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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 18)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 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,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
6	6	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,9-11	CG	50	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13 (1)	May 2	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
13	14	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-14	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	15	May 5	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	16	May 6	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	17	May 7	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
17	18	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	19	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	2	3	0	5	0
19	20	May 10	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
20	21	May 11	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
21	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	23	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
23	24	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	25	May 20	DET		BOS	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	26	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
26	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
27	28	May 23	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	29	May 24	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	30	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	31	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	32	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	33	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	34	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	35	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,15-6	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	36	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
36	37	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	38	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
38	39	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	40	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
40	41	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	42	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	43	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
43	44	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	45	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
45	46	Jun 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	2	3	0	5	1
46	47	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	48	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	49	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
49	50	Jun 16	DET		WSH	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
50	51	Jun 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	1	3	1	5	0
51	52	Jun 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
52	53	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
53	54	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
54	55	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	56	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
56	57	Jun 25 (1)	DET		BOS	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
57	58	Jun 25 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
58	59	Jun 26	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	79 (19)	Jul 16	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
60	81 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	82	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	51	11.0	0	6	0	6	1
62	83	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	84	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	85	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	86	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
66	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	88	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	89	Jul 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
69	90	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	91	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,15-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	92	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	3	3	0
72	93	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	CG	0	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	94	Jul 29	DET		PHA	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	95	Jul 30	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	96	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	97	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
77	98	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
78	99	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
79	100	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BOS	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
80	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	102	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	103	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	27	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
83	104	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	105	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
86	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
88	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
89	110	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	111	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
91	112	Aug 14	DET		SLB	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
92	113	Aug 15	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	115	Aug 17	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	116	Aug 18	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
96	117	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	118	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
99	120	Aug 22	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	0	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
100	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	44	8.2	0	5	0	5	0
102	123	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	124	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	125	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	126	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	127	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	128	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
108	129	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	130	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
110	136 (5)	Sep 10	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	55	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	137	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	138	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
113	139	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
114	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	142	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	143	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	144	Sep 18 (1)	DET		PHA	W,14-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
119	145	Sep 18 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-13	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
120	146	Sep 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	147	Sep 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	148	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
123	149	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	150	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
125	151	Sep 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	49	10.0	1	5	2	8	0
126	152	Sep 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
128	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
129	155	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	59	13.1	6	2	0	8	0
							129gm		1137.0	133	239	29	401	16