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Bobby Higginson
Robert Leigh Higginson

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 18, 1970 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Frankford (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Temple University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1995
Final Game: May 5, 2005
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Bobby Higginson
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1995	24	DET	AL	131	486	410	61	92	17	5	14	43	6	4	62	107	.224	.329	.393	.721	87	161	5	5	2	7	3	*97/D
1996	25	DET	AL	130	515	440	75	141	35	0	26	81	6	3	65	66	.320	.404	.577	.982	145	254	7	1	3	6	7	*798/D
1997	26	DET	AL	146	623	546	94	163	30	5	27	101	12	7	70	85	.299	.379	.520	.899	133	284	10	3	0	4	2	*79/8D
1998	27	DET	AL	157	685	612	92	174	37	4	25	85	3	3	63	101	.284	.355	.480	.835	115	294	16	6	0	4	2	*97/D
1999	28	DET	AL	107	445	377	51	90	18	0	12	46	4	6	64	66	.239	.351	.382	.733	88	144	2	2	0	2	2	9D
2000	29	DET	AL	154	678	597	104	179	44	4	30	102	15	3	74	99	.300	.377	.538	.915	134	321	5	2	2	3	6	*7D
2001	30	DET	AL	147	633	541	84	150	28	6	17	71	20	12	80	65	.277	.367	.445	.813	120	241	8	2	1	9	3	*7/D
2002	31	DET	AL	119	499	444	50	125	24	3	10	63	12	5	41	45	.282	.345	.417	.762	109	185	8	6	1	7	3	*7/D
2003	32	DET	AL	130	538	469	61	110	13	4	14	52	8	8	59	73	.235	.320	.369	.689	88	173	12	3	1	6	3	*9/D8
2004	33	DET	AL	131	531	448	63	110	24	2	12	64	5	2	70	84	.246	.353	.388	.742	98	174	10	7	2	4	5	*9/D
2005	34	DET	AL	10	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.077	.111	.077	.188	-48	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9D7
11 Seasons				1362	5660	4910	736	1336	270	33	187	709	91	53	649	796	.272	.358	.455	.813	113	2233	83	37	12	52	36
162 Game Avg.				162	673	584	88	159	32	4	22	84	11	6	77	95	.272	.358	.455	.813	113	266	10	4	1	6	4

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1995	24	DET	AL	486	336	57	4.5	109	.264	.224	.270	.329	.344	.393	.427	.721	.771	87	.436	-7.2	-0.7	.703	.324	.168	8.4
1996	25	DET	AL	515	318	106	8.9	116	.325	.320	.277	.404	.350	.577	.445	.982	.795	145	.702	32.7	2.9	1.045	.411	.257	9.8
1997	26	DET	AL	623	404	109	7.2	108	.311	.299	.270	.379	.339	.520	.427	.899	.766	133	.649	27.2	2.5	.905	.359	.222	16.6
1998	27	DET	AL	685	461	103	6.0	110	.304	.284	.272	.355	.340	.480	.432	.835	.773	115	.563	13.7	1.3	.794	.299	.196	5.4
1999	28	DET	AL	445	297	54	4.8	113	.259	.239	.274	.351	.346	.382	.438	.733	.785	88	.450	-5.2	-0.5	.705	.308	.143	6.0
2000	29	DET	AL	678	431	127	7.9	111	.316	.300	.270	.377	.342	.538	.434	.915	.777	134	.656	31.6	2.8	.960	.382	.238	20.0
2001	30	DET	AL	633	421	93	5.9	101	.284	.277	.259	.367	.325	.445	.416	.813	.740	120	.571	19.6	1.8	.805	.331	.168	18.4
2002	31	DET	AL	499	340	66	5.2	98	.290	.282	.255	.345	.321	.417	.410	.762	.731	109	.523	7.8	0.7	.720	.243	.135	10.9
2003	32	DET	AL	538	386	55	3.8	101	.247	.235	.259	.320	.324	.369	.415	.689	.740	88	.376	-7.0	-0.7	.620	.260	.134	10.2
2004	33	DET	AL	531	356	65	4.9	105	.275	.246	.264	.353	.332	.388	.425	.742	.756	98	.473	1.8	0.2	.726	.306	.143	7.1
