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: 5-38 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 16

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	357	2	Apr 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.49	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	.25	0.02%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
2	358	10	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-7	6-GF(8)		8	2.2	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.86	0.80	13	5	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	2	.54	-0.071	1.57	-0.13%	-1.04	6b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 4
3	359	11	Apr 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	6-7		0	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	7.50	1.68	9	2	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.090	2.52	-0.15%	-1.39	6b --- 0 out d1	7b -23 1 out d2
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
4	360	15	May 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-11	6-7		3	2.0	3	3	3	4	0	0	0	9.00	3.39	12	4	1	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-1.98	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d10
5	361	23	May 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	4-5		7	2.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	9.90	3.91	13	4	5	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.130	1.47	-0.20%	-1.94	4b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
6	362	35	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,6-13	GS-1	L(0-1)	13	0.2	4	7	7	3	0	0	0	15.19	4.67	9	1	1	0	0	4	13			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.370	2.44	-0.30%	-4.26	1b start a 4	1b 123 2 out tie
7	363	39	May 30(1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-8	2-6	L(0-2)	3	4.2	5	5	5	1	0	2	0	13.50	5.90	19	7	7	1	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.255	1.17	-0.15%	-1.43	2t 1-3 0 out a2	6t --3 2 out d1
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 Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Giants
8	364	50	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,1-4	6-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11.94	5.86	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.037	1.01	0.08%	1.02	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
9	365	53	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GS-1		2	0.1	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	13.75	6.13	6	1	0	0	0	3	27			1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.306	2.88	-0.45%	-3.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d3
10	366	58	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	3-6		7	3.1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	11.57	5.70	15	5	4	0	1	5		1	1	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.006	.81	0.01%	0.92	3b -2- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d3
11	367	60	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	L,8-11			1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.22	5.60	3												3	0	1	0		0
12	368	62	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	3-3		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.05	5.56	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.077	.72	-0.06%	-1.41	3b -23 2 out d3	3b 3 out d5
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
13	369	70	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,8-13	9-GF		7	1.0	3	4	4	1	1	2	0	12.13	6.60	7	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.156	.64	-0.17%	-3.49	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 5
14	370	80	Jul 16(2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7			13	6.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.62	5.61	20												20	2	0	0		0
15	371	81	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-10	2-7		0	5.2	5	2	2	1	3	2	0	8.57	5.77	22	6	9	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	-0.020	.21	-0.01%	0.49	2t --3 1 out d4	7t 3 out d6
16	372	85	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	W,9-5	3-GF	W(1-2)	3	6.1	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	7.24	5.07	24	7	8	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.303	1.12	0.15%	3.16	3t --- 2 out d2	9t end a 4
17	373	86	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	8-8		0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7.07	4.96	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.089	1.05	-0.05%	-0.49	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
18	374	88	Jul 24(1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	8-GF		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.75	4.76	7	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.034	.26	0.02%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
19	375	89	Jul 24(2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	9-GF		-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.60	4.71	4	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
20	376	90	Jul 26	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	5-7		1	2.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.23	4.67	10	0	7	0	4	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.089	.24	0.03%	2.46	5b -23 1 out d3	7b 3 out d3
21	377	91	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	5-GF	W(2-2)	0	4.2	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	5.85	4.59	19	6	2	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	3	0	0	.58	0.230	.25	0.06%	2.28	5b 1-3 1 out d1	9b end a 5
22	378	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.74	4.61	5	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.82	0.095	1.38	0.03%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
23	379	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	7-7		0	0.2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	5.83	4.75	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.106	.71	-0.03%	-1.27	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 123 2 out d2
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
24	380	100	Aug 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.73	4.67	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.030	.38	0.02%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
25	381	101	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	6-6		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.69	4.63	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.056	1.84	0.03%	0.62	6b -23 2 out d1	6b 3 out d1
26	382	103	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	4-6		1	1.2	4	5	2	3	0	0	0	5.84	4.72	13	4	2	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	.65	-0.121	.62	-0.07%	-3.10	4b 12- 2 out d2	6b 123 1 out d5
27	383	106	Aug 10	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	6-8		2	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.55	4.56	10	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.062	.05	0.01%	1.53	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
28	384	107	Aug 11	NYG		BSN	T,7-7	6-7		0	1.1	3	4	4	2	0	2	0	6.02	5.04	9	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.464	.08	-0.02%	-3.51	6t --- 0 out tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
29	385	113	Aug 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-10	3-4		6	2.0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	5.83	5.02	10	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.29	-0.032	.03	0.00%	-1.03	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d6
30	386	114	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.65	4.90	7	2	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.12	0.016	.01	0.00%	1.98	6b 12- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
31	387	115	Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	7-7	BS(1)	0	0.2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	5.86	4.92	6	0	2	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.419	.07	-0.01%	-3.10	7b 123 0 out a2	7b 12- 2 out d3
32	388	118	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	5-8		2	3.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.71	4.76	13	4	3	0	0	2		1	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.76	5t 1-- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d6
33	389	123	Aug 27(2)	NYG		STL	L,2-11			3	0.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	6.10	4.99	4												3	1	0	0		0
34	390	124	Aug 28(1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-10	6-GF		0	4.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	6.01	4.91	16	7	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.05	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.04	6t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
Sept				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	391	128	Sep 1	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	7-GF	S(2)	3	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.78	4.87	12	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.086	.00	0.00%	1.53	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 4
36	392	129	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-8	6-7		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.63	4.81	6	3	3	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.005	.00	0.00%	1.37	6t 1-3 0 out d6	7t 3 out d7
37	393	131	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	8-GF		1	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.54	4.93	5	2	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-2.05	8t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 4
38	394	136	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-12	4-5		3	2.0	2	4	1	4	1	2	0	5.51	5.32	13	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-2.94	4b --- 0 out d6	5b 3 out d10
39	395	141	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	L,3-9	5-6		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.38	5.22	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.025	.00	0.00%	1.06	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
40	396	143	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.31	5.23	4	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b 12- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
41	397	145	Sep 18(2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7	5-5		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.25	5.21	5	0	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.91	5b 1-- 0 out tie	5b 3 out tie
42	398	146	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-7		0	7.0	7	4	3	2	4	1	0	5.15	5.12	29	9	7	0	0	7	51			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
43	399	150	Sep 22(2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.04	5.10	7	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
44	400	151	Sep 24	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	5.07	3	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
							5-38		W-L:2-2,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.1	95.2	97	66	53	53	43	13	1	4.99	5.07	425	1.03		5%	4%	79	30	29	45%	8	4	0	363	14	2	1	9	0	10	.67	-1.947	.54	-1.35%	-12.85

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