Pinky Higgins stats

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Pinky Higgins played 14 MLB seasons, 1930 to 1946.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,802
AB
6,636
R
930
H
1,941
HR
140
RBI
1,075
SB
61
AVG
.292
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1930ATH142416000.250
1933ATH1525678517813992.314
1934ATH1445438917916909.330
1935ATH1335246915523946.296
1936ATH1465508915912807.289
1937BOS1535708817291062.302
1938BOS13952477159510610.303
1939DET132489571358767.276
1940DET1314807013013764.271
1941DET1475407916111735.298
1942DET1434996513311793.267
1943DET1385236214510842.277
1944DET148543791617764.297
1946DET/BOS8226020682360.262

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
14
AB
48
R
3
H
13
HR
1
RBI
8
SB
0
AVG
.271

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
7,554
TB
2,837
XBH
565
HBP
22
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1930ATH28820000
1933ATH635275592000
1934ATH606276590000
1935ATH573264592000
1936ATH620231460000
1937BOS654242471000
1938BOS603213391000
1939DET561186332000
1940DET551199403000
1941DET619228422000
1942DET579204473000
1943DET592197311000
1944DET640222434000
1946DET/BOS29392181000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
9.3
RC
1,102.9
RC/27
6.10
ISOP
.135
SECA
.256
BB/K
1.36
AB/HR
47.4
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1930ATH0.03.34.9.0830.30.800
1933ATH0.0104.97.1.1710.31.243.60
1934ATH0.0109.27.9.1790.30.833.90
1935ATH0.093.86.7.2080.30.722.80
1936ATH0.089.46.1.1310.31.145.80
1937BOS0.097.46.4.1230.21.563.30
1938BOS0.087.66.2.1030.21.3104.80
1939DET0.371.35.2.1040.21.461.10
1940DET0.976.45.7.1440.32.036.90
1941DET1.991.26.3.1240.31.549.10
1942DET1.278.55.6.1420.33.445.40
1943DET1.473.15.0990.21.852.30
1944DET3.494.56.4.1120.32.477.60
1946DET/BOS0.232.84.5.0920.21.01300

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
117 yearsMay 27, 1909
Debut
1930

What were Pinky Higgins's career stats?

Pinky Higgins played 14 seasons for the Athletics, the Red Sox and the Tigers. He was a career .292 hitter with 1,941 hits, 140 home runs and 1,075 RBI. His best season was 1934: a .330 batting average, 16 home runs and 90 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1930 to 1946

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 210th in rbi (1,075)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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