Pinky Higgins

Full Name: Michael Franklin Higgins	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: June 25, 1930
Birthdate: May 27, 1909	Final Game: September 29, 1946
Birthplace: Red Oak, Texas	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: March 21, 1969
Deathplace: Dallas, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Pinky Higgins (Michael Franklin Higgins) was born on May 27, 1909 in Red Oak, Texas. He made his Major League debut on June 25, 1930 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1933, his rookie year, he hit .314 with 13 home runs and 99 RBI. Higgins played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 14 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Pinky Higgins's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1933, when he hit for a .314 average and knocked in 99 runs. However, others believe that it was 1934, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .330 average and knocked in 90 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1930	PHI	A	14	24	1	6	0	0	.250	.357	.333	2	0	4	5	0	0	0	0
1933	PHI	A	152	567	85	178	13	99	.314	.383	.485	34	12	61	53	2	5	2	0
1934	PHI	A	144	543	89	179	16	90	.330	.392	.508	37	6	56	70	0	7	9	0
1935	PHI	A	133	524	69	155	23	94	.296	.350	.504	32	4	42	62	2	5	6	0
1936	PHI	A	146	550	89	159	12	80	.289	.366	.420	32	2	67	61	0	3	7	0
1937	BOS	A	153	570	88	172	9	106	.302	.385	.425	33	5	76	51	1	7	2	0
1938	BOS	A	139	524	77	159	5	106	.303	.388	.406	29	5	71	55	1	7	10	0
1939	DET	A	132	489	57	135	8	76	.276	.353	.380	23	2	56	41	2	14	7	14
1940	DET	A	131	480	70	130	13	76	.271	.357	.415	24	3	61	31	3	7	4	14
1941	DET	A	147	540	79	161	11	73	.298	.378	.422	28	3	67	45	2	10	5	20
1942	DET	A	143	499	65	133	11	79	.267	.362	.409	34	2	72	21	3	5	3	21
1943	DET	A	138	523	62	145	10	84	.277	.349	.377	20	1	57	31	1	11	2	17
1944	DET	A	148	543	79	161	7	76	.297	.392	.409	32	4	81	34	4	12	4	17
1946	DET	A	18	60	2	13	0	8	.217	.277	.300	3	1	5	6	0	1	0	1
1946	BOS	A	64	200	18	55	2	28	.275	.356	.370	11	1	24	24	1	2	0	8
1946	TOT	A	82	260	20	68	2	36	.262	.338	.354	14	2	29	30	1	3	0	9
Total			1802	6636	930	1941	140	1075	.292	.370	.428	374	51	800	590	22	96	61	112

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1930	PHI	A	3B	5	2	6	0	0	1.000
1930	PHI	A	2B	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1930	PHI	A	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
1933	PHI	A	3B	152	159	270	24	23	.947
1934	PHI	A	3B	144	147	247	37	34	.914
1935	PHI	A	3B	131	162	214	21	15	.947
1936	PHI	A	3B	145	151	266	26	24	.941
1937	BOS	A	3B	152	161	258	29	29	.935
1938	BOS	A	3B	138	140	272	39	28	.914
1939	DET	A	3B	130	140	241	36	22	.914
1940	DET	A	3B	129	133	239	29	16	.928
1941	DET	A	3B	145	153	304	26	14	.946
1942	DET	A	3B	137	134	243	30	24	.926
1943	DET	A	3B	138	156	253	26	22	.940
1944	DET	A	3B	146	146	311	22	21	.954
1946	DET	A	3B	17	12	25	2	2	.949
1946	BOS	A	3B	59	52	109	9	14	.947
1946	TOT	A	3B	76	64	134	11	16	.947
Total			3B	1768	1848	3258	356	288	.935
Total			SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	2	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Billy Werber (December 9, 1936).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Archie McKain to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Elden Auker, Jake Wade and Chet Morgan (December 15, 1938).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox (May 19, 1946).
Released by Boston Red Sox (December 17, 1946).