Bryan David Hickerson (born October 13, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the San Francisco Giants,

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, and

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from 1991 to 1995.

Biography

A native of Bemidji, Minnesota, Hickerson graduated from

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and the University of Minnesota. In 1985, he played

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with the Cotuit Kettleers of the

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. Hickerson was selected by the

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in the 7th round of the 1986 MLB Draft, and was traded to the San Francisco Giants 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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