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Bobby Higginson
Robert Leigh Higginson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School Temple University

Debut April 26, 1995
  vs. CAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born August 18, 1970 in Philadelphia, PA

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 24 DET AL 131  410   61   92  17  5  14   43   6  4  62 107  .224  .329  .393   87  161   2   7   3   5   5
 1996 25 DET AL 130  440   75  141  35  0  26   81   6  3  65  66  .320  .404  .577  145  254   3   6   7   1   7
 1997 26 DET AL 146  546   94  163  30  5  27  101  12  7  70  85  .299  .379  .520  133  284   0   4   2   3  10
 1998 27 DET AL 157  612   92  174  37  4  25   85   3  3  63 101  .284  .355  .480  115  294   0   4   2   6  16
 1999 28 DET AL 107  377   51   90  18  0  12   46   4  6  64  66  .239  .351  .382   88  144   0   2   2   2   2
 2000 29 DET AL 154  597  104  179  44  4  30  102  15  3  74  99  .300  .377  .538  134  321   2   3   6   2   5
 2001 30 DET AL 147  541   84  150  28  6  17   71  20 12  80  65  .277  .367  .445  120  241   1   9   3   2   8
 2002 31 DET AL 119  444   50  125  24  3  10   63  12  5  41  45  .282  .345  .417  109  185   1   7   3   6   8
 2003 32 DET AL 130  469   61  110  13  4  14   52   8  8  59  73  .235  .320  .369   88  173   1   6   3   3  12
 2004 33 DET AL 131  448   63  110  24  2  12   64   5  2  70  84  .246  .353  .388   98  174   2   4   5   7  10
 2005 34 DET AL  10   26    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .077  .111  .077  -48    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1362 4910  736 1336 270 33 187  709  91 53 649 796  .272  .358  .455  113 2233  12  52  36  37  83
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        584   88  159  32  4  22   84  11  6  77  95  .272  .358  .455  113  266   1   6   4   4  10
 Career High    157  612  104  179  44  6  30  102  20 12  80 107  .320  .404  .577  145  321   3   9   7   7  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 24 DET AL  486  336   57   4.5   109| .224  .270| .329  .344| .393  .427| .722  .771|  87  .435  -7.2  -0.7  60%
 1996 25 DET AL  515  318  106   8.9   116| .320  .277| .404  .350| .577  .445| .981  .795| 145  .702  32.7   2.9  66%
 1997 26 DET AL  623  404  109   7.2   108| .299  .270| .379  .339| .520  .427| .899  .766| 133  .649  27.2   2.5  63%
 1998 27 DET AL  685  461  103   6.0   110| .284  .272| .355  .340| .480  .432| .835  .773| 115  .563  13.7   1.3  50%
 1999 28 DET AL  445  297   54   4.8   113| .239  .274| .351  .346| .382  .438| .733  .785|  88  .450  -5.2  -0.5  40%
 2000 29 DET AL  678  431  127   7.9   111| .300  .270| .377  .342| .538  .434| .915  .777| 134  .656  31.6   2.8  83%
 2001 30 DET AL  633  421   93   5.9   101| .277  .259| .367  .325| .445  .416| .812  .740| 120  .571  19.6   1.8  62%
 2002 31 DET AL  499  340   66   5.2    98| .282  .255| .345  .321| .417  .410| .762  .731| 109  .523   7.8   0.7  70%
 2003 32 DET AL  538  386   55   3.8   101| .235  .259| .320  .324| .369  .415| .689  .740|  88  .376  -7.0  -0.7  50%
