Teddy Higuera
Teodoro (Valenzuela) Higuera
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 9, 1958 in Los Mochis, 25, Mexico (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1985
Final Game: August 9, 1994
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Standard Pitching

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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
1985 26 MIL AL 15 8 .652 3.90 32 30 2 7 2 0 212.1 186 105 92 22 63 0 127 3 3 4 874 107 1.173 7.9 0.9 2.7 5.4 2.02 RoY-2
1986 27 MIL AL 20 11 .645 2.79 34 34 0 15 4 0 248.1 226 84 77 26 74 5 207 3 0 3 1031 156 1.208 8.2 0.9 2.7 7.5 2.80 AS,CYA-2,MVP-15
1987 28 MIL AL 18 10 .643 3.85 35 35 0 14 3 0 261.2 236 120 112 24 87 2 240 2 2 4 1084 120 1.234 8.1 0.8 3.0 8.3 2.76 CYA-6
1988 29 MIL AL 16 9 .640 2.45 31 31 0 8 1 0 227.1 168 66 62 15 59 4 192 6 6 0 895 162 0.999 6.7 0.6 2.3 7.6 3.25
1989 30 MIL AL 9 6 .600 3.46 22 22 0 2 1 0 135.1 125 56 52 9 48 2 91 4 1 0 567 111 1.278 8.3 0.6 3.2 6.1 1.90
1990 31 MIL AL 11 10 .524 3.76 27 27 0 4 1 0 170.0 167 80 71 16 50 2 129 3 1 2 720 103 1.276 8.8 0.8 2.6 6.8 2.58
1991 32 MIL AL 3 2 .600 4.46 7 6 1 0 0 0 36.1 37 18 18 2 10 0 33 1 0 0 153 90 1.294 9.2 0.5 2.5 8.2 3.30
1993 34 MIL AL 1 3 .250 7.20 8 8 0 0 0 0 30.0 43 24 24 4 16 2 27 1 3 0 148 60 1.967 12.9 1.2 4.8 8.1 1.69
1994 35 MIL AL 1 5 .167 7.06 17 12 4 0 0 0 58.2 74 55 46 13 36 0 35 2 1 0 280 72 1.875 11.4 2.0 5.5 5.4 0.97
9 Seasons 94 64 .595 3.61 213 205 7 50 12 0 1380.0 1262 608 554 131 443 17 1081 25 17 13 5752 117 1.236 8.2 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.44
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .595 3.61 35 33 1 8 2 0 224 205 99 90 21 72 3 176 4 3 2 936 117 1.236 8.2 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.44

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1986 MIL AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1985 26 MIL AL 32 874 793 105 186 32 6 22 13 10 63 127 .235 .290 .373 .663 .251 296 12 3 5 10 0
1986 27 MIL AL 34 1031 936 84 226 43 4 26 10 9 74 207 .241 .296 .379 .675 .280 355 13 3 7 11 5
1987 28 MIL AL 35 1084 980 120 236 47 3 24 20 9 87 240 .241 .301 .368 .670 .292 361 23 2 6 9 2
1988 29 MIL AL 31 895 813 66 168 29 1 15 9 8 59 192 .207 .263 .300 .563 .250 244 12 6 10 7 4
1989 30 MIL AL 22 567 504 56 125 20 1 9 18 5 48 91 .248 .316 .345 .661 .284 174 10 4 6 5 2
1990 31 MIL AL 27 720 653 80 167 30 1 16 15 4 50 129 .256 .310 .378 .688 .295 247 14 3 10 4 2
1991 32 MIL AL 7 153 141 18 37 8 0 2 5 0 10 33 .262 .314 .362 .675 .327 51 4 1 0 1 0
1993 34 MIL AL 8 148 129 24 43 16 2 4 3 1 16 27 .333 .408 .581 .990 .394 75 0 1 1 1 2
1994 35 MIL AL 17 280 238 55 74 17 3 13 8 2 36 35 .311 .403 .571 .974 .318 136 6 2 2 2 0
9 Seasons 213 5752 5187 608 1262 242 21 131 101 48 443 1081 .243 .303 .374 .677 .281 1939 94 25 47 50 17
162 Game Avg. 35 936 844 99 205 39 3 21 16 8 72 176 .243 .303 .374 .677 .281 315 15 4 8 8 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1985 26 MIL AL 32 30 15 8 7 2 1 17 13 .567 2 4 7 2 17 57% 53 82 17 24 13 1 9 4.5 4.2 6.8
