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Dick Higham

Richard Higham

Positions: Rightfielder, Catcher and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 171 lb.

Born: July 24, 1851 in Ipswich, United Kingdom(All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1871
Teams (by GP): Mutuals/DarkBlues/Grays/Canaries/WhiteStockings/... 1871-1880

Final Game: May 25, 1880
Died: March 18, 1905 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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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
1871 19 NYU NA 21 96 94 21 34 3 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 .362 .375 .415 .790 135 39 0 0 4/O2
1872 20 BAL NA 50 247 245 72 84 10 1 2 37 4 5 2 3 .343 .348 .416 .765 130 102 2 0 *2O/453
1873 21 NYU NA 49 246 244 57 77 5 4 0 34 2 2 2 1 .316 .321 .369 .690 105 90 1 0 O42
1874 22 NYU NA 65 337 333 58 87 14 3 1 38 5 3 4 0 .261 .270 .330 .600 90 110 0 0 *2O/4
1875 23 TOT NA 57 272 272 56 74 10 3 0 22 6 2 0 1 .272 .272 .331 .603 106 90 3 0 24O/3
1875 23 CHI NA 42 208 208 44 49 5 3 0 12 6 2 0 0 .236 .236 .288 .524 79 60 3 0 2O4
1875 23 NYU NA 15 64 64 12 25 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 .391 .391 .469 .859 196 30 0 0 /24O3
1876 24 HAR NL 67 314 312 59 102 21 2 0 35 2 7 .327 .331 .407 .738 136 127 0 *O2/46
1878 26 PRO NL 62 286 281 60 90 22 1 1 29 5 16 .320 .332 .416 .749 144 117 0 *O/2
1880 28 TRO NL 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 33 1 0 /2O
8 Yrs 372 1803 1786 384 549 85 15 4 204 20 14 17 28 .307 .314 .378 .692 119 676 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 785 778 167 239 37 7 2 89 7 12 .307 .314 .378 .692 119 294 0
NYU (4 yrs) 150 743 735 148 223 27 8 1 91 10 7 8 2 .303 .311 .366 .677 109 269 1 0
TRO (1 yr) 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 33 1 0
PRO (1 yr) 62 286 281 60 90 22 1 1 29 5 16 .320 .332 .416 .749 144 117 0
CHI (1 yr) 42 208 208 44 49 5 3 0 12 6 2 0 0 .236 .236 .288 .524 79 60 3 0
HAR (1 yr) 67 314 312 59 102 21 2 0 35 2 7 .327 .331 .407 .738 136 127 0
BAL (1 yr) 50 247 245 72 84 10 1 2 37 4 5 2 3 .343 .348 .416 .765 130 102 2 0
NA (5 yrs) 242 1198 1188 264 356 42 12 3 140 20 14 10 5 .300 .306 .363 .668 109 431 6 0
NL (3 yrs) 130 605 598 120 193 43 3 1 64 7 23 .323 .331 .410 .740 139 245 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 Awards
1871 19 NYU NA 21 96 8 -1 0 -1 -0 6 0.3 2 8 0.6 .515 .502 0.7 -0.1 9 $ 4/O2
1872 20 BAL NA 50 247 10 -2 0 -4 0 4 0.2 10 14 1.3 .505 .502 1.6 -0.2 18 $ *2O/453
1873 21 NYU NA 49 246 4 -1 0 -8 0 -5 -0.3 8 4 0.6 .494 .498 1.1 -0.5 12 $ O42
1874 22 NYU NA 65 337 -3 -1 0 -6 1 -9 -0.7 10 2 0.4 .490 .496 0.9 -0.4 8 $ *2O/4
1875 23 CHI NA 42 208 -4 0 0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 9 6 0.6 .493 .498 0.8 -0.0 7 $ 2O4
1875 23 NYU NA 15 64 6 0 0 -4 0 3 0.2 3 6 0.5 .516 .501 0.9 -0.3 10 $ /24O3
1876 24 HAR NL 67 314 11 0 0 1 -3 9 0.7 9 18 1.7 .512 .505 1.7 -0.2 17 $ *O2/46
1878 26 PRO NL 62 286 13 0 0 2 -4 11 1.0 8 20 1.9 .518 .507 1.8 -0.2 18 $ *O/2
1880 28 TRO NL 1 5 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2O
8 Seasons 372 1803 44 -4 0 -21 -4 15 1.0 61 76 7.6 .504 .501 9.5 -1.9 97 $
NYU (4 yrs) 150 743 14 -2 0 -19 1 -5 -0.5 24 19 2.1 .497 .499 3.6 -1.3 38 $
TRO (1 yr) 1 5 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
PRO (1 yr) 62 286 13 0 0 2 -4 11 1.0 8 20 1.9 .518 .507 1.8 -0.2 18 $
CHI (1 yr) 42 208 -4 0 0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 9 6 0.6 .493 .498 0.8 -0.0 7 $
HAR (1 yr) 67 314 11 0 0 1 -3 9 0.7 9 18 1.7 .512 .505 1.7 -0.2 17 $
BAL (1 yr) 50 247 10 -2 0 -4 0 4 0.2 10 14 1.3 .505 .502 1.6 -0.2 18 $

