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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 26 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 2.52 42 1 13 0 0 5 93.0 66 27 26 9 33 4 86 5 2 8 372 126 1.065 6.4 0.9 3.2 8.3 2.61
1967 27 CHW AL 1 2 .333 5.84 9 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 13 9 8 0 10 0 8 3 0 3 62 54 1.865 9.5 0.0 7.3 5.8 0.80
1968 28 WSA AL 4 4 .500 3.25 59 0 33 0 0 13 99.2 81 40 36 9 46 9 66 3 0 4 424 89 1.274 7.3 0.8 4.2 6.0 1.43
1969 29 WSA AL 10 9 .526 3.48 55 0 35 0 0 16 85.1 79 42 33 7 56 7 71 3 0 15 383 100 1.582 8.3 0.7 5.9 7.5 1.27
1970 30 CLE AL 4 6 .400 3.99 58 0 29 0 0 11 90.1 82 43 40 8 54 8 82 2 0 6 395 98 1.506 8.2 0.8 5.4 8.2 1.52
1971 31 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 29 99 1.143 7.7 0.0 2.6 7.7 3.00
1972 32 STL NL 1 2 .333 3.97 15 1 7 0 0 1 22.2 19 14 10 0 22 0 20 0 0 2 107 88 1.809 7.5 0.0 8.7 7.9 0.91
7 Yrs 22 23 .489 3.42 241 2 120 0 0 46 410.1 346 178 156 33 223 28 339 16 2 38 1772 98 1.387 7.6 0.7 4.9 7.4 1.52
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .489 3.42 67 1 34 0 0 13 115 97 50 44 9 62 8 95 4 1 11 496 98 1.387 7.6 0.7 4.9 7.4 1.52
STL (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 3.94 18 1 8 0 0 1 29.2 25 17 13 0 24 0 26 0 0 2 136 90 1.652 7.6 0.0 7.3 7.9 1.08
WSA (2 yrs) 14 13 .519 3.36 114 0 68 0 0 29 185.0 160 82 69 16 102 16 137 6 0 19 807 94 1.416 7.8 0.8 5.0 6.7 1.34
CHW (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 2.91 51 1 15 0 0 5 105.1 79 36 34 9 43 4 94 8 2 11 434 109 1.158 6.8 0.8 3.7 8.0 2.19
CLE (1 yr) 4 6 .400 3.99 58 0 29 0 0 11 90.1 82 43 40 8 54 8 82 2 0 6 395 98 1.506 8.2 0.8 5.4 8.2 1.52
AL (5 yrs) 20 21 .488 3.38 223 1 112 0 0 45 380.2 321 161 143 33 199 28 313 16 2 36 1636 99 1.366 7.6 0.8 4.7 7.4 1.57
NL (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 3.94 18 1 8 0 0 1 29.2 25 17 13 0 24 0 26 0 0 2 136 90 1.652 7.6 0.0 7.3 7.9 1.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1966 26 CHW AL 93.0 42 1 27 2.61 3.95 0.34 -0.15 96.2 3.33 9 1.0 .9 -0.2 1.6 15 .525 .506 $
1967 27 CHW AL 12.1 9 0 9 6.57 3.68 0.55 -0.15 93.7 2.79 -5 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .437 .497 $
1968 28 WSA AL 99.2 59 0 40 3.61 3.45 -0.49 -0.15 97.7 3.71 2 0.3 1.5 -0.1 1.0 8 .505 .502 $10,000
1969 29 WSA AL 85.1 55 0 42 4.43 4.05 0.17 -0.17 95.6 3.55 -8 -0.8 2.0 -0.6 -0.8 -1 .485 .495 $19,000
1970 30 CLE AL 90.1 58 0 43 4.28 4.26 0.05 -0.17 105.3 4.25 0 0.0 1.6 -0.2 0.7 9 .501 .500 $27,000
1971 31 STL NL 7.0 3 0 3 3.86 3.98 -0.36 -0.17 110.0 4.58 0 0.1 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .519 .500 $
1972 32 STL NL 22.2 15 1 14 5.56 4.09 -0.16 -0.15 100.0 4.10 -4 -0.4 .8 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .470 .497 $
7 Seasons 410.1 241 2 178 3.90 3.92 0.01 -0.16 98.8 3.72 -5 -0.4 1.5 -1.2 1.7 26 .498 .500 $56,000
STL (2 yrs) 29.2 18 1 17 5.16 4.07 -0.20 -0.15 102.4 4.22 -3 -0.4 .7 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .478 .499 $
WSA (2 yrs) 185.0 114 0 82 3.99 3.73 -0.19 -0.16 96.7 3.64 -5 -0.6 1.7 -0.7 0.2 7 .495 .498 $29,000
CHW (2 yrs) 105.1 51 1 36 3.08 3.92 0.36 -0.15 95.9 3.27 4 0.5 .9 -0.3 1.0 11 .509 .501 $
