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Jose
Higa		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 26, 1950 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1976   
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
1973 22 PHX JL     0 3 0 1 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4
1974 23 LEX FL     1 5 2 3 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 7 8 9 8
1975 24 LEX FL $ 300,000   5 7 4 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 5 6 8 7 8 9 9 9
1976 25 AUS FL $ 300,000   7 8 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 9 8 8 9 10 9
1977 26 AUS FL $ 300,000   7 8 5 6 8 7 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 9 8 8 8 9 8
1978 27 AUS FL $ 1,479,286   8 8 5 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 6 7 9 8 9 8 9 8
1979 28 AUS FL $ 1,600,000   8 8 5 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 6 7 9 8 9 8 9 8
1980 29 AUS FL $ 3,000,000   7 8 5 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 6 7 9 8 9 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 3 0 1 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   8 8 5 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 6 7 9 8 9 9 10 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 AUS FL $ 3,000,000 27 17 15 16 20 18 19 19 15 16
1982 31 AUS FL $ 3,000,000 27 18 17 17 20 18 19 18 14 15
1983 32 AUS FL $ 3,000,000 27 18 17 17 20 18 18 18 14 15
1984 33 AUS FL $ 3,000,000 27 18 17 17 20 18 18 18 14 15
1985 34 AUS FL $ 3,500,000 27 18 17 17 20 17 18 17 13 14
1986 35 AUS FL $ 3,500,000 27 18 17 17 20 17 18 17 13 14
1987 36 AUS FL $ 3,500,000 27 18 17 17 20 17 18 17 13 14
1988 37 AUS FL $ 714,000 27 18 17 17 19 17 17 16 12 13
1989 38 CAL JL $ 850,000 27 18 17 17 19 16 17 16 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 714,000 27 17 15 16 19 16 17 16 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000 27 18 17 17 20 18 19 19 15 16
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 22 PHX JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 23 LEX FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 24 LEX FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 25 AUS FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 26 AUS FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 27 AUS FL $ 1,479,286 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 28 AUS FL $ 1,600,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 29 AUS FL $ 3,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 AUS FL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1982 31 AUS FL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1983 32 AUS FL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1984 33 AUS FL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1985 34 AUS FL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1986 35 AUS FL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1987 36 AUS FL $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1988 37 AUS FL $ 714,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
1989 38 CAL JL $ 850,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 714,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 22 AA   0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 9.0 13 10 3 6 8 10.00 .325 .413 .600 1.013  
    A   3 2 .600 30 0 0 0 1 29.0 15 7 3 10 13 2.17 .158 .238 .253 .491  
1974 23 AA   0 2 .000 22 0 0 0 9 22.0 22 8 1 9 23 3.27 .286 .360 .364 .724  
    A   0 1 .000 12 2 0 0 1 15.0 8 5 1 7 13 3.00 .154 .254 .250 .504  
1975 24 LEX FL 2 1 .667 11 0 0 0 7 11.0 9 3 0 7 9 2.45 .231 .348 .282 .630 2.6
    AAA   4 2 .667 27 0 0 0 11 39.0 29 9 3 11 56 2.08 .206 .263 .298 .561  
    AA   3 1 .750 23 0 0 0 15 27.7 21 6 2 8 40 1.95 .214 .274 .306 .580  
1976 25 AUS FL 6 5 .545 69 0 0 0 39 63.0 55 19 6 14 83 2.71 .235 .277 .359 .636 13.7
1977 26 AUS FL 3 6 .333 52 0 0 0 27 55.7 54 19 7 8 46 3.07 .252 .278 .425 .703 8.7