2005	34	DET	AL	27	24	0	0.0	103	.095	.077	.266	.111	.328	.077	.422	.188	.750	-48	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.125	.038	.000
11 Seasons				5660	3774	835	5.9	107	.289	.272	.267	.358	.336	.455	.427	.813	.763	113	.556	109.4	9.8	.797	.323	.183	122.4
162 Game Avg.				673	449	99	5.9	107	.289	.272	.267	.358	.336	.455	.427	.813	.763	113	.556	13	1	.797	.323	.183	15

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1995	24	DET	AL	486	2.9%	22.0%	12.8%	7.4%	39%	1.73	3.8	29.3	9.5	0.48	0.68	61%	24%	8.0%	16%
1996	25	DET	AL	515	5.1%	12.8%	12.6%	11.8%	43%	1.02	6.7	16.9	5.4	0.61	0.79	69%	22%	12.6%	12%
1997	26	DET	AL	623	4.3%	13.6%	11.2%	10.0%	38%	1.21	6.4	20.2	5.4	0.64	0.80	70%	22%	10.9%	11%
1998	27	DET	AL	685	3.7%	14.7%	9.2%	9.6%	38%	1.60	6.1	24.5	7.2	0.62	0.83	72%	25%	9.2%	14%
1999	28	DET	AL	445	2.7%	14.8%	14.4%	6.7%	33%	1.03	5.7	31.4	8.2	0.48	0.56	68%	25%	6.7%	16%
2000	29	DET	AL	678	4.4%	14.6%	10.9%	11.5%	44%	1.34	6.0	19.9	5.9	0.42	0.56	69%	28%	10.6%	15%
2001	30	DET	AL	633	2.7%	10.3%	12.6%	8.1%	34%	0.81	8.3	31.8	7.6	0.51	0.66	74%	24%	6.5%	15%
2002	31	DET	AL	499	2.0%	9.0%	8.2%	7.4%	30%	1.10	9.9	44.4	7.0	0.47	0.60	79%	27%	4.4%	16%
2003	32	DET	AL	538	2.6%	13.6%	11.0%	5.8%	28%	1.24	6.4	33.5	9.0	0.70	0.94	72%	20%	6.5%	9%
2004	33	DET	AL	531	2.3%	15.8%	13.2%	7.2%	35%	1.20	5.3	37.3	7.0	0.60	0.75	67%	17%	5.8%	9%
2005	34	DET	AL	27	0.0%	18.5%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	5.00	5.2		26.0	0.50	0.46	78%	14%	0.0%	7%
11 Seasons				5660	3.3%	14.1%	11.5%	8.7%	37%	1.23	6.2	26.3	6.9	0.55	0.71	70%	24%	8.2%	13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	24	DET	AL	5	0	32%	161	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	14	48%	24	16	8	6	2	4	12	4	8
1996	25	DET	AL	3	0	27%	226	6	3	67%	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	7	16	33%	30	21	9	5	3	2	14	8	5
1997	26	DET	AL	5	0	32%	259	12	7	63%	12	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	15	49%	36	23	13	6	2	4	19	6	13
1998	27	DET	AL	5	1	31%	277	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	7	17	46%	36	20	16	16	10	6	17	6	10
1999	28	DET	AL	5	0	27%	142	4	6	40%	4	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	4	4	47%	18	10	8	10	5	4	8	3	5
2000	29	DET	AL	6	1	33%	262	15	3	83%	12	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	17	55%	46	26	20	8	2	5	21	5	16
2001	30	DET	AL	4	1	31%	241	20	12	63%	19	10	1	2	0	0	4	4	7	15	36%	34	24	9	8	3	5	22	13	9
2002	31	DET	AL	1	0	25%	168	12	5	71%	11	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	5	9	53%	24	15	9	5	2	3	16	3	12
2003	32	DET	AL	3	1	30%	188	8	8	50%	6	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	7	12	35%	27	20	6	5	3	2	11	3	7
2004	33	DET	AL	2	0	29%	208	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	41%	36	26	9	8	3	5	14	4	10
2005	34	DET	AL	0	0	33%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Seasons				39	4	30%	2133	91	53	63%	83	42	8	8	0	3	15	12	58	132	45%	311	201	107	77	35	40	154	55	95
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1995	24	DET	AL	486	84%	92	9	1	13	2	0	0	1.51	14	0	14	12	2	10	4	0	3	2	67%	99	5	5%	48	17	35%	297	31	10%	26	9	35%	27	6	22%	0
1996	25	DET	AL	515	84%	141	9	0	7	3	2	2	2.03	26	0	10	25	1	15	11	0	4	3	75%	102	7	7%	47	19	40%	297	58	20%	31	22	71%	25	10	40%	0
