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	23-14 / in Starts: 20-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	70 (37-21-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
D Camilli	2
P Reese	1
B Sullivan	1
D Walker	1
A Galan	1
J Medwick	1
B Herman	1
M Owen	0

Most Driven In By
A Vaughan	2
D Walker	0

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	136	2 (1)	Apr 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.22	-0.060	3.44	-0.10%	-0.61	P
2	137	7 (4)	Apr 20	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.17	-0.018	.51	-0.03%	-0.96	P
3	138	11 (3)	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.01	-0.072	3.75	-0.16%	-0.52	P
4	139	16 (4)	Apr 29	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.60	-0.018	7.25	-0.05%	-0.06	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
5	140	21 (4)	May 3 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.75	-0.021	3.40	-0.06%	-0.22	P
6	141	27 (5)	May 14	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.28	-0.007	1.54	-0.02%	-0.09	P
7	142	30 (2)	May 17 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.86	-0.108	4.50	-0.34%	-1.69	P
8	143	36 (5)	May 23	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.92	-0.103	10.21	-0.33%	-0.96	P
9	144	40 (3)	May 28	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.55	-0.029	3.27	-0.10%	-0.77	P
10	145	42 (1)	May 30 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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
11	146	50 (7)	Jun 7 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.35	-0.014	1.63	-0.04%	-0.50	P
12	147	55 (4)	Jun 17	BRO		CHC	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.22	0.001	5.48	0.00%	-0.15	P
13	148	60 (4)	Jun 21 (2)	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.50	-0.010	3.21	-0.04%	-0.24	P
14	149	63 (2)	Jun 26	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.032	.032	.032	.065	9	.98	0.053	4.09	0.13%	0.65	P
15	150	66 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.030	.030	.030	.061	9	1.32	-0.064	6.23	-0.18%	-0.55	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	151	70 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,14-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.026	.026	.026	.053	9	.26	0.054	.85	0.11%	-0.48	P
17	152	72 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.026	.026	.026	.053	9						P
18	153	75 (2)	Jul 10	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-10	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.049	.049	.049	.098	9	1.71	-0.106	5.27	-0.20%	-0.40	P
19	154	77 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.049	.049	.049	.098	8						P
20	155	79 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.049	.049	.049	.098	9						P
21	156	81 (1)	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-5	GS-8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.044	.044	.044	.089	9	.84	-0.100	1.99	-0.14%	-1.92	P
22	157	88 (6)	Jul 19 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.043	.043	.043	.087	9	.88	-0.038	3.90	-0.10%	-0.50	P
23	158	91 (2)	Jul 22	BRO		CIN	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.061	.061	.082	.143	9	.66	0.020	1.67	0.03%	1.24	P
24	159	97 (5)	Jul 28 (2)	BRO		STL	L,1-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.058	.058	.077	.135	9	1.63	-0.044	6.20	-0.10%	-0.45	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
25	160	102 (4)	Aug 2 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.058	.058	.077	.135	9						P
26	161	104 (1)	Aug 4	BRO	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.074	.130	9	1.27	-0.074	1.56	-0.06%	-0.56	P
27	162	109 (4)	Aug 10	BRO		PHI	W,6-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.054	.054	.071	.125	9	.42	-0.036	.79	-0.04%	-0.81	P
28	163	114 (4)	Aug 16	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.070	.123	9	.71	-0.017	.88	-0.01%	-0.14	P
29	164	118 (3)	Aug 22	BRO		NYG	W,10-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.053	.070	.123	9						P
30	165	119	Aug 23 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,6-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.100	.167	9	1.60	-0.207	4.53	-0.35%	-0.81	P
31	166	125 (5)	Aug 28	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.078	.078	.109	.188	9	.35	-0.038	1.11	-0.07%	-0.66	P
Sept		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
32	167	130 (4)	Sep 1	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.088	.088	.118	.206	9	.53	-0.045	2.56	-0.13%	-0.39	P
33	168	131	Sep 2	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.088	.088	.118	.206	9						P
34	169	135 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.129	.229	9	1.27	0.093	5.41	0.24%	0.74	P
35	170	139 (3)	Sep 10	BRO		CHC	L,2-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.129	.229	9						P
36	171	142 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.129	.229	9						P
37	172	149 (6)	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.096	.096	.123	.219	9	.38	-0.029	2.35	-0.11%	-0.51	P
38	173	155 (5)	Sep 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.104	.104	.130	.234	9	1.11	0.018	9.56	0.09%	-0.08	P
							23-14		84	77	2	8	2	0	0	8	0	0	16	0	7		2	1	0	0	.104	.104	.130	.234		.87	-1.019	3.55	-2.16%	-12.39

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