Bryan David Hickerson (born October 13, 1963) is a former

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who played for the

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, Chicago Cubs, and Colorado Rockies from 1991 to 1995.

Biography

A native of

Bemidji, Minnesota Bemidji ( ) is a city and the county seat of Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 census. According to 2021 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 15,279, making i ...

, Hickerson graduated from Bemidji High School and the

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. In 1985, he played collegiate summer baseball with the

Cotuit Kettleers The Cotuit Kettleers are a collegiate summer baseball team based in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts, which is in the southwest corner of the town of Barnstable. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the lea ...

of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Hickerson was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 7th round of the 1986 MLB Draft, and was traded to the

in 1987. He made his major league debut with San Francisco in 1991, and appeared in 202 games over a five year major league career. Hickerson is currently on staff with U.P.I., a baseball ministry in Winona Lake, Indiana, where he lives with his wife Jo and children, and is director of Intercession Haiti.

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