1997	26	DET	AL	623	72%	163	6	0	3	2	0	1	1.67	27	3	11	20	7	16	11	0	0	0		129	10	8%	53	16	30%	386	77	20%	35	21	60%	46	21	46%	0
1998	27	DET	AL	686	69%	174	36	0	3	1	1	1	0.76	25	1	7	19	6	10	15	0	0	0		143	16	11%	51	19	37%	403	65	16%	38	18	47%	44	17	39%	0
1999	28	DET	AL	445	77%	90	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.53	12	0	4	10	2	8	4	0	0	0		94	2	2%	35	10	29%	270	35	13%	21	10	48%	35	11	31%	0
2000	29	DET	AL	679	70%	179	8	1	0	0	0	0		30	0	11	26	4	12	18	0	3	2	67%	150	5	3%	66	20	30%	445	78	18%	45	21	47%	54	26	48%	0
2001	30	DET	AL	634	69%	150	10	0	0	0	0	0		17	0	11	9	8	7	10	0	1	1	100%	105	8	8%	53	21	40%	372	55	15%	37	16	43%	62	27	44%	0
2002	31	DET	AL	499	71%	125	7	1	0	0	0	1	4.42	10	0	5	9	1	6	4	0	2	1	50%	103	8	8%	38	14	37%	268	54	20%	24	17	71%	28	11	39%	0
2003	32	DET	AL	539	68%	110	4	0	4	2	0	1	2.01	14	0	6	11	3	6	8	0	1	1	100%	104	12	12%	47	18	38%	285	40	14%	28	17	61%	33	18	55%	0
2004	33	DET	AL	531	72%	110	3	0	3	0	0	0	1.36	12	0	15	12	0	4	8	0	3	2	67%	103	10	10%	58	17	29%	325	57	18%	34	18	53%	33	15	45%	0
2005	34	DET	AL	27	89%	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.63	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	15	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Seasons				5664	73%	1336	95	3	38	10	3	6	1.61	187	4	95	153	34	94	93	0	17	12	71%	1135	83	7%	498	172	35%	3363	551	16%	319	169	53%	387	162	42%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	24	DET	AL	481	1993	4.14	1144	57%	33%	15%	25%	27%	67%	1%	38%	77%	22%	5%	26	1	16%	75	36	13%	64	33	30%	5	0	0
1996	25	DET	AL	498	2037	4.09	1190	58%	28%	11%	30%	31%	72%	3%	42%	85%	22%	7%	33	5	18%	89	44	10%	48	21	37%	17	0	0
1997	26	DET	AL	599	2391	3.99	1370	57%	33%	10%	25%	32%	67%	1%	38%	85%	18%	7%	44	7	20%	119	53	11%	68	37	31%	24	2	1
1998	27	DET	AL	686	2607	3.80	1526	59%	28%	13%	25%	34%	72%	1%	42%	82%	25%	6%	42	11	19%	132	62	11%	74	53	34%	0	0	0
1999	28	DET	AL	445	1709	3.84	962	56%	32%	10%	25%	33%	68%	1%	38%	84%	19%	8%	37	4	23%	102	45	12%	55	30	35%	0	0	1
2000	29	DET	AL	679	2709	3.99	1562	58%	29%	11%	28%	32%	71%	2%	41%	85%	22%	7%	47	7	20%	136	66	13%	87	58	34%	0	0	0
2001	30	DET	AL	634	2487	3.92	1413	57%	30%	8%	27%	34%	70%	1%	40%	88%	23%	5%	32	6	18%	117	59	13%	80	47	43%	0	0	0
2002	31	DET	AL	499	1791	3.59	1100	61%	28%	8%	27%	37%	72%	2%	44%	89%	32%	5%	26	2	16%	80	39	9%	46	34	36%	0	0	0
2003	32	DET	AL	539	2080	3.86	1191	57%	34%	7%	24%	34%	65%	1%	38%	88%	20%	5%	25	5	16%	88	47	10%	55	31	49%	0	0	1
2004	33	DET	AL	531	2076	3.91	1182	57%	34%	8%	27%	31%	66%	2%	37%	88%	22%	8%	44	8	19%	99	38	13%	68	36	56%	0	0	1
2005	34	DET	AL	27	94	3.48	61	65%	36%	15%	15%	34%	64%	0%	41%	77%	22%	7%	2	0	15%	4	1	15%	4	4	20%	0	0	0
11 Seasons				5618	21974	3.91	12701	58%	31%	10%	26%	33%	69%	1%	40%	85%	23%	6%	358	56	19%	1041	490	12%	649	384	38%	46	2	4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	24	131	486	410	61	92	17	5	14	43	6	4	62	107	.224	.329	.393	.721	87	161	5	5	2	7	3
1996	25	261	1001	850	136	233	52	5	40	124	12	7	127	173	.274	.367	.488	.856	118	415	12	6	5	13	10
1997	26	407	1624	1396	230	396	82	10	67	225	24	14	197	258	.284	.372	.501	.873	124	699	22	9	5	17	12
