Pinky Higgins

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: May 27, 1909 in Red Oak, TX us

Died: March 21, 1969 in Dallas, TX

Buried: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX

High School: W. H. Adamson HS (Dallas, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: June 25, 1930 (Age 21-029d, 7,099th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 37-125d)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Michael Franklin Higgins

Nicknames: Pinky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.0

6636

1941

140

.293

931

RBI

1075

OBP

.371

SLG

.428

OPS

.798

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 25 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 28	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 29	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	15.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	9	May 2	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	May 4	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	May 5	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	12	May 6	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
13	13	May 7	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	0	0	1	1	0
14	14	May 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 12	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	15.0	3	3	1	7	0
17	17	May 13	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	13.0	0	3	0	3	1
18	18	May 14	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	54	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	19	May 15	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	20	May 16 (1)	DET		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,6-10	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	22	May 21	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	13.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 22	DET		BOS	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	24	May 23 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
25	25	May 23 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	26	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	30 (2)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
29	31	May 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
30	32	May 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	33	Jun 1	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	34	Jun 2	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	35	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	36	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	37	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
36	38	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	39	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	40	Jun 9	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	41	Jun 10	DET		CHW	L,5-11	CG	52	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
40	42	Jun 12	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
41	43	Jun 13 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
42	44	Jun 13 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	45	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	3	0	5	0
44	46	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	0	0	0	0	0
45	47	Jun 18	DET		SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
46	48	Jun 19	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	55	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	49	Jun 20 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
48	50	Jun 20 (2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	51	Jun 23 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
50	52	Jun 23 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-9	CG	0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	53	Jun 24	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	54	Jun 25	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	55	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	56	Jun 27 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
55	57	Jun 27 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	58	Jun 30	DET		BOS	T,3-3	CG	45	12.0	0	2	0	2	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	59	Jul 1	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
58	60	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	61	Jul 3 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	0	1	1	2	0
60	62	Jul 3 (2)	DET		NYY	W,10-9	GS	36	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	63	Jul 4 (1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
62	64	Jul 4 (2)	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
63	65	Jul 5 (1)	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	66	Jul 5 (2)	DET		WSH	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	67	Jul 6	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	61	16.0	1	3	0	4	0
66	68	Jul 7	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
67	69	Jul 8	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	70	Jul 9	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	71	Jul 10	DET		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	72	Jul 11 (1)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
71	73	Jul 11 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	74	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	75	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	76	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	77	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	79	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
78	80	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
79	81	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	82	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	83	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
82	84	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	85	Jul 25 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	86	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
85	87	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	88	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
87	89	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	90	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
89	91	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	92	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
91	93	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
92	94	Aug 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
93	95	Aug 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	96	Aug 6	DET		CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
95	97	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
96	98	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
97	99	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	100	Aug 11	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	101	Aug 12	DET		WSH	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	102	Aug 13	DET		WSH	L,3-11	GS	36	6.0	1	4	1	6	1
101	103	Aug 14	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
102	104	Aug 15 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	0	1	0	1	1
103	105	Aug 15 (2)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	106	Aug 17	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	107	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	108	Aug 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
107	109	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	110	Aug 20	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
109	111	Aug 21	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	3	1	0	4	1
110	112	Aug 22 (1)	DET		NYY	W,12-0	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
111	113	Aug 22 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	114	Aug 23	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	115	Aug 24 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	116	Aug 24 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	117	Aug 25 (1)	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
116	118	Aug 25 (2)	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	119	Aug 27	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
118	120	Aug 28	DET	@	SLB	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	121	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,15-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	122	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	123	Sep 2 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
122	124	Sep 2 (2)	DET		SLB	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
123	125	Sep 3	DET		SLB	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
124	126	Sep 4	DET		SLB	L,5-12	CG	36	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
125	127	Sep 5	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
126	128	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	129	Sep 7 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	2
128	130	Sep 9 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	131	Sep 9 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	132	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
131	133	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	134	Sep 11	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	135	Sep 12	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	136	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	137	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	150 (12)	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
137	151	Sep 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	152	Sep 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							138gm		1254.0	156	253	26	435	22