Pinky Higgins
Michael Franklin Higgins (Pinky)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 27, 1909 in Red Oak, TX
High School: Adamson (Dallas, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1930
Final Game: September 29, 1946
Died: March 21, 1969 in Dallas, TX
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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 Awards
1930 21 PHA AL 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0 /546
1933 24 PHA AL 152 635 567 85 178 34 12 13 99 2 7 61 53 .314 .383 .485 .868 128 275 2 5 *5
1934 25 PHA AL 144 606 543 89 179 37 6 16 90 9 2 56 70 .330 .392 .508 .901 135 276 0 7 *5 AS,MVP-17
1935 26 PHA AL 133 573 524 69 155 32 4 23 94 6 2 42 62 .296 .350 .504 .854 119 264 2 5 *5 MVP-20
1936 27 PHA AL 146 620 550 89 159 32 2 12 80 7 4 67 61 .289 .366 .420 .786 95 231 0 3 *5 AS
1937 28 BOS AL 153 654 570 88 172 33 5 9 106 2 6 76 51 .302 .385 .425 .809 100 242 1 7 *5
1938 29 BOS AL 139 603 524 77 159 29 5 5 106 10 9 71 55 .303 .388 .406 .794 95 213 1 7 *5
1939 30 DET AL 132 561 489 57 135 23 2 8 76 7 4 56 41 .276 .353 .380 .733 82 186 14 2 14 *5
1940 31 DET AL 131 551 480 70 130 24 3 13 76 4 2 61 31 .271 .357 .415 .771 92 199 14 3 7 *5
1941 32 DET AL 147 619 540 79 161 28 3 11 73 5 4 67 45 .298 .378 .422 .800 103 228 20 2 10 *5 MVP-27
1942 33 DET AL 143 579 499 65 133 34 2 11 79 3 7 72 21 .267 .362 .409 .771 110 204 21 3 5 *5
1943 34 DET AL 138 592 523 62 145 20 1 10 84 2 5 57 31 .277 .349 .377 .726 106 197 17 1 11 *5 MVP-21
1944 35 DET AL 148 640 543 79 161 32 4 7 76 4 4 81 34 .297 .392 .409 .801 123 222 17 4 12 *5 AS,MVP-19
1946 37 TOT AL 82 293 260 20 68 14 2 2 36 0 3 29 30 .262 .338 .354 .692 89 92 9 1 3 5
1946 37 DET AL 18 66 60 2 13 3 1 0 8 0 1 5 6 .217 .277 .300 .577 57 18 1 0 1 5
1946 37 BOS AL 64 227 200 18 55 11 1 2 28 0 2 24 24 .275 .356 .370 .726 98 74 8 1 2 5
14 Seasons 1802 7554 6636 930 1941 374 51 140 1075 61 59 800 590 .292 .370 .428 .798 107 2837 112 22 96
162 Game Avg. 162 679 597 84 174 34 5 13 97 5 5 72 53 .292 .370 .428 .798 107 255 2 9
DET (7 yrs) 857 3608 3134 414 878 164 16 60 472 25 27 399 209 .280 .364 .400 .764 102 1254 104 15 60
PHA (5 yrs) 589 2462 2208 333 677 137 24 64 363 24 15 230 251 .307 .373 .477 .850 118 1054 4 20
BOS (3 yrs) 356 1484 1294 183 386 73 11 16 240 12 17 171 130 .298 .381 .409 .790 98 529 8 3 16