1998	27	564	2309	2008	322	570	119	14	92	310	27	17	260	359	.284	.367	.495	.861	121	993	38	15	5	21	14
1999	28	671	2754	2385	373	660	137	14	104	356	31	23	324	425	.277	.364	.477	.841	116	1137	40	17	5	23	16
2000	29	825	3432	2982	477	839	181	18	134	458	46	26	398	524	.281	.367	.489	.856	120	1458	45	19	7	26	22
2001	30	972	4065	3523	561	989	209	24	151	529	66	38	478	589	.281	.367	.482	.849	120	1699	53	21	8	35	25
2002	31	1091	4564	3967	611	1114	233	27	161	592	78	43	519	634	.281	.364	.475	.839	119	1884	61	27	9	42	28
2003	32	1221	5102	4436	672	1224	246	31	175	644	86	51	578	707	.276	.360	.464	.823	115	2057	73	30	10	48	31
2004	33	1352	5633	4884	735	1334	270	33	187	708	91	53	648	791	.273	.359	.457	.816	114	2231	83	37	12	52	36
2005	34	1362	5660	4910	736	1336	270	33	187	709	91	53	649	796	.272	.358	.455	.813	113	2233	83	37	12	52	36

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	24	147	546	462	64	104	19	6	16	45	7	70	120	.225	.330	.396	.726	60	131
1996	25	130	499	431	66	132	33	0	24	71	6	61	66	.306	.389	.550	.939	93	130
1997	26	146	622	545	91	162	30	5	27	98	12	70	85	.297	.378	.519	.897	106	146
1998	27	157	677	606	87	168	36	4	24	80	3	61	101	.277	.347	.469	.816	97	157
1999	28	107	445	377	47	90	18	0	12	42	4	64	66	.239	.351	.382	.733	50	107
2000	29	154	673	595	97	177	44	4	30	95	15	73	99	.297	.374	.536	.911	119	154
2001	30	147	644	549	88	158	29	6	18	74	21	84	65	.288	.379	.461	.840	97	147
2002	31	119	509	452	53	133	26	3	11	67	13	44	45	.294	.360	.438	.798	70	119
2003	32	130	542	472	64	113	13	4	14	54	8	61	73	.239	.327	.373	.699	58	130
2004	33	131	537	453	63	115	25	2	13	64	5	73	84	.254	.363	.404	.767	65	131
2005	34	10	27	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.037	.000	.037	0	10
11 Seasons		1378	5721	4968	720	1352	273	34	189	690	94	662	809	.272	.359	.455	.814	815	1362
162 Game Avg.		162	673	584	85	159	32	4	22	81	11	78	95	.272	.359	.455	.814	96	1362

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

At Bats s c a p y 1998 AL--612--10th	Doubles s c a p y 2000 AL--44--5th	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 2000 AL--78--4th	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 2001 AL--9--6th
Caught Stealing s c a p y 2001 AL--12--4th 2003 AL--8--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 19 (810), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 19 (824), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Ivan Calderon (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Edmonds (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sam Chapman (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kal Daniels (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Geoff Jenkins (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Nicholson (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rondell White (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rondell White (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rondell White (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Oglivie (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 19 (810), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 19 (824), Average HOFer ≈ 50