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Dennis Higgins

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Full Name: Dennis Dean Higgins Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180 First Game: April 12, 1966
Birthdate: August 4, 1939 Final Game: August 26, 1972
Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on August 4, 1939 in Jefferson City, Missouri, Dennis Higgins (Dennis Dean Higgins) played for the Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 7 year career. Higgins broke into the bigs on April 12, 1966 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.52 ERA in 93 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Dennis Higgins's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1969, when he posted a 3.48 ERA, won 10 games, notched 16 saves and struck out 71 batters. However, others believe that it was 1966, when he posted a 2.52 ERA and struck out 86 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1966 CHI A 42 1 1 0 2.52 86 27 26 0 0 5 93 66 9 33 4 8 5
1967 CHI A 9 0 1 2 5.84 8 9 8 0 0 0 12.1 13 0 10 0 3 3
1968 WAS A 59 0 4 4 3.25 66 40 36 0 0 13 99.2 81 8 46 9 4 3
1969 WAS A 55 0 10 9 3.48 71 42 33 0 0 16 85.1 79 7 56 7 15 3
1970 CLE A 58 0 4 6 3.99 82 43 40 0 0 11 90.1 82 8 54 8 6 2
1971 STL N 3 0 1 0 3.86 6 3 3 0 0 0 7 6 0 2 0 0 0
1972 STL N 15 1 1 2 3.97 20 14 10 0 0 1 22.2 19 0 22 0 2 0
Total NL 18 1 2 2 3.94 26 17 13 0 0 1 29.2 25 0 24 0 2 0
Total AL 223 1 20 21 3.38 313 161 143 0 0 45 380.2 321 32 199 28 36 16
Total 241 2 22 23 3.42 339 178 156 0 0 46 410.1 346 32 223 28 38 16

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1966 CHI A P 42 1 93 4 15 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 1.000
1967 CHI A P 9 0 12.1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000
1968 WAS A P 59 0 99.2 2 11 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 1.000
1969 WAS A P 55 0 85.1 4 7 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1.000
1970 CLE A P 58 0 90.1 7 14 1 0 0 2 2 5 0 .955
1971 STL N P 3 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1972 STL N P 15 1 22.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
Total P 241 2 410.1 22 51 1 2 0 7 20 16 0 .986

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1966 CHI A 42 17 1 3 0 1 .176 .222 .176 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHI A 9 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 WAS A 59 15 0 2 0 0 .133 .188 .133 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
1969 WAS A 55 11 1 1 0 1 .091 .091 .091 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1
1970 CLE A 58 12 1 3 0 1 .250 .357 .250 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 1
1971 STL N 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 STL N 15 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 18 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 223 56 3 9 0 3 .161 .217 .161 0 0 4 17 0 3 0 0 2
Total 241 58 3 9 0 3 .155 .210 .155 0 0 4 17 0 3 0 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1958).
  • Selected by San Francisco Giants from Chicago White Sox in the minor league draft (November 26, 1962).
  • Returned to Chicago White Sox (April, 1963).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Steve Jones and Ron Hansen to Washington Senators in exchange for Tim Cullen, Buster Narum and Bob Priddy (February 13, 1968).
  • Traded by Washington Senators with Barry Moore to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dave Nelson, Horacio Pina and Ron Law (December 5, 1969).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Cardinals (July 15, 1971).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to San Diego Padres (September 1, 1972).

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