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Dick Higham
Richard Higham

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 171 lb.

Debut June 1, 1871
Born 1851 in England
Died March 18, 1905 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 20 NYU NA  21   94   21   34   3  1   0    9   3  2   2   0  .362  .375  .415  135   39                    
 1872 21 BAL NA  50  245   72   84  10  1   2   38   3  5   2   3  .343  .348  .416  128  102                    
 1873 22 NYU NA  49  245   57   77   5  4   0   34   1  3   2   1  .314  .320  .367  104   90                    
 1874 23 NYU NA  65  333   58   87  14  3   1   37   5  3   4   0  .261  .270  .330   88  110                    
 1875 24 TOT NA  57  272   56   74  10  3   0   22   6  2   0   1  .272  .272  .331  107   90                    
         CHI NA  42  208   44   49   5  3   0   12   6  2   0   0  .236  .236  .288   80   60                    
         NYU NA  15   64   12   25   5  0   0   10   0  0   0   1  .391  .391  .469  197   30                    
 1876 25 HAR NL  67  312   59  102  21  2   0   35          2   7  .327  .331  .407  134  127                    
 1878 27 PRO NL  62  281   60   90  22  1   1   29          5  16  .320  .332  .416  144  117                    
 1880 29 TRO NL   1    5    1    1   0  0   0    0          0   0  .200  .200  .200   33    1                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      372 1787  384  549  85 15   4  204  18 15  17  28  .307  .314  .378  118  676   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        778  167  239  37  7   2   89   8  7   7  12  .307  .314  .378  118  294   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     67  333   72  102  22  4   2   38   6  5   5  16  .362  .375  .416  144  127   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 20 NYU NA   96   62   14   6.0    83| .362  .278| .375  .302| .415  .373| .790  .675| 135  .546   4.3   0.4  60%
 1872 21 BAL NA  247  166   34   5.5    82| .343  .297| .348  .308| .416  .361| .764  .669| 128  .579   8.0   0.8  37%
 1873 22 NYU NA  247  171   28   4.4    83| .314  .295| .320  .308| .367  .365| .687  .673| 104  .464   0.9   0.1  25%
 1874 23 NYU NA  337  249   29   3.1    73| .261  .282| .270  .291| .330  .346| .600  .637|  88  .386  -4.2  -0.4  62%
 1875 24 TOT NA  272  200   26   3.5    58| .272  .258| .272  .265| .331  .316| .603  .581| 107  .526   1.8   0.2  75%
         CHI NA  208  161   14   2.3    59| .236  .259| .236  .266| .288  .317| .524  .582|  80  .346  -4.4  -0.5  75%
         NYU NA   64   39   12   8.3    57| .391  .256| .391  .264| .469  .314| .860  .578| 197  .843   6.2   0.7   0%
 1876 25 HAR NL  314  210   42   5.5    71| .327  .278| .331  .291| .407  .337| .738  .628| 134  .680  11.9   1.3     
 1878 27 PRO NL  286  191   39   5.5    66| .320  .265| .332  .284| .416  .327| .748  .611| 144  .704  13.7   1.5     
 1880 29 TRO NL    5    4    0   0.0    65| .200  .252| .200  .275| .200  .332| .400  .607|  33  .000  -0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1804 1253  212   4.6    73| .307  .279| .314  .291| .378  .343| .692  .634| 118  .558  36.1   3.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1871 20 NYU NA 2B 12 29 30 20 3 .747 .824 4.92 5.56 OF 8 14 0 4 0 .778 .833 1.75 1.88 0 0 8 C 1 6 0 2 0 .750 .845 6.00 4.10 0 1872 21 BAL NA C 25 131 24 28 0 .847 .847 6.20 5.03 0 OF 24 29 1 11 0 .732 .822 1.25 1.85 0 2 22 2B 5 10 6 7 0 .696 .821 3.20 5.30 3B 2 2 2 6 0 .400 .755 2.00 4.30 1B 1 9 0 3 0 .750 .928 9.00 10.40 1873 22 NYU NA OF 19 15 0 6 0 .714 .806 0.79 1.91 0 1 18 2B 18 35 25 22 8 .732 .832 3.33 5.46 C 17 100 17 22 1 .842 .841 6.88 4.60 0 1874 23 NYU NA C 48 248 45 51 4 .852 .801 6.10 4.78 0 OF 33 13 2 18 0 .455 .802 0.45 1.89 0 3 31 2B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .800 2.00 5.20 1875 24 TOT NA C 32 137 21 39 0 .802 .823 4.94 5.20 0 TOT NA 2B 19 57 52 26 3 .807 .837 5.74 5.56 TOT NA OF 17 13 1 3 0 .824 .819 0.82 1.77 0 3 14 CHI NA C 24 110 14 27 0 .821 .823 5.17 5.20 0 OF 14 11 1 3 0 .800 .816 0.86 1.77 0 3 11 2B 13 34 38 17 2 .809 .837 5.54 5.56 NYU NA C 8 27 7 12 0 .739 .823 4.25 5.20 0 2B 6 23 14 9 1 .804 .837 6.17 5.57 OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.67 1.77 0 0 3 1B 2 12 0 3 0 .800 .938 6.00 10.30 1876 25 HAR NL OF 59 57 16 11 1 .869 .847 1.24 2.03 0 0 59 C 13 38 14 14 0 .788 .805 4.00 5.40 10 2B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .862 5.00 5.60 SS 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .870 4.00 4.40 1878 27 PRO NL OF 62 76 27 24 4 .811 .834 1.66 1.72 0 0 62 C 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 6.50 0 1880 29 TRO NL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.40 2 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1872 21 BAL NA 1B 1 9 0 3 0 .750 .928 9.00 10.40 1875 24 NYU NA 1B 2 12 0 3 0 .800 .938 6.00 10.30 1871 20 NYU NA 2B 12 29 30 20 3 .747 .824 4.92 5.56 1872 21 BAL NA 2B 5 10 6 7 0 .696 .821 3.20 5.30 1873 22 NYU NA 2B 18 35 25 22 8 .732 .832 3.33 5.46 1874 23 NYU NA 2B 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .800 2.00 5.20 1875 24 TOT NA 2B 19 57 52 26 3 .807 .837 5.74 5.56 CHI NA 2B 13 34 38 17 2 .809 .837 5.54 5.56 NYU NA 2B 6 23 14 9 1 .804 .837 6.17 5.57 1876 25 HAR NL 2B 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 .862 5.00 5.60 1872 21 BAL NA 3B 2 2 2 6 0 .400 .755 2.00 4.30 1871 20 NYU NA C 1 6 0 2 0 .750 .845 6.00 4.10 0 1872 21 BAL NA C 25 131 24 28 0 .847 .847 6.20 5.03 0 1873 22 NYU NA C 17 100 17 22 1 .842 .841 6.88 4.60 0 1874 23 NYU NA C 48 248 45 51 4 .852 .801 6.10 4.78 0 1875 24 TOT NA C 32 137 21 39 0 .802 .823 4.94 5.20 0 CHI NA C 24 110 14 27 0 .821 .823 5.17 5.20 0 NYU NA C 8 27 7 12 0 .739 .823 4.25 5.20 0 1876 25 HAR NL C 13 38 14 14 0 .788 .805 4.00 5.40 10 1878 27 PRO NL C 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 6.50 0 1880 29 TRO NL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.40 2 1871 20 NYU NA OF 8 14 0 4 0 .778 .833 1.75 1.88 0 0 8 1872 21 BAL NA OF 24 29 1 11 0 .732 .822 1.25 1.85 0 2 22 1873 22 NYU NA OF 19 15 0 6 0 .714 .806 0.79 1.91 0 1 18 1874 23 NYU NA OF 33 13 2 18 0 .455 .802 0.45 1.89 0 3 31 1875 24 TOT NA OF 17 13 1 3 0 .824 .819 0.82 1.77 0 3 14 CHI NA OF 14 11 1 3 0 .800 .816 0.86 1.77 0 3 11 NYU NA OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.67 1.77 0 0 3 1876 25 HAR NL OF 59 57 16 11 1 .869 .847 1.24 2.03 0 0 59 1878 27 PRO NL OF 62 76 27 24 4 .811 .834 1.66 1.72 0 0 62 1880 29 TRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0 0 1 1876 25 HAR NL SS 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .870 4.00 4.40
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 223 217 47 77 5 .774 .832 1.18 1.87 0 9 215 C 138 662 122 157 5 .833 .821 5.68 4.98 12 2B 56 136 115 76 14 .768 .832 4.48 5.50 1B 3 21 0 6 0 .778 .933 7.00 10.33 3B 2 2 2 6 0 .400 .755 2.00 4.30 SS 1 1 3 1 0 .800 .870 4.00 4.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 423 1039 289 323 24 .804 .827 3.14 3.44
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.

