Bobby Higginson

Bobby Higginson

Infobox MLB retired
name=Bobby Higginson


position=Outfielder
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1970|8|18
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
debutdate=April 26
debutyear=by|1995
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
finaldate=May 5
finalyear=by|2005
finalteam=Detroit Tigers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.272
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=187
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=709
teams=
* Detroit Tigers (by|1995-by|2005)

Robert Leigh Higginson (born August 18, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Detroit Tigers. He has a career batting average of .272. He attended Temple University.

Higginson was drafted by the Tigers in the 12th round of the by|1992 draft. His rookie year was by|1995 when he played 130 games for the Tigers. Higginson batted .300 in by|1996 and by|2000, scored over 100 runs in by|2000 and drove in over 100 runs in by|1997 and by|2000. In by|2000, he became one of eight players in baseball history to hit .300, score over 100 runs, hit 30 home runs, hit 44 doubles, drive in over 100 RBI and steal 15 bases in one year. His career high of 30 home-runs came also in 2000. At his best, he was considered one of the better-fielding outfielders in baseball. He twice led the Majors in outfield assists, and also led all American League left fielders in putouts in by|2000 (305) and by|2001 (321), although he never won a Gold Glove for his fielding. He never was named to an All-Star team.

Higginson was named "Tiger of the Year" by the Detroit chapter of the BBWAA in by|1997 and by|2000. Since the award's inception in 1965, only eight players have been named "Tiger of the Year" on multiple occasions: Higginson, Travis Fryman, Cecil Fielder, Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, Ron LeFlore, and Denny McLain. [http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/history/awards.jsp]

As of 2008, Higginson is out of baseball. An elbow injury limited him to 10 games in by|2005, he was placed on the 15 day disabled list and missed rest of the season and was granted free agency on October 31, 2005. At age 35 and with his best years far behind him, he was unsigned by another team. He ended his career never having played on a team that had a winning season. He was a member of three of the worst teams in the history of Major League Baseball: the woeful Detroit Tigers of by|1996, by|2002, and by|2003. Higginson is now a partner in a limousine company in Oakland County, Michigan and divides his time between Michigan and Florida.

ee also

* Top 500 home run hitters of all time
* Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

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