Ed Hickox

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ed Hickox
Occupation	Baseball Umpire
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1962(1962-07-31)
Age	62
Birthplace	DeLand
Country	United States
Birth City	DeLand
Horoscope	Leo

Ed Hickox Biography

Ed Hickox is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Umpire who was born on July 31, 1962 in DeLand, DeLand, United States. Edwin William Hickox (born July 31, 1962) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1990 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues beginning in 2005. He wears uniform number 15 (he wore uniform number 39 during his American League tenure). Hickox has officiated in the 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2019 National League Division Series, as well as the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

In the off-season, Hickox, a sworn police officer who received a 2004 degree in Criminal Justice from Seminole Community College, lives and works in Florida as a part time detective with the Daytona Beach Shores Police Department. He is also a licensed real estate agent.

He was at second base when Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz no-hit the Baltimore Orioles on September 1, 2007.

Hickox, who is also a licensed pilot, volunteers for Angel Flight during the off-season, and has been volunteering since 2009. After a flight in October 2018, Hickox told the Daytona Beach News-Journal that he tries “to do at least one [mission] every off-season.”

Hickox went on to umpire for several of baseball’s minor leagues, and worked regularly as a substitute in the AL before his formal promotion to the league’s staff in 1999. He resigned his position following the 1999 season as part of a failed union bargaining strategy; he worked in the minor leagues before becoming an MLB reserve umpire in 2005 following the adoption of a new union contract. He returned as a full member of the major league staff in

2007. Hickox worked the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. He also worked the 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classics.

Ed Hickox Net Worth

Ed Hickox is one of the richest Baseball Umpire from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ed Hickox 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hickox became an Eagle Scout in 1979. He graduated from DeLand High School and St. Johns River Community College, where he played baseball. He completed training at the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School in 1983.

On September 4, 1993, Hickox was the third base umpire for New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott’s no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.

Hickox sustained several significant injuries throughout his career, notably while serving as a home plate umpire. On May 14, 2005, Hickox suffered an “inner ear injury including concussion and several broken [facial] bones” while wearing a Wilson-manufactured “sample” mask that Hickox alleged was defective, filing a lawsuit against the manufacturer for failing to inform Hickox that his product had not been tested with the same stringency given to other hockey style face masks. Hickox won the lawsuit against Wilson Sporting Goods and the subsequent appeal on January 31, 2013, receiving a $775,000 award for lawyer’s fees and medical bills based on the court’s finding that Wilson had failed to manufacture a safe product that failed to protect Hickox from the aforementioned injuries.

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A Hardball Times report listed Hickox as having one of the smallest strike zones in baseball during the 2011 season.

Facts & Trivia

Ed Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Umpire. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ed Hickox celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.

Hickox was behind the plate on August 24, 2012, when Adrián Beltré of the Texas Rangers hit for the cycle against the Twins.