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Name Team Age
John Higgins Retired (1979, Age 34) Died (2023, Age 78)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 51
(1966)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cool Papa Bell League 0 0 years (51 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ B  D 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B  C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B  D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ F  F 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A+ 0 8/4/1945
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
D+ (27.4 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1966 Minors 37.00 4 / 5 4 / 6 2 / 4 2 / 3 7 / 7 8 / 8 4 / 4 31 / 37
1966 Pos (1B) 14.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 14
1967 Minors 21.00 2 / 2 3 / 3 0 / 1 5 / 7 4 / 4 1 / 1 3 / 3 18 / 21
1967 Pos (1B) 11.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 11
1968 Minors 20.00 3 / 3 4 / 5 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 1 2 / 5 0 / 1 13 / 20
1968 Pos (1B) 13.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 13
1969 Minors 29.00 1 / 4 0 / 0 2 / 3 3 / 4 5 / 7 2 / 5 4 / 6 17 / 29
1969 Pos (1B) 19.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 19
1970 Majors 12.00 2 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 8 / 12
1971 Majors 19.00 3 / 5 2 / 2 1 / 4 1 / 1 2 / 2 3 / 4 1 / 1 13 / 19
1972 Majors 20.00 1 / 2 3 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 2 8 / 20
1973 Majors 2.05 13 2 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1973 Pos (1B) 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1974 Minors 7.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 7
1974 Majors 10.00 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 10
1974 Pos (1B) 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 5
1975 Majors 13.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 13
1976 Majors 18.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 18
1977 Majors 9.00 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 9
1978 Majors 10.94 38 21 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 10
1979 Minors 7.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 7
1979 Majors 14.00 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 14
Total 51 23 0 18 / 38 17 / 29 6 / 27 15 / 37 27 / 48 18 / 42 14 / 27 120 / 311
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01John Higgins has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1979-05-16The Kansas City Athletics have waived John Higgins.
1979-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Ed Klawitter to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated John Higgins for assignment.
1978-08-20The Kansas City Athletics have promoted John Higgins to the major league team.
1978-08-20The Kansas City Athletics have acquired John Higgins from the waiver wire.
1974-05-12The Kansas City Athletics have waived John Higgins.
1973-09-27The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Moe Corkhill to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated John Higgins for assignment.
1973-09-12The Kansas City Athletics have promoted John Higgins to the major league team.
1973-09-12The Kansas City Athletics have acquired John Higgins from the waiver wire.
1970-03-05The Chicago Dragons have acquired Mookie Redmond from the waiver wire. The Chicago Dragons have waived John Higgins.