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Irv
Higginbotham		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 211
 
Born: April 26, 1882 in Usa, NE, HOMER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1907    1910   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 24 DET AL   9 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9
1907 25 DET AL $ 300,000 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 10 10
1908 26 DET AL $ 300,000 9 2 2 2 7 7 7 10 10 10
1909 27 DET AL $ 300,000 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10
1910 28 DET AL $ 300,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10
1911 29 DET AL $ 300,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10
1912 30 DET AL $ 300,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10
1913 31 DET AL $ 922,857 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10
1914 32 PHA AL $ 1,014,286 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10
1915 33 CHA AL $ 3,421,429 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10
1916 34 PHI NL $ 5,111,111 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 10 10 10
1917 35 PHI NL $ 5,111,111 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 9 9
1918 36 PHI NL $ 5,111,111 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 9 9 9
1919 37 PHI NL $ 5,111,111 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,111,111 9 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 24 DET AL     4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 25 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 26 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 27 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 28 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 29 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 30 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 31 DET AL $ 922,857   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 32 PHA AL $ 1,014,286   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 33 CHA AL $ 3,421,429   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 34 PHI NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 35 PHI NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 36 PHI NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 37 PHI NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,111,111   4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1906 24 A   3 4 .429 12 12 6 2 0 94.7 60 12 0 21 126 1.14 .179 .228 .212 .439  
1907 25 DET AL 8 8 .500 16 16 14 0 0 134.7 118 42 1 50 39 2.81 .241 .311 .331 .643 8.0
    AAA   3 6 .333 12 12 7 1 0 104.3 81 25 1 40 131 2.16 .216 .292 .264 .556  
    AA   5 3 .625 9 9 2 1 0 66.3 60 20 2 31 100 2.71 .242 .326 .335 .661  
1908 26 DET AL 1 5 .167 6 6 5 0 0 50.7 61 28 0 11 18 4.97 .296 .332 .350 .681 0.0
    AAA   5 9 .357 16 16 8 0 0 125.3 95 37 2 57 128 2.66 .213 .302 .274 .576  
1909 27 DET AL 15 12 .556 31 29 24 2 0 255.7 230 68 0 59 88 2.39 .239 .288 .290 .579 17.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 2 1 0 52.7 36 8 0 19 66 1.37 .188 .261 .240 .500  
1910 28 DET AL 21 14 .600 38 38 28 3 0 319.0 357 113 0 57 113 3.19 .279 .311 .336 .648 15.0
1911 29 DET AL 2 4 .333 6 6 4 0 0 48.3 59 29 0 18 18 5.40 .307 .370 .365 .734 0.2
    AAA   9 9 .500 20 20 13 1 0 157.7 167 60 2 45 89 3.43 .275 .325 .339 .665  
1912 30 DET AL 2 5 .286 17 1 1 0 1 33.0 39 11 0 7 9 3.00 .295 .331 .356 .687 2.6
1913 31 DET AL 2 3 .400 14 4 3 0 2 49.0 54 16 0 9 15 2.94 .286 .315 .333 .648 4.0
1914 32 PHA AL 19 15 .559 35 35 28 1 0 309.0 298 108 1 81 106 3.15 .252 .301 .319 .620 23.3
1915 33 PHA AL 9 9 .500 19 19 14 3 0 160.0 154 53 0 45 62 2.98 .256 .308 .312 .620 8.9
  CHA AL 11 9 .550 21 21 16 3 0 189.3 167 62 1 50 71 2.95 .239 .290 .295 .584 11.4
  TOT   20 18 .526 40 40 30 6 0 349.3 321 115 1 95 133 2.96 .247 .298 .303 .601 20.3
1916 34 PHI NL 10 20 .333 37 37 6 0 0 278.3 385 143 7 78 88 4.62 .337 .377 .415 .792 7.4
1917 35 PHI NL 20 17 .541 40 40 24 3 0 334.3 349 126 4 90 82 3.39 .271 .321 .345 .666 19.3
1918 36 PHI NL 7 12 .368 22 22 9 0 0 168.7 173 79 6 56 48 4.22 .263 .323 .347 .670 3.7
1919 37 PHI NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 1 0 0 0 3.86 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.0
