Hugh High

Hugh High

Infobox MLB retired
name=Hugh High


position=Outfielder
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=October 24, 1887
deathdate=death date and age|1962|11|16|1887|10|24
debutdate=April 11
debutyear=by|1913
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
finaldate=May 22
finalyear=by|1918
finalteam=New York Yankees
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.250
stat2label=Home runss
stat2value=3
stat3label=RBIs
stat3value=123
teams=
*Detroit Tigers (by|1913–by|1914)
*New York Yankees (by|1915–by|1918)
highlights=

Hugh Jenkin High (October 24, 1887 – November 16, 1962), nicknamed "Bunny,"cite web| title = Hugh High's Stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/highhu01.shtml | accessdate = 2008-04-12 ] was a Major League Baseball outfielder from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, who played six seasons in the Majors, for the Detroit Tigers in by|1913 and by|1914, and for the New York Yankees from by|1915 through by|1918. He is the older brother of two other Major League players, Andy High, and Charlie High.cite web| title = Hugh High's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phighh101.htm | accessdate = 2008-04-12 ]

Career

In his two years playing for the Tigers, he couldn't break into the regular line-up, but played quite often compared to the existing trio of Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and Bobby Veach.cite web| title = Hugh High's Profile | work = baseballlibrary.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Hugh_High_1887 | accessdate = 2008-04-12 ] Before the by|1915 season, on February 4, he was sold to the Yankees along with Wally Pipp, reportedly for $5000 each. It is believed that this sale was the beginning of the building blocks of the Yankee machine, by funnelling talent from around the league.cite web| title = Hugh High's Chronology | work = baseballlibrary.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Hugh_High_1887&page=chronology | accessdate = 2008-04-12 ] He spent the next four seasons with the Yankees, becoming a regular in the line-up for three of them.

Post-career

After playing in just seven games for the Yankees in by|1918, he left professional baseball all-together, and was working at Sparrows Point, a shipyard outside of Baltimore, Maryland, when Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee expressed interest in services, in fact, had discussed trade options with the Yankees earlier in the year. Several possible reasons exist for why this was not able to happen, but the deal did not come to fruition, and Hugh never returned to the Majors.cite web| title = BABE RUTH and the 1918 Red Sox, pg. 171 | work = By Allan Wood | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MA-DAzLDuZkC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=%22Hugh+High%22+baseball&source=web&ots=cQ-Axla-a2&sig=yEjKqWUW2PxPnbVUITtTtd5ustE&hl=en | accessdate = 2008-04-12 ] Hugh died at the age of 75 in St. Louis, Missouri, and in interred at Bellefontaine Cemetery.

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