Pinky Higgins

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: May 27, 1909 in Red Oak, TX us

Died: March 21, 1969 in Dallas, TX

Buried: Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, TX

High School: W. H. Adamson HS (Dallas, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: June 25, 1930 (Age 21-029d, 7,099th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1946 (Age 37-125d)
vs. WSH 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Michael Franklin Higgins

Nicknames: Pinky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.0

6636

1941

140

.293

931

RBI

1075

OBP

.371

SLG

.428

OPS

.798

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET	@	SLB	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
4	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
5	5	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,13-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
8	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,12-11	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	2	5	1
12	12	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	Apr 30	DET		BOS	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	DET		BOS	L,9-15	CG	53	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	15	May 2	DET		PHA	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	17	May 4	DET		NYY	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	18	May 5	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 6	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
20	20	May 7	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
21	21	May 8	DET		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	22	May 10	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	23	May 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
25	25	May 14	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	33 (7)	May 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	35 (1)	May 23 (2)	DET		CHW	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	36	May 24	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
29	37	May 25	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
30	38	May 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	39	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	40	May 28	DET		CLE	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
33	41	May 29	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	42	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	43	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	44	Jun 1 (1)	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	45	Jun 1 (2)	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
38	46	Jun 2	DET		BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
39	47	Jun 3	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	48	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	49	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	50	Jun 7	DET		WSH	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	51	Jun 8	DET		WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	52	Jun 10	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	53	Jun 11	DET		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	54	Jun 12	DET		PHA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	55	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	3	3	6	0
48	56	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	6.0	3	1	1	5	1
49	59 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
50	60	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	61	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	62	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,4-14	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	63	Jun 21	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	64	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
55	65	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	66	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	67	Jun 26	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
58	68	Jun 27	DET		SLB	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	69	Jun 28	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	70	Jun 29	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	71	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	8.1	3	1	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	72	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
63	73	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	75	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	76	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	77	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
68	78	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	79	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	80	Jul 11	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
71	81	Jul 12 (1)	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	82	Jul 12 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	83	Jul 13	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	47	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
74	84	Jul 14	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	85	Jul 15	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	86	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
77	87	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	88	Jul 19 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	89	Jul 19 (2)	DET		NYY	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
80	90	Jul 20	DET		NYY	L,6-12	CG	77	17.0	3	3	0	6	0
81	91	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
82	92	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
83	93	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
84	94	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	95	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	96	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
87	97	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
88	98	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
89	99	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	59	12.2	2	2	1	5	0
90	100	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	32	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	101	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	102	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
93	103	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	104	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	105	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	3	2	0	5	0
96	106	Aug 9	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	107	Aug 10	DET		SLB	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	108	Aug 12 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
99	109	Aug 12 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
100	110	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	111	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	112	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	113	Aug 15	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
104	114	Aug 16	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
105	115	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
106	116	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	117	Aug 19 (1)	DET		NYY	W,12-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
108	118	Aug 19 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	119	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	120	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
111	121	Aug 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-9	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
112	122	Aug 22	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	123	Aug 23	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	0	7	0	7	0
114	124	Aug 24	DET		PHA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
115	125	Aug 26 (1)	DET		PHA	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
116	126	Aug 26 (2)	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
117	127	Aug 27	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	128	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
119	129	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
120	130	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	131	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	132	Sep 1 (1)	DET		SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	133	Sep 1 (2)	DET		SLB	W,16-8	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	134	Sep 4	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
125	135	Sep 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	136	Sep 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	137	Sep 7	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	140	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
131	141	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
132	142	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	143	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
134	144	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
135	145	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
136	146	Sep 17	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
137	147	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
138	148	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	149	Sep 21 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	14.0	1	4	0	5	0
140	150	Sep 22	DET	@	CHW	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
141	151	Sep 23	DET	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
142	152	Sep 24	DET	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	153	Sep 26	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	154	Sep 27	DET		CHW	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
145	155	Sep 28	DET		CHW	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							145gm		1283.0	153	304	26	483	14