Batting Average
1871 NA-.362-8
1872 NA-.343-10
1876 NL-.327-9
1878 NL-.320-7

On-base %
1878 NL-.332-10

Slugging %
1878 NL-.416-8

OPS
1878 NL-.749-10

Games
1874 NA-65-7
1878 NL-62-6

At Bats
1874 NA-333-5
1876 NL-312-5
1878 NL-281-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1874 NA-337-5
1876 NL-314-9
1878 NL-286-3

Runs
1872 NA-72-6
1878 NL-60-1

Hits
1872 NA-84-10
1876 NL-102-6
1878 NL-90-5

Total Bases
1876 NL-127-9
1878 NL-117-5

Doubles
1874 NA-14-7
1876 NL-21-1
1878 NL-22-1

Home Runs
1872 NA-2-3
1878 NL-1-5

RBI
1878 NL-29-10

Singles
1872 NA-71-8
1876 NL-79-8

Adjusted OPS+
1878 NL-144-10

Runs Created
1876 NL-42-10
1878 NL-39-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1878 NL-14-10

Batting Wins
1878 NL-1.5-10

Extra-Base Hits
1874 NA-18-10
1876 NL-23-7
1878 NL-24-5

Times on Base
1876 NL-104-9
1878 NL-95-6

Offensive Win%
1878 NL-.704-10

Caught Stealing
1872 NA-5-3
1873 NA-3-8
1874 NA-3-7

Power/Speed Number
1872 NA-2.4-8
1874 NA-1.7-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1873 NA-245.0-8
1875 NA-272.0-3

At Bats per Home Run
1872 NA-122.5-7

Outs
1874 NA-249-1
1878 NL-191-9

       

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 57 (428) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.0 (1075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (987) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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