Martín Dihigo, baseball player, Final season: 1945

Martín Dihigo

⭐ Hall of Fame 1977

Born: 5/25/1905 in Cidra, Matanzas, Cuba

Died: 5/20/1971 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'2" | Weight: 195 lbs

Full name: Martín Magdaleno Dihigo

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Biography

Martin Dihigo, born in 1905, was a legendary figure in baseball history, renowned for his exceptional versatility as a position player during his career, which spanned from 1945 until September 30 of that year. Although his official statistics reflect 0 games played, 0 hits, 0 home runs, 0 RBIs, a batting average of 0.0, and 0 stolen bases, Dihigo's impact on the game transcended mere numbers. He was celebrated for his remarkable skills, playing multiple positions, and was known for his prowess in both the Negro Leagues and professional baseball in Cuba. His ability to excel in various roles on the field made him a unique and invaluable player of his era. Dihigo's contributions to baseball were not only limited to his on-field performance; he was also a trailblazer during a time when the sport was grappling with racial segregation. His induction into the Hall of Fame in 1977 solidified his legacy as one of the most significant players in the history of the game. Dihigo's status as a pioneering athlete and his multifaceted playing style have earned him a revered place in baseball lore, serving as an inspiration for future generations of players.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
370.0 330.0 66.0 106.0 19.0 1.0 25.0 44.0 34.0 2.0 7.0 0.321 0.390 0.612 1.002

Pitching

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
27.0 0 0 15.0 12.0 0 0 0.0 122.0 66.0 34.0 13.0 0 0 2.23

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1925 4.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 .000 0.250 .000 0.250
1926 10.0 7.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 0 2.0 0 3.0 0 0 0.571 0.700 1.571 2.271
1927 33.0 33.0 5.0 13.0 4.0 0 4.0 11.0 0 0 0 0.394 0.394 0.879 1.273
1928 31.0 30.0 4.0 10.0 2.0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.355 0.600 0.955
1929 7.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 1.0 0 1.0 0 0 0.400 0.500 1.000 1.500
1931 10.0 10.0 2.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.400
1935 42.0 39.0 4.0 10.0 2.0 0 0 1.0 3.0 1.0 0 0.256 0.310 0.308 0.618
1936 168.0 147.0 36.0 45.0 8.0 1.0 13.0 27.0 17.0 0 6.0 0.306 0.386 0.639 1.025
1945 65.0 56.0 11.0 20.0 2.0 0 3.0 5.0 9.0 1.0 1.0 0.357 0.446 0.554 1.000

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
1935 2.0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.0 13.0 8.0 3.0 2.0 0 0 2.61
1936 19.0 0 0 9.0 8.0 0 0 0.0 82.0 40.0 24.0 6.0 0 0 2.42
1945 6.0 0 0 5.0 3.0 0 0 0.0 27.0 18.0 7.0 5.0 0 0 1.67

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
28 21 64 45 37 0 3 429.3 428 173 24 130 267 3.63 0

Career ERA 3.63 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 13.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1923 CSE ECL 2 2 5 3 2 0 0 33.3 35 15 9 11 4.05 4.03 (avg) 57.8
1924 CSE ECL 3 3 9 4 3 0 1 49.3 44 15 14 25 2.74 4.13 (+34%) 213.2
1925 CSE ECL 3 4 10 7 6 0 1 65.0 70 29 25 28 4.02 4.55 (+12%) 1083.3
1926 CSE ECL 3 1 5 4 4 0 1 35.0 36 16 13 28 4.11 4.11 (avg) 1191.9
1927 CSE ECL 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 20 5 8 17 2.50 4.08 (+39%) 699.3
1928 HG EAS 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 27 12 4 14 6.35 4.13 (-54%) -459.8
1929 HIL ANL 4 3 8 5 5 0 0 51.3 43 15 12 29 2.63 4.60 (+43%) 1528.8
1931 HIL IND 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 19 7 6 9 3.50 4.10 (+15%) 107.8
1935 NYC NN2 3 1 8 5 3 0 0 43.3 37 13 16 38 2.70 4.35 (+38%) 1643.5
1936 NYC NN2 6 2 10 8 6 0 0 75.7 73 34 17 56 4.04 4.59 (+12%) 1372.2
1945 NYC NN2 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 23.3 24 12 6 12 4.63 3.67 (-26%) -599.0

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
471 1666 344 518 81 25 79 361 49 220 22 0.311 0.394 0.532 0.926 7250.6

Career AVG .311 vs. league average .282 across their career seasons — +10.2% above league average.

Career OBP .394 vs. league average .345 across their career seasons — +14.2% above league average.

Career SLG .532 vs. league average .397 across their career seasons — +34.0% above league average.

