P. J. Higgins

Bats R Throws R5'10" 195 lbBorn 1993 Bridgeport, USADebut 2021Team CINDraft 2015 R12 #353 Chicago Cubs, Old Dominion

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 44.1FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.30 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2027	79	71	15	3	0	1	6	19	0	0.210	0.276	0.303	0.579	0.093	0.261	23.7	7.5	58.0	-0.16

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 49 HIT+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Byung Ho Park	2016	85.5	did not play
2	Chris Colabello	2013	77.3	82.6	220
3	Gary Gray	1982	84.6	did not play
4	Pat Newnam	1910	77.3	87.0	77
5	Jack Phillips	1951	89.3	-126.2	1
6	Steve Pearce	2012	82.8	112.9	138
7	Russ Morman	1991	75.7	did not play
8	Brandon Snyder	2016	91.3	did not play
9	Dennis Werth	1982	84.9	did not play
10	Andy Phillips	2006	65.5	88.0	207

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			79		15	3	0	1		6	19	0.210	0.276	0.303	0.579	58.0
2026*	CIN	14	32	1	6	1	0	0		2	8	0.231	0.276	0.269	0.545	42.5
2022	CHC	74	229	23	46	11	1	6	30	22	58	0.229	0.310	0.383	0.693	96.3
2021	CHC	9	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	0.043	0.120	0.043	0.163	-55.7
Career		83	254	24	47	11	1	6	30	24	66	0.210	0.291	0.348	0.639	81.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	32	83.6	24.5	0.0	13.6	25.5	18.0	0.276	0.326	0.287
2022	229	86.0	8.7	3.4	25.5	27.6	26.2	0.206	0.298	0.268	26.4
2021	25	82.4	12.1	0.0	13.3	26.0	30.8	0.125	0.144	0.165	26.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2022	CHC	1B	38	244	235	14	0	20	1.000	+3.6
2022	CHC	C	34	236	200	10	2	2	0.991	-0.3
2022	CHC	3B	4	25	2	6	3	0	0.727	-0.9
2021	CHC	C	6	46	54	3	0	1	1.000	-0.0
2021	CHC	1B	1	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	189	1 HR, 0 SB	0.206	0.580
2025	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	408	7 HR, 0 SB	0.240	0.645
2024	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	568	11 HR, 0 SB	0.259	0.705
2023	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	263	6 HR, 1 SB	0.317	0.880
2023	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	135	5 HR, 0 SB	0.285	0.813
2023	AAA	nan	Bat	398	11 HR, 1 SB	0.305	0.858
2022	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	86	1 HR, 1 SB	0.417	1.069
2021	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	48	1 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.971
2019	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	140	5 HR, 0 SB	0.291	0.895
2019	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	299	5 HR, 5 SB	0.276	0.707
2018	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	160	1 HR, 1 SB	0.241	0.616
2018	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	277	3 HR, 3 SB	0.289	0.782
2017	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	406	4 HR, 3 SB	0.237	0.625
2016	A	South Bend Cubs	Bat	537	0 HR, 3 SB	0.283	0.744
2015	Rk	AZL Cubs	Bat	87	2 HR, 3 SB	0.288	0.833

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.275	0.358	0.156
2022	0.257	0.337	0.322	0.298
2021	0.175	0.119	0.192	0.058

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.