Big Sky Baseball
Player Report for #49 James Higdon
Player Demographics |
 | Name: | James Higdon | Height: | 5' 10" |
Nickname: | | Weight: | 179 lbs |
Date of Birth: | January 6, 1937 | Bats: | L |
Drafted: | | Throws: | R |
Current Status: | Retired |
Links: | Development History | | |
Honors and Awards |
Award | Years | Times Won |
Platinum Glove Award | 1963 | 1 |
All-Star | 1965 | 1 |
Batter of the Month | 7/67 | 1 |
Batting Stats |
Year/Team | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SH | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | WAR | wOBA | OPS+ |
1960 - OKC |
23 |
34 | 110 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .191 | .226 | .291 | .517 | -0.4 | .228 | 36 |
1961 - OKC |
24 |
134 | 459 | 112 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 55 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 12 | 8 | .244 | .310 | .375 | .685 | 1.2 | .304 | 83 |
1962 - OKC |
25 |
120 | 473 | 113 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 60 | 71 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 146 | 0 | 3 | .239 | .319 | .421 | .740 | 1.8 | .324 | 92 |
1963 - OKC |
26 |
154 | 569 | 153 | 27 | 6 | 29 | 86 | 111 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 152 | 14 | 9 | .269 | .361 | .490 | .852 | 4.1 | .368 | 116 |
1964 - OKC |
27 |
153 | 527 | 127 | 32 | 5 | 18 | 63 | 75 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 141 | 12 | 5 | .241 | .332 | .423 | .755 | 2.2 | .330 | 92 |
1965 - OKC (AS) |
28 |
154 | 541 | 165 | 33 | 5 | 34 | 104 | 96 | 71 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 139 | 9 | 9 | .305 | .400 | .573 | .973 | 6.1 | .415 | 144 |
1966 - OKC |
29 |
157 | 513 | 137 | 34 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 78 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 135 | 20 | 12 | .267 | .356 | .460 | .816 | 2.9 | .356 | 105 |
1967 - MIN |
30 |
144 | 547 | 157 | 33 | 9 | 45 | 129 | 118 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 5 | 4 | .287 | .388 | .627 | 1.015 | 6.2 | .424 | 142 |
1968 - SF |
31 |
155 | 505 | 133 | 35 | 7 | 18 | 73 | 69 | 64 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 147 | 17 | 7 | .263 | .354 | .467 | .821 | 2.5 | .340 | 104 |
1969 - SF |
32 |
127 | 389 | 94 | 33 | 6 | 11 | 67 | 61 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 109 | 5 | 3 | .242 | .336 | .442 | .778 | 2.3 | .333 | 103 |
1970 - KC |
33 |
121 | 327 | 76 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 93 | 3 | 0 | .232 | .354 | .489 | .843 | 2.1 | .352 | 118 |
1971 - KC |
34 |
59 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .274 | .317 | .590 | -0.4 | .248 | 51 |
1972 - KC |
35 |
52 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .070 | .149 | .093 | .242 | -0.8 | .118 | -37 |
w/ OKC (1xAS) | 906 | 3192 | 828 | 183 | 28 | 128 | 436 | 492 | 373 | 52 | 6 | 19 | 890 | 68 | 47 | .259 | .345 | .455 | .799 | 17.7 | .348 | 104 |
w/ MIN | 144 | 547 | 157 | 33 | 9 | 45 | 129 | 118 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 5 | 4 | .287 | .388 | .627 | 1.015 | 6.2 | .424 | 142 |
w/ SF | 282 | 894 | 227 | 68 | 13 | 29 | 140 | 130 | 112 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 256 | 22 | 10 | .254 | .346 | .456 | .802 | 4.8 | .337 | 104 |
