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Dennis
Higgins		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 4, 1939 in Usa, MO, JEFFERSON CIT
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 6 7 7 3 4 3 6 7 6
1967 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 3 4 3 6 7 6
1968 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 7 7 7 3 4 3 6 7 6
1969 29 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 6 7 6 3 4 3 6 7 6
1970 30 OAK AL $ 794,286 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7
1971 31 OAK AL $ 794,286 5 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7
1972 32 OAK AL $ 1,017,143 4 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
1973 33 BOS AL $ 712,000 4 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,017,143 5 7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 30 OAK AL $ 794,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 31 OAK AL $ 794,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 32 OAK AL $ 1,017,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 33 BOS AL $ 712,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,017,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1966 26 OAK AL 6 4 .600 78 0 0 0 6 93.3 101 60 10 59 80 5.79 .274 .373 .396 .768 1.6
1967 27 OAK AL 0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 0 17.0 11 11 3 14 19 5.82 .177 .350 .355 .705 0.0
1968 28 OAK AL 5 4 .556 25 0 0 0 0 32.3 22 14 3 14 26 3.90 .195 .289 .327 .616 2.3
    AAA   0 0 .000 27 0 0 0 20 32.7 26 9 5 8 28 2.48 .222 .272 .368 .640  
1969 29 OAK AL 6 3 .667 39 0 0 0 1 85.3 70 30 10 42 59 3.16 .224 .319 .355 .673 5.7
1970 30 OAK AL 2 1 .667 37 0 0 0 1 60.7 77 33 5 29 35 4.90 .312 .382 .433 .815 1.4
1971 31 OAK AL 1 1 .500 28 0 0 0 1 41.0 16 9 7 11 25 1.98 .124 .197 .326 .523 4.4
1972 32 OAK AL 2 3 .400 30 0 0 0 3 47.3 43 17 4 23 28 3.23 .249 .337 .358 .695 4.2
1973 33 AAA   8 1 .889 71 0 0 0 13 75.3 60 29 7 35 57 3.46 .218 .306 .335 .641  
7 Years Sim 22 16 .579 254 0 0 0 12 377.0 340 174 42 192 272 4.15 .242 .335 .375 .710 19.6
2 Years AAA 8 1 .889 98 0 0 0 33 108.0 86 38 12 43 85 3.17 .219 .297 .344 .641  
Season Average 3 2 .600 36 0 0 0 1 53.9 48 24 6 27 38 4.15 .242 .335 .375 .710  
Career Highs 6 4 .667 78 0 0 0 6 93.3 101 60 10 59 80 5.82 .312 .382 .433 .815  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   172 77 19 96 164   .222 .308 .338 .646
vs LH   168 97 23 96 108   .266 .363 .420 .783
Home 12 4 .750 132 0 0 0 8 219.7 188 89 20 117 165 3.65 .232 .329 .344 .673
Away 10 12 .455 122 0 0 0 4 157.3 152 85 22 75 107 4.86 .255 .338 .417 .755
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 35 0 0 0 1 58.3 48 21 4 25 35 3.24 .224 .305 .318 .623
May 5 3 .625 44 0 0 0 0 68.3 58 31 9 39 46 4.08 .230 .333 .373 .706
June 2 1 .667 35 0 0 0 3 50.0 59 37 7 23 46 6.66 .289 .361 .441 .802
July 7 1 .875 43 0 0 0 4 73.3 59 22 7 35 52 2.70 .225 .316 .340 .656
August 3 5 .375 48 0 0 0 2 58.0 56 34 7 38 47 5.28 .252 .362 .405 .767
Sep/Oct 5 5 .500 49 0 0 0 2 69.0 60 29 8 32 46 3.78 .238 .324 .381 .705
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
1966 26 OAK AL 78 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1967 27 OAK AL 17 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1968 28 OAK AL 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
3 Years Sim 120 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.0
162 Game Average 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.6  
Career Highs 78 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6
vs LH   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Home 56 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
Away 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
June 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
August 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Sep/Oct 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1966 26 OAK AL P 78 0 93.3 3 17 2 1 .909 1.93    
1967 27 OAK AL P 17 0 17.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06    
1968 28 OAK AL P 25 0 32.3 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.23    
1969 29 OAK AL P 39 0 85.3 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.05    
1970 30 OAK AL P 37 0 60.7 4 9 1 2 .929 1.93    
1971 31 OAK AL P 28 0 41.0 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.41    
1972 32 OAK AL P 30 0 47.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.76    
Career Totals   254 0 377.0 20 48 3 4 .958 1.62    
Career Highs   78 0 93.3 5 17 2 2 1.000 2.41    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1970 30 OAK AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 6.7 6 3 0 6 6 4.05 .222 .364 .259 .623
1971 31 OAK AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 3 3 3.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 9.7 9 4 0 9 9 3.73 .231 .375 .256 .631
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1966-6-78
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Oakland in 1966
Earned first career win on 5/13/1966
Had first career hit on 6/17/1966, off Phil Paine (COL)
Injured on 6/8/1969 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,017,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $712,000 per year
 
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