Dennis Higgins

Dennis Dean Higgins

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 4, 1939 in Jefferson City, MO
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1966
Teams (by GP): Senators/Indians/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1966-1972

Final Game: August 26, 1972
Relatives: Cousin of Joe Crede
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Standard Batting

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	Awards
1958	18	CHW-min	D	48	99	99		24	6	0	3						.242	.242	.394	.636		39							DBQ · MIDW
1959	19	CHW-min	C	39	78	78		17	1	0	0						.218	.218	.231	.449		18							DSU · NORL
1960	20	CHW-min	C,B	14	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200		1							IDF,LIN · PION,IIIL
1961	21	CHW-min	B	39	28	28		8	1	0	0						.286	.286	.321	.607		9							LIN · IIIL
1962	22	CHW-min	A	48	31	30	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.133	.161	.133	.295		4		0	0	0	0		SAV · SALL
1963	23	CHW-min	AA	43	19	18	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.167	.211	.222	.433		4							LBG · SALL
1964	24	CHW-min	AA	59	13	13	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.308	.308	.385	.692		5							LBG · SOUL
1965	25	CHW-min	AAA	58	28	27	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	.185	.214	.296	.511		8		0	0	0			INA · PCL
1966	26	CHW	AL	42	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.176	.222	.176	.399	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	27	CHW-min	AAA	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	1	0			INA · PCL
1967	27	CHW	AL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	28	WSA	AL	59	17	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.133	.188	.133	.321	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1969	29	WSA	AL	55	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	-47	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
1970	30	CLE	AL	58	15	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.250	.357	.250	.607	68	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
1971	31	CLE-STL-min	AAA	48	16	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.250	.200	.450		3		0	0	0			WCH,TUL · AA
1971	31	STL	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	32	STL-min	AAA	11	34	34	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.206	.206	.206	.412		7		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1972	32	STL	NL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7 Yrs				241	65	58	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	17	.155	.210	.155	.365	8	9	2	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	44	39	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.155	.210	.155	.365	8	6	1	0	2	0	0

STL (2 yrs)				18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
WSA (2 yrs)				114	29	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.115	.148	.115	.264	-20	3	1	0	2	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				51	19	18	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.211	.167	.377	14	3	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				58	15	12	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.250	.357	.250	.607	68	3	1	0	1	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				223	63	56	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	17	.161	.217	.161	.377	12	9	2	0	3	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1966	26	CHW	AL	42	18	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$	1
1967	27	CHW	AL	9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/1
1968	28	WSA	AL	59	17	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.1	2	$10,000	1
1969	29	WSA	AL	55	12	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$19,000	1
1970	30	CLE	AL	58	15	-0	-0	-0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$27,000	1
1971	31	STL	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1972	32	STL	NL	15	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
7 Seasons				241	65	-6	0	-0	0	7	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.2	3	$56,000

STL (2 yrs)				18	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
WSA (2 yrs)				114	29	-3	0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$29,000
CHW (2 yrs)				51	19	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$
CLE (1 yr)				58	15	-0	-0	-0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$27,000

Advanced Batting

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
1966	26	CHW	AL	18	14	1	1.9	84	.231	.176	.240	.222	.306	.176	.370	.399	.676	20	.216	-1.7	-0.2	.286	.059	.000
1967	27	CHW	AL	1	1	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.237	.000	.305	.000	.355	.000	.660	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1968	28	WSA	AL	17	14	0	0.0	77	.182	.133	.234	.188	.302	.133	.346	.321	.648	1	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.231	.067	.000
1969	29	WSA	AL	12	12	0	0.0	90	.167	.091	.247	.091	.323	.091	.373	.182	.696	-47	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.091	.000	.000
1970	30	CLE	AL	15	11	1	2.4	101	.375	.250	.262	.357	.337	.250	.401	.607	.738	68	.263	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.167	.000
1971	31	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.264	.000	.331	.000	.387	.000	.718	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1972	32	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.377	.000	.701	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				65	54	2	1.0	87	.220	.155	.245	.210	.316	.155	.371	.365	.687	8	.075	-6.9	-0.8	.255	.069	.000
162 Game Avg.				44	36	1	1.0	87	.220	.155	.245	.210	.316	.155	.371	.365	.687	8	.075	-6.9	-0.8	.255	.069	.000

