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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 20	DET		SLB	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
6	6	Apr 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 30 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	May 3	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 4	DET	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
16	16	May 7 (1)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
17	17	May 7 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	18	May 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 11	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	20	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
21	21	May 13	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
22	22	May 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	24	May 15	DET	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	5	0	6	0
26	26	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	27	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
28	28	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
29	29	May 20	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	30	May 21 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	31	May 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
32	32	May 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	33	May 25	DET		PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 26	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	35	May 27	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	36	May 28 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	May 28 (2)	DET		WSH	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	38	May 29	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
39	39	May 30 (1)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
41	41	May 31	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	16.0	3	5	0	8	0
43	43	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 3	DET		BOS	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 4 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 4 (2)	DET		BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 15	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	12.1	2	0	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 16	DET		SLB	L,1-14	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
55	55	Jun 17	DET		SLB	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 18 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
57	57	Jun 18 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 20	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
59	59	Jun 21	DET		CLE	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
60	60	Jun 22	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	61	Jun 23	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
62	62	Jun 24	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
63	63	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	64	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	65	Jun 28	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
66	66	Jun 29	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	67	Jun 30	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	69	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	73	Jul 5	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 6	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
76	76	Jul 8	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	45	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	89 (10)	Jul 22	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
80	90	Jul 23 (1)	DET		PHA	L,3-13	GS	40	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	91	Jul 23 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	92	Jul 24	DET		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	93	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
84	94	Jul 26	DET		BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	7.1	0	3	0	3	0
85	95	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
86	96	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,5-15	CG	53	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
87	97	Jul 29	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	98	Jul 30 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
89	99	Jul 30 (2)	DET		NYY	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	100	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	101	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	102	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
93	103	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
94	104	Aug 9	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
95	105	Aug 10	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
96	106	Aug 11	DET	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	107	Aug 12	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	108	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	109	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
100	110	Aug 14	DET	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
101	111	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	1	7	0	8	0
102	112	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
103	113	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	CG	24	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	114	Aug 18 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
105	115	Aug 18 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
106	116	Aug 19	DET	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
107	117	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
108	118	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
110	120	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
111	121	Aug 25	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	122	Aug 26	DET		SLB	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
113	123	Aug 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	124	Aug 27 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-17	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	125	Aug 29	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
116	126	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	127	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	128	Sep 1	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	129	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
120	130	Sep 3	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
121	131	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
122	132	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	133	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
124	134	Sep 6	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	135	Sep 7	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	136	Sep 9	DET		CLE	W,15-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	137	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	138	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
129	139	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	46	11.2	2	2	0	4	1
130	140	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	141	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
132	142	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	143	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
134	144	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
135	145	Sep 21	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
136	146	Sep 22 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	147	Sep 22 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
138	148	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
139	149	Sep 24	DET		BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	150	Sep 25	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	151	Sep 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
142	152	Sep 27	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
143	153	Sep 29 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
144	154	Sep 29 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
145	155	Sep 30	DET		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
146	156	Oct 1	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							146gm		1302.0	146	311	22	479	21