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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
Schools: 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

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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1930 PHA AL 21 3B 5 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.60 .938 2.84
1930 PHA AL 21 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.65
1930 PHA AL 21 SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 4.60
1933 PHA AL 24 3B 152 453 159 270 24 23 .947 2.82 .954 2.73
1934 PHA AL 25 3B 144 431 147 247 37 34 .914 2.74 .945 2.95 AS,MVP-17
1935 PHA AL 26 3B 131 397 162 214 21 15 .947 2.87 .947 2.94 MVP-20
1936 PHA AL 27 3B 145 443 151 266 26 24 .941 2.88 .946 3.02 AS
1937 BOS AL 28 3B 152 448 161 258 29 29 .935 2.76 .947 3.07
1938 BOS AL 29 3B 138 451 140 272 39 28 .914 2.99 .943 3.07
1939 DET AL 30 3B 130 417 140 241 36 22 .914 2.93 .945 3.03
1940 DET AL 31 3B 129 401 133 239 29 16 .928 2.88 .938 3.12
1941 DET AL 32 3B 145 483 153 304 26 14 .946 3.15 .947 3.19 MVP-27
1942 DET AL 33 3B 137 407 134 243 30 24 .926 2.75 .940 3.03
1943 DET AL 34 3B 138 435 156 253 26 22 .940 2.96 .951 3.07 MVP-21
1944 DET AL 35 3B 146 479 146 311 22 21 .954 3.13 .954 3.23 AS,MVP-19
1946 TOT AL 37 3B 76 209 64 134 11 16 .947 2.61 .948 2.89
1946 DET AL 37 3B 17 39 12 25 2 2 .949 2.18 .949 2.89
1946 BOS AL 37 3B 59 170 52 109 9 14 .947 2.73 .948 2.89
14 Seasons 3B 1768 5462 1848 3258 356 288 .935 2.89 .947 3.03
1 Season 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.65
1 Season SS 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 4.60
14 Seasons TOT 1771 5464 1849 3259 356 288 .935 2.88 .881 3.03
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--200th

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--201st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 AL--81--5th
Career--800--233rd

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 - 34 (704), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (635), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 30 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Marty McManus (920)
  2. Bill Madlock (918)
  3. Carney Lansford (899)
  4. Gee Walker (898)
  5. George Kell (898) *
  6. Terry Pendleton (898)
  7. Bob Elliott (897)
  8. Dixie Walker (883)
  9. Carl Furillo (880)
  10. Harvey Kuenn (880)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Charlie Hickman (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Reiser (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Sweeney (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Odell Hale (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Odell Hale (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Grantham (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  9. Jeff Cirillo (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Keltner (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Pinky Whitney (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Madlock (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. B.J. Surhoff (902)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 9, 1936: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Werber.

December 15, 1938: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Archie McKain to the Detroit Tigers for Elden Auker, Chet Morgan and Jake Wade.

May 19, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

December 17, 1946: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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