13 Years Sim 127 134 .487 306 274 176 15 3 2332.3 2446 879 20 611 757 3.39 .271 .318 .337 .655 120.8
4 Years AAA 20 25 .444 54 54 30 3 0 440.0 379 130 5 161 414 2.66 .234 .303 .292 .595  
1 Years AA 5 3 .625 9 9 2 1 0 66.3 60 20 2 31 100 2.71 .242 .326 .335 .661  
1 Years A 3 4 .429 12 12 6 2 0 94.7 60 12 0 21 126 1.14 .179 .228 .212 .439  
6 Years Minors 28 32 .467 75 75 38 6 0 601.0 499 162 7 213 640 2.43 .227 .295 .285 .579  
Season Average 9 10 .474 23 21 13 1 0 179.4 188 67 1 47 58 3.39 .271 .318 .337 .655  
Career Highs 21 20 .600 40 40 30 6 2 349.3 385 143 7 95 133 5.40 .337 .377 .415 .792  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1224 443 8 299 441   .254 .298 .316 .614
vs LH   1222 436 12 312 316   .290 .339 .361 .701
Home 57 75 .432 154 139 93 9 0 1207.0 1297 477 14 310 406 3.56 .277 .322 .351 .673
Away 70 59 .543 152 135 83 6 3 1125.3 1149 402 6 301 351 3.22 .264 .312 .322 .634
Mar/Apr 10 13 .435 29 25 18 0 1 218.0 243 100 2 53 80 4.13 .284 .326 .359 .685
May 19 29 .396 56 51 30 4 0 411.6 438 145 4 111 134 3.17 .277 .324 .328 .652
June 23 20 .535 50 43 26 1 0 367.6 388 149 3 80 119 3.65 .270 .308 .331 .640
July 20 21 .488 50 45 31 7 1 393.0 395 148 2 97 133 3.39 .260 .304 .327 .632
August 19 26 .422 53 48 27 1 1 396.3 428 146 5 130 123 3.32 .278 .335 .356 .690
Sep/Oct 36 25 .590 68 62 47 2 0 545.6 554 191 4 140 168 3.15 .265 .311 .333 .644
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1907 25 DET AL 16 46 3 11 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 24 .239 .234 .304 .538 3.6 0.5
1908 26 DET AL 6 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
1909 27 DET AL 31 93 6 16 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 55 .172 .181 .194 .374 1.7 0.0
1910 28 DET AL 38 114 9 19 4 0 0 12 0 1 0 64 .167 .181 .202 .383 1.6 0.0
1911 29 DET AL 6 19 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .158 .158 .211 .368 0.2 0.0
1912 30 DET AL 17 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
1913 31 DET AL 14 16 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3 0.0
1914 32 PHA AL 35 109 7 15 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 53 .138 .145 .156 .301 -0.4 0.0
1915 33 PHA AL 19 60 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 27 .100 .115 .100 .215 -2.1 0.0
  CHA AL 21 76 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 30 .145 .156 .158 .314 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   40 136 3 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 57 .125 .138 .132 .270 -2.4 0.0
1916 34 PHI NL 37 100 4 16 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 50 .160 .192 .180 .372 2.1 0.0
1917 35 PHI NL 40 121 4 18 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 52 .149 .149 .165 .314 0.4 0.0
1918 36 PHI NL 22 62 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 .097 .097 .113 .210 -1.9 0.0
12 Years Sim 302 840 42 127 11 2 1 54 0 1 7 411 .151 .161 .173 .334 4.7 0.5
162 Game Average 450 22 68 5 1 0 28 0 0 3 220 .151 .161 .173 .334 2.5  
Career Highs 40 136 9 19 4 1 1 12 0 1 4 64 .239 .234 .304 .538 3.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   617 33 106 7 2 1 43 0 1 3 309 .172 .178 .194 .373 8.2
vs LH   223 9 21 4 0 0 11 0 0 4 102 .094 .114 .112 .226 -6.7
Home 152 413 20 63 6 1 1 27 0 1 3 198 .153 .164 .179 .343 1.4
Away 150 427 22 64 5 1 0 27 0 0 4 213 .150 .158 .166 .324 0.2
RISP   246 0 40 4 0 0 52 0 0 3 123 .163 .175 .179 .354 2.1
Close/Late   97 3 15 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 43 .155 .163 .155 .318 0.0
Mar/Apr 29 76 2 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 35 .211 .221 .224 .444 2.8
May 52 155 8 15 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 75 .097 .114 .110 .224 -4.8
June 47 127 4 13 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 62 .102 .116 .126 .242 -3.4
July 49 142 11 25 2 0 0 13 0 1 2 64 .176 .192 .190 .382 2.1
August 48 145 6 22 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 83 .152 .152 .186 .338 0.5
Sep/Oct 64 195 11 36 2 0 1 16 0 0 1 92 .185 .189 .210 .399 4.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1907 25 DET AL P 16 16 134.7 18 27 4 3 .918 3.01    
1908 26 DET AL P 6 6 50.7 5 16 2 2 .913 3.73    
