Dick Higham Stats

Dick Higham was born on Thursday, July 24, 1851, in Ipswich, England. Higham was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 1, 1876, with the Hartford Dark Blues. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dick Higham baseball stats page.
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Birth Name:   Richard Higham
Nickname:   Dick
Born On:   07-24-1851  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ipswich, England
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-18-1905 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Chicago, Illinois
Cemetery:   Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   171
First Game:   06-01-1876 (Age 24)
Last Game:   05-25-1880
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dick Higham

Dick Higham Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Dick Higham

Dick Higham Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1876 25 Dark Blues 67 312 59 102 21 2 0 0 35 2 - 7 - - 0 - .327 .331 .407
1878 27 Grays 62 281 60 90 22 1 1 0 29 5 - 16 - - 0 - .320 .332 .416
1880 29 Trojans 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - - 0 - .200 .200 .200
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
3 Years 130 598 120 193 43 3 1 0 64 7 - 23 - - 0 - .323 .331 .410
Dick Higham

Dick Higham Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1876 Dark Blues 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1876 Dark Blues C 13 - - 66 5.1 52 38 14 14 0 10 - - .788 0.00
1876 Dark Blues RF 59 - - 84 1.4 73 57 16 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .869 0.00
1876 Dark Blues SS 1 - - 5 5.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
1878 Grays C 1 - - 3 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 - - .667 0.00
1878 Grays RF 62 - - 127 2.0 103 76 27 24 4 n/a n/a n/a .811 0.00
1880 Trojans C 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 2 - 1 1.000 0.00
1880 Trojans RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 122 0 0 211 1.7 176 133 43 35 5 n/a n/a n/a .834 0.00
C Totals 15 0 0 70 4.7 55 40 15 15 0 12 n/a 1 .786 0.00
SS Totals 1 0 0 5 5.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00
2B Totals 1 0 0 5 5.0 5 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3 Years 139 - - 291 2.1 240 177 63 51 5 12 n/a 1 .825 0.00
Dick Higham

Dick Higham Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1876 Dark Blues - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 44.6 8.9 - - -
1878 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 281.0 17.6 9.7 - - -
1880 Trojans - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
3 Years - - - 0 0 n/a 598.0 26.0 9.3 - - -
Dick Higham

Dick Higham Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1876 Hartford Dark Blues n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1878 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1880 Troy Trojans n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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