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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	13 (10)	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	14	May 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
4	18 (3)	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	19	May 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	22 (2)	May 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	25 (2)	May 17	CHC		BRO	T,9-9	GF	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	31 (5)	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	GS	25	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
9	35 (3)	May 27	CHC		PIT	L,1-9	GS	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies
10	38	Jun 1	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	41 (2)	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	GS	36	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	45 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	49 (3)	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-10	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	53 (3)	Jun 22	PHI	@	STL	L,5-11	GS	0	3.1	1	0	0	1	0
15	56 (2)	Jun 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	60 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	GF	3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
17	64 (3)	Jul 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	67 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	70 (2)	Jul 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	GS	38	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
20	72 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	GF	14	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
21	76 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		STL	W,16-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	77	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	80 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-4		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	82 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	84 (1)	Jul 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	87 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	16	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	89 (1)	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	93 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-11	GS	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	98 (4)	Aug 11	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	105 (6)	Aug 18	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	109 (3)	Aug 22	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	112 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		STL	L,0-5	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	113	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		STL	L,4-11	GF	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	117 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-1	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	120 (2)	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	123 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	124	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	127 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-11	GS	32	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	134 (6)	Sep 15 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS	45	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
40	140 (5)	Sep 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	143 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,4-22	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	147 (3)	Sep 26	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	152 (4)	Oct 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm		210.0	9	19	0	28	0