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Bobby Higginson

Robert Leigh Higginson

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

Born: August 18, 1970 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Frankford HS (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 12th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1995
Team: Tigers 1995-2005

Final Game: May 5, 2005
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 DET AL 24 OF 123 113 92 1011.1 264 247 13 4 3 .985 2 3 2.31 2.11 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 DET AL 24 RF 67 55 47 494.1 107 99 6 2 2 .981 1 2 1.91 1.57 .979 2.05 2.03
1995 DET AL 24 LF 66 58 45 517.0 157 148 7 2 1 .987 1 3 2.70 2.35 .982 2.22 2.19
1995 DET AL 24 DH 2 1
1996 DET AL 25 OF 123 112 87 1004.1 245 227 9 9 1 .963 -5 -6 2.11 1.92 .983 2.38 2.36
1996 DET AL 25 LF 63 54 35 474.1 101 94 4 3 1 .970 -2 -6 1.86 1.56 .979 2.18 2.17
1996 DET AL 25 RF 57 46 44 419.0 111 101 5 5 0 .955 1 3 2.28 1.86 .979 2.17 2.16
1996 DET AL 25 CF 19 12 8 111.0 34 33 0 1 0 .971 -4 -43 2.68 1.74 .990 2.77 2.76
1996 DET AL 25 DH 4 2
1997 DET AL 26 OF 143 140 108 1240.0 316 287 20 9 5 .972 -14 -14 2.23 2.15 .982 2.32 2.30
1997 DET AL 26 LF 105 90 78 809.2 218 195 17 6 5 .972 -12 -18 2.36 2.02 .979 2.07 2.05
1997 DET AL 26 RF 56 50 30 426.1 97 91 3 3 0 .969 -2 -5 1.98 1.68 .978 2.18 2.16
1997 DET AL 26 CF 2 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 0.50 .990 2.70 2.70
1997 DET AL 26 DH 2 1
1998 DET AL 27 OF 153 153 145 1347.2 327 303 18 6 3 .982 -6 -5 2.14 2.10 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 DET AL 27 RF 136 136 129 1196.2 296 275 15 6 3 .980 -2 -2 2.18 2.13 .983 2.13 2.11
1998 DET AL 27 LF 17 17 16 151.0 30 27 2 1 0 .967 -4 -35 1.73 1.71 .985 2.10 2.08
1998 DET AL 27 DH 2 2
1999 DET AL 28 OF 88 87 84 759.0 180 175 2 3 0 .983 1 2 2.10 2.01 .984 2.30 2.27
1999 DET AL 28 RF 88 87 84 759.0 181 176 2 3 0 .983 1 2 2.11 2.02 .982 2.11 2.08
1999 DET AL 28 DH 17 17
2000 DET AL 29 LF 145 144 128 1256.1 331 305 19 7 3 .979 -0 -0 2.32 2.23 .985 2.16 2.14
2000 DET AL 29 OF 145 144 128 1256.1 333 307 19 7 3 .979 -0 -0 2.34 2.25 .985 2.36 2.33
2000 DET AL 29 DH 10 10
2001 DET AL 30 LF 142 142 125 1215.1 339 321 10 8 1 .976 4 4 2.45 2.33 .981 2.14 2.12
2001 DET AL 30 OF 142 142 125 1215.1 339 321 10 8 1 .976 4 4 2.45 2.33 .984 2.30 2.28
2001 DET AL 30 DH 5 5
2002 DET AL 31 LF 117 116 105 1002.1 263 241 15 7 3 .973 -3 -4 2.30 2.19 .983 2.15 2.13
2002 DET AL 31 OF 117 116 105 1002.1 263 241 15 7 3 .973 -3 -4 2.30 2.19 .985 2.35 2.32
2002 DET AL 31 DH 1 1
2003 DET AL 32 OF 118 116 103 1004.2 258 249 4 5 0 .981 4 -2 5 -2 2.27 2.14 .985 2.35 2.33
2003 DET AL 32 RF 117 115 102 996.2 257 248 4 5 0 .981 4 -2 5 -2 2.28 2.15 .980 2.11 2.09
2003 DET AL 32 DH 8 8
2003 DET AL 32 CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -75 0 1.12 1.00 .990 2.81 2.80
2004 DET AL 33 OF 115 110 100 979.1 242 223 13 6 1 .975 10 8 12 9 2.17 2.05 .985 2.30 2.28
2004 DET AL 33 RF 115 110 100 979.1 242 223 13 6 1 .975 10 8 12 10 2.17 2.05 .983 2.22 2.21
2004 DET AL 33 DH 10 9
2005 DET AL 34 OF 7 6 6 57.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -6 21 1.42 1.29 .986 2.31 2.29
2005 DET AL 34 RF 6 5 5 48.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -12 25 1.12 1.00 .982 2.12 2.10
2005 DET AL 34 DH 1 0
2005 DET AL 34 LF 1 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 27 0 3.00 3.00 .987 2.10 2.10
11 Seasons OF 1274 1239 1083 10877.1 2776 2588 124 64 20 .977 -8 7 -1 4 2.24 2.13 .984 2.33 2.31
8 Seasons LF 656 622 533 5435.0 1442 1333 75 34 14 .976 -17 0 -4 0 2.33 2.15 .982 2.15 2.13
8 Seasons RF 642 604 541 5319.1 1297 1219 48 30 6 .977 14 7 3 4 2.14 1.97 .981 2.14 2.12
3 Seasons CF 22 13 9 123.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 -5 0 -46 0 2.56 1.59 .990 2.77 2.75
11 Seasons TOT 1274 1239 1083 10877.1 2776 2588 124 64 20 .977 -8 14 -1 8 2.24 2.13 .984 2.33 2.31
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1995 DET AL 24 RF 1 2 -2 -3 1 3
1995 DET AL 24 LF 1 3 -5 -6 1 6
1996 DET AL 25 LF -2 -6 -4 -5 0 2
1996 DET AL 25 RF 1 3 -1 -0 -1 2
1996 DET AL 25 CF -4 -43 -4 -2 -2 0
1997 DET AL 26 LF -12 -18 -15 -6 -9 3
1997 DET AL 26 RF -2 -5 -3 -1 -2 1
1997 DET AL 26 CF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1998 DET AL 27 RF -2 -2 -1 8 -9 -1
1998 DET AL 27 LF -4 -35 -3 -2 -2 -1
1999 DET AL 28 RF 1 2 5 3 2 -4
2000 DET AL 29 LF -0 -0 -4 -9 5 4
2001 DET AL 30 LF 4 4 4 2 3 0
2002 DET AL 31 LF -3 -4 -8 -5 -3 5
2003 DET AL 32 RF 4 5 8 4 4 -4 -2 -2 3 -5
2003 DET AL 32 CF -0 -75 -0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 DET AL 33 RF 10 12 8 3 6 2 8 10 3 4