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 PwrSpd
1871 19 NYU NA 96 62 14 6.0 83 .362 .362 .278 .375 .302 .415 .373 .790 .675 135 .546 4.3 0.4 .677 .085 .053 .0
1872 20 BAL NA 247 168 34 5.4 81 .342 .343 .293 .348 .305 .416 .358 .765 .664 130 .575 8.4 0.8 .613 .078 .073 2.7
1873 21 NYU NA 246 170 29 4.6 83 .317 .316 .294 .321 .308 .369 .366 .690 .674 105 .477 1.2 0.1 .541 .061 .053 .0
1874 22 NYU NA 337 249 29 3.1 72 .259 .261 .280 .270 .289 .330 .343 .600 .632 90 .386 -3.5 -0.4 .466 .087 .069 1.7
1875 23 TOT NA 272 203 26 3.4 59 .273 .272 .259 .272 .266 .331 .317 .603 .584 106 .519 1.6 0.2 .463 .074 .059 .0
1875 23 CHI NA 208 164 14 2.3 59 .236 .236 .260 .236 .267 .288 .318 .524 .585 79 .339 -4.5 -0.5 .390 .072 .053 .0
1875 23 NYU NA 64 39 12 8.3 58 .397 .391 .258 .391 .265 .469 .315 .859 .580 196 .843 6.1 0.7 .769 .078 .078
1876 24 HAR NL 314 210 42 5.5 70 .334 .327 .276 .331 .289 .407 .335 .738 .624 136 .680 12.4 1.4 .080
1878 26 PRO NL 286 191 39 5.5 66 .337 .320 .265 .332 .284 .416 .327 .749 .611 144 .704 13.7 1.6 .096
1880 28 TRO NL 5 4 0 0.0 64 .200 .200 .251 .200 .274 .200 .331 .400 .605 33 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .000
8 Yrs 1803 1257 213 4.6 72 .311 .307 .277 .314 .290 .378 .342 .692 .632 119 .559 37.8 4.0 .556 .084 .071 6.7
162 Game Avg. 785 547 93 4.6 72 .311 .307 .277 .314 .290 .378 .342 .692 .632 119 .559 16 2 .556 .084 .071 3
NYU (4 yrs) 743 520 84 4.3 76 .303 .303 .282 .311 .295 .366 .352 .677 .647 109 .492 8.1 0.8 .538 .078 .063 1.8
TRO (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 64 .200 .200 .251 .200 .274 .200 .331 .400 .605 33 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .000
PRO (1 yr) 286 191 39 5.5 66 .337 .320 .265 .332 .284 .416 .327 .749 .611 144 .705 13.7 1.6 .096
CHI (1 yr) 208 164 14 2.3 59 .236 .236 .260 .236 .267 .288 .318 .524 .585 79 .339 -4.5 -0.5 .390 .072 .053 .0
HAR (1 yr) 314 210 42 5.5 70 .334 .327 .276 .331 .289 .407 .335 .738 .624 136 .680 12.4 1.4 .080
BAL (1 yr) 247 168 34 5.5 81 .342 .343 .293 .348 .305 .416 .358 .765 .664 130 .575 8.4 0.8 .613 .078 .073 2.7
NA (5 yrs) 1198 852 132 4.2 74 .299 .300 .281 .306 .292 .363 .347 .668 .639 109 .489 12.0 1.1 .525 .077 .063 5.2
NL (3 yrs) 605 405 81 5.4 68 .334 .323 .271 .331 .286 .410 .331 .740 .617 139 .688 25.8 2.9 .087

