Ernest Patrick Hickman (April 8, 1856 – November 19, 1891), was a Major League Baseball pitcher.

He played for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.

His batting and throwing hand, as well as his middle name, and height and weight were all unknown until they were discovered by the webmaster of Baseball Almanac in 2023.

[1] Hickman was known to suffer from severe mental illness and as a result he committed suicide on November 19, 1891, a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after shooting his wife.

[3] This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1850s is a stub.