Kirby Higbe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: April 8, 1915 in Columbia, SC us

Died: May 6, 1985 in Columbia, SC

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC

Debut: October 3, 1937 (Age 22-178d, 8,326th in major league history)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: July 7, 1950 (Age 35-090d)
vs. BSN 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Walter Kirby Higbe

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.7

118

101

ERA

3.69

418

238

1952.1

971

WHIP

1.404

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-27 / in Starts: 12-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 80 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	51 (27-10-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 80 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (27-17-8)

Most Driven In
M May	3
R Hughes	1
S Mesner	1
D Young	1
B Warren	0

Most Driven In By
J Bolling	3
M Arnovich	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	4	2 (1)	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	5	13 (10)	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	6	14	May 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.16	-0.004	.40	-0.01%	-0.17	P
4	7	18 (3)	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.06	-0.002	.16	0.00%	-0.24	P
5	8	19	May 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	9	22 (2)	May 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	10	25 (2)	May 17	CHC		BRO	T,9-9	13-GF(19)	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	2.92	-0.068	8.28	-0.12%	-0.19	P
8	11	31 (5)	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9	.64	0.049	1.74	0.08%	1.23	P
9	12	35 (3)	May 27	CHC		PIT	L,1-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies
10	13	38	Jun 1	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	1.76	-0.101	.56	-0.02%	-0.76	P
11	14	41 (2)	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	.46	-0.001	.08	0.00%	0.00	P
12	15	45 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	9	.91	-0.010	.12	0.00%	-0.91	P
13	16	49 (3)	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-10	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	9	.59	0.023	.12	0.00%	0.26	P
14	17	53 (3)	Jun 22	PHI	@	STL	L,5-11	GS-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.300	.350	.650	9						P
15	18	56 (2)	Jun 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.304	.565	9	1.22	-0.100	.05	0.00%	-1.01	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	19	60 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.261	.304	.565	9						P
17	20	64 (3)	Jul 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.269	.269	.308	.577	9						P
18	21	67 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.310	.586	9	.62	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
19	22	70 (2)	Jul 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.281	.531	9	.72	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
20	23	72 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.281	.531	9						P
21	24	76 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		STL	W,16-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.278	.528	9	.42	-0.044	.00	0.00%	0.38	P
22	25	77	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.278	.528	9						P
23	26	80 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.278	.528	9						P
24	27	82 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.282	.538	9	.61	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
25	28	84 (1)	Jul 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.256	.282	.538	9						P
26	29	87 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.275	.525	9	.84	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	30	89 (1)	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.250	.250	.275	.525	9						P
28	31	93 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-11	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.317	.585	9	1.03	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.63	P
29	32	98 (4)	Aug 11	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.295	.545	9	.64	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
30	33	105 (6)	Aug 18	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.271	.500	9	.55	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
31	34	109 (3)	Aug 22	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.212	.212	.250	.462	9	.67	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-2.48	P
32	35	112 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		STL	L,0-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.245	.453	9	1.80	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
33	36	113	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		STL	L,4-11	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.208	.245	.453	9						P
34	37	117 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.236	.436	9	1.31	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	38	120 (2)	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.236	.436	9						P
36	39	123 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.224	.414	9	.74	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-1.07	P
37	40	124	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.190	.224	.414	9						P
38	41	127 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-11	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.233	.433	9	1.26	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.77	P
39	42	134 (6)	Sep 15 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.219	.406	9	.31	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.27	P
40	43	140 (5)	Sep 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,13-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.209	.388	9	.09	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-1.06	P
41	44	143 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,4-22	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.179	.209	.388	9						P
42	45	147 (3)	Sep 26	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.186	.214	.400	9	1.00	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.91	P
43	46	152 (4)	Oct 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.178	.205	.384	9	1.12	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
							15-27		80	73	5	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	17	0	7		0	2	0	0	.178	.178	.205	.384		.81	-0.568	.44	-0.06%	-9.35

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