w/ KC | 232 | 449 | 91 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 82 | 82 | 70 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 135 | 3 | 0 | .203 | .322 | .421 | .742 | 0.9 | .312 | 92 |
Per 162 games | 162 | 526 | 135 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 82 | 85 | 65 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 149 | 10 | 6 | .256 | .347 | .470 | .818 | 3.1 | .351 | 107 |
Totals | 1564 | 5082 | 1303 | 305 | 63 | 219 | 787 | 822 | 628 | 96 | 69 | 28 | 1434 | 98 | 61 | .256 | .347 | .470 | .818 | 29.6 | .351 | 107 |
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Expanded Batting Stats |
Year/Team | Age | PA | Outs | EBH | TB | IBB | PS | PS/PA | PA/HR | BB/K | GDP | PwrSpd | SB% | RC | RC/27 | BBABIP | ISO |
1960 - OKC |
23 |
115 | 90 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 427 | 3.71 | 115.0 | 0.15 | 2 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 6.8 | 2.0 | .263 | .100 |
1961 - OKC |
24 |
506 | 357 | 38 | 172 | 3 | 1913 | 3.78 | 63.2 | 0.28 | 3 | 9.6 | 60.0 | 54.9 | 4.2 | .337 | .131 |
1962 - OKC |
25 |
531 | 365 | 47 | 199 | 0 | 2018 | 3.80 | 31.2 | 0.34 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.5 | 4.8 | .309 | .182 |
1963 - OKC |
26 |
658 | 430 | 62 | 279 | 3 | 2607 | 3.96 | 22.7 | 0.51 | 7 | 18.9 | 60.9 | 104.1 | 6.5 | .317 | .221 |
1964 - OKC |
27 |
611 | 413 | 55 | 223 | 2 | 2333 | 3.82 | 33.9 | 0.46 | 10 | 14.4 | 70.6 | 77.4 | 5.1 | .291 | .182 |
1965 - OKC (AS) |
28 |
635 | 390 | 72 | 310 | 4 | 2488 | 3.92 | 18.7 | 0.51 | 4 | 14.2 | 50.0 | 128.8 | 8.9 | .351 | .268 |
1966 - OKC |
29 |
587 | 391 | 56 | 236 | 2 | 2297 | 3.91 | 28.0 | 0.48 | 4 | 20.5 | 62.5 | 87.0 | 6.0 | .324 | .193 |
1967 - MIN |
30 |
639 | 395 | 87 | 343 | 1 | 2514 | 3.93 | 14.2 | 0.48 | 4 | 9.0 | 55.6 | 138.3 | 9.5 | .321 | .340 |
1968 - SF |
31 |
607 | 410 | 60 | 236 | 4 | 2294 | 3.78 | 33.7 | 0.44 | 2 | 17.5 | 70.8 | 89.4 | 5.9 | .337 | .204 |
1969 - SF |
32 |
458 | 310 | 50 | 172 | 0 | 1757 | 3.84 | 41.6 | 0.44 | 2 | 6.9 | 62.5 | 62.4 | 5.4 | .305 | .201 |
1970 - KC |
33 |
406 | 267 | 44 | 160 | 1 | 1520 | 3.74 | 27.1 | 0.57 | 1 | 5.0 | 100.0 | 63.2 | 6.4 | .275 | .257 |
1971 - KC |
34 |
102 | 76 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 391 | 3.83 | 51.0 | 0.48 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 3.0 | .192 | .165 |
1972 - KC |
35 |
50 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 186 | 3.72 | 0.0 | 0.27 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | .107 | .023 |
w/ OKC (1xAS) | 3643 | 2436 | 339 | 1451 | 14 | 14083 | 3.87 | 28.5 | 0.42 | 34 | 88.8 | 59.1 | 516.9 | 5.7 | .319 | .195 |
w/ MIN | 639 | 395 | 87 | 343 | 1 | 2514 | 3.93 | 14.2 | 0.48 | 4 | 9.0 | 55.6 | 138.3 | 9.5 | .321 | .340 |
w/ SF | 1065 | 720 | 110 | 408 | 4 | 4051 | 3.80 | 36.7 | 0.44 | 4 | 25.0 | 68.8 | 151.8 | 5.7 | .323 | .203 |
w/ KC | 558 | 386 | 51 | 189 | 1 | 2097 | 3.76 | 32.8 | 0.52 | 3 | 5.1 | 100.0 | 68.4 | 4.8 | .245 | .218 |
Per 162 games | 612 | 408 | 61 | 248 | 2 | 2356 | 3.85 | 27.0 | 0.44 | 5 | 14.0 | 61.6 | 90.2 | 6.0 | .314 | .214 |
Totals | 5905 | 3937 | 587 | 2391 | 20 | 22745 | 3.85 | 27.0 | 0.44 | 45 | 135.4 | 61.6 | 870.7 | 6.0 | .314 | .214 |
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Postseason Batting Stats |
