Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Jim Hickman (1937-2016) was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
- An outfielder for the New York Mets (1962-66) Los Angeles Dodgers (1967,) Chicago Cubs (1968-73,) and St. Louis Cardinals (1974,) Hickman had a lifetime .252 batting average, with 1,002 hits and 560 runs batted in.
- A member of the New York Mets inagural team, he was the franchise's first player to hit three home runs in a game, as well as the first to hit for the cycle.
- In 1970, HIckman made the National League's All-Star team.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Hickman, Jim
- maker
- Topps Chewing Gum
- Topps Chewing Gum
- date made
- 1964
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm
- Object Name
- bottle cap
