Pinky Higgins
Pinky Higgins
Full name: Michael Franklin Higgins
Born: May 27, 1909, Red Oak, Texas
Died March 21, 1969, Dallas, Texas
Buried at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas
First Game: June 25, 1930; Final Game: September 29, 1946
Managed First Game: April 12, 1955; Managed Final Game: September 30, 1962
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185
3B on TSN All-Star Team (1934 and 1936)
Pinky Higgins
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1930 PHI A 14 24 1 6 2 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 .250 .357 .333 -0.2 1930 PHI A
1933 PHI A 152 567 85 178 34 12 13 99 61 53 2 5 2 7 .314 .383 .485 1.8 1933 PHI A
1934 PHI A 144 543 89 179 37 6 16 90 56 70 0 7 9 2 .330 .392 .508 1.8 1934 PHI A
1935 PHI A 133 524 69 155 32 4 23 94 42 62 2 5 6 2 .296 .350 .504 0.6 1935 PHI A
1936 PHI A 146 550 89 159 32 2 12 80 67 61 0 3 7 4 .289 .366 .420 -0.9 1936 PHI A
1937 BOS A 153 570 88 172 33 5 9 106 76 51 1 7 2 6 .302 .385 .425 -1.4 1937 BOS A
1938 BOS A 139 524 77 159 29 5 5 106 71 55 1 7 10 9 .303 .388 .406 -0.8 1938 BOS A
1939 DET A 132 489 57 135 23 2 8 76 56 41 2 14 14 7 4 .276 .353 .380 -1.5 1939 DET A
1940 DET A 131 480 70 130 24 3 13 76 61 31 3 7 14 4 2 .271 .357 .415 -0.8 1940 DET A
1941 DET A 147 540 79 161 28 3 11 73 67 45 2 10 20 5 4 .298 .378 .422 0.9 1941 DET A
1942 DET A 143 499 65 133 34 2 11 79 72 21 3 5 21 3 7 .267 .362 .409 -0.5 1942 DET A
1943 DET A 138 523 62 145 20 1 10 84 57 31 1 11 17 2 5 .277 .349 .377 -0.7 1943 DET A
1944 DET A 148 543 79 161 32 4 7 76 81 34 4 12 17 4 4 .297 .392 .409 1.2 1944 DET A
1946 DET A 18 60 2 13 3 1 0 8 5 6 0 1 1 0 1 .217 .277 .300 -0.6 1946 DET A
1946 BOS A 64 200 18 55 11 1 2 28 24 24 1 2 8 0 2 .275 .356 .370 -0.1 1946 BOS A
1946 TOT A 82 260 20 68 14 2 2 36 29 30 1 3 9 0 3 .262 .338 .354 -0.7 1946 TOT A
Total 1802 6636 930 1941 374 51 140 1075 800 590 22 96 112i 61 59 .292 .370 .428 -1.2 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1940 DET A Daily Splits 7 24 2 8 3 1 1 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .407 .667 1940 DET A
1946 BOS A Daily Splits 7 24 1 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .269 .250 1946 BOS A
Total Splits 14 48 3 13 4 1 1 8 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .340 .458 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1936 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1936 AL
1944 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1944 AL
Total Splits 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
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 -
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 2B 2 0 0 0 0 -
Total SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1940 DET A Daily 3B 7 7 7 60 4 30 2 1 0 .944
1946 BOS A Daily 3B 7 7 6 59 6 6 2 0 0 .857
Total 3B 14 14 13 119 10 36 4 1 0 .920
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1936 AL Daily 3B 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
Total 3B 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1955 BOS A 154 84 70 .545 755 652 4
1956 BOS A 155 84 70 .545 780 751 4
1957 BOS A 154 82 72 .532 721 668 3
1958 BOS A 155 79 75 .513 697 691 3
1959 BOS A 73 31 42 .425 328 343 7- 2 8 5
1960 BOS A 105 48 57 .457 464 519 6-14 8 7
1961 BOS A 163 76 86 .469 729 792 6
1962 BOS A 160 76 84 .475 707 756 8
Total 1119 560 556 .502 5181 5172
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Transactions 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 ).
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