MLB / Players

Dick Higham

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 8 in · 171 lb
BornJuly 24, 1851 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England
MLB debutJune 1, 1871
Final gameMay 25, 1880
Seasons8 (1871–1880)

New York Mutuals 1871; Baltimore Canaries 1872; New York Mutuals 1873–1874; Chicago White Stockings 1875; New York Mutuals 1875; Hartford Dark Blues 1876; Providence Grays 1878; Troy Trojans 1880

Percentile snapshot

1878 season — qualified batters

G
62
81.3
PA
286
95.8
AB
281
97.9
R
60
100
H
90
89.6
2B
22
100
3B
1
16.7
HR
1
70.8
RBI
29
68.8
BB
5
27.1
SO
16
47.9
BA
.320
87.5
OBP
.332
81.3
SLG
.416
85.4
OPS
.749
81.3
wRC+
131.6
81.3
OPS+
144.4
81.3
wOBA
.345
81.3
sWAR
1.8
70.8

of 49 qualified 1878 batters (min 192 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
8.7
85.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1871219694213431092032.362.375.415.790113.7126.5.3550.4
18725024724572841012372345.343.348.416.765117.4134.3.3501.3
1873492462445777540342122.316.321.369.690101.7103.4.3150.8
18746533733358871431384053.261.270.330.60094.890.9.2741.0
18755727227256741030220162.272.272.331.603103.9107.2.2741.2
187667314312591022120352700.327.331.407.738128.3144.1.3402.0
187862286281609022112951600.320.332.416.749131.6144.4.3451.8
18801551100000000.200.200.200.40048.535.2.1810.0

Career totals

G
372
PA
1,803
AB
1,786
R
384
H
549
2B
85
3B
15
HR
4
RBI
204
BB
17
SO
28
SB
20
BA
.3074
OBP
.3139
SLG
.3785
OPS
.6924

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.