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Andy High
Andrew Aird High (Handy Andy or Knee)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 12, 1922
Final Game September 30, 1934
Born November 21, 1897 in Ava, IL
Died February 22, 1981 in Toledo, OH

Brother of Charlie High and Brother of Hugh High

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1922 24 BRO NL 153  579   82  164  27 10   6   65   3 12  59  26  .283  .354  .396   93  229  17           4    
 1923 25 BRO NL 123  426   51  115  23  9   3   37   4  1  47  13  .270  .344  .387   95  165  15           1    
 1924 26 BRO NL 144  582   98  191  26 13   6   61   3  6  57  16  .328  .390  .448  127  261  13           2     MVP-12
 1925 27 TOT NL 104  334   42   86  15  2   4   34   3  6  38   7  .257  .335  .350   81  117   9           1    
         BRO NL  44  115   11   23   4  1   0    6   0  1  14   5  .200  .287  .252   41   29   2           0    
         BSN NL  60  219   31   63  11  1   4   28   3  5  24   2  .288  .361  .402  102   88   7           1    
 1926 28 BSN NL 130  476   55  141  17 10   2   66   4     39   9  .296  .351  .387  106  184  17           1    
 1927 29 BSN NL 113  384   59  116  15  9   4   46   4     26  11  .302  .350  .419  112  161  10           2    
 1928 30 STL NL 111  368   58  105  14  3   6   37   2     37  10  .285  .355  .389   93  143  14           3    
 1929 31 STL NL 146  603   95  178  32  4  10   63   7     38  18  .295  .340  .411   84  248  15           3    
 1930 32 STL NL  72  215   34   60  12  2   2   29   1     23   6  .279  .349  .381   74   82   5           0    
 1931 33 STL NL  63  131   20   35   6  1   0   19   0     24   4  .267  .389  .328   91   43   1           2    
 1932 34 CIN NL  84  191   16   36   4  2   0   12   1     23   6  .188  .276  .230   40   44   7           0    
 1933 35 CIN NL  24   43    4    9   2  0   1    6   0      5   1  .209  .292  .326   77   14   2           0   2
 1934 36 PHI NL  47   68    4   14   2  0   0    7   1      9   3  .206  .299  .235   38   16   0           0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1314 4400  618 1250 195 65  44  482  33 25 425 130  .284  .350  .388   94 1707 125   0   0  19   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        542   76  154  24  8   5   59   4  3  52  16  .284  .350  .388   94  210  15   0   0   2   1
 Career High    153  603   98  191  32 13  10   66   7 12  59  26  .328  .390  .448  127  261  17   0   0   4   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1922 24 BRO NL  659  444   76   4.6   112| .283  .301| .354  .359| .396  .419| .750  .778|  93  .466  -5.5  -0.5  20%
 1923 25 BRO NL  489  327   57   4.7   105| .270  .290| .344  .348| .387  .403| .731  .751|  95  .494  -2.2  -0.2  80%
 1924 26 BRO NL  654  410   99   6.5   101| .328  .286| .390  .341| .448  .399| .838  .740| 127  .655  23.3   2.3  33%
 1925 27 TOT NL  382  263   38   3.8   108| .257  .291| .335  .348| .350  .416| .685  .764|  81  .374  -7.9  -0.7  33%
         BRO NL  131   95    8   2.2   111| .200  .297| .287  .354| .252  .423| .539  .777|  41  .182 -10.0  -0.9   0%
         BSN NL  251  168   30   4.8   106| .288  .288| .361  .345| .402  .412| .763  .757| 102  .468   2.1   0.2  37%
 1926 28 BSN NL  533  352   64   4.8    95| .296  .275| .351  .334| .387  .382| .738  .716| 106  .531   4.9   0.5     
 1927 29 BSN NL  422  278   56   5.4    97| .302  .280| .350  .337| .419  .386| .769  .723| 112  .574   6.2   0.6     