1978 27 AUS FL 7 4 .636 60 0 0 0 8 59.0 61 20 7 13 55 3.05 .266 .303 .380 .683 8.4
1979 28 AUS FL 2 1 .667 45 0 0 0 5 50.7 45 16 3 12 27 2.84 .242 .284 .339 .622 6.6
1980 29 AUS FL 2 3 .400 69 0 0 0 3 61.0 58 19 3 13 49 2.80 .249 .287 .356 .644 8.8
1981 30 AUS FL 6 5 .545 85 0 0 0 5 82.3 79 31 9 17 54 3.39 .254 .290 .415 .705 8.0
1982 31 AUS FL 6 2 .750 84 0 0 0 0 94.0 87 32 5 20 59 3.06 .249 .288 .360 .648 8.8
1983 32 AUS FL 5 3 .625 83 0 0 0 7 85.7 78 42 11 13 55 4.41 .236 .262 .411 .673 7.2
1984 33 AUS FL 2 5 .286 71 0 0 0 0 85.3 82 32 4 12 49 3.38 .252 .277 .378 .656 7.3
1985 34 AUS FL 3 2 .600 60 0 0 0 3 73.7 80 32 6 14 50 3.91 .276 .309 .431 .740 5.9
1986 35 AUS FL 6 5 .545 85 0 0 0 3 83.3 88 51 14 33 64 5.51 .272 .339 .489 .828 4.0
1987 36 AUS FL 6 4 .600 69 0 0 0 6 73.3 72 36 12 21 45 4.42 .253 .311 .446 .756 6.9
1988 37 AUS FL 5 2 .714 95 0 0 0 7 94.0 68 37 10 25 69 3.54 .199 .252 .363 .615 10.9
1989 38 AUS FL 3 1 .750 54 0 0 0 3 54.3 49 17 5 6 33 2.82 .239 .262 .395 .657 7.0
  CAL JL 3 3 .500 56 0 0 0 2 53.0 52 29 5 19 40 4.93 .252 .313 .408 .721 2.9
  TOT   6 4 .600 110 0 0 0 5 107.3 101 46 10 25 73 3.86 .246 .288 .401 .689 9.9
15 Years Sim 67 52 .563 1048 0 0 0 125 1079.3 1017 435 107 247 787 3.63 .248 .290 .398 .687 117.8
1 Years AAA 4 2 .667 27 0 0 0 11 39.0 29 9 3 11 56 2.08 .206 .263 .298 .561  
3 Years AA 3 4 .429 51 0 0 0 24 58.7 56 24 6 23 71 3.68 .260 .332 .381 .713  
2 Years A 3 3 .500 42 2 0 0 2 44.0 23 12 4 17 26 2.45 .156 .244 .252 .496  
6 Years Minors 10 9 .526 120 2 0 0 37 141.7 108 45 13 51 153 2.86 .215 .287 .320 .607  
Season Average 4 3 .571 69 0 0 0 8 72.0 67 29 7 16 52 3.63 .248 .290 .398 .687  
Career Highs 7 6 .750 110 0 0 0 39 107.3 101 51 14 33 83 5.51 .276 .348 .489 .828  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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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   747 311 85 193 558   .258 .304 .421 .725
vs LH   270 124 22 54 229   .224 .258 .342 .600
Home 37 28 .569 543 0 0 0 68 577.6 552 244 53 138 420 3.80 .250 .294 .398 .692
Away 30 24 .556 505 0 0 0 57 501.6 465 191 54 109 367 3.43 .245 .286 .398 .684
Mar/Apr 15 8 .652 162 0 0 0 16 172.3 173 86 17 44 124 4.49 .261 .307 .429 .736
May 4 5 .444 164 0 0 0 16 177.6 165 65 14 37 130 3.29 .246 .285 .382 .667
June 16 8 .667 180 0 0 0 21 191.3 163 65 17 41 125 3.06 .228 .270 .364 .634
July 9 9 .500 181 0 0 0 32 179.3 155 61 17 41 135 3.06 .232 .277 .360 .637
August 12 8 .600 178 0 0 0 17 178.6 180 75 23 43 143 3.78 .259 .303 .425 .728
Sep/Oct 11 14 .440 183 0 0 0 23 180.0 181 83 19 41 130 4.15 .261 .302 .427 .729
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 22 A   10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1975 24 AAA   3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1976 25 AUS FL 69 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1977 26 AUS FL 52 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .500 .667 0.6 0.2
1979 28 AUS FL 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1980 29 AUS FL 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1981 30 AUS FL 85 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1982 31 AUS FL 84 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1983 32 AUS FL 83 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1984 33 AUS FL 71 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1985 34 AUS FL 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1986 35 AUS FL 85 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1987 36 AUS FL 70 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1988 37 AUS FL 95 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1989 38 AUS FL 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  CAL JL 56 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   110 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