2005 DET AL 34 RF -0 -12 -0 0 -0 0 1 25 1 0
2005 DET AL 34 LF 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons LF -17 -4 -36 -31 -5 19 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons RF 14 3 15 13 1 -1 7 4 7 -1
3 Seasons CF -5 -46 -5 -2 -3 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT -8 -1 -26 -20 -6 18 14 8 7 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 DET AL 24 131 114 131 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 67 133 2 17 0
1996 DET AL 25 130 114 130 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 19 57 139 4 12 0
1997 DET AL 26 146 141 146 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 2 56 163 2 4 0
1998 DET AL 27 157 155 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 136 153 2 2 0
1999 DET AL 28 107 104 107 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 88 17 3 0
2000 DET AL 29 154 154 154 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 10 0 0
2001 DET AL 30 147 147 147 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 142 5 0 0
2002 DET AL 31 119 117 119 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 117 1 1 0
2003 DET AL 32 130 124 130 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 117 118 8 6 0
2004 DET AL 33 131 119 131 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 115 10 6 2
2005 DET AL 34 10 6 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 1 3 0
11 Seasons 1362 1295 1362 1273 0 0 0 0 0 0 656 22 642 1320 62 54 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1995 DET AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 5 33 29 0 15 8 2 25 17 3 5 3 0 12 11 0 90 68 75.6% 17 5 5.6% 2 2305 54% 82% 43% 326 47%
1996 DET AL 25 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 44 37 0 20 9 2 13 8 0 4 1 0 8 7 0 89 62 69.7% 25 2 2.2% 2 2235 57% 76% 39% 259 37%
1997 DET AL 26 6 0 5 1 2 17 0 6 4 6 50 39 0 25 9 3 22 8 1 11 4 2 17 14 2 125 74 59.2% 43 8 6.4% 9 3497 53% 79% 41% 410 50%
1998 DET AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 3 1 0 9 3 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 21 9 42.9% 11 1 4.8% 1 671 55% 75% 37% 65 43%
2000 DET AL 29 7 0 4 3 2 19 1 7 2 8 82 69 1 59 20 4 35 17 3 27 7 1 30 28 1 233 141 60.5% 83 10 4.3% 9 5486 52% 78% 41% 667 48%
2001 DET AL 30 8 0 8 0 3 10 0 4 2 4 68 54 2 46 17 3 21 10 0 26 5 1 37 34 0 198 120 60.6% 72 6 3.0% 4 5395 53% 81% 42% 657 50%
2002 DET AL 31 7 0 5 2 0 15 0 2 6 5 70 58 3 38 15 4 35 27 0 15 4 1 29 24 1 187 128 68.4% 50 9 4.8% 6 4435 56% 81% 44% 556 46%
2005 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 40 80% 83% 40% 7 43%
8 Seasons 34 0 27 7 9 75 2 23 14 31 353 291 6 207 79 18 160 90 8 90 24 5 137 121 4 947 605 63.9% 302 41 4.3% 34 24064 54% 80% 41% 2947 47%
MLB Averages 62.7% 2.6% 58% 77% 40% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1995 DET AL 24 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 1 1 1 41 21 2 25 7 1 12 9 0 6 2 0 10 6 0 94 45 47.9% 45 3 3.2% 3 2214 51% 80% 39% 241 43%
1996 DET AL 25 5 0 3 2 2 5 0 2 2 0 43 20 2 21 4 0 11 9 0 14 2 0 18 15 0 107 50 46.7% 55 2 1.9% 3 1981 55% 76% 41% 220 48%
1997 DET AL 26 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 31 13 1 17 6 1 13 10 1 4 0 0 8 6 0 73 35 47.9% 35 3 4.1% 0 1851 57% 78% 40% 219 43%
1998 DET AL 27 6 0 5 1 3 15 1 5 5 2 51 20 5 43 14 1 18 9 0 19 5 1 32 15 0 163 63 38.7% 93 7 4.3% 8 5214 54% 80% 40% 492 58%
1999 DET AL 28 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 59 31 0 26 10 0 10 5 1 9 0 0 17 5 0 121 51 42.1% 69 1 0.8% 1 3357 55% 77% 40% 366 48%
2003 DET AL 32 5 0 3 2 2 4 0 4 0 0 55 22 0 33 8 0 23 12 0 14 3 0 30 17 0 155 62 40.0% 93 0 0.0% 4 4421 54% 82% 42% 516 49%
2004 DET AL 33 6 0 6 0 2 13 0 5 2 5 51 23 1 21 8 1 20 12 2 9 1 1 24 16 0 125 60 48.0% 60 5 4.0% 8 4225 59% 78% 39% 446 52%
2005 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 209 63% 80% 34% 17 35%
8 Seasons 30 0 23 7 11 48 1 18 11 10 334 153 11 187 57 4 107 66 4 76 13 2 139 80 0 843 369 43.8% 452 21 2.5% 27 23472 55% 79% 40% 2517 50%
MLB Averages 44.8% 2.4% 58% 77% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1996 DET AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 23 9 39.1% 14 0 0.0% 0 511 48% 80% 43% 73 45%
1997 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 15 67% 67% 40% 3 33%
2003 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 36 36% 86% 53% 4 25%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 9 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 25 9 36.0% 16 0 0.0% 0 562 48% 80% 43% 80 44%
MLB Averages 43.8% 2.2% 58% 77% 40% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
2011 BBWAA ()