1986 27 MIL AL 34 34 20 11 3 1 5 23 11 .676 0 1 15 4 26 76% 60 84 16 18 4 3 10 4.1 4.4 7.3
1987 28 MIL AL 35 35 18 10 7 5 2 22 13 .629 2 2 14 3 19 54% 57 94 22 13 7 2 9 5.5 5.4 7.5
1988 29 MIL AL 31 31 16 9 6 1 6 19 12 .613 3 3 8 1 24 77% 64 90 37 18 3 0 14 4.3 3.8 7.3 103 4 4 14 8 129
1989 30 MIL AL 22 22 9 6 7 3 2 14 8 .636 2 3 2 1 11 50% 53 78 26 20 5 0 10 4.4 3.6 6.2 91 7 6 4 3 124
1990 31 MIL AL 27 27 11 10 6 2 2 12 15 .444 1 2 4 1 14 52% 53 86 25 13 3 0 12 4.4 4.3 6.3 93 3 9 12 2 137
1991 32 MIL AL 7 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 3 50% 52 72 19 3 0 0 2 6.2 7.0 5.7 87 2 2 2 0 105
1993 34 MIL AL 8 8 1 3 4 1 0 3 5 .375 0 2 0 0 0 0% 41 63 10 3 0 0 7 5.7 5.5 3.8 69 4 4 0 0 99
1994 35 MIL AL 17 12 1 5 6 0 1 2 10 .167 0 4 0 0 4 33% 37 65 14 20 5 0 6 4.5 4.8 4.4 78 5 5 2 0 104
9 Seasons 213 205 94 64 47 16 19 115 90 .561 10 21 50 12 118 58% 55 94 10 132 40 6 79 4.6 4.5 6.7 92 25 30 34 13 137
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1985 26 MIL AL 32 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.119 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 11.0
1991 32 MIL AL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.865 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 41
1994 35 MIL AL 17 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.850 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 5 2 0 2 0 3.8 22
3 Seasons 56 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.032 0 1 6 1 0 7 1 7 4 0 4 0 5.9 25

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1985 26 MIL AL 874 84% 2.5% 14.5% 7.2% 6.9% 32% 0.77 75% 139 12 9%
1986 27 MIL AL 1031 84% 2.5% 20.1% 7.2% 7.1% 32% 0.71 69% 170 13 8%
1987 28 MIL AL 1084 84% 2.2% 22.1% 8.0% 6.8% 31% 0.72 67% 213 23 11%
1988 29 MIL AL 895 82% 1.7% 21.5% 6.6% 5.0% 27% 0.61 0.77 68% 20% 7.9% 50% 122 12 10%
1989 30 MIL AL 567 82% 1.6% 16.1% 8.5% 5.3% 24% 0.48 0.66 72% 24% 4.2% 23% 104 10 10%
1990 31 MIL AL 720 81% 2.2% 17.9% 6.9% 6.5% 28% 0.54 0.68 71% 21% 5.9% 19% 142 14 10%
1991 32 MIL AL 153 78% 1.3% 21.6% 6.5% 6.5% 27% 0.43 0.77 70% 29% 3.1% 11% 34 4 12%
1993 34 MIL AL 148 90% 2.7% 18.2% 10.8% 14.9% 51% 0.44 0.59 67% 31% 6.3% 11% 23 0 0%
1994 35 MIL AL 280 79% 4.6% 12.5% 12.9% 11.8% 45% 0.67 0.76 69% 19% 12.7% 16% 47 6 13%
9 Seasons 5752 83% 2.3% 18.8% 7.7% 6.9% 31% 0.55 0.72 70% 22% 6.5% 28% 994 94 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 MIL AL 862 3101 3.60 2045 66% 29% 14% 27% 30% 71% 2% 47% 81% 64% 3% 27 16 24% 211 106 4 44% 39 7 33 2 1
1989 30 MIL AL 515 1820 3.53 1137 62% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 1% 44% 82% 59% 5% 27 16 21% 108 53 8 37% 13 9 52 0 2
1990 31 MIL AL 691 2423 3.51 1565 65% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 1% 47% 83% 60% 5% 32 19 20% 136 66 13 41% 18 11 29 3 2
1991 32 MIL AL 153 564 3.69 354 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 0% 45% 79% 58% 5% 7 6 22% 34 13 2 27% 3 1 0 0 0