Cumulative Batting

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
1871 19 21 96 94 21 34 3 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 .362 .375 .415 .790 135 39 0 0
1872 20 71 343 339 93 118 13 2 2 46 7 7 4 3 .348 .356 .416 .772 132 141 2 0
1873 21 120 589 583 150 195 18 6 2 80 9 9 6 4 .334 .341 .396 .737 120 231 3 0
1874 22 185 926 916 208 282 32 9 3 118 14 12 10 4 .308 .315 .372 .688 110 341 3 0
1875 23 242 1198 1188 264 356 42 12 3 140 20 14 10 5 .300 .306 .363 .668 109 431 6 0
1876 24 309 1512 1500 323 458 63 14 3 175 20 14 12 12 .305 .311 .372 .683 115 558 6 0
1877 25 309 1512 1500 323 458 63 14 3 175 20 14 12 12 .305 .311 .372 .683 115 558 6 0
1878 26 371 1798 1781 383 548 85 15 4 204 20 14 17 28 .308 .314 .379 .693 119 675 6 0
1879 27 371 1798 1781 383 548 85 15 4 204 20 14 17 28 .308 .314 .379 .693 119 675 6 0
1880 28 372 1803 1786 384 549 85 15 4 204 20 14 17 28 .307 .314 .378 .692 119 676 6 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1871 19 122 481 474 58 127 11 4 0 25 11 7 0 .268 .279 .308 .587 40 21
1872 20 245 1054 1048 159 258 31 3 6 82 12 6 15 .246 .250 .299 .549 79 50
1873 21 180 806 801 102 186 12 10 0 61 5 5 4 .232 .237 .272 .509 52 49
1874 22 182 872 864 93 177 28 6 2 61 10 8 0 .205 .212 .258 .470 47 65
1875 23 174 795 795 119 190 26 8 0 47 15 0 3 .239 .239 .292 .531 55 57
1876 24 167 731 727 101 204 42 4 0 60 0 4 17 .281 .285 .349 .634 72 67
1878 26 165 736 724 135 217 53 2 2 65 0 12 42 .300 .311 .387 .698 88 62
1880 28 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
8 Yrs 1237 5485 5443 767 1359 203 37 10 401 53 42 81 .250 .255 .306 .562 433 372
162 Game Avg. 162 718 713 100 178 27 5 1 53 6 11 .250 .255 .306 .562 57 372

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1871 NA  .362 (8th)
1872 NA  .343 (10th)
1876 NL  .327 (9th)
1878 NL  .320 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1878 NL  .332 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1878 NL  .416 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1878 NL  .749 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1874 NA  65 (7th)
1878 NL  62 (6th)

At Bats s c a p y
1874 NA  333 (5th)
1876 NL  312 (5th)
1878 NL  281 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1874 NA  337 (5th)
1876 NL  314 (9th)
1878 NL  286 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1872 NA  72 (6th)
1878 NL  60 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1876 NL  102 (6th)
1878 NL  90 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1876 NL  127 (9th)
1878 NL  117 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1874 NA  14 (7th)
1876 NL  21 (1st)
1878 NL  22 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  2 (3rd)
1878 NL  1 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1878 NL  29 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1872 NA  71 (7th)
1876 NL  79 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1878 NL  144 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1876 NL  42 (10th)
1878 NL  39 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1878 NL  14 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1878 NL  1.6 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1874 NA  18 (10th)
1876 NL  23 (7th)
1878 NL  24 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1876 NL  104 (9th)
1878 NL  95 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1878 NL  .705 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1872 NA  2 (7th)
1875 NA  3 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1872 NA  5 (4th)
1874 NA  3 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1872 NA  2.7 (6th)
1874 NA  1.7 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1873 NA  244.0 (5th)
1875 NA  272.0 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1872 NA  122.5 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1874 NA  249 (2nd)
1878 NL  191 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1871 NA  born 1851-07-24 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (470), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1034), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1170), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Davy Force (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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