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 AL  145 (2nd)
2001 AL  142 (2nd)
2002 AL  117 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2000 AL  305 (1st)
2001 AL  321 (1st)
2002 AL  241 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1995 AL  7 (5th)
1997 AL  17 (1st)
2000 AL  19 (1st)
2001 AL  10 (1st)
2002 AL  15 (1st)
Career  75 (45th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 AL  6 (3rd)
2000 AL  7 (1st)
2001 AL  8 (1st)
2002 AL  7 (1st)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1998 AL  136 (4th)
2003 AL  117 (5th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1998 AL  275 (3rd)
2003 AL  248 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1995 AL  6 (5th)
1998 AL  15 (1st)
2004 AL  13 (1st)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1996 AL  5 (5th)
1998 AL  6 (2nd)
2003 AL  5 (3rd)
2004 AL  6 (3rd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1995 AL  13 (1st)
1997 AL  20 (1st)
1998 AL  18 (2nd)
2000 AL  19 (1st)
2002 AL  15 (2nd)
2004 AL  13 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1996 AL  9 (4th)
1997 AL  9 (4th)
1998 AL  6 (5th)
2000 AL  7 (4th)
2001 AL  8 (2nd)
2002 AL  7 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1997 AL  2.36 (3rd)
2000 AL  2.32 (5th)
2001 AL  2.45 (1st)
2002 AL  2.30 (3rd)
Career  2.33 (9th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1997 AL  2.02 (4th)
2000 AL  2.23 (4th)
2001 AL  2.33 (1st)
2002 AL  2.19 (3rd)
Career  2.15 (34th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2003 AL  4 (4th)
2004 AL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1998 AL  2.18 (4th)
2003 AL  2.28 (4th)
Career  2.14 (44th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1998 AL  2.13 (3rd)
1999 AL  2.02 (5th)
2003 AL  2.15 (3rd)
Career  1.97 (72nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2004 AL  10 (5th)

                                         

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