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Michael
Higgins		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: April 11, 1981 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2016   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 22 MIL VL     0 0 2 1 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 9 8 8
2004 23 MIL VL     0 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 9 8 8
2005 24 MIL VL     3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 9 8 9
2006 25 MIL VL $ 100,000   3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 9 8 9
2007 26 MIL VL $ 100,000   3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 9 8 9
2008 27 MIL VL $ 100,000   3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 9 8 9
2009 28 MIL VL $ 100,000   3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7 10 9 9
2010 29 MIL VL $ 100,000   3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 10 9 9
2011 30 UTI VL $ 370,000   3 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 7 7 10 9 9
2012 31 UTI VL $ 370,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 7 10 9 10
2013 32 UTI VL $ 370,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 10 9 9
2014 33 UTI VL $ 1,050,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 10 9 9
2015 34 UTI VL $ 1,050,000   7 6 7 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 10 9 10
2016 35 UTI VL $ 1,050,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 7 10 10 10
2017 36 UTI VL $ 1,620,000   7 5 7 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 7 10 9 9
Min Ratings     0 0 2 1 3 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 9 8 8
Max Ratings $ 1,620,000   7 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2003 22 A   2 1 .667 44 0 0 0 1 64.7 37 6 2 19 77 0.84 .163 .228 .211 .439  
2004 23 A   5 1 .833 67 0 0 0 4 66.0 66 16 4 14 97 2.18 .256 .294 .349 .643  
2005 24 AAA   3 7 .300 39 0 0 0 22 45.7 47 18 4 18 61 3.55 .260 .327 .425 .752  
    AA   1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 8 18.7 11 2 1 3 31 0.96 .162 .197 .221 .418  
2006 25 MIL VL 2 5 .286 58 0 0 0 19 79.3 86 44 10 30 72 4.99 .272 .340 .437 .777 5.6
2007 26 MIL VL 5 4 .556 46 0 0 0 14 61.3 66 38 8 16 56 5.58 .276 .330 .444 .773 4.6
2008 27 MIL VL 3 9 .250 37 0 0 0 16 46.0 40 21 4 11 39 4.11 .226 .283 .339 .622 5.7
2009 28 MIL VL 6 5 .545 48 0 0 0 25 52.3 50 16 7 12 63 2.75 .246 .288 .374 .662 8.3
2010 29 MIL VL 5 3 .625 75 0 0 0 17 100.3 103 46 11 31 93 4.13 .264 .317 .408 .725 8.3
2011 30 UTI VL 1 2 .333 42 0 0 0 4 66.3 71 27 5 18 63 3.66 .269 .323 .390 .713 3.4
2012 31 UTI VL 2 3 .400 64 0 0 0 5 107.0 81 33 6 25 117 2.78 .209 .259 .304 .563 8.4
2013 32 UTI VL 11 10 .524 109 0 0 0 3 174.3 137 67 15 43 162 3.46 .211 .268 .370 .639 10.6
2014 33 UTI VL 11 3 .786 106 0 0 0 5 156.3 118 40 15 35 138 2.30 .203 .255 .343 .598 15.5
2015 34 UTI VL 6 5 .545 96 0 0 0 5 167.3 95 40 17 28 143 2.15 .160 .203 .301 .504 17.9
2016 35 UTI VL 12 2 .857 101 0 0 0 3 154.3 115 52 14 34 123 3.03 .205 .256 .354 .610 15.6
2017 36 UTI VL 6 6 .500 68 0 0 0 2 109.7 83 36 8 30 90 2.95 .207 .264 .329 .593 10.1
12 Years Sim 70 57 .551 850 0 0 0 118 1274.6 1045 460 120 313 1159 3.25 .220 .273 .359 .631 113.9
1 Years AAA 3 7 .300 39 0 0 0 22 45.7 47 18 4 18 61 3.55 .260 .327 .425 .752  
1 Years AA 1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 8 18.7 11 2 1 3 31 0.96 .162 .197 .221 .418  
2 Years A 7 2 .778 111 0 0 0 5 130.7 103 22 6 33 174 1.52 .212 .263 .285 .547  