1993 34 MIL AL 148 550 3.72 327 59% 35% 9% 24% 32% 65% 3% 39% 86% 53% 7% 10 4 22% 33 17 4 44% 2 4 0 0 0
1994 35 MIL AL 275 1040 3.78 592 57% 29% 9% 27% 35% 71% 0% 40% 87% 51% 6% 16 9 16% 44 17 1 45% 5 7 5 0 0
6 Seasons 2644 9498 3.59 6020 63% 29% 12% 27% 32% 71% 1% 45% 82% 60% 5% 119 70 21% 566 272 32 41% 80 39 119 5 5
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1985 26 MIL AL 873 186 22 0 6 19 3 14 8 37 26 6 70% 10 4 2 284 13 10 57% 11 10 2 0 0 0 3 3 24 1
1986 27 MIL AL 1031 226 26 0 12 22 4 10 16 36 19 13 53% 14 3 1 368 10 9 53% 10 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0
1987 28 MIL AL 1084 236 24 0 13 20 4 11 13 49 31 9 63% 13 4 0 383 20 9 69% 16 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 20 0
1988 29 MIL AL 895 168 27 2 15 0 11 12 3 6 9 30 15 6 50% 6 0 1 277 9 8 53% 9 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 17 0
1989 30 MIL AL 567 125 9 1 9 0 7 7 2 6 3 20 11 3 55% 4 0 0 212 18 5 78% 15 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1990 31 MIL AL 720 167 17 5 16 0 12 15 1 12 4 44 20 6 45% 10 2 2 266 15 4 79% 11 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1991 32 MIL AL 153 37 13 5 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 12 5 3 42% 0 0 0 59 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1993 34 MIL AL 148 43 3 0 4 0 5 4 0 2 2 8 4 3 50% 1 0 0 58 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1994 35 MIL AL 280 74 5 0 13 0 4 11 2 6 7 14 7 3 50% 4 0 0 102 8 2 80% 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
9 Seasons 5751 1262 74 13 131 0 71 112 19 69 62 250 138 52 55% 62 13 6 2009 101 48 68% 87 44 14 3 0 1 9 7 112 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1985 26 15 8 .652 3.90 32 30 2 7 2 0 212.1 186 105 92 22 63 0 127 3 3 4 874 107 1.173 7.9 0.9 2.7 5.4 2.02 107
1986 27 35 19 .648 3.30 66 64 2 22 6 0 460.2 412 189 169 48 137 5 334 6 3 7 1905 130 1.192 8.0 0.9 2.7 6.5 2.44 130
1987 28 53 29 .646 3.50 101 99 2 36 9 0 722.1 648 309 281 72 224 7 574 8 5 11 2989 126 1.207 8.1 0.9 2.8 7.2 2.56 126
1988 29 69 38 .645 3.25 132 130 2 44 10 0 949.2 816 375 343 87 283 11 766 14 11 11 3884 132 1.157 7.7 0.8 2.7 7.3 2.71 132
1989 30 78 44 .639 3.28 154 152 2 46 11 0 1085.0 941 431 395 96 331 13 857 18 12 11 4451 129 1.172 7.8 0.8 2.7 7.1 2.59 129
1990 31 89 54 .622 3.34 181 179 2 50 12 0 1255.0 1108 511 466 112 381 15 986 21 13 13 5171 125 1.186 7.9 0.8 2.7 7.1 2.59 125
1991 32 92 56 .622 3.37 188 185 3 50 12 0 1291.1 1145 529 484 114 391 15 1019 22 13 13 5324 124 1.189 8.0 0.8 2.7 7.1 2.61 124
1992 33 92 56 .622 3.37 188 185 3 50 12 0 1291.1 1145 529 484 114 391 15 1019 22 13 13 5324 124 1.189 8.0 0.8 2.7 7.1 2.61 124
1993 34 93 59 .612 3.46 196 193 3 50 12 0 1321.1 1188 553 508 118 407 17 1046 23 16 13 5472 121 1.207 8.1 0.8 2.8 7.1 2.57 121
1994 35 94 64 .595 3.61 213 205 7 50 12 0 1380.0 1262 608 554 131 443 17 1081 25 17 13 5752 117 1.236 8.2 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.44 117

