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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography Floyd Euliss Wicker (born September 12, 1943) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Born in Burlington, North Carolina, Wicker attended Walter M. Williams High School then East Carolina University; he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood Шаблон:Convert and weighed Шаблон:Convert.

Career

He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals at age 17 and his professional career lasted from 1961–1971, with two seasons missed due to military service. He appeared in Major League Baseball between Шаблон:Baseball year and Шаблон:Baseball year for the Cardinals, Montréal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants. He was traded from the Brewers to the Giants for Bob Heise on June 1, 1971.[1]

His lifetime major league batting average was .159, with 18 hits in 113 at bats. In his longest MLB tenure, the Expos' maiden 1969 campaign, Wicker appeared in 41 games, almost exclusively as a pinch hitter, getting four hits in 39 at bats, for a batting average of .103. His only MLB home run occurred as during his tenure with the Brewers: on September 26, 1970, he hit a two-run shot off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Floyd Weaver, helping Milwaukee defeat Chicago, 9–5.[2]

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