CLE (1 yr) 90.1 58 0 43 4.28 4.26 0.05 -0.17 105.3 4.25 0 0.0 1.6 -0.2 0.7 9 .501 .500 $27,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1966 26 CHW AL 42 373 327 27 66 7 1 9 4 4 33 86 .202 .283 .312 .595 .243 102 5 5 5 3 4 4
1967 27 CHW AL 9 62 48 9 13 2 0 0 0 1 10 8 .271 .426 .313 .739 .325 15 0 3 1 0 0 0
1968 28 WSA AL 59 424 358 40 81 15 4 9 5 2 46 66 .226 .313 .366 .679 .247 131 3 3 9 8 9 3
1969 29 WSA AL 55 383 313 42 79 11 3 7 6 4 56 71 .252 .364 .374 .738 .298 117 6 3 4 7 7 4
1970 30 CLE AL 58 398 333 43 82 7 1 8 2 5 54 82 .246 .353 .345 .698 .302 115 6 2 7 2 8 5
1971 31 STL NL 3 29 25 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 .240 .286 .280 .566 .300 7 0 0 1 1 0 0
1972 32 STL NL 15 108 85 14 19 3 1 0 2 0 22 20 .224 .383 .282 .666 .292 24 2 0 1 0 0 1
7 Yrs 241 1777 1489 178 346 46 10 33 20 16 223 339 .232 .334 .343 .678 .275 511 22 16 28 21 28 17
162 Game Avg. 67 497 417 50 97 13 3 9 6 4 62 95 .232 .334 .343 .678 .275 143 6 4 8 6 8 5
MLB Averages .246 .313 .364 .678 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 26 CHW AL 8.6 0.9 393 1.0 4.5 -3.5 .68 1.2 0.2 11.7 1.3 0.68 9.4 6 11 23
1967 27 CHW AL -3.9 -0.4 66 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .99 -0.3 -0.2 -3.2 -0.4 0.99 -3.5 3 3 3
1968 28 WSA AL -3.0 -0.3 436 1.2 9.0 -7.8 1.26 0.0 0.9 -1.9 -0.2 1.26 -3.4 24 7 26
1969 29 WSA AL -2.4 -0.2 409 -2.7 10.3 -13.0 1.69 -0.6 -1.0 -13.0 -1.4 1.69 -7.8 35 6 14
1970 30 CLE AL 0.2 0.0 413 0.8 8.1 -7.4 1.18 0.1 0.6 5.6 0.6 1.18 2.1 27 8 21
1971 31 STL NL 0.1 0.0 31 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .26 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.26 1.2 1 0 2
1972 32 STL NL -2.5 -0.3 112 -0.3 1.4 -1.7 .81 -0.2 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 0.81 -2.7 4 1 7
7 Yrs -2.8 -0.3 1860 -0.5 34.2 -34.7 1.16 0.4 -0.8 -0.3 0.0 1.16 -4.6 100 36 96

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 26 CHW AL 42 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39.0 39 39 9 1 1 0 5.7 2.3 4.7
1972 32 STL NL 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 6 3 0 1 4.0 12.0 2.7
2 Yrs 57 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41 43 39 15 4 1 1 5.0 6.4 3.7
MLB Averages .500 57% 54 112 -3 3.9 3.8 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 26 CHW AL 42 41 13 1 0 5 5 0 100% 5 0 31 10 32% 6 .679 6 11 23 5 4 32 19 22 28 10 29 5 6.5
1967 27 CHW AL 9 9 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 31% 3 .987 3 3 3 1 3 5 6 3 4 2 4 2 4.1
1968 28 WSA AL 59 59 33 4 4 15 13 2 87% 18 3 46 12 26% 8 1.257 24 7 26 20 7 32 27 32 31 13 34 16 5.1
1969 29 WSA AL 55 55 35 10 9 26 16 10 62% 28 2 44 23 52% 8 1.690 35 6 14 29 14 12 23 32 28 12 29 10 4.7
1970 30 CLE AL 58 58 29 4 6 13 11 2 85% 17 4 31 3 10% 8 1.180 27 8 21 21 11 26 17 41 29 13 32 16 4.7
1971 31 STL NL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 5 .263 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.0
1972 32 STL NL 15 14 7 1 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 5 0 0% 7 .810 4 1 7 2 3 9 2 12 5 4 5 2 4.3
7 Yrs 241 239 120 22 23 60 46 14 77% 71 10 172 52 30% 1.159 100 36 96 79 42 118 95 144 128 54 136 51 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 26 CHW AL 373 63% 2.4% 23.1% 8.9% 4.6% 26% 1.01 63% 73 5 7%
1967 27 CHW AL 62 69% 0.0% 12.9% 16.1% 3.2% 15% 1.00 65% 23 0 0%
1968 28 WSA AL 424 60% 2.1% 15.6% 10.9% 6.6% 35% 0.91 69% 78 3 4%
