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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 16	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	47	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 18	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	W,9-1	GS	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	18 (9)	May 5	PHA		CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	10.0	3	3	1	7	0
10	19	May 6	PHA		CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	20	May 7	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	21	May 8	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	22	May 9	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	23	May 10	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
15	24	May 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	25	May 15	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	26	May 16	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
18	27	May 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	28	May 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
20	29	May 20	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	30	May 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	59	13.2	5	7	0	12	1
22	31	May 23 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	32	May 23 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-15	CG	50	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
24	33	May 24	PHA		NYY	L,2-25	CG	61	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	34	May 25	PHA		NYY	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	35	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	36	May 28 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	37	May 28 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	38	May 30 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
30	39	May 30 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
31	40	May 31	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	41	Jun 2	PHA		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	42	Jun 3	PHA		DET	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	43	Jun 4	PHA		DET	L,9-18	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	44	Jun 6 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	45	Jun 6 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	46	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	47	Jun 8	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	48	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	L,2-5	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	49	Jun 11	PHA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	50	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	51	Jun 13 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,1-19	GS	49	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	52	Jun 14	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	53	Jun 16	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	54	Jun 17	PHA	@	SLB	L,13-14	CG	46	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
46	55	Jun 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	56	Jun 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	57	12.2	2	4	0	6	0
48	57	Jun 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
49	58	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	59	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
51	60	Jun 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	61	Jun 24 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
53	62	Jun 24 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-14	CG	54	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	63	Jun 25	PHA	@	DET	L,1-13	CG	48	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
55	64	Jun 27	PHA	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	65	Jun 28	PHA	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	66	Jul 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	67	Jul 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-14	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
59	68	Jul 2	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	2	4	1	7	1
62	71	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-16	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	72	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	73	Jul 9	PHA		SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	74	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	75	Jul 11 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	76	Jul 12	PHA		DET	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
68	77	Jul 13	PHA		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	78	Jul 14	PHA		DET	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	79	Jul 15	PHA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	80	Jul 16	PHA		CLE	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
72	81	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	82	Jul 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
74	83	Jul 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,14-21	CG	59	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
75	84	Jul 19 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	85	Jul 19 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	86	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	2
78	87	Jul 21 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	88	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	89	Jul 23	PHA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	90	Jul 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-16	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	91	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,15-12	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	92	Jul 26 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	93	Jul 26 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
85	94	Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,15-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	95	Jul 28	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-19	CG	55	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
87	96	Jul 29	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	97	Jul 30	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
89	98	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	99	Aug 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
91	100	Aug 2 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
92	101	Aug 2 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
93	102	Aug 4	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	103	Aug 5	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	104	Aug 8	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	105	Aug 9 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	45	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
97	106	Aug 9 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
98	107	Aug 11	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	108	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	109	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
101	110	Aug 14	PHA		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
102	111	Aug 15	PHA		NYY	L,2-16	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
103	112	Aug 16 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
104	113	Aug 16 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
105	114	Aug 18	PHA		BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
106	115	Aug 19 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	52	13.0	2	5	0	7	0
107	116	Aug 19 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
108	117	Aug 21	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
109	118	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,8-12	CG	52	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	119	Aug 22 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	120	Aug 23 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
112	121	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
113	122	Aug 25	PHA		CHW	W,13-11	CG	49	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
114	123	Aug 26	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	124	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
116	125	Aug 29 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
117	126	Aug 29 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	CG	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
118	127	Aug 30 (1)	PHA		DET	W,5-4	CG	48	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	128	Aug 30 (2)	PHA		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	129	Sep 1	PHA		DET	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
121	130	Sep 2	PHA		SLB	L,11-13	CG	49	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
122	131	Sep 3	PHA		SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
123	132	Sep 4	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	133	Sep 5	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	2
125	134	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	135	Sep 6 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	136	Sep 7 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	137	Sep 7 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	138	Sep 10 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
130	139	Sep 10 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
131	140	Sep 11	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-17	CG	51	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
132	141	Sep 12	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
133	142	Sep 13 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
134	143	Sep 13 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
135	144	Sep 15	PHA	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	1
136	145	Sep 16	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	146	Sep 19	PHA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
138	147	Sep 20 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
139	148	Sep 20 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	149	Sep 22	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
141	150	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
142	151	Sep 24	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
143	152	Sep 25	PHA		NYY	L,5-6	CG	49	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
144	153	Sep 27 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
145	154	Sep 27 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
							145gm		1267.0	151	266	26	443	24