Career OPS 0.926 vs. league average 0.742 across their career seasons — +24.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1923 CSE ECL 36 125 16 25 3 3 0 15 1 8 3 0.200 .282 (-29%) .344 (-28%) .390 (-30%) .734 (-29%) -660.1
1924 CSE ECL 49 186 31 50 8 4 2 30 4 13 2 0.269 .283 (-5%) .345 (-7%) .389 (-1%) .734 (-4%) -162.0
1925 CSE ECL 43 160 21 49 8 2 3 22 3 19 0 0.306 .288 (+6%) .349 (+9%) .407 (+7%) .756 (+8%) 255.7
1926 CSE ECL 43 152 42 57 9 2 14 44 8 29 11 0.375 .279 (+34%) .345 (+37%) .390 (+89%) .735 (+65%) 1785.5
1927 CSE ECL 55 215 44 68 9 2 13 48 9 16 0 0.316 .282 (+12%) .344 (+7%) .392 (+42%) .736 (+26%) 944.1
1928 HG EAS 19 67 13 21 1 1 4 13 0 9 1 0.313 .280 (+12%) .342 (+15%) .395 (+36%) .737 (+26%) 306.7
1929 HIL ANL 78 271 68 90 14 4 18 79 8 56 2 0.332 .289 (+15%) .353 (+27%) .415 (+47%) .769 (+38%) 2159.8
1930 HIL IND 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500 — — — — 0.0
1931 HIL IND 43 141 35 44 6 3 7 32 1 23 1 0.312 .276 (+13%) .338 (+23%) .388 (+41%) .726 (+32%) 847.2
1931 BBS IND 6 25 4 12 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.480 — — — — 847.2
1935 NYC NN2 42 144 30 47 12 1 7 34 7 18 2 0.326 .279 (+17%) .342 (+19%) .399 (+43%) .742 (+32%) 822.2
1936 NYC NN2 39 127 31 38 8 1 9 33 7 22 0 0.299 .283 (+5%) .349 (+16%) .404 (+46%) .753 (+32%) 755.8
1945 NYC NN2 17 49 9 15 1 0 2 7 1 7 0 0.306 — — — — 195.8

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.192

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1935 NLC NYC 7 26 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.192

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 1 2 1 0 11.3 12 4 2 6 3.18

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1935 NLC NYC 1 1 2 1 0 11.3 12 4 2 6 3.18

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 84 78 720 30 8 27
2B 54 35 76 109 16 17
3B 61 52 48 90 16 7
C 1 1 1 0 1 0
OF 130 103 212 17 8 3
P 64 45 23 90 7 4
SS 119 108 248 298 54 57

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1923 CSE 1B 24 23 208 8 1 4
1923 CSE 2B 1 1 2 4 0 0
1923 CSE 3B 4 4 4 3 2 0
1923 CSE P 5 3 2 10 2 1
1923 CSE SS 2 2 3 4 0 0
1924 CSE 1B 11 11 94 2 2 4
1924 CSE 2B 12 12 22 39 7 1
1924 CSE 3B 2 2 3 2 0 1
1924 CSE OF 8 5 24 0 0 0
1924 CSE P 9 4 2 17 2 0
1924 CSE SS 16 15 41 31 10 3
1925 CSE 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0
1925 CSE 2B 14 0 0 0 0 0
1925 CSE 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0
1925 CSE OF 14 0 0 0 0 0
1925 CSE P 10 7 0 0 0 0
1925 CSE SS 2 0 0 0 0 0
1926 CSE 1B 14 13 139 6 1 3
1926 CSE 2B 2 2 4 9 1 2
1926 CSE 3B 9 9 9 24 2 2
1926 CSE OF 11 7 12 5 1 0
1926 CSE P 5 4 5 8 0 0
1926 CSE SS 7 7 19 27 4 4
1927 CSE 1B 9 9 79 4 0 5
1927 CSE OF 1 1 3 0 0 0
1927 CSE P 2 2 1 7 0 0
1927 CSE SS 44 43 80 120 14 19
1928 HG 1B 1 1 12 5 0 1
1928 HG 2B 5 5 9 11 1 3
1928 HG 3B 4 4 1 6 2 0
1928 HG P 2 2 1 4 1 0
1928 HG SS 9 7 16 14 1 3
1929 HIL 1B 18 17 153 3 2 8
1929 HIL 2B 12 8 28 26 5 9
1929 HIL 3B 7 5 6 11 0 1
1929 HIL C 1 1 1 0 1 0
1929 HIL OF 10 9 16 0 0 0
1929 HIL P 8 5 1 13 0 2
1929 HIL SS 36 33 85 96 24 26
1930 HIL 3B 1 1 1 0 2 1
1931 HIL 2B 3 3 4 7 0 1
1931 HIL OF 38 38 82 8 2 1
1931 HIL P 2 2 1 5 0 0
1931 BBS 3B 6 6 5 7 2 1
1935 NYC 1B 3 2 18 2 1 1
1935 NYC 2B 1 0 0 0 1 0
1935 NYC 3B 13 12 15 19 3 1
1935 NYC OF 20 19 39 2 1 1
1935 NYC P 8 5 2 9 0 0
1935 NYC SS 2 1 3 4 1 1
1936 NYC 2B 4 4 7 13 1 1
1936 NYC 3B 9 8 2 16 3 0
1936 NYC OF 17 14 25 2 3 1
1936 NYC P 10 8 7 14 1 1
1936 NYC SS 1 0 1 2 0 1
1945 NYC 1B 2 2 17 0 1 1
1945 NYC 3B 1 1 2 2 0 0
1945 NYC OF 11 10 11 0 1 0
1945 NYC P 3 3 1 3 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 64
Catcher 1
First Base 84
Second Base 54
Third Base 61
Shortstop 119
Left Field 32
Center Field 33
Right Field 65