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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
2	2	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	GS	39	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	W,12-5	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
8	8	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
10	10	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
11	11	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	May 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	51	10.2	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 13	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	16	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	17	May 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
19	19	May 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
20	20	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,5-16	CG	55	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
21	21	May 21	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	42	11.0	0	5	0	5	1
22	22	May 22	BOS		DET	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
23	23	May 23	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
24	24	May 24	BOS		CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	25	May 25	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,11-9	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	27	May 28	BOS		WSH	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 29	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 30	BOS		WSH	L,4-11	GS	46	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
30	30	May 31 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	31	May 31 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	32	Jun 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	44	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	Jun 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	Jun 6 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	Jun 6 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
36	36	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	37	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 11	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	41	Jun 12 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 13	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 15	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
44	44	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
45	45	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	7	0	8	0
47	47	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 20 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 20 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
50	50	Jun 23	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	51	Jun 24	BOS		DET	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 26	BOS		SLB	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
56	56	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	T,2-2	CG	51	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	57	Jun 30	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	58	Jul 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	59	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	60	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	61	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
62	62	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-15	CG	46	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	64	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	65	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-11	CG	62	12.0	4	3	0	7	2
66	66	Jul 10 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	67	Jul 10 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
69	69	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
70	70	Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,15-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
72	72	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	73	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
74	74	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 20	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	49	9.2	1	1	1	3	1
78	78	Jul 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	79	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	L,4-17	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	81	Jul 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
82	82	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	83	Jul 27	BOS		SLB	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 28	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 29	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	86	Jul 30	BOS		DET	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	1	3	1	5	0
87	87	Jul 31	BOS		DET	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	88	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		DET	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	89	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		DET	T,2-2	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	1
90	90	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
91	91	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	92	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
93	93	Aug 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
94	94	Aug 6	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	95	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
96	96	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
97	97	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,0-13	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
98	98	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	CG	67	14.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	99	Aug 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	CG	38	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	100	Aug 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,16-10	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
101	101	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
102	102	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	103	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
104	104	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
105	105	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
106	106	Aug 17	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	107	Aug 18	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
108	108	Aug 19	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	109	Aug 20	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
110	110	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	112	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	113	Aug 26	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	45	8.2	1	4	1	6	0
114	114	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	115	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
116	116	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	117	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
118	118	Aug 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	0	1	1	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	119	Sep 1	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
120	120	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	121	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	2	4	0
122	122	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
123	123	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
124	124	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	125	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	126	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	127	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	128	Sep 8 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	43	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
129	129	Sep 8 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
130	132 (2)	Sep 11	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	2
131	133	Sep 12	BOS	@	PHA	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	134	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
133	135	Sep 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
134	136	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
135	137	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
136	138	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
137	139	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		DET	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
138	140	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
139	141	Sep 22	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	142	Sep 23	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
141	143	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	144	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
143	145	Sep 26	BOS		NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	146	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
145	147	Sep 27 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-6	CG	36	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
146	148	Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
147	149	Sep 29 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	150	Sep 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
149	151	Sep 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
150	152	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
151	153	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
152	154	Oct 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
							152gm		1337.0	161	258	29	448	29