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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-27 / in Starts: 12-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 7

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	4	2	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	8-GF(8)		99	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5.59	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.34	8b -2- 2 out d9	8b end d 9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	5	13	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	3-3		11	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	8.59	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.77	0.018	2.12	0.03%	0.52	3b 1-3 2 out d4	3b 3 out d4
3	6	14	May 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		0	2.2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	4.69	12	2	3	0	2	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.05	0.005	.13	0.01%	1.26	6b 1-3 1 out d5	8b end d 4
4	7	18	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	7-GF	W(1-0)	3	3.0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.00	4.80	13	7	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.135	2.81	0.21%	1.52	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 4
5	8	19	May 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4.51	8	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.05	0.008	.15	0.01%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
6	9	22	May 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.31	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.27	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
7	10	25	May 17	CHC		BRO	T,9-9	13-GF(19)		2	7.0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0.00	3.27	25	3	11	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.22	0.975	6.31	1.66%	3.57	13t --- 0 out tie	19t end tie
8	11	31	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	5.1	5	5	4	4	2	0	0	1.66	3.47	25	6	8	1	1	5	38			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	-0.096	3.03	-0.16%	-2.14	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a2
9	12	35	May 27	CHC		PIT	L,1-9	GS-2	L(2-1)	3	1.0	3	4	4	5	0	0	0	3.18	4.09	11	1	2	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.269	2.98	-0.37%	-3.33	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Philadelphia Phillies
10	13	38	Jun 1	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	L(2-2)	4	9.0	7	5	4	8	8	1	1	3.41	4.42	43	13	7	0	0	6	55			1	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.169	.33	-0.03%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
11	14	41	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	GS-8	W(3-2)	3	7.2	9	7	7	5	3	1	1	4.35	4.70	36	5	14	2	1	8	31			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.073	.15	-0.01%	-2.46	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
12	15	45	Jun 10(1)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	8	5	5	3	3	1	1	4.47	4.70	38	10	13	2	0	8	51			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	1	1	1	1.86	-0.079	.24	-0.01%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	16	49	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-10	GS-3		3	2.0	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	4.83	4.86	14	2	4	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.67	-0.155	.34	-0.02%	-1.82	1b start a 2	3b 123 0 out a4
14	17	53	Jun 22	PHI	@	STL	L,5-11	GS-		7	3.1	2	4	4	7	3	0	0	5.20	5.00	18						36						11					0
15	18	56	Jun 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(4-3)	2	8.0	7	4	4	3	3	1	1	5.11	4.99	33	18	1	0	0	7	52			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.163	.05	0.00%	0.08	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	19	60	Jul 2(1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	9-GF		6	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.05	4.97	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.031	.01	0.00%	-0.85	9t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 4
17	20	64	Jul 5	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	L(4-4)	2	8.0	12	7	6	3	5	0	2	5.25	4.77	37						34						32	1	0			0
18	21	67	Jul 9(1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.76	4.52	34	23	1	0	0	5	72			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.543	.00	0.00%	3.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	22	70	Jul 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	GS-8		5	7.1	11	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.78	4.47	38	10	12	1	4	11	37			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
20	23	72	Jul 16(2)	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	7-GF		0	2.2	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	4.63	4.45	14	5	4	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	.52	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.91	7t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 5
21	24	76	Jul 21(1)	PHI		STL	W,16-2	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.39	4.31	39	8	17	2	3	8	61			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	1	.68	0.019	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
22	25	77	Jul 21(2)	PHI		STL	L,0-7	9-GF		-1	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.62	4.35	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.03	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-2.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
23	26	80	Jul 23(2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-4	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.53	4.28	6	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.94	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
24	27	82	Jul 26(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(6-5)	2	8.0	7	3	1	4	1	0	1	4.28	4.28	36	11	13	2	3	6	57			2	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	2	1	.67	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.92	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
25	28	84	Jul 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-8	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.25	8	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.68	0.229	.00	0.00%	-0.02	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
26	29	87	Jul 30(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-3	L(6-6)	2	2.1	7	7	7	3	0	1	0	4.75	4.41	16	3	3	1	0	7	12			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.310	.00	0.00%	-5.06	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	30	89	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-	L(6-7)	1	3.0	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.94	4.38	18						26						16					0
28	31	93	Aug 6(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-11	GS-3	L(6-8)	4	2.2	5	5	5	3	2	0	0	5.20	4.39	16	6	0	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-2.86	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d4
29	32	98	Aug 11	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	2	1	1	6	4	0	0	4.91	4.34	35	21	2	0	0	2	77			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.673	.00	0.00%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
30	33	105	Aug 18	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	W(8-8)	6	9.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	4.72	4.33	34	22	0	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.239	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	34	109	Aug 22	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	8	0	1	4.43	4.19	34	6	11	0	0	5	82			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.419	.00	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
32	35	112	Aug 26(1)	PHI		STL	L,0-5	GS-5	L(9-9)	3	5.0	6	4	4	6	1	1	0	4.52	4.33	26	8	5	2	0	6	34			1	0	0	18	0	0	1	2	0	1	.99	-0.177	.00	0.00%	-1.65	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
33	36	113	Aug 26(2)	PHI		STL	L,4-11	8-GF		-1	1.2	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	4.59	4.38	11	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.65	8t 12- 1 out d8	9t end d 7
34	37	117	Aug 31(1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-1	GS-8	L(9-10)	4	8.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.42	4.35	33	10	12	0	2	6	63			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.223	.00	0.00%	2.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	38	120	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.41	4.35	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	0.137	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
36	39	123	Sep 4(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG(8)	L(9-11)	1	8.0	14	10	8	4	2	1	1	4.62	4.41	43	15	7	0	0	14	16			1	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	1	.33	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-5.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d10
37	40	124	Sep 4(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	9-GF	L(9-12)	-1	0.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.68	4.42	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.65	-0.362	.00	0.00%	-2.84	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
38	41	127	Sep 8(1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-11	GS-6	L(9-13)	3	6.0	10	6	5	4	1	1	0	4.77	4.49	32	11	7	0	1	9	27			1	1	0	27	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.07	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
39	42	134	Sep 15(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS-9	W(10-13)	6	8.2	16	6	6	4	5	1	0	4.84	4.48	45	14	6	1	0	16	29			0	0	0	41	3	1	0	0	0	0	.52	0.033	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1b start a 1	9b 123 2 out a3
40	43	140	Sep 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,13-1	CG	W(11-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	1	4.66	4.37	33	7	10	2	0	6	76			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	3	1	0	.25	0.101	.00	0.00%	3.59	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a12
41	44	143	Sep 23(1)	PHI		BRO	L,4-22	GS-1	L(11-14)	3	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.85	4.37	4	0	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.334	.00	0.00%	-3.92	1t start tie	1t --3 0 out d3
42	45	147	Sep 26	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	W(12-14)	2	9.0	10	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.77	4.34	39	17	8	1	1	10	57			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.273	.00	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
43	46	152	Oct 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(12-15)	4	8.0	8	3	1	4	5	0	0	4.63	4.28	36	18	4	2	1	5	59			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.085	.00	0.00%	1.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							15-27		W-L:12-15,Sv:2	2.7	210.0	220	122	108	123	95	11	11	4.63	4.28	965	1.49		4%	4%	189	45	13	38%	12	4	0	807	37	10	7	12	10	13	1.02	0.337	.39	1.34%	-10.33

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