13 Years Sim 978 43 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 .023 .023 .070 .092 -2.5 0.2
1 Years AAA 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1 Years A 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
2 Years Minors 13 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .023 .023 .070 .092 -0.4  
Career Highs 110 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .500 .667 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   31 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 .032 .031 .097 .128 -1.8
vs LH   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Home 364 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.4
Away 404 18 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 .056 .053 .167 .219 -0.6
RISP   9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Close/Late   16 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 .063 .063 .188 .250 -0.4
Mar/Apr 64 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
May 57 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
June 90 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
July 91 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .091 .300 .391 0.2
August 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
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    
1975 24 LEX FL P 11 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1976 25 AUS FL P 69 0 63.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.71    
1977 26 AUS FL P 52 0 55.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1978 27 AUS FL P 60 0 59.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.92    
1979 28 AUS FL P 45 0 50.7 1 4 1 0 .833 0.89    
1980 29 AUS FL P 69 0 61.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.92    
1981 30 AUS FL P 85 0 82.3 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1982 31 AUS FL P 84 0 94.0 4 16 2 0 .909 1.91    
1983 32 AUS FL P 83 0 85.7 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.16    
1984 33 AUS FL P 71 0 85.3 2 14 2 2 .889 1.69    
1985 34 AUS FL P 60 0 73.7 3 13 0 2 1.000 1.95    
1986 35 AUS FL P 85 0 83.3 9 8 0 1 1.000 1.84    
1987 36 AUS FL P 69 0 73.3 3 7 1 0 .909 1.23    
1988 37 AUS FL P 95 0 94.0 4 14 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1989 38 AUS FL P 54 0 54.3 2 5 1 0 .875 1.16    
  CAL JL P 56 0 53.0 2 4 1 0 .857 1.02    
Career Totals   1048 0 1079.3 46 128 8 7 .956 1.45    
Career Highs   110 0 107.3 9 16 2 2 1.000 1.95    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1976 25 AUS FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1979 28 AUS FL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 29 AUS FL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .100 .182 .100 .282
1982 31 AUS FL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 7 3 0 1 4 8.11 .412 .444 .529 .974
1984 33 AUS FL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 2 0 0 4 3.00 .320 .320 .440 .760
1989 38 CAL JL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 0 17.7 18 5 0 2 19 2.55 .257 .278 .329 .606
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 31 AUS FL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1976-3-39
1977-8-27
CAR-44-125
 Games Pitched
1976-4-69
1982-8-84
1988-4-95
CAR-8-1048
 OOBP
CAR-40-.290
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  4. Paul Mirabella (908)
  5. Louis Mattison (906)
  6. Kevin Bryant (903)
  7. Cleo Mendoza (898)
  8. Peter Sanborn (896)
  9. Neil Berkowitz (894)
  10. Ricardo Barrera (894)
History
Drafted in 31st round, 743rd overall pick, by Phoenix in 1973
Traded from Phoenix to Lexington on 7/31/1974 (Going to LEX: P S. McMurtry, LF B. Diskin, P J. Higa. Going to PHX: LF R. Gauthreaux, P C. Stephenson)
Injured on 7/25/1975 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Earned first career win on 9/5/1975
Had first career hit (triple) on 7/22/1977, off Rudi Stein (BUF)
 
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