Hugh High Stats & Facts
Hugh High Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L 67 Weight: 155 Born: 10 24, 1887 in Pottstown, PA USA Died: 11 16 1962 in St. Louis, MO USA Debut: 4/11/1913 Last Game: 5/22/1918 Full Name: Hugh Jenkin High
The New York Yankees purchase Wally Pipp and Hugh High from the Detroit Tigers
1915 – The New York Yankees purchase Wally Pipp and Hugh High from the Detroit Tigers for a reported $5,000 each. Baseball historian Lyle Spatz (Yankees Coming, Yankees Going) writes that this was the first of some promised funneling of ball players to the recently-sold Yankees franchise.
Yankees’ catcher Les Nunamaker becomes the first catcher to accomplish three assists an inning since 1887
In the seventh inning of the 4-1 loss to Detroit at the Polo Grounds, Yankees’ catcher Les Nunamaker is has three assists to become the first catcher to accomplish the feat since 1887. The 25 year-old guns down Sam Crawford and Bobby Veach trying to steal, and picks off Hugh High leading off second base in the frame, marking the only time this century a backstop will be credited with three assists.