STL (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.382	.000	.710	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
WSA (2 yrs)				29	26	0	0.0	82	.176	.115	.239	.148	.311	.115	.357	.264	.668	-20	.000	-3.9	-0.4	.167	.038	.000
CHW (2 yrs)				19	15	1	1.8	84	.214	.167	.240	.211	.306	.167	.370	.377	.675	14	.195	-2.0	-0.2	.267	.056	.000
CLE (1 yr)				15	11	1	2.4	101	.375	.250	.262	.357	.337	.250	.401	.607	.738	68	.263	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.167	.000

AL (5 yrs)				63	52	2	1.0	87	.231	.161	.245	.217	.315	.161	.371	.377	.686	12	.079	-6.4	-0.7	.265	.071	.000
NL (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.382	.000	.710	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	26	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	4.00	4.3		17.0	2.33	72%
1967	27	CHW	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1968	28	WSA	AL	17	0.0%	23.5%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.8			3.50	65%
1969	29	WSA	AL	12	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.2		11.0	6.00	50%
1970	30	CLE	AL	15	0.0%	26.7%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0		12.0		53%
1971	31	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1972	32	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
7 Yrs				65	0.0%	26.2%	6.2%	0.0%	0%	4.25	3.4		19.3	5.00	63%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.4%	5.9%	27%	1.81	5.9	44.6	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1966	26	CHW	AL	-1.7	-0.2	19	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	.68	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.75	-1.5
1967	27	CHW	AL	-0.2	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.42	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.37	-0.2
1968	28	WSA	AL	-1.8	-0.2	19	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.34	-0.2	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.87	-0.8
1969	29	WSA	AL	-2.1	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.71	-0.2	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.06	-2.0
1970	30	CLE	AL	-0.5	-0.1	15	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.1	-0.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.82	-1.2
1971	31	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2
1972	32	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.52	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3
7 Yrs				-6.9	-0.8	68	-0.5	0.3	-0.7	.54	-0.6	-0.3	-5.3	-0.6	0.85	-6.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	26	CHW	AL	0	25%	8	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1967	27	CHW	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	28	WSA	AL	1	0%	8	0	2	0%	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1969	29	WSA	AL	0	100%	1	0	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1970	30	CLE	AL	0	20%	7	1	0	0%	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1971	31	STL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	32	STL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				1	23%	24	1	3	22%	4	4	3	2	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1966	26	CHW	AL	18	33%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1967	27	CHW	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1968	28	WSA	AL	17	35%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	29	WSA	AL	12	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1970	30	CLE	AL	15	27%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1971	31	STL	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1972	32	STL	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				65	29%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	7	2	29%	9	2	22%	30	4	13%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1966	26	42	18	17	1	3	1	1	4	.176	.222	.176	.399	20	3	0	0
1967	27	51	19	18	1	3	1	1	4	.167	.211	.167	.377	14	3	0	0
1968	28	110	36	33	1	5	1	2	8	.152	.200	.152	.352	8	5	0	1
1969	29	165	48	44	2	6	2	2	13	.136	.174	.136	.310	-6	6	1	2
1970	30	223	63	56	3	9	3	4	17	.161	.217	.161	.377	12	9	2	3
1971	31	226	64	57	3	9	3	4	17	.158	.213	.158	.371	10	9	2	3
1972	32	241	65	58	3	9	3	4	17	.155	.210	.155	.365	8	9	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1966	26	42	19	18	2	4	2	1	4	.222	.263	.222	.485	1	42
1967	27	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1968	28	59	19	16	0	3	0	2	4	.188	.278	.188	.465	1	59
1969	29	55	12	11	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	55
1970	30	58	15	12	1	3	1	2	4	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	58
1971	31	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1972	32	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
7 Yrs		242	68	60	3	10	3	5	17	.167	.231	.167	.397	3	241
162 Game Avg.		162	46	40	2	7	2	3	11	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	241

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