Pinky Higgins stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Bio
- Debut
- 1930
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,802
- AB
- 6,636
- R
- 930
- H
- 1,941
- HR
- 140
- RBI
- 1,075
- SB
- 61
- AVG
- .292
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ATH | 14 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1933 | ATH | 152 | 567 | 85 | 178 | 13 | 99 | 2 | .314 |
| 1934 | ATH | 144 | 543 | 89 | 179 | 16 | 90 | 9 | .330 |
| 1935 | ATH | 133 | 524 | 69 | 155 | 23 | 94 | 6 | .296 |
| 1936 | ATH | 146 | 550 | 89 | 159 | 12 | 80 | 7 | .289 |
| 1937 | BOS | 153 | 570 | 88 | 172 | 9 | 106 | 2 | .302 |
| 1938 | BOS | 139 | 524 | 77 | 159 | 5 | 106 | 10 | .303 |
| 1939 | DET | 132 | 489 | 57 | 135 | 8 | 76 | 7 | .276 |
| 1940 | DET | 131 | 480 | 70 | 130 | 13 | 76 | 4 | .271 |
| 1941 | DET | 147 | 540 | 79 | 161 | 11 | 73 | 5 | .298 |
| 1942 | DET | 143 | 499 | 65 | 133 | 11 | 79 | 3 | .267 |
| 1943 | DET | 138 | 523 | 62 | 145 | 10 | 84 | 2 | .277 |
| 1944 | DET | 148 | 543 | 79 | 161 | 7 | 76 | 4 | .297 |
| 1946 |  DET/BOS | 82 | 260 | 20 | 68 | 2 | 36 | 0 | .262 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ATH | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | ATH | 635 | 275 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | ATH | 606 | 276 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | ATH | 573 | 264 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | ATH | 620 | 231 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | BOS | 654 | 242 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | BOS | 603 | 213 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | DET | 561 | 186 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | DET | 551 | 199 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | DET | 619 | 228 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | DET | 579 | 204 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | DET | 592 | 197 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | DET | 640 | 222 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | DET/BOS | 293 | 92 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 9.3
- RC
- 1102.9
- RC/27
- 6.10
- ISOP
- .135
- SECA
- .256
- BB/K
- 1.36
- AB/HR
- 47.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ATH | 0.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | .083 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | ATH | 0.0 | 104.9 | 7.1 | .171 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 43.6 | 0 |
| 1934 | ATH | 0.0 | 109.2 | 7.9 | .179 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 33.9 | 0 |
| 1935 | ATH | 0.0 | 93.8 | 6.7 | .208 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 22.8 | 0 |
| 1936 | ATH | 0.0 | 89.4 | 6.1 | .131 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 45.8 | 0 |
| 1937 | BOS | 0.0 | 97.4 | 6.4 | .123 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 63.3 | 0 |
| 1938 | BOS | 0.0 | 87.6 | 6.2 | .103 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 104.8 | 0 |
| 1939 | DET | 0.3 | 71.3 | 5.2 | .104 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 61.1 | 0 |
| 1940 | DET | 0.9 | 76.4 | 5.7 | .144 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 36.9 | 0 |
| 1941 | DET | 1.9 | 91.2 | 6.3 | .124 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 49.1 | 0 |
| 1942 | DET | 1.2 | 78.5 | 5.6 | .142 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 45.4 | 0 |
| 1943 | DET | 1.4 | 73.1 | 5 | .099 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 52.3 | 0 |
| 1944 | DET | 3.4 | 94.5 | 6.4 | .112 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 77.6 | 0 |
| 1946 | DET/BOS | 0.2 | 32.8 | 4.5 | .092 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 130 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
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 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.