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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 15	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
6	6	Apr 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
14	14	Apr 26 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	Apr 26 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
16	16	Apr 28	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	17	Apr 29	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	18	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	20	May 2	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	21	May 3 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 3 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 4	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	24	May 5	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 6	DET	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
26	26	May 9	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
27	27	May 10 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 10 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 11	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	8.2	2	1	1	4	0
30	39 (9)	May 24 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	40	May 24 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,14-0	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	41	May 25	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
33	42	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	43	May 27	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	44	May 28	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	45	May 29	DET		CLE	W,14-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
37	46	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	47	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,5-12	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	48	May 31	DET		CHW	L,4-9	CG	48	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 2	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	50	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	51	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	52	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
44	53	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
45	54	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	GS	38	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
46	55	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	56	Jun 7 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
48	58 (1)	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	43	11.0	1	3	1	5	0
49	59	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	44	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
50	60	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	61	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	62	Jun 16 (1)	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
53	63	Jun 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
54	64	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
55	65	Jun 18	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	66	Jun 19	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	67	Jun 20	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	68	Jun 21 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
59	69	Jun 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	1	5	2
60	70	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
61	71	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	72	Jun 25	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
63	73	Jun 26	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	74	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	1	5	1	7	0
65	75	Jun 28 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	76	Jun 28 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	77	Jul 1	DET		SLB	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	78	Jul 2	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	79	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	80	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	81	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
72	82	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	83	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	84	Jul 9	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	10.2	0	3	1	4	0
75	85	Jul 10	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
76	86	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	87	Jul 12 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	55	12.1	3	5	0	8	0
78	88	Jul 13	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	89	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	90	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	1	1	0	2	0
81	91	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	1	2	3	6	0
82	92	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	93	Jul 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	95 (1)	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
85	96	Jul 22	DET		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	97	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	98	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
88	99	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	100	Jul 26	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
90	102 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	103	Jul 30 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
92	104	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	105	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-9	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	106	Aug 2 (1)	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	107	Aug 2 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	108	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	109	Aug 5	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	110	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
99	111	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
100	112	Aug 8	DET	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
101	113	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	114	Aug 9 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
103	115	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CLE	T,0-0	CG	55	14.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	116	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
105	117	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
106	118	Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	119	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
108	120	Aug 14	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
109	121	Aug 15	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	122	Aug 16 (1)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
111	123	Aug 16 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	124	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
113	125	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	126	Aug 23 (1)	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
115	127	Aug 23 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-4	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	135 (7)	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
117	136	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
118	137	Sep 3	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
119	138	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
120	139	Sep 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	140	Sep 7 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
122	141	Sep 7 (2)	DET		SLB	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
123	142	Sep 8	DET		SLB	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
124	143	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	144	Sep 11	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	145	Sep 12	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	1
127	146	Sep 13 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	147	Sep 13 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
129	148	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
130	149	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
131	150	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	151	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
133	152	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
134	153	Sep 21	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
135	154	Sep 22	DET		CHW	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
136	155	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
137	156	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
							137gm		1224.0	134	243	30	407	24