Dennis Higgins vs. Vic Raschi — Career Comparison

Dennis Higgins
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Vic Raschi
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Vic Raschi built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Higgins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dennis Higgins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 3.72 and 1.318 for Vic Raschi. By the career numbers, Dennis Higgins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Higgins and Vic Raschi

Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
5.29
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
1.33
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
1.26
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.65
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.5
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.33
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.89
48.89
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.8
94.8
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.52
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.01
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
3.42
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
752
3.72
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1231
27
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5457
27
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
410.1
9
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1819
9
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
7.59
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
1666
8.24
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.7
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.69
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.89
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
727
3.6
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
7.44
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
4.67
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.919
0.919
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.83
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.22
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.13
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1772
38.87
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7675
37.97
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.63
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.9
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
828
4.1
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.387
1.387
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.316
1.316
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
33.36
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6922
34.25
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.87
38.87
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Dennis Higgins and Vic Raschi

Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
5.29
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
8.59
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.53
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1231
27
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
846
27
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
410.1
9
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
282
9
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.68
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.12
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
8.27
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.62
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
11.2
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.6
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
10.95
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.65
98.65
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.72
97.72
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17.84
17.84
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.64
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Higgins and Vic Raschi

Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
241
2224.62
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
224.79
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
718
600
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
535.38
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
608
508.08
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.526
0.526
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
9
83.08
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
93.59
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
79.39
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
12.53
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.84
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.84
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.21
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
1.45
13.34
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.81
24.91
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
9
83.08
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
110.31
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
13
120
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
132.87
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
37.6
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
41.78
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
6
55.38
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
78.55
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.94
8.65
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.28
25.31
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
4
36.92
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
39.28
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
156.92
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
121.17
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
3.82
3.82
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.95
4.95
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Vic Raschi
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
52.65
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
14.21
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
Vic Raschi
Career
Per 600 PA