1909 27 DET AL P 31 29 255.7 28 53 7 4 .920 2.85    
1910 28 DET AL P 38 38 319.0 30 72 5 4 .953 2.88    
1911 29 DET AL P 6 6 48.3 1 10 1 1 .917 2.05    
1912 30 DET AL P 17 1 33.0 1 11 2 0 .857 3.27    
1913 31 DET AL P 14 4 49.0 2 15 1 2 .944 3.12    
1914 32 PHA AL P 35 35 309.0 27 69 13 4 .881 2.80    
1915 33 PHA AL P 19 19 160.0 13 31 3 3 .936 2.47    
  CHA AL P 21 21 189.3 16 37 4 3 .930 2.52    
  TOT   P 40 40 349.3 29 68 7 6 .933 2.50    
1916 34 PHI NL P 37 37 278.3 24 83 4 10 .964 3.46    
1917 35 PHI NL P 40 40 334.3 20 76 8 4 .923 2.58    
1918 36 PHI NL P 22 22 168.7 10 46 2 2 .966 2.99    
1919 37 PHI NL P 4 0 2.3 0 1 1 0 .500 3.86    
Career Totals   306 274 2332.3 195 547 57 42 .929 2.86    
Career Highs   40 40 349.3 30 83 13 10 .966 3.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1907 25 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 16.7 23 9 0 7 6 4.86 .315 .375 .370 .745
1910 28 DET AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 12 1 0 4 3 0.50 .190 .239 .238 .477
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 0 1.000 4 4 3 0 0 34.7 35 10 0 11 9 2.60 .257 .313 .309 .622
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1907 25 DET AL 2 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222
1910 28 DET AL 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 4 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1909-6-2.39
 Wins
1910-2-21
1914-9-19
1915-6-20
1917-7-20
 Losses
1915-7-18
1916-4-20
1917-7-17
 Games Pitched
1917-10-40
 Games Started
1910-9-38
1915-7-40
1917-9-40
 Complete Games
1909-10-24
1910-6-28
1914-8-28
1915-8-30
Shutouts
1909-10-2
1910-8-3
1915-4-6
1917-7-3
 Innings Pitched
1910-8-319.0
1915-5-349.3
1917-9-334.3
 Hits Allowed
1910-2-357
1915-3-321
1916-1-385
1917-5-349
 Homeruns Allowed
1918-10-6
 Walks Allowed
1915-9-95
 Walks per 9IP
1909-9-2.1
1910-7-1.6
OSLG
1914-10-.319
1915-9-.303
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 49    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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  1. Otto Hess (954)
  2. Frank Owen (949)
  3. Ralph Glaze (945)
  4. Ray Fisher (943)
  5. Vic Willis (941)
  6. Jake Boultes (941)
  7. Dummy Deegan (940)
  8. Rube Waddell (933)
  9. Slim Harriss (933)
  10. Bill Holland (930)
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  1. Doc Newton (992)
  2. Fred Glade (990)
  3. Jimmy Dygert (985)
  4. Bill Holland (984)
  5. Noodles Hahn (984)
  6. John Burke (984)
  7. Alex Hardy (980)
  8. Jake Boultes (980)
  9. Tom Seaton (977)
  10. Tully Sparks (975)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1906
Traded from Cincinnati to New York (N) on 3/15/1906 (Going to CIN: RF Red Murray. Going to NY1: P Irv Higginbotham)
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 3/15/1906 (Going to NY1: P Ed Karger. Going to DET: P Irv Higginbotham)
Injured on 4/16/1906 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/9/1906 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 8 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/25/1907
Had first career hit on 7/30/1907, off Gus Dorner (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/1907, off Frank Owen (PHA)
Won World Series with Detroit in 1907
Injured on 6/18/1908 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Pitched NO-HITTER against Chicago (A) on 8/10/1909, striking out 0
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/1910, winning 2 games with a 2.50 ERA
Won World Series with Detroit in 1910
Injured on 7/20/1911 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $922,857 through salary arbitration
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration
Was claimed off waivers by Philadelphia (A) on 4/17/1914
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Chicago (A) on 7/1/1915 (Going to CHA: CF Beals Becker, P Irv Higginbotham, 1B Chick Gandil. Going to PHA: 1B Sherry Magee, CF George Burns, P Hooks Wiltse)
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 2/15/1916 to a 4-year deal worth $5,111,111 per year
Injured on 7/4/1918 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
 
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