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
1930 21 PHA AL 28 18 3 4.4 119 .316 .250 .300 .357 .365 .333 .441 .690 .806 73 .423 -0.8 -0.1 .667 .250 .083
1933 24 PHA AL 635 401 102 6.8 107 .329 .314 .282 .383 .354 .485 .406 .868 .760 128 .660 22.0 2.1 .841 .270 .171 3.5
1934 25 PHA AL 606 373 109 7.8 108 .357 .330 .283 .392 .356 .508 .408 .901 .764 135 .691 27.7 2.6 .926 .295 .179 11.5
1935 26 PHA AL 573 376 92 6.6 110 .301 .296 .286 .350 .359 .504 .414 .854 .772 119 .619 12.5 1.2 .841 .296 .208 9.5
1936 27 PHA AL 620 398 85 5.7 120 .308 .289 .296 .366 .371 .420 .435 .786 .806 95 .511 -3.4 -0.3 .762 .258 .131 8.8
1937 28 BOS AL 654 411 91 5.8 120 .320 .302 .295 .385 .371 .425 .439 .809 .810 100 .549 1.9 0.2 .780 .249 .123 3.3
1938 29 BOS AL 603 381 81 5.6 123 .332 .303 .296 .388 .376 .406 .442 .794 .818 95 .527 -2.4 -0.2 .765 .240 .103 6.7
1939 30 DET AL 561 386 65 4.5 120 .289 .276 .295 .353 .371 .380 .436 .733 .807 82 .443 -13.4 -1.3 .664 .225 .104 7.5
1940 31 DET AL 551 373 70 5.0 119 .268 .271 .290 .357 .364 .415 .439 .771 .804 92 .502 -5.6 -0.5 .724 .275 .144 6.1
1941 32 DET AL 619 413 85 5.5 115 .310 .298 .287 .378 .366 .422 .423 .800 .789 103 .569 3.3 0.3 .739 .250 .124 6.9
1942 33 DET AL 579 399 71 4.8 101 .261 .267 .275 .362 .350 .409 .385 .771 .735 110 .568 8.5 0.9 .698 .279 .142 4.7
1943 34 DET AL 592 411 67 4.4 93 .280 .277 .265 .349 .341 .377 .366 .726 .706 106 .572 4.0 0.4 .630 .203 .099 3.3
1944 35 DET AL 640 415 86 5.6 96 .307 .297 .275 .392 .343 .409 .375 .801 .718 123 .646 20.6 2.2 .762 .262 .112 5.1
1946 37 TOT AL 293 207 30 3.9 101 .289 .262 .270 .338 .346 .354 .389 .692 .735 89 .467 -3.6 -0.4 .583 .192 .092 .0
1946 37 DET AL 66 50 5 2.7 101 .241 .217 .270 .277 .346 .300 .389 .577 .735 57 .308 -3.7 -0.4 .449 .150 .083
1946 37 BOS AL 227 157 25 4.2 101 .305 .275 .270 .356 .346 .370 .389 .726 .735 98 .510 0.0 0.0 .626 .205 .095 .0
14 Seasons 7554 4962 1037 5.6 111 .305 .292 .285 .370 .360 .428 .413 .798 .773 107 .570 71.2 7.1 .752 .256 .135 85.0
162 Game Avg. 679 446 93 5.6 111 .305 .292 .285 .370 .360 .428 .413 .798 .773 107 .570 6 1 .752 .256 .135 8
DET (7 yrs) 3608 2447 449 4.9 107 .286 .280 .281 .364 .355 .400 .403 .764 .758 102 .548 13.7 1.6 .698 .247 .120 35.3
PHA (5 yrs) 2462 1566 391 6.7 111 .324 .307 .287 .373 .360 .477 .416 .850 .776 118 .621 58.1 5.5 .839 .279 .171 34.9
BOS (3 yrs) 1484 949 197 5.5 118 .322 .298 .292 .381 .369 .409 .432 .790 .801 98 .534 -0.5 0.0 .748 .239 .111 13.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 31 DET AL WS CIN L 7 27 24 2 8 3 1 1 6 0 0 3 3 .333 .407 .667 1.074 16 0 0 0 0 0
1946 37 BOS AL WS STL L 7 26 24 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .208 .269 .250 .519 6 0 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (2 Series) 14 53 48 3 13 4 1 1 8 0 0 5 3 .271 .340 .458 .798 22 0 0 0 0 1
2 WS 14 53 48 3 13 4 1 1 8 0 0 5 3 .271 .340 .458 .798 22 0 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 PHA AL 25 DNP
1936 PHA AL 27 as 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 DET AL 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1930 21 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0
1931 22 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0
1932 23 14 28 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .250 .357 .333 .690 73 8 0 0
1933 24 166 663 591 86 184 36 12 13 99 2 7 65 58 .311 .381 .479 .860 125 283 2 5
1934 25 310 1269 1134 175 363 73 18 29 189 11 9 121 128 .320 .387 .493 .880 130 559 2 12
1935 26 443 1842 1658 244 518 105 22 52 283 17 11 163 190 .312 .375 .496 .872 127 823 4 17
1936 27 589 2462 2208 333 677 137 24 64 363 24 15 230 251 .307 .373 .477 .850 118 1054 4 20
1937 28 742 3116 2778 421 849 170 29 73 469 26 21 306 302 .306 .376 .467 .842 115 1296 5 27
1938 29 881 3719 3302 498 1008 199 34 78 575 36 30 377 357 .305 .377 .457 .834 111 1509 6 34
1939 30 1013 4280 3791 555 1143 222 36 86 651 43 34 433 398 .302 .374 .447 .821 108 1695 14 8 48
1940 31 1144 4831 4271 625 1273 246 39 99 727 47 36 494 429 .298 .372 .443 .816 106 1894 28 11 55
1941 32 1291 5450 4811 704 1434 274 42 110 800 52 40 561 474 .298 .373 .441 .814 105 2122 48 13 65
1942 33 1434 6029 5310 769 1567 308 44 121 879 55 47 633 495 .295 .372 .438 .810 106 2326 69 16 70
1943 34 1572 6621 5833 831 1712 328 45 131 963 57 52 690 526 .294 .370 .433 .802 106 2523 86 17 81
1944 35 1720 7261 6376 910 1873 360 49 138 1039 61 56 771 560 .294 .372 .431 .802 107 2745 103 21 93
1945 36 1720 7261 6376 910 1873 360 49 138 1039 61 56 771 560 .294 .372 .431 .802 107 2745 103 21 93
1946 37 1802 7554 6636 930 1941 374 51 140 1075 61 59 800 590 .292 .370 .428 .798 107 2837 112 22 96

