cook moves into the top ten, Larry Elliot into the top twenty, and Larry Stahl into the top forty.
G-Fafif Old-Timey Member Posted December 8, 2023 Author Posted December 8, 2023 A tribute to Joe, perhaps the D.J. Stewart of his day, https://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2023/12/08/hot-as-hicks/here.
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