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
                                             
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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
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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