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
1930 21 15 27 24 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 .208 .296 .292 .588 2 14
1933 24 162 648 587 79 172 33 12 13 92 2 59 56 .293 .360 .457 .816 95 152
1934 25 151 615 560 84 177 37 6 16 85 9 55 74 .316 .377 .489 .867 103 144
1935 26 141 586 543 64 152 31 4 23 88 6 41 66 .280 .333 .479 .812 86 133
1936 27 153 614 553 74 144 29 2 11 66 6 61 64 .260 .334 .380 .714 70 146
1937 28 159 637 568 74 155 30 5 8 89 2 68 53 .273 .352 .386 .737 77 153
1938 29 147 595 530 64 144 26 5 5 89 9 64 58 .272 .351 .368 .719 68 139
1939 30 139 549 496 48 124 21 2 7 64 6 51 43 .250 .322 .343 .665 55 132
1940 31 137 545 486 59 120 22 3 12 64 4 56 32 .247 .328 .379 .707 60 131
1941 32 153 608 544 69 150 26 3 10 64 5 62 47 .276 .352 .390 .742 75 147
1942 33 151 599 523 66 135 35 2 11 80 3 73 22 .258 .352 .396 .748 72 143
1943 34 145 616 554 69 156 22 1 11 93 2 61 33 .282 .354 .384 .738 75 138
1944 35 155 657 568 84 169 34 4 7 81 4 85 36 .298 .393 .408 .801 91 148
1946 37 86 303 272 21 71 15 2 2 39 0 30 31 .261 .337 .353 .690 32 82
14 Seasons 1894 7599 6808 856 1874 363 51 136 994 58 769 620 .275 .351 .403 .754 961 1802
162 Game Avg. 162 650 582 73 160 31 4 12 85 5 66 53 .275 .351 .403 .754 82 1802

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1934
1936 (3B)
1944 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1934-AL-17-4%
1935-AL-20-4%
1941-AL-27-0%
1943-AL-21-2%
1944-AL-19-2%
0.12 Career Shares (839th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1933 AL--.314--10th
1934 AL--.330--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1944 AL--.392--6th

Slugging % s c a p y
1933 AL--.485--8th
1935 AL--.504--7th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1933 AL--.868--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1933 AL--152--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
1933 AL--275--8th

Doubles s c a p y
1942 AL--34--7th
1944 AL--32--8th
Career--374--208th

Triples s c a p y
1933 AL--12--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1935 AL--23--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1933 AL--99--10th
1943 AL--84--9th
Career--1075--205th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL--81--5th
Career--800--240th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1933 AL--53--10th
1934 AL--70--4th
1935 AL--62--7th
1936 AL--61--9th

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL--119--9th
1943 AL--114--9th
1944 AL--118--10th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1933 AL--128--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 AL--102--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1933 AL--59--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1944 AL--246--7th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1933 AL--.660--10th
1934 AL--.691--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL--3--8th
1944 AL--4--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1939 AL--14--9th
1941 AL--10--9th
1944 AL--12--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1941 AL--20--4th
1942 AL--21--2nd
1943 AL--17--7th
1944 AL--17--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1938 AL--9--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1934 AL--11.5--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 AL--23.762--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1935 AL--22.783--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 20 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (631), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (274), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Terry Pendleton (898)
  7. Bob Elliott (897)
  8. Dixie Walker (883)
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  7. Jeff Cirillo (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jeff Cirillo (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  10. Ken Keltner (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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