Year/Team | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SH | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | wOBA |
1967 - MIN |
30 |
14 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .310 | .385 | .603 | .988 | .416 |
1968 - SF |
31 |
6 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .231 | .261 | .492 | .227 |
1969 - SF |
32 |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
w/ MIN | 14 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .310 | .385 | .603 | .988 | .416 |
w/ SF | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .214 | .240 | .454 | .211 |
Per 162 games | 162 | 585 | 148 | 28 | 14 | 28 | 92 | 120 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 14 | 0 | .253 | .333 | .494 | .827 | .355 |
Totals | 23 | 83 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .253 | .333 | .494 | .827 | .355 |
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Fielding Stats |
Year/Team | Age | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | Pct | Inn | Rng | ZR | PB | SBA | RTO | RTO% |
1960 - OKC |
23 |
2B | 14 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 1.000 | 122.0 | 4.87 | 0.0 | | | | |
1960 - OKC |
23 |
SS | 15 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 1 | .978 | 130.0 | 3.05 | 0.0 | | | | |
1961 - OKC |
24 |
1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1961 - OKC |
24 |
2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 13.50 | 0.0 | | | | |
1961 - OKC |
24 |
3B | 55 | 55 | 54 | 82 | 4 | 142 | 6 | .958 | 468.3 | 2.61 | 0.0 | | | | |
1961 - OKC |
24 |
SS | 70 | 66 | 100 | 133 | 20 | 236 | 3 | .987 | 586.0 | 3.58 | 0.0 | | | | |
1962 - OKC |
25 |
1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1962 - OKC |
25 |
3B | 117 | 117 | 103 | 206 | 10 | 318 | 9 | .972 | 1017.3 | 2.73 | 0.0 | | | | |
1962 - OKC |
25 |
SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1963 - OKC |
26 |
1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1963 - OKC |
26 |
2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1963 - OKC |
26 |
3B | 143 | 140 | 128 | 316 | 13 | 459 | 15 | .967 | 1246.0 | 3.21 | 0.0 | | | | |
1963 - OKC |
26 |
SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1964 - OKC |
27 |
1B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 6.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1964 - OKC |
27 |
2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.7 | 1.93 | 0.0 | | | | |
1964 - OKC |
27 |
3B | 139 | 137 | 134 | 239 | 8 | 386 | 13 | .966 | 1203.0 | 2.79 | 0.0 | | | | |
1964 - OKC |
27 |
SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 4.50 | 0.0 | | | | |
1965 - OKC |
28 |
1B | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | .938 | 14.0 | 9.64 | 0.0 | | | | |
1965 - OKC |
28 |
2B | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .875 | 11.0 | 5.73 | 0.0 | | | | |
1965 - OKC |
28 |
3B | 141 | 138 | 119 | 271 | 7 | 405 | 15 | .963 | 1227.0 | 2.86 | 0.0 | | | | |
1966 - OKC |
29 |
2B | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1966 - OKC |
29 |
3B | 142 | 136 | 140 | 226 | 14 | 386 | 20 | .948 | 1169.3 | 2.82 | 0.0 | | | | |
1966 - OKC |
29 |
SS | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.7 | 5.40 | 0.0 | | | | |
1967 - MIN |
30 |
1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 13.50 | 0.0 | | | | |