 2004 33 DET AL  531  356   65   4.9   105| .246  .264| .353  .332| .388  .425| .741  .756|  98  .473   1.8   0.2  71%
 2005 34 DET AL   27   24    0   0.0   103| .077  .266| .111  .328| .077  .422| .188  .750| -48  .000  -5.6  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5660 3774  835   5.9   107| .272  .267| .358  .336| .455  .427| .813  .763| 113  .556 109.4   9.8  63%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 24 DET AL OF 123 247 13 4 3 .985 .983 2.11 1.99 2.31 2.33 113 1011.3 RF 67 99 6 2 2 .981 .979 1.57 1.63 1.91 2.05 55 494.3 LF 66 148 7 2 1 .987 .982 2.35 1.75 2.70 2.22 58 517.0 DH 2 1996 25 DET AL OF 123 228 9 9 1 .963 .983 1.93 2.02 2.12 2.37 112 1004.3 LF 63 94 4 3 1 .970 .979 1.56 1.75 1.86 2.18 54 474.3 RF 57 100 5 5 0 .955 .979 1.84 1.72 2.26 2.17 46 419.0 CF 19 33 0 1 0 .971 .991 1.74 2.35 2.68 2.78 12 111.0 DH 4 1997 26 DET AL OF 142 287 20 9 5 .972 .982 2.16 2.02 2.23 2.32 140 1240.0 LF 105 195 17 6 6 .972 .979 2.02 1.71 2.36 2.06 90 809.7 RF 57 91 3 3 0 .969 .978 1.65 1.79 1.98 2.18 50 426.3 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 DH 2 1998 27 DET AL OF 153 302 17 7 3 .979 .985 2.08 2.02 2.13 2.31 153 1347.7 RF 136 277 16 5 3 .983 .983 2.15 1.81 2.20 2.14 136 1196.7 LF 17 26 2 1 0 .966 .986 1.65 1.74 1.67 2.10 17 151.0 DH 2 1999 28 DET AL RF 88 176 2 3 0 .983 .982 2.02 1.82 2.11 2.11 87 759.0 DH 17 2000 29 DET AL LF 145 308 19 7 3 .979 .985 2.26 1.76 2.34 2.16 144 1256.3 DH 10 2001 30 DET AL LF 142 321 10 8 1 .976 .981 2.33 1.72 2.45 2.14 142 1215.3 DH 5 2002 31 DET AL LF 117 241 15 7 3 .973 .983 2.19 1.74 2.30 2.14 116 1002.3 DH 1 2003 32 DET AL OF 118 249 4 5 0 .981 .985 2.14 2.08 2.27 2.35 116 1004.7 RF 117 248 4 5 0 .981 .980 2.15 1.79 2.28 2.11 115 996.7 DH 8 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.12 2.81 1 8.0 2004 33 DET AL RF 115 223 13 6 1 .975 .983 2.05 1.92 2.17 2.22 110 979.3 DH 9 2005 34 DET AL OF 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 1.29 2.04 1.42 2.31 6 57.0 RF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 1.83 1.12 2.12 5 48.0 LF 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 1.80 3.00 2.10 1 9.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 25 DET AL CF 19 33 0 1 0 .971 .991 1.74 2.35 2.68 2.78 12 111.0 1997 26 DET AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.30 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 2003 32 DET AL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.12 2.81 1 8.0 1995 24 DET AL DH 2 1996 25 DET AL DH 4 1997 26 DET AL DH 2 1998 27 DET AL DH 2 1999 28 DET AL DH 17 2000 29 DET AL DH 10 2001 30 DET AL DH 5 2002 31 DET AL DH 1 2003 32 DET AL DH 8 2004 33 DET AL DH 9 2005 34 DET AL DH 1 1995 24 DET AL LF 66 148 7 2 1 .987 .982 2.35 1.75 2.70 2.22 58 517.0 1996 25 DET AL LF 63 94 4 3 1 .970 .979 1.56 1.75 1.86 2.18 54 474.3 1997 26 DET AL LF 105 195 17 6 6 .972 .979 2.02 1.71 2.36 2.06 90 809.7 1998 27 DET AL LF 17 26 2 1 0 .966 .986 1.65 1.74 1.67 2.10 17 151.0 2000 29 DET AL LF 145 308 19 7 3 .979 .985 2.26 1.76 2.34 2.16 144 1256.3 2001 30 DET AL LF 142 321 10 8 1 .976 .981 