 1928 30 STL NL  422  277   50   4.9   111| .285  .292| .355  .358| .389  .416| .744  .774|  93  .503  -3.8  -0.4     
 1929 31 STL NL  659  440   84   5.1   122| .295  .305| .340  .370| .411  .445| .751  .815|  84  .465 -16.0  -1.4     
 1930 32 STL NL  243  160   29   4.8   129| .279  .316| .349  .374| .381  .470| .730  .844|  74  .411  -9.0  -0.8     
 1931 33 STL NL  158   97   16   4.4   107| .267  .290| .389  .349| .328  .409| .717  .759|  91  .479  -0.1   0.0     
 1932 34 CIN NL  221  162   12   2.0   101| .188  .281| .276  .333| .230  .406| .506  .739|  40  .173 -15.8  -1.6     
 1933 35 CIN NL   50   38    4   2.8    90| .209  .272| .292  .324| .326  .372| .618  .696|  77  .338  -1.2  -0.1     
 1934 36 PHI NL   77   60    5   2.2   115| .206  .302| .299  .359| .235  .430| .534  .789|  38  .200  -6.2  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     4969 3308  590   4.8   108| .284  .292| .350  .351| .388  .412| .738  .763|  94  .490 -33.2  -2.9     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1922 24 BRO NL 3B 130 131 257 17 23 .958 .948 2.98 2.93 SS 22 35 56 6 6 .938 .945 4.14 5.46 2B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 5.60 1923 25 BRO NL 3B 80 98 150 8 13 .969 .947 3.10 2.95 SS 45 94 122 15 23 .935 .939 4.80 5.45 2B 5 2 4 0 2 1.000 .952 1.20 5.56 1924 26 BRO NL 2B 133 295 437 27 51 .964 .961 5.50 5.60 SS 17 31 36 2 4 .971 .949 3.94 5.44 3B 1 2 5 0 1 1.000 .959 7.00 2.80 1925 27 TOT NL 3B 71 53 105 6 9 .963 .939 2.23 2.85 TOT NL 2B 12 27 36 4 6 .940 .966 5.25 5.61 BRO NL 2B 11 27 34 4 6 .938 .967 5.55 5.61 3B 11 6 12 3 2 .857 .938 1.64 2.85 SS 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 5.20 BSN NL 3B 60 47 93 3 7 .979 .939 2.33 2.85 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60 1926 28 BSN NL 3B 81 99 155 10 15 .962 .953 3.14 2.81 2B 49 101 132 17 21 .932 .965 4.76 5.29 1927 29 BSN NL 3B 89 93 122 20 9 .915 .945 2.42 2.82 2B 8 18 25 0 6 1.000 .966 5.38 5.62 SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.20 1928 30 STL NL 3B 73 56 117 12 10 .935 .943 2.37 2.96 2B 19 35 47 2 10 .976 .970 4.32 5.71 1929 31 STL NL 3B 123 91 204 10 17 .967 .953 2.40 2.79 2B 22 59 61 3 16 .976 .968 5.45 5.46 1930 32 STL NL 3B 48 34 68 1 5 .990 .950 2.12 2.71 2B 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 5.60 1931 33 STL NL 3B 23 13 26 0 5 1.000 .944 1.70 2.72 2B 19 19 38 1 4 .983 .964 3.00 5.22 1932 34 CIN NL 3B 46 34 62 5 2 .950 .945 2.09 2.74 2B 12 9 15 2 5 .923 .968 2.00 5.44 1933 35 CIN NL 3B 11 8 20 1 1 .966 .949 2.55 2.89 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.40 1934 36 PHI NL 3B 14 13 16 3 3 .906 .945 2.07 2.73 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.45
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1922 24 BRO NL 2B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 5.60 1923 25 BRO NL 2B 5 2 4 0 2 1.000 .952 1.20 5.56 1924 26 BRO NL 2B 133 295 437 27 51 .964 .961 5.50 5.60 1925 27 TOT NL 2B 12 27 36 4 6 .940 .966 5.25 5.61 BRO NL 2B 11 27 34 4 6 .938 .967 5.55 5.61 BSN NL 2B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.60 1926 28 BSN NL 2B 49 101 132 17 21 .932 .965 4.76 5.29 1927 29 BSN NL 2B 8 18 25 0 6 1.000 .966 5.38 5.62 1928 30 STL NL 2B 19 35 47 2 10 .976 .970 4.32 5.71 1929 31 STL NL 2B 22 59 61 3 16 .976 .968 5.45 5.46 1930 32 STL NL 2B 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 5.60 1931 33 STL NL 2B 19 19 38 1 4 .983 .964 3.00 5.22 1932 34 CIN NL 2B 12 9 15 2 5 .923 .968 2.00 5.44 1933 35 CIN NL 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 5.40 1934 36 PHI NL 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.45 1922 24 BRO NL 3B 130 131 257 17 23 .958 .948 2.98 2.93 1923 25 BRO NL 3B 80 98 150 8 13 .969 .947 3.10 2.95 1924 26 BRO NL 3B 1 2 5 0 1 1.000 .959 7.00 2.80 1925 27 TOT NL 3B 71 53 105 6 9 .963 .939 2.23 2.85 BRO NL 3B 11 6 12 3 2 .857 .938 1.64 2.85 BSN NL 3B 60 47 93 3 7 .979 .939 2.33 2.85 1926 28 BSN NL 3B 81 99 155 10 15 .962 .953 3.14 2.81 1927 29 BSN NL 3B 89 93 122 20 9 .915 .945 2.42 2.82 1928 30 STL NL 3B 73 56 117 12 10 .935 .943 2.37 2.96 1929 31 STL NL 3B 123 91 204 10 17 .967 .953 2.40 2.79 1930 32 STL NL 3B 48 34 68 1 5 .990 .950 2.12 2.71 1931 33 STL NL 3B 23 13 26 0 5 1.000 .944 1.70 2.72 1932 34 CIN NL 3B 46 34 62 5 2 .950 .945 2.09 2.74 1933 35 CIN NL 3B 11 8 20 1 1 .966 .949 2.55 2.89 1934 36 PHI NL 3B 14 13 16 3 3 .906 .945 2.07 2.73 1922 24 BRO NL SS 22 35 56 6 6 .938 .945 4.14 5.46 1923 25 BRO NL SS 45 94 122 15 23 .935 .939 4.80 5.45 1924 26 BRO NL SS 17 31 36 2 4 .971 .949 3.94 5.44 1925 27 BRO NL SS 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 5.20 1927 29 BSN NL SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 790 725 1307 93 113 .956 .948 2.57 2.85 2B 287 570 803 56 121 .961 .963 4.78 5.51 SS 89 162 216 23 34 .943 .942 4.25 5.44 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1166 1457 2326 172 268 .957 .953 3.24 3.70
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1928   WS    STL NYY     L   4  17   1   5  2  0  0   1   1   3  .294  .333  .412   0  0   0   0   0 
 1930   WS    STL PHA     L   1   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1931   WS    STL PHA     W   4  15   3   4  0  0  0   0   0   2  .267  .267  .267   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2   9  34   5  10  2  0  0   1   1   5  .294  .314  .353   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-NL-12-0.11
Car-854-0.11 shares

Batting Average
1924 NL-.328-9

On-base %
1924 NL-.390-7

Games
1922 NL-153-10

At Bats
1924 NL-582-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1924 NL-654-5

Runs
1924 NL-98-6

Hits
1924 NL-191-4

Total Bases
1924 NL-261-10

Triples
1924 NL-13-8

Bases on Balls
1922 NL-59-9
1924 NL-57-7

Singles
1924 NL-146-2

Runs Created
1924 NL-99-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1924 NL-23-9

Batting Wins
1924 NL-2.3-9

Times on Base
1924 NL-250-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1923 NL-32.8-7
1924 NL-36.4-3
1925 NL-47.7-1
1926 NL-52.9-1
1927 NL-34.9-6
1928 NL-36.8-5
1929 NL-33.5-5
Car-33.9-11

Outs
1922 NL-444-9
1929 NL-440-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1077) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.5 (870) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1452) (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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 25, 1925: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the Brooklyn Robins.

March 25, 1928: Traded by the Boston Braves with $25,000 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Les Bell.

December 2, 1931: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Nick Cullop and cash.

July 11, 1933: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 2, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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