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Irv Higginbotham
Irving Clinton Higginbotham

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 196 lb.

Debut August 11, 1906
Final Game September 11, 1909
Born April 26, 1882 in Homer, NE
Died June 12, 1959 in Seattle, WA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1906 24 STL NL   1   4   7   6   4   0   1  0   47.3   50   23   17   1   11   14   1   1   200       0  3.23  2.62   81 1.289
 1908 26 STL NL   3   8  19  11   7   1   7  0  107.0  113   50   38   0   33   38   3   7   454       1  3.20  2.35   73 1.364
 1909 27 TOT NL   6   2  22   7   5   0   8  1   89.3   69   35   21   0   22   34  11   0   369       0  2.12  2.53  120 1.019
         STL NL   1   0   3   1   1   0   1  0   11.3    5    3    2   0    2    2   1   0    38       0  1.59  2.51  158 0.618
         CHC NL   5   2  19   6   4   0   7  1   78.0   64   32   19   0   20   32  10   0   331       0  2.19  2.54  116 1.077
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .417  10  14  48  24  16   1  16  1  243.7  232  108   76   1   66   86  15   8  1023       1  2.81  2.47   88 1.223
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  13  45  22  15   0  15  0  230.0  219  102   71   0   62   81  14   7   966   0   0  2.81  2.47   88 1.223
 Career High      6   8  22  11   7   1   8  1  107.0  113   50   38   1   33   38  11   7   454   0   1  2.12  2.62  120 1.019

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1906 24 STL NL   7   18    2    4   0  0   0    0   0      1      .222  .263  .222   54    4   0           0    
 1908 26 STL NL  19   38    3    5   0  0   0    0   0      0      .132  .154  .132   -7    5   1           1    
 1909 27 TOT NL  22   29    1    6   0  0   0    0   0      0      .207  .233  .207   35    6   1           1    
         STL NL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         CHC NL  19   26    1    6   0  0   0    0   0      0      .231  .259  .231   50    6   1           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       48   85    6   15   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .176  .205  .176   21   15   2   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        287   20   51   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   0  .176  .205  .176   21   51   7   0   0   7   0
 Career High     22   38    3    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0                           6   1   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1906 24 STL NL   19   14    1   1.9    73| .222  .248| .263  .314| .222  .316| .485  .631|  54  .282  -1.0  -0.1     
 1908 26 STL NL   40   34    1   0.8    68| .132  .241| .154  .302| .132  .311| .286  .613|  -7  .080  -4.5  -0.6     
 1909 27 TOT NL   31   24    1   1.1    78| .207  .254| .233  .322| .207  .328| .440  .650|  35  .125  -2.3  -0.3     
         STL NL    3    3    0   0.0    72| .000  .245| .000  .312| .000  .316| .000  .628|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
         CHC NL   28   21    1   1.3    79| .231  .255| .259  .324| .231  .329| .490  .653|  50  .155  -1.6  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        90   72    3   1.1    72| .176  .247| .205  .312| .176  .318| .381  .629|  21  .134  -7.8  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1906 24 STL NL P 7 1 18 2 0 .905 .950 2.71 2.40 3.62 3.04 6 47.3 1908 26 STL NL P 19 2 27 1 0 .967 .954 1.53 2.13 2.44 2.99 11 107.0 1909 27 TOT NL P 22 4 17 3 0 .875 .938 0.95 1.95 2.12 2.84 7 89.3 STL NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 1.93 0.80 2.87 1 11.3 CHC NL P 19 4 16 3 0 .870 .939 1.05 1.95 2.31 2.84 6 78.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1906 24 STL NL P 7 1 18 2 0 .905 .950 2.71 2.40 3.62 3.04 6 47.3 1908 26 STL NL P 19 2 27 1 0 .967 .954 1.53 2.13 2.44 2.99 11 107.0 1909 27 TOT NL P 22 4 17 3 0 .875 .938 0.95 1.95 2.12 2.84 7 89.3 STL NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 1.93 0.80 2.87 1 11.3 CHC NL P 19 4 16 3 0 .870 .939 1.05 1.95 2.31 2.84 6 78.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 48 7 62 6 0 .920 .948 1.44 2.09 2.55 2.94 24 243.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 48 7 62 6 0 .920 .948 1.44 2.09 2.55 2.94 24 244
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wild Pitches
1908 NL-7-4

Hit Batsmen
1909 NL-11-5

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