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Pinky Higgins	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 195   Born: May 27, 1909 in Usa, TX, RED OAK

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1934

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1930	21	NYM	NL	$ 300,000				52	52	54	31	31	31	65	63	64	57	53	54	79	77	78
1931	22	NYM	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	6	6	9	9	9
1932	23	CLE	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	4	4	4	8	7	7	6	6	6	9	9	9
1933	24	CLE	AL	$ 965,714				6	6	6	4	4	4	8	8	8	6	6	6	9	9	9
1934	25	CIN	NL	$ 1,502,857				6	6	6	4	4	4	8	8	8	6	6	6	9	9	9
1935	26	CIN	NL	$ 1,800,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8	6	6	6	9	9	9
1936	27	CIN	NL	$ 5,012,037				6	6	6	4	4	4	8	8	8	6	6	6	9	9	9
1937	28	CIN	NL	$ 5,012,037				6	6	6	3	3	3	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8
1938	29	CIN	NL	$ 5,012,037				6	6	6	4	4	4	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8
1939	30	NYG	NL	$ 1,800,000				6	6	6	4	4	4	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8
1940	31	NYG	NL	$ 1,800,000				6	6	6	3	3	3	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8
1941	32	NYG	NL	$ 1,800,000				7	7	7	3	3	3	8	7	7	6	6	6	9	8	8
1942	33	BSN	NL	$ 4,000,000				7	7	7	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	5	5	8	8	8
1943	34	TAM	AL	$ 4,000,000				7	7	7	4	4	4	7	7	7	5	5	5	8	8	8
1944	35	OAK	AL	$ 2,139,762				6	6	7	3	3	3	8	7	7	5	5	5	7	7	7
1945	36	MON	NL	$ 2,139,762				6	6	7	2	2	2	6	6	6	5	4	5	7	7	7
1946	37	PIT	NL	$ 792,000				5	5	6	2	2	2	5	5	5	3	3	3	6	6	6
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				5	5	6	2	2	2	5	5	5	3	3	3	6	6	6
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 5,012,037				52	52	54	31	31	31	65	63	64	57	53	54	79	77	78

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1930	21	NYM	NL	152	513	67	137	35	6	8	69	0	0	50	21	.267	.328	.405	.734	65.5	10.5
1931	22	NYM	NL	152	530	66	162	30	3	8	81	0	3	49	26	.306	.364	.419	.783	71.7	13.0
1932	23	CLE	AL	120	293	36	73	10	3	3	34	0	0	31	16	.249	.318	.334	.653	32.6	3.2
1933	24	CLE	AL	132	302	53	94	26	4	8	54	0	0	32	18	.311	.372	.503	.875	52.2	9.7
1934	25	CLE	AL	99	395	57	116	23	2	7	52	0	1	37	19	.294	.354	.415	.769	55.8	7.6
		CIN	NL	42	155	23	53	8	0	4	31	0	0	23	8	.342	.428	.471	.899	30.2	6.1
		TOT		141	550	80	169	31	2	11	83	0	1	60	27	.307	.376	.431	.807	86.0	13.7
1935	26	CIN	NL	157	539	65	152	27	5	8	69	0	0	59	27	.282	.350	.395	.746	70.5	10.9
1936	27	CIN	NL	155	570	76	159	28	2	12	84	0	0	52	32	.279	.341	.398	.739	68.8	10.9
1938	29	CIN	NL	145	468	72	126	27	1	8	73	0	0	55	35	.269	.346	.382	.728	60.2	9.9
1939	30	NYG	NL	27	35	5	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	2	4	.229	.270	.486	.756	4.9	1.1
		AAA		108	440	52	130	24	2	11	46	3	6	49	40	.295	.366	.434	.800	67.2
1940	31	NYG	NL	104	229	26	59	18	1	7	40	0	1	20	29	.258	.317	.437	.754	29.5	4.7
1941	32	NYG	NL	82	186	25	60	13	1	1	27	1	0	11	15	.323	.355	.419	.774	27.3	5.1
1942	33	BSN	NL	153	524	62	146	28	3	6	58	3	2	51	49	.279	.339	.378	.717	64.9	8.4
1943	34	BSN	NL	26	95	8	20	5	1	0	7	0	0	7	14	.211	.262	.284	.546	6.0	0.0
		TAM	AL	65	129	20	42	10	3	2	17	1	1	13	13	.326	.385	.496	.881	21.4	4.0
		TOT		91	224	28	62	15	4	2	24	1	1	20	27	.277	.333	.406	.740	27.4	4.0
1944	35	OAK	AL	139	393	56	111	21	3	9	54	0	0	26	37	.282	.325	.420	.745	50.9	6.7
1945	36	MON	NL	128	362	45	102	19	0	6	38	1	0	37	42	.282	.352	.384	.736	47.4	7.6
1946	37	PIT	NL	30	38	8	12	3	1	0	2	0	0	5	7	.316	.395	.447	.843	6.5	1.5
16 Years Sim				1908	5756	770	1632	332	40	99	796	6	8	560	412	.284	.346	.407	.752	766.3	120.9
1 Years AAA				108	440	52	130	24	2	11	46	3	6	49	40	.295	.366	.434	.800	67.2
162 Game Average					488	65	138	28	3	8	67	0	0	47	34	.284	.346	.407	.752	65.1
Career Highs				157	570	80	169	35	6	12	84	3	3	60	49	.323	.395	.503	.875	86.0