1969 29 WSA AL 383 59% 1.8% 18.5% 14.6% 5.5% 27% 1.23 63% 66 6 9%
1970 30 CLE AL 398 64% 2.0% 20.6% 13.6% 4.0% 20% 0.91 62% 90 6 7%
1971 31 STL NL 29 55% 0.0% 20.7% 6.9% 3.5% 17% 0.88 69% 6 0 0%
1972 32 STL NL 108 55% 0.0% 18.5% 20.4% 3.7% 21% 2.20 60% 23 2 9%
7 Yrs 1777 61% 1.9% 19.1% 12.6% 5.0% 26% 1.04 64% 359 22 6%
MLB Averages 47% 2.0% 15.3% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 26 CHW AL 373 66 9 0 7 4 5 5 4 27 13 4 48% 4 8 2 153 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 0
1967 27 CHW AL 62 13 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 0 3 1 40 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1968 28 WSA AL 424 81 9 0 18 6 3 6 3 36 15 5 42% 3 4 1 156 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1969 29 WSA AL 383 79 7 2 18 5 2 5 2 38 24 4 63% 4 15 0 163 6 4 60% 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 29 0
1970 30 CLE AL 398 82 8 0 16 5 3 6 2 25 9 5 36% 5 6 2 154 2 5 29% 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1971 31 STL NL 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 0 1 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 32 STL NL 108 19 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 57% 1 2 0 51 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Yrs 1777 346 33 2 67 20 13 22 11 140 67 19 48% 17 38 7 731 20 16 56% 19 11 1 5 0 0 2 0 94 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 26 1 0 1.000 2.52 42 1 13 0 0 5 93.0 66 27 26 9 33 4 86 5 2 8 372 126 1.065 6.4 0.9 3.2 8.3 2.61 126
1967 27 2 2 .500 2.91 51 1 15 0 0 5 105.1 79 36 34 9 43 4 94 8 2 11 434 109 1.158 6.8 0.8 3.7 8.0 2.19 109
1968 28 6 6 .500 3.07 110 1 48 0 0 18 205.0 160 76 70 18 89 13 160 11 2 15 858 99 1.215 7.0 0.8 3.9 7.0 1.80 99
1969 29 16 15 .516 3.19 165 1 83 0 0 34 290.1 239 118 103 25 145 20 231 14 2 30 1241 99 1.323 7.4 0.8 4.5 7.2 1.59 99
1970 30 20 21 .488 3.38 223 1 112 0 0 45 380.2 321 161 143 33 199 28 313 16 2 36 1636 99 1.366 7.6 0.8 4.7 7.4 1.57 99
1971 31 21 21 .500 3.39 226 1 113 0 0 45 387.2 327 164 146 33 201 28 319 16 2 36 1665 99 1.362 7.6 0.8 4.7 7.4 1.59 99
1972 32 22 23 .489 3.42 241 2 120 0 0 46 410.1 346 178 156 33 223 28 339 16 2 38 1772 98 1.387 7.6 0.7 4.9 7.4 1.52 98

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 26 5 4 .556 3.35 86.0 74 36 32 10 37 79 6 1.291 7.7 3.9 8.3 2.14 1.0 42
1967 27 0 1 .000 9.00 11.0 15 12 11 0 12 7 3 2.455 12.3 9.8 5.7 0.58 0.0 9
1968 28 4 6 .400 4.75 91.0 94 53 48 10 53 60 3 1.615 9.3 5.2 5.9 1.13 1.0 59
1969 29 4 4 .500 4.22 79.0 84 41 37 7 60 65 3 1.823 9.6 6.8 7.4 1.08 0.8 55
1970 30 4 5 .444 4.19 86.0 82 44 40 8 54 78 2 1.581 8.6 5.7 8.2 1.44 0.8 58
1971 31 0 0 3.86 7.0 6 3 3 0 2 6 0 1.143 7.7 2.6 7.7 3.00 0.0 3
1972 32 1 1 .500 4.50 22.0 21 12 11 0 24 20 0 2.045 8.6 9.8 8.2 0.83 0.0 15
7 Yrs 18 21 .462 4.29 382.0 376 201 182 35 242 315 17 1.618 8.9 7.4 1.30 0.8 241

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1968 AL  59 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1968 AL  13 (3rd)
1969 AL  16 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1969 AL  15 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 AL  33 (7th)
1969 AL  35 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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