Pinky Higgins
1930–1946 · bats R / throws R · ALM, ALS, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics
1,802G
.292AVG
.370OBP
.428SLG
More career statistics
1,941H
140HR
1,075RBI
61SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,802 | 1,803 |
| Batting · At bats | 6,636 | 6,642 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 59 | 63 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,941 | 1,943 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 590 | 592 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 7,554 | 7,562 |
| Batting · Runs | 930 | 929 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,075 | 1,077 |
| Batting · Walks | 800 | 802 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,802 | 7,554 | 6,636 | 930 | 1,941 | 374 | 51 | 140 | 1,075 | 800 | 590 | 61 | 59 | 22 | 0 | 2,837 | .292 | .370 | .428 | .798 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1934-06-28 to 1934-07-17
33longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1933-08-06 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1935-06-27 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1933-06-30 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 906 | 3742 | 985 | 87 | 580 | 400 | 256 | .299 | .370 | .454 |
| Away | 897 | 3820 | 958 | 53 | 497 | 402 | 336 | .286 | .356 | .402 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 125 | 515 | 119 | 5 | 67 | 61 | 47 | .266 | .350 | .383 |
| May | 292 | 1192 | 297 | 20 | 154 | 130 | 92 | .287 | .358 | .416 |
| June | 345 | 1457 | 419 | 31 | 224 | 147 | 107 | .324 | .388 | .490 |
| July | 344 | 1449 | 370 | 30 | 220 | 164 | 110 | .293 | .369 | .425 |
| August | 368 | 1560 | 388 | 28 | 216 | 171 | 135 | .284 | .358 | .412 |
| September | 320 | 1355 | 342 | 26 | 195 | 128 | 97 | .285 | .347 | .411 |
| October | 9 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .242 | .265 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 266 | 1127 | 309 | 22 | 171 | 119 | 81 | .310 | .380 | .451 |
| cleveland-guardians | 265 | 1119 | 274 | 18 | 149 | 134 | 105 | .284 | .365 | .412 |
| chicago-white-sox | 260 | 1080 | 302 | 19 | 158 | 108 | 64 | .318 | .380 | .452 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 254 | 1049 | 261 | 16 | 149 | 106 | 66 | .282 | .350 | .414 |
| new-york-yankees | 253 | 1049 | 235 | 13 | 118 | 117 | 110 | .256 | .336 | .362 |
| boston-red-sox | 207 | 880 | 249 | 29 | 152 | 93 | 54 | .321 | .389 | .501 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 166 | 709 | 164 | 10 | 102 | 72 | 48 | .264 | .333 | .384 |
| detroit-tigers | 131 | 545 | 148 | 13 | 78 | 53 | 64 | .305 | .369 | .451 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 14 | 24 | 6 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1933 | Philadelphia Athletics | 152 | 567 | 178 | 13 | 100 | 2 | .314 | – | – |
| 1934 | Philadelphia Athletics | 144 | 543 | 179 | 16 | 91 | 8 | .330 | – | – |
| 1935 | ALM, Philadelphia Athletics | 134 | 528 | 156 | 23 | 94 | 6 | .295 | – | – |
| 1936 | Philadelphia Athletics | 146 | 550 | 159 | 12 | 80 | 7 | .289 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Boston Red Sox | 153 | 570 | 172 | 9 | 105 | 2 | .302 | – | – |
| 1938 | Boston Red Sox | 139 | 524 | 160 | 5 | 108 | 10 | .305 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Detroit Tigers | 132 | 489 | 135 | 8 | 77 | 8 | .276 | – | – |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 131 | 481 | 130 | 13 | 77 | 4 | .270 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 540 | 161 | 11 | 73 | 5 | .298 | – | – |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 143 | 500 | 133 | 11 | 77 | 3 | .266 | – | – |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 138 | 523 | 145 | 10 | 83 | 2 | .277 | – | – |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 148 | 543 | 161 | 7 | 76 | 4 | .297 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers | 82 | 260 | 68 | 2 | 36 | – | .262 | – | – |