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3695	495	1052	208	23	61	507	4	6	354	270	.285	.346	.403	.749	507.0
vs LH		2061	275	580	124	17	38	289	2	2	206	142	.281	.345	.413	.758	289.8
Home	961	2822	369	817	173	18	49	396	4	4	270	207	.290	.351	.416	.767	401.1
Away	947	2934	401	815	159	22	50	400	2	4	290	205	.278	.340	.398	.738	395.6
RISP		1587	0	450	90	8	28	654	0	0	193	109	.284	.354	.403	.757	231.9
Pinch Hitting		326	42	88	11	2	3	44	0	0	33	28	.270	.334	.344	.678	38.7
Close/Late		716	84	210	34	4	11	88	0	0	83	53	.293	.367	.398	.765	104.6
Mar/Apr	325	977	122	265	53	4	16	122	2	1	77	87	.271	.322	.383	.705	119.2
May	330	996	131	283	55	8	13	126	0	1	97	76	.284	.347	.395	.742	134.4
June	303	939	125	274	63	6	14	132	1	3	94	55	.292	.355	.416	.772	134.6
July	304	938	129	259	58	8	16	134	0	1	93	67	.276	.339	.406	.746	127.7
August	339	1025	138	317	67	9	22	153	3	2	91	65	.309	.363	.457	.820	161.7
Sep/Oct	306	881	125	234	36	5	18	129	0	0	108	62	.266	.345	.379	.724	119.1