1967 - MIN |
30 |
2B | 116 | 116 | 250 | 284 | 49 | 541 | 7 | .987 | 1009.0 | 4.76 | 0.0 | | | | |
1967 - MIN |
30 |
3B | 29 | 28 | 21 | 40 | 2 | 66 | 5 | .924 | 246.0 | 2.23 | 0.0 | | | | |
1968 - SF |
31 |
3B | 151 | 151 | 127 | 360 | 14 | 515 | 28 | .946 | 1311.3 | 3.34 | 0.0 | | | | |
1968 - SF |
31 |
SS | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.7 | 10.80 | 0.0 | | | | |
1969 - SF |
32 |
1B | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.0 | 9.90 | 0.1 | | | | |
1969 - SF |
32 |
2B | 7 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 1.000 | 38.0 | 7.58 | -0.1 | | | | |
1969 - SF |
32 |
3B | 103 | 102 | 62 | 214 | 9 | 302 | 26 | .914 | 871.0 | 2.85 | 1.3 | | | | |
1969 - SF |
32 |
SS | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 1 | .962 | 86.3 | 2.61 | -0.9 | | | | |
1970 - KC |
33 |
1B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 9.00 | 0.0 | | | | |
1970 - KC |
33 |
2B | 13 | 11 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 68 | 2 | .971 | 97.0 | 6.12 | -1.4 | | | | |
1970 - KC |
33 |
3B | 75 | 73 | 59 | 149 | 4 | 215 | 7 | .967 | 655.0 | 2.86 | -1.5 | | | | |
1970 - KC |
33 |
SS | 10 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 29 | 1 | .966 | 76.0 | 3.32 | -1.5 | | | | |
1971 - KC |
34 |
1B | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.7 | 4.91 | 0.0 | | | | |
1971 - KC |
34 |
2B | 8 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1.000 | 58.0 | 3.26 | -0.2 | | | | |
1971 - KC |
34 |
3B | 10 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | 40.7 | 2.43 | -0.4 | | | | |
1971 - KC |
34 |
SS | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 38 | 2 | .947 | 65.0 | 4.98 | -0.9 | | | | |
1971 - KC |
34 |
RF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.7 | 10.80 | -0.0 | | | | |
1972 - KC |
35 |
1B | 10 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.3 | 7.85 | 0.2 | | | | |
1972 - KC |
35 |
2B | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1.000 | 25.0 | 6.12 | -0.4 | | | | |
1972 - KC |
35 |
3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 4.50 | 0.0 | | | | |
1972 - KC |
35 |
SS | 14 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1.000 | 52.7 | 3.76 | -1.1 | | | | |
First Base | | 36 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 1 | .984 | 68.0 | 8.34 | 0.3 | | | | |
Second Base | | 178 | 151 | 370 | 382 | 65 | 762 | 10 | .987 | 1378.0 | 4.91 | -2.2 | | | | |
Third Base | 1 Award | 1107 | 1081 | 948 | 2114 | 85 | 3206 | 144 | .955 | 9457.0 | 2.91 | -0.6 | | | | |
Shortstop | | 143 | 105 | 165 | 242 | 34 | 415 | 8 | .981 | 1027.3 | 3.57 | -4.4 | | | | |
Right Field | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.7 | 10.80 | -0.0 | | | | |
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Leaderboard Appearances |
Year | K | Rank |
1961 | 144 | 3 |
1962 | 146 | 1 |
1963 | 152 | 3 |
1964 | 141 | 3 |
1965 | 139 | 7 |
1966 | 135 | 6 |
1967 | 153 | 2 |
1968 | 147 | 5 |
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Year | HBP | Rank |
1965 | 18 | 4 |
1967 | 17 | 7 |
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Career Metrics |
Black Ink | 0 |
Gray Ink | 1 |
HOF Standards (batting) | 29 |
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