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985 26 10 12 .455 4.15 206.0 190 106 95 22 64 123 3 1.233 8.3 2.8 5.4 1.92 1.0 32
1986 27 17 9 .654 2.81 243.0 226 84 76 26 74 203 3 1.235 8.4 2.7 7.5 2.74 1.0 34
1987 28 15 13 .536 3.69 256.0 229 117 105 23 84 235 2 1.223 8.1 3.0 8.3 2.80 0.8 35
1988 29 16 8 .667 2.78 217.0 176 74 67 16 62 183 6 1.097 7.3 2.6 7.6 2.95 0.7 31
1989 30 7 7 .500 4.11 127.0 132 64 58 10 51 85 4 1.441 9.4 3.6 6.0 1.67 0.7 22
1990 31 8 10 .444 4.39 162.0 178 88 79 17 53 123 3 1.426 9.9 2.9 6.8 2.32 0.9 27
1991 32 1 2 .333 4.89 35.0 38 21 19 2 10 32 1 1.371 9.8 2.6 8.2 3.20 0.5 7
1993 34 1 2 .333 7.45 29.0 44 27 24 4 16 26 1 2.069 13.7 5.0 8.1 1.63 1.2 8
1994 35 3 6 .333 6.07 83.0 98 62 56 17 48 49 3 1.759 10.6 5.2 5.3 1.02 1.8 17
9 Seasons 78 69 .531 3.84 1358.0 1311 643 579 137 462 1059 26 1.306 8.7 7.0 2.29 0.9 213

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1986 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-AL-15-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-AL--2--30%
1987-AL--6--4%
0.34 Career Shares (124th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1986 AL--2.791--2nd
1988 AL--2.455--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL--20--3rd
1987 AL--18--4th
1988 AL--16--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 AL--.652--6th
1986 AL--.645--7th
1987 AL--.643--6th
Career--.595--128th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 AL--1.173--8th
1986 AL--1.208--9th
1987 AL--1.234--9th
1988 AL--.999--1st
Career--1.236--220th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 AL--7.884--5th
1987 AL--8.117--9th
1988 AL--6.651--2nd
Career--8.230--194th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL--7.502--8th
1987 AL--8.255--2nd
1988 AL--7.601--4th
Career--7.050--82nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1986 AL--248.3--7th
1987 AL--261.7--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1986 AL--207--6th
1987 AL--240--3rd
1988 AL--192--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1986 AL--34--7th
1987 AL--35--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 AL--15--3rd
1987 AL--14--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 AL--2--9th
1986 AL--4--2nd
1987 AL--3--3rd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1986 AL--2.797--7th
1987 AL--2.759--6th
1988 AL--3.254--4th
1990 AL--2.580--5th
Career--2.440--92nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1987 AL--.826--6th
1988 AL--.594--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 AL--112--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 AL--1031--8th
1987 AL--1084--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 AL--156--2nd
1987 AL--120--10th
1988 AL--162--2nd
Career--117--163rd

Salary s c a p y
1990 AL--$2,125,000--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 62 (400), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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