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1930	21	NYM	NL	3B	151	148	1261.0	84	351	36	32	.924	3.10					4.8
1931	22	NYM	NL	3B	149	146	1254.0	74	358	33	48	.929	3.10					6.0
				SS	1	0	2.3	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1932	23	CLE	AL	3B	91	68	631.3	58	127	20	18	.902	2.64					0.8
1933	24	CLE	AL	3B	94	60	573.3	37	149	7	14	.964	2.92					1.8
				1B	2	2	18.7	26	1	0	4	1.000	13.02					0.0
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1934	25	CLE	AL	3B	77	73	643.3	47	158	10	17	.953	2.87					1.4
				1B	22	22	187.3	235	22	4	25	.985	12.35					0.2
		CIN	NL	3B	32	31	267.0	20	66	4	7	.956	2.90					0.9
				1B	9	9	77.7	97	9	2	11	.981	12.28					0.2
		TOT		3B	109	104	910.3	67	224	14	24	.954	2.88					2.3
				1B	31	31	265.0	332	31	6	36	.984	12.33					0.4
1935	26	CIN	NL	3B	149	144	1250.3	77	289	33	22	.917	2.63					2.7
1936	27	CIN	NL	3B	152	148	1295.3	83	332	19	24	.956	2.88					5.4
1938	29	CIN	NL	3B	140	135	1164.3	97	290	19	27	.953	2.99					2.8
1939	30	NYG	NL	3B	8	3	35.0	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.80					0.1
				SS	4	2	19.0	3	8	0	1	1.000	5.21					0.1
1940	31	NYG	NL	3B	71	49	473.3	31	118	4	6	.974	2.83					1.9
				SS	18	7	84.0	15	27	3	5	.933	4.50					0.4
1941	32	NYG	NL	3B	35	30	255.0	11	69	5	4	.941	2.82					0.9
				SS	19	9	102.0	17	48	0	9	1.000	5.74					0.7
1942	33	BSN	NL	SS	138	131	1142.7	206	487	16	104	.977	5.46					4.7
				3B	7	0	11.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	4.09					0.1
1943	34	BSN	NL	SS	8	7	89.4	15	45	1	10	.984	6.04					0.3
				3B	5	4	60.2	3	11	1	2	.933	2.09					0.2
				1B	1	1	17.0	20	0	0	3	1.000	10.59					0.0
				2B	1	1	9.6	3	6	0	1	1.000	8.44					0.0
		TAM	AL	SS	19	18	125.0	21	63	1	13	.988	6.05					1.1
				3B	14	11	84.2	5	16	1	2	.955	2.24					0.3
				1B	4	4	23.8	28	1	1	5	.967	10.97					0.1
				2B	2	1	13.4	4	8	0	1	1.000	8.06					0.1
		TOT		SS	27	25	214.4	36	108	2	23	.986	6.04					1.4
				3B	19	15	144.4	8	27	2	4	.946	2.18					0.5
				1B	5	5	40.8	48	1	1	8	.980	10.81					0.1
				2B	3	2	23.0	7	14	0	2	1.000	8.22					0.1
1944	35	OAK	AL	SS	98	52	589.7	94	254	8	51	.978	5.31					2.0
				2B	11	10	88.0	22	35	3	6	.950	5.83					0.3
				3B	10	8	68.7	4	18	1	1	.957	2.88					0.2
				1B	5	4	40.0	53	3	3	7	.949	12.60					0.1
1945	36	MON	NL	3B	96	87	747.3	60	205	21	17	.927	3.19					3.5
				SS	24	7	91.7	12	42	0	8	1.000	5.30					0.5
1946	37	PIT	NL	SS	20	4	64.7	5	22	0	2	1.000	3.76					0.2
				3B	6	2	22.3	1	4	1	0	.833	2.02					0.0
				3B	1287	1147	10097.0	695	2570	215	241	.938	2.91					33.7
				SS	350	237	2311.4	388	996	30	203	.979	5.39					9.9
				1B	43	42	364.5	459	36	10	55	.980	12.22					0.6
				2B	14	12	111.0	29	49	3	8	.963	6.32					0.4
Career Totals					1694	1438	12883.8	1571	3651	258	507	.953	3.65					44.7
Career Highs					152	148	1295.3	399	490	36	104	1.000	5.53

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1930	21	NYM	NL	13	48	6	17	3	0	1	10	0	0	4	4	.354	.404	.479	.883
1931	22	NYM	NL	10	41	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	.195	.250	.220	.470
1938	29	CIN	NL	11	35	4	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	1	3	.171	.194	.429	.623
1939	30	NYG	NL	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
1940	31	NYG	NL	4	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286
Career Post-Season Batting				45	135	15	33	4	0	4	17	0	0	8	9	.244	.287	.363	.650

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Games 1935-3-157 1936-8-155

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by New York (M) in 1930

Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1930, off George Pipgras (CAL)

Hit first career homerun on 5/8/1930, off Cliff Markle (CHN)

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/29/1930

1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $965,714 through salary arbitration

2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,502,857 through salary arbitration

Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game

Traded from Cleveland to Cincinnati on 7/31/1934 (Going to CIN: 3B Pinky Higgins, 2B Hughie Critz, 2B Les Mallon. Going to CLE: SS Hal Rhyne, P Jack Salveson)

Injured on 8/2/1934 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks

2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration

Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/10/1936 to a 3-year deal worth $5,012,037 per year

7/31/1938: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,800,000 per year, for 3 years

Traded from Cincinnati to New York (G) on 4/2/1939 (Going to CIN: 3B Red Barkley. Going to NYG: RF Jimmy Ripple, 3B Pinky Higgins)

Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1942 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year

Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1943 (Going to BSN: SS Al Brancato. Going to TAM: SS Pinky Higgins, P Danny Macfayden)

Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/14/1944 to a 2-year deal worth $2,139,762 per year

Traded from Oakland to Montreal on 2/13/1945 (Going to OAK: RF Joe Gallagher. Going to MON: C Jim Hegan, SS Pinky Higgins)

Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/4/1946 to a 2-year deal worth $792,000 per year

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