Was Martín Dihigo a pitcher?

Both. Martín Dihigo pitched in 64 games, going 28-21 with a 3.63 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Shortstop.

How many home runs did Martín Dihigo hit?

Martín Dihigo hit 79 career home runs with 518 hits.

Is Martín Dihigo in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Martín Dihigo was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.

Martín Dihigo

Shortstop · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (Final season: 1945)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1977

AVG .311

HR 79

RBI 361

H 518

OPS .926

PIV 7,308

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 195 lb
Born: 5/25/1905 in Cidra, Matanzas, Cuba
Died: 5/20/1971 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Last Game: 1945-09-30
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1977 (Negro League)
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Martín Magdaleno Dihigo

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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	.321	.390	.612	1.002

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
10	7	15	12	5	0	137.1	122	66	34	13	27	60	2.23	1.08

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
471	1,666	344	518	81	25	79	361	49	220	22	.311	.394	.532	.926	7,308

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 .926 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — +24.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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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	.200	.282 (-29%)	.344 (-28%)	.390 (-30%)	.734 (-29%)	-616.9
1924	CSE	ECL	49	186	31	50	8	4	2	30	4	13	2	.269	.283 (-5%)	.345 (-7%)	.389 (-1%)	.734 (-4%)	-147.9
1925	CSE	ECL	43	160	21	49	8	2	3	22	3	19	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	.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	.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	.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	.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	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1931	HIL	IND	43	141	35	44	6	3	7	32	1	23	1	.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	.480	—	—	—	—	847.2
1935	NYC	NN2	42	144	30	47	12	1	7	34	7	18	2	.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	.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	.306	—	—	—	—	195.8
Career · 13 seasons			471	1,666	344	518	81	25	79	361	49	220	22	.311	—	—	—	—	8,155

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

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	6843.7

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

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1923	CSE	ECL	2	2	5	3	2	0	33.3	35	15	9	11	4.05	4.03 (avg)	57.8
1924	CSE	ECL	3	3	9	4	3	1	49.3	44	15	14	25	2.74	4.13 (+34%)	213.2
1925	CSE	ECL	3	4	10	7	6	1	65.0	70	29	25	28	4.02	4.55 (+12%)	1083.3
1926	CSE	ECL	3	1	5	4	4	1	35.0	36	16	13	28	4.11	4.11 (avg)	1191.9
1927	CSE	ECL	2	0	2	2	2	0	18.0	20	5	8	17	2.50	4.08 (+39%)	699.3
1928	HG	EAS	1	1	2	2	2	0	17.0	27	12	4	14	6.35	4.13 (-54%)	-458.1
1929	HIL	ANL	4	3	8	5	5	0	51.3	43	15	12	29	2.63	4.60 (+43%)	1528.8
1931	HIL	IND	1	1	2	2	2	0	18.0	19	7	6	9	3.50	4.10 (+15%)	107.8
1935	NYC	NN2	3	1	8	5	3	0	43.3	37	13	16	38	2.70	4.35 (+38%)	1643.5
1936	NYC	NN2	6	2	10	8	6	0	75.7	73	34	17	56	4.04	4.59 (+12%)	1372.2
1945	NYC	NN2	0	3	3	3	2	0	23.3	24	12	6	12	4.63	3.67 (-26%)	-596.0
Career · 11 seasons			28	21	64	45	37	3	429.1	428	173	130	267	3.63	—	6,844

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

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	.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	.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

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	61	198	43	66	18	33	.333
Away	42	120	24	34	6	11	.283

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	18	103.0	87	26	25	73	2.27
Away	10	75.0	50	6	12	24	0.72

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
1945-09-02	NY6	BLG	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
1945-09-02	NY6	BLG	L	3	0	1	0	0	0
1945-08-29	NY6	HOM	L	2	0	2	0	0	0
1945-08-26	NY6	NY5	L	4	2	3	1	1	0
1945-08-21	NY6	BLG	L	3	1	1	0	0	0
1945-08-05	NY6	HOM	W	0	0	0	0	0	0
1945-07-23	NY6	HOM	L	3	1	2	0	0	1
1945-07-20	NY6	NW2	L	3	1	1	1	1	1
1945-07-04	NY6	HOM	W	4	1	1	1	0	0
1945-06-06	NY6	NW2	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1945-08-26	NY6	NY5	L	9.0	10	6	6	1	4	3
1945-08-21	NY6	BLG	L	8.0	8	3	0	2	1	1
1945-08-05	NY6	HOM	W	11.0	1	2	0	0	0	1
1945-06-06	NY6	NW2	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-09-07	NY6	PH5	W	9.0	9	3	0	0	0	0
1936-08-15	NY6	NW2	W	9.0	3	1	1	2	6	0
1936-08-01	NY6	HOM	W	9.0	11	5	5	2	8	2
1936-07-26	NY6	PH5	—	5.1	8	5	0	2	0	0
1936-06-28	NY6	PTC	L	9.0	8	5	0	3	9	1
1936-06-07	NY6	NW2	—	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 Diamond

Circle size = games played at each 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

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Frequently Asked Questions about Martín Dihigo

Was Martín Dihigo a pitcher?: Both. Martín Dihigo pitched in 64 games, going 28-21 with a 3.63 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Shortstop.
How many home runs did Martín Dihigo hit?: Martín Dihigo hit 79 career home runs with 518 hits.
Is Martín Dihigo in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Martín Dihigo was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.

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

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