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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	18	May 8	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	19	May 10	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	20	May 11	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	21	May 12	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	22	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	23	May 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	24	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	25	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	2	5	1
11	27	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	3	4	0	7	0
12	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
13	29	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	36 (5)	May 29	DET		SLB	W,10-9	GF	17	3.2	0	0	1	1	0
16	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	34	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	39	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	40	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
20	41	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	3
21	42	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	44	Jun 7	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	46	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	47	Jun 10 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	48	Jun 10 (2)	DET		WSH	W,17-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
28	49	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
29	50	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
30	51	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
31	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
32	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
33	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.1	1	1	2	4	0
34	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
35	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	57	Jun 20	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	58	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	47	8.2	2	2	1	5	0
38	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	62 (2)	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	67	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	68	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
46	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
47	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
48	71	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
49	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	2	1	5	0
51	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
52	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
53	76	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
54	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	78	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
56	79	Jul 16 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
57	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	81	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
59	82	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	83	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
61	84	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	86	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
64	87	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	88	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	89	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	90	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	91	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
69	92	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
71	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
74	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	98	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	99	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	100	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
78	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
79	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	104	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
82	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
83	106	Aug 13	DET		SLB	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	107	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET		CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	109	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	1	3	0	4	1
88	111	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
89	112	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	114	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	115	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	46	11.0	2	3	0	5	1
93	116	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	117	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	118	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	119	Aug 27	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	1	3	2	6	1
97	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	CG	52	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
98	121	Aug 29	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	122	Aug 30	DET		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	123	Aug 31	DET		BOS	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	124	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
102	125	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
103	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
104	127	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	128	Sep 4 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	129	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	T,5-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	130	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
108	131	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
109	132	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	133	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	134	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
112	135	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
113	136	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
114	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
115	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	49	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
117	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
118	141	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	142	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
120	143	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	3	1	0	4	0
121	144	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
122	145	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
123	146	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	147	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
125	148	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	149	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
127	150	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
128	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	152	Sep 29 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
130	153	Sep 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							130gm		1128.0	140	241	36	417	22