Pinky Higgins

Michael Franklin Higgins
Born: May 27, 1909
Red Oak, TX USA
Deceased: 1969
Dallas, TX USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185
College: University of Texas at Austin
Career: 1930-1946
Minor League Statistics

Pinky Higgins compiled a career batting average of .292 with 140 home runs and 1075 RBI in his 1802-game career with the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. He began playing during the 1930 season and last took the field during the 1946 campaign.

Philadelphia Athletics

Boston Red Sox

Detroit Tigers

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1930	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	14	28	24	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.250	.357	.333	.690	8	0	0	0
1933	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	152	635	567	85	178	34	12	13	99	2	7	61	53	.314	.383	.485	.868	275	0	2	5
1934	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	144	606	543	89	179	37	6	16	90	9	2	56	70	.330	.392	.508	.901	276	0	0	7
1935	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	133	573	524	69	155	32	4	23	94	6	2	42	62	.296	.350	.504	.854	264	0	2	5
1936	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	146	620	550	89	159	32	2	12	80	7	4	67	61	.289	.366	.420	.786	231	0	0	3
1937	AL	Boston Red Sox	153	654	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	.302	.385	.425	.809	242	0	1	7
1938	AL	Boston Red Sox	139	603	524	77	159	29	5	5	106	10	9	71	55	.303	.388	.406	.794	213	0	1	7
1939	AL	Detroit Tigers	132	561	489	57	135	23	2	8	76	7	4	56	41	.276	.353	.380	.733	186	14	2	14
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	131	551	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	.271	.357	.415	.771	199	14	3	7
1941	AL	Detroit Tigers	147	619	540	79	161	28	3	11	73	5	4	67	45	.298	.378	.422	.800	228	20	2	10
1942	AL	Detroit Tigers	143	579	499	65	133	34	2	11	79	3	7	72	21	.267	.362	.409	.771	204	21	3	5
1943	AL	Detroit Tigers	138	592	523	62	145	20	1	10	84	2	5	57	31	.277	.349	.377	.726	197	17	1	11
1944	AL	Detroit Tigers	148	640	543	79	161	32	4	7	76	4	4	81	34	.297	.392	.409	.801	222	17	4	12
1946	AL	Detroit Tigers	18	66	60	2	13	3	1	0	8	0	1	5	6	.217	.277	.300	.577	18	1	0	1
1946	AL	Boston Red Sox	64	227	200	18	55	11	1	2	28	0	2	24	24	.275	.356	.370	.726	74	8	1	2
Totals			1802	7554	6636	930	1941	374	51	140	1075	61	59	800	590	.292	.370	.428	.798	2837	112	22	96

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1930	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	2B	2	0	0	0	0		.000
1930	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	5	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.600
1930	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
1933	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	152	159	270	24	23	.947	2.822
1934	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	144	147	247	37	34	.914	2.736
1935	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	131	162	214	21	15	.947	2.870
1936	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	3B	145	151	266	26	24	.941	2.876
1937	AL	Boston Red Sox	3B	152	161	258	29	29	.935	2.757
1938	AL	Boston Red Sox	3B	138	140	272	39	28	.914	2.986
1939	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	130	140	241	36	22	.914	2.931
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	129	133	239	29	16	.928	2.884
1941	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	145	153	304	26	14	.946	3.152
1942	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	137	134	243	30	24	.926	2.752
1943	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	138	156	253	26	22	.940	2.964
1944	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	146	146	311	22	21	.954	3.130
1946	AL	Detroit Tigers	3B	17	12	25	2	2	.949	2.176
1946	AL	Boston Red Sox	3B	59	52	109	9	14	.947	2.729
Totals				1771	1849	3259	356	288	.935	2.884

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	7	27	24	2	8	3	1	1	6	3	3	.333	.407	.667	1.074	16	0
1946	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	7	26	24	1	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	.208	.269	.250	.519	6	1
Totals				14	53	48	3	13	4	1	1	8	5	3	.271	.340	.458	.798	22	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1940	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	3B	7	7	60.0	4	30	2	1	.944	5.100	4.857
1946	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	3B	7	7	59.0	6	6	2	0	.857	1.831	1.714
Totals					14	14	119.0	10	36	4	1	.920	3.479	3.286

Awards

1933 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1935 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1937 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B

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