4 Years Minors 11 10 .524 164 0 0 0 35 195.0 161 42 11 54 266 1.94 .219 .273 .313 .586  
Season Average 5 4 .556 70 0 0 0 9 106.2 87 38 10 26 96 3.25 .220 .273 .359 .631  
Career Highs 12 10 .857 109 0 0 0 25 174.3 137 67 17 43 162 5.58 .276 .340 .444 .777  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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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   641 290 74 187 685   .211 .257 .351 .608
vs LH   404 170 46 126 474   .235 .287 .372 .659
Home 40 24 .625 439 0 0 0 59 674.6 529 239 67 158 618 3.19 .212 .258 .343 .601
Away 30 33 .476 411 0 0 0 61 600.0 516 221 53 155 541 3.32 .229 .278 .376 .655
Mar/Apr 15 9 .625 138 0 0 0 26 198.0 177 76 20 43 192 3.46 .235 .276 .388 .664
May 11 10 .524 141 0 0 0 20 203.3 173 84 18 52 196 3.72 .229 .279 .390 .669
June 13 8 .619 122 0 0 0 13 179.6 144 58 18 40 159 2.91 .215 .260 .354 .614
July 10 11 .476 118 0 0 0 11 186.3 141 61 12 57 159 2.95 .207 .268 .314 .582
August 6 9 .400 130 0 0 0 21 207.3 180 78 19 38 199 3.39 .227 .262 .353 .615
Sep/Oct 15 10 .600 201 0 0 0 29 300.0 230 103 33 83 254 3.09 .208 .263 .352 .615
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2006 25 MIL VL P 58 0 79.3 2 6 1 1 .889 0.91    
2007 26 MIL VL P 46 0 61.3 0 7 1 1 .875 1.03    
2008 27 MIL VL P 37 0 46.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.37    
2009 28 MIL VL P 48 0 52.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.52    
2010 29 MIL VL P 75 0 100.3 8 10 0 2 1.000 1.61    
2011 30 UTI VL P 42 0 66.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.14    
2012 31 UTI VL P 64 0 107.0 7 12 2 1 .905 1.60    
2013 32 UTI VL P 109 0 174.3 11 22 2 1 .943 1.70    
2014 33 UTI VL P 106 0 156.3 10 16 0 1 1.000 1.50    
2015 34 UTI VL P 96 0 167.3 12 16 1 0 .966 1.51    
2016 35 UTI VL P 101 0 154.3 5 22 0 2 1.000 1.57    
2017 36 UTI VL P 68 0 109.7 7 18 4 1 .862 2.05    
Career Totals   850 0 1274.6 66 136 11 10 .948 1.43    
Career Highs   109 0 174.3 12 22 4 2 1.000 2.05    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2013 32 UTI VL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 13.3 8 2 2 2 13 1.35 .167 .200 .292 .492
2014 33 UTI VL 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 1 15.0 6 2 1 1 15 1.20 .120 .137 .200 .337
2015 34 UTI VL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 1 14.7 12 2 1 4 19 1.23 .211 .262 .351 .613
2016 35 UTI VL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.7 2 4 1 4 1 6.36 .100 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 29 0 0 0 2 48.7 28 10 5 11 48 1.85 .160 .210 .280 .490
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2015-3-2.15
 Saves
2009-8-25
 Games Pitched
2010-9-75
2013-1-109
2014-1-106
2015-1-96
2016-2-101
 Hits per 9IP
2013-9-7.1
2015-1-5.1
CAR-26-7.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2013-8-8.4
CAR-36-8.2
 WHiP
2013-9-1.03
2015-1-0.74
CAR-25-1.07
OAVG
2013-9-.211
2015-1-.160
CAR-23-.220
 OOBP
2015-1-.203
CAR-24-.273
 OSLG
2015-3-.301
 OOPS
2015-1-.504
CAR-35-.631
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Silas Baxter (953)
  2. Leo Alpert (941)
  3. Tyrone Files (939)
  4. Walter Riley (938)
  5. Franklin Rives (936)
  6. Jason Scott (935)
  7. Juan Barnes (935)
  8. Les Snipes (932)
  9. Richard Papadopoulos (930)
  10. Luis Zuniga (929)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 2003
Earned first career win on 4/16/2006
Injured on 5/7/2006 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
 
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