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: Adamson HS (Dallas, TX)

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

Debut: June 25, 1930 (Age 21-029d, 7,098th 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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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.2

6636

1941

140

.292

931

RBI

1075

OBP

.370

SLG

.428

OPS

.798

OPS+

107

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	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	0	/H546

1932	23	PHA-min	AA	189	721	721		235	51	5	33						.326	.326	.548	.874		395						POR · PCL
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	1	*5
1934	25	PHA	AL	144	607	543	89	179	37	6	16	90	9	2	56	70	.330	.392	.508	.901	135	276		0	7	2	*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	1	*5/H	MVP-20
1936	27	PHA	AL	146	620	550	89	159	32	2	12	80	7	4	67	61	.289	.366	.420	.786	96	231		0	3	3	*5/H	AS
1937	28	BOS	AL	153	655	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	.302	.385	.425	.809	100	242		1	7	3	*5/H
1938	29	BOS	AL	139	604	524	77	159	29	5	5	106	10	9	71	55	.303	.388	.406	.794	95	213		1	7	5	*5/H
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	3	*5/H
1940	31	DET	AL	131	552	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	.271	.357	.415	.771	92	199	14	3	7	3	*5/H
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	3	*5/H	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	2	*5/H
1943	34	DET	AL	138	592	523	63	145	20	1	10	84	2	5	57	31	.277	.349	.377	.726	106	197	17	1	11	3	*5	MVP-21
1944	35	DET	AL	148	640	543	79	161	32	4	7	76	4	4	81	34	.297	.392	.409	.801	124	222	17	4	12	8	*5/H	AS,MVP-19
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	37	TOT	AL	82	293	260	20	68	14	2	2	36	0	3	29	30	.262	.338	.354	.692	88	92	9	1	3	3	5/H
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	2	5/H
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	1	5/H
1947	38	BOS-min	B																									ROA · PIED
14 Yrs				1802	7558	6636	931	1941	374	51	140	1075	61	59	800	590	.292	.370	.428	.798	107	2837	112	22	96	40
162 Game Avg.				162	679	597	84	174	34	5	13	97	5	5	72	53	.292	.370	.428	.798	107	255		2	9	4

DET (7 yrs)				857	3609	3134	415	878	164	16	60	472	25	27	399	209	.280	.364	.400	.764	102	1254	104	15	60	24
PHA (5 yrs)				589	2463	2208	333	677	137	24	64	363	24	15	230	251	.307	.373	.477	.850	119	1054		4	20	7
BOS (3 yrs)				356	1486	1294	183	386	73	11	16	240	12	17	171	130	.298	.381	.409	.790	98	529		3	16	9