2.33 1.72 2.45 2.14 142 1215.3 2002 31 DET AL LF 117 241 15 7 3 .973 .983 2.19 1.74 2.30 2.14 116 1002.3 2005 34 DET AL LF 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 1.80 3.00 2.10 1 9.0 1995 24 DET AL OF 123 247 13 4 3 .985 .983 2.11 1.99 2.31 2.33 113 1011.3 1996 25 DET AL OF 123 228 9 9 1 .963 .983 1.93 2.02 2.12 2.37 112 1004.3 1997 26 DET AL OF 142 287 20 9 5 .972 .982 2.16 2.02 2.23 2.32 140 1240.0 1998 27 DET AL OF 153 302 17 7 3 .979 .985 2.08 2.02 2.13 2.31 153 1347.7 1999 28 DET AL OF 88 176 2 3 0 .983 .984 2.02 2.03 2.11 2.30 87 759.0 2000 29 DET AL OF 145 305 19 7 3 .979 .985 2.23 2.02 2.32 2.36 144 1256.3 2001 30 DET AL OF 142 321 10 8 1 .976 .984 2.33 2.01 2.45 2.30 142 1215.3 2002 31 DET AL OF 117 241 15 7 3 .973 .985 2.19 2.05 2.30 2.35 116 1002.3 2003 32 DET AL OF 118 249 4 5 0 .981 .985 2.14 2.08 2.27 2.35 116 1004.7 2004 33 DET AL OF 115 223 13 6 1 .975 .985 2.05 2.05 2.17 2.30 110 979.3 2005 34 DET AL OF 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 1.29 2.04 1.42 2.31 6 57.0 1995 24 DET AL RF 67 99 6 2 2 .981 .979 1.57 1.63 1.91 2.05 55 494.3 1996 25 DET AL RF 57 100 5 5 0 .955 .979 1.84 1.72 2.26 2.17 46 419.0 1997 26 DET AL RF 57 91 3 3 0 .969 .978 1.65 1.79 1.98 2.18 50 426.3 1998 27 DET AL RF 136 277 16 5 3 .983 .983 2.15 1.81 2.20 2.14 136 1196.7 1999 28 DET AL RF 88 176 2 3 0 .983 .982 2.02 1.82 2.11 2.11 87 759.0 2003 32 DET AL RF 117 248 4 5 0 .981 .980 2.15 1.79 2.28 2.11 115 996.7 2004 33 DET AL RF 115 223 13 6 1 .975 .983 2.05 1.92 2.17 2.22 110 979.3 2005 34 DET AL RF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 1.83 1.12 2.12 5 48.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1273 2587 123 65 20 .977 .984 2.13 2.03 2.24 2.33 1239 10877.3 656 22 643# LF* 656 1335 75 34 15 .976 .982 2.15 1.74 2.33 2.14 622 5435.0 RF* 643 1220 49 29 6 .978 .981 1.97 1.80 2.15 2.14 604 5319.3 DH 61 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 22 35 0 1 0 .972 .992 1.59 2.35 2.56 2.78 13 123.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1273 2587 123 65 20 .977 .984 2.13 2.03 2.24 2.33 1239 10877
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
1998 AL-612-10

Doubles
2000 AL-44-5

Extra-Base Hits
2000 AL-78-4

Sac. Flies
2001 AL-9-6

Caught Stealing
2001 AL-12-4
2003 AL-8-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1997) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.7 (709) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (795) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 18th round of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1992.

October 31, 2005: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Detroit Tigers$109,000
1996Detroit Tigers$170,000
1997Detroit Tigers$375,000
1998Detroit Tigers$2,425,000
1999Detroit Tigers$3,825,000
2000Detroit Tigers$4,425,000
2001Detroit Tigers$5,325,000
2002Detroit Tigers$5,850,000
2003Detroit Tigers$11,850,000
2004Detroit Tigers$8,850,000
2005Detroit Tigers$8,850,000
Career (may be incomplete)$52,054,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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