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Kirby Higbe
Walter Kirby Higbe

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 8, 1915 in Columbia, SC (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1937
Final Game: July 7, 1950
Died: May 6, 1985 in Columbia, SC
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1937	22	CHC	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1938	23	CHC	NL	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1939	24	TOT	NL	43	80	73	5	13	2	0	0	6	0		0	18	.178	.178	.205	.384	4	15	2	0	7			1
1939	24	CHC	NL	9	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	3	0	0	1			/1
1939	24	PHI	NL	34	72	66	5	11	1	0	0	5	0		0	15	.167	.167	.182	.348	-5	12	2	0	6			1
1940	25	PHI	NL	41	109	103	5	17	1	1	0	3	0		3	26	.165	.189	.194	.383	8	20	4	0	3			1	AS,MVP-21
1941	26	BRO	NL	48	122	112	6	21	3	1	0	14	0		4	23	.188	.216	.232	.448	24	26	6	0	6			1	MVP-7
1942	27	BRO	NL	38	84	77	2	8	2	0	0	8	0		0	16	.104	.104	.130	.234	-32	10	2	0	7			1
1943	28	BRO	NL	35	72	65	2	9	0	0	1	1	0		3	12	.138	.176	.185	.361	4	12	1	0	4			1
1946	31	BRO	NL	42	83	77	5	10	2	0	0	7	0		0	11	.130	.130	.156	.286	-19	12	0	0	6			1	AS,MVP-15
1947	32	TOT	NL	50	85	77	6	11	3	0	1	4	0		2	12	.143	.165	.221	.385	0	17	2	0	6			1
1947	32	BRO	NL	4	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	53	2	0	0	0			/1
1947	32	PIT	NL	46	80	72	6	10	2	0	1	4	0		2	11	.139	.162	.208	.370	-3	15	2	0	6			1
1948	33	PIT	NL	56	48	48	4	10	1	0	1	3	0		0	11	.208	.208	.292	.500	33	14	2	0	0			1
1949	34	TOT	NL	44	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	.056	.190	.056	.246	-31	1	0	0	0			1
1949	34	PIT	NL	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1949	34	NYG	NL	37	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	.067	.222	.067	.289	-19	1	0	0	0			1
1950	35	NYG	NL	18	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1	0	0	0			1
12 Seasons				418	714	660	35	101	14	2	3	47	0		15	135	.153	.172	.194	.366	1	128	19	0	39
162 Game Avg.				162	277	256	14	39	5	1	1	18	0		6	52	.153	.172	.194	.366	1	50	7	0	15
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
BRO (5 yrs)				167	366	336	15	49	8	1	1	30	0		7	63	.146	.163	.185	.348	-2	62	9	0	23
PIT (3 yrs)				109	131	123	10	20	3	0	2	7	0		2	22	.163	.176	.236	.412	8	29	4	0	6
CHC (3 yrs)				12	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	5	.154	.154	.231	.385	2	3	0	0	1
NYG (2 yrs)				55	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	.105	.227	.105	.333	-8	2	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				75	181	169	10	28	2	1	0	8	0		3	41	.166	.180	.189	.370	3	32	6	0	9

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1937	22	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.285	.000	.347	.000	.404	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1938	23	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.278	.000	.343	.000	.396	.000	.739	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1939	24	TOT	NL	80	69	3	1.2	100	.236	.178	.276	.178	.341	.205	.395	.384	.736	4	.076	-9.9	-1.0	.242	.027	.027
1939	24	CHC	NL	8	6	1	4.4	105	.500	.286	.283	.286	.349	.429	.404	.714	.753	88	.488	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.143
1939	24	PHI	NL	72	63	2	0.8	100	.216	.167	.275	.167	.340	.182	.394	.348	.734	-5	.044	-9.7	-1.0	.211	.015	.015
1940	25	PHI	NL	109	93	4	1.2	95	.221	.165	.267	.189	.331	.194	.384	.383	.715	8	.081	-13.1	-1.4	.256	.058	.029
1941	26	BRO	NL	122	103	6	1.6	97	.236	.188	.270	.216	.342	.232	.381	.448	.723	24	.143	-12.0	-1.3	.309	.080	.045
1942	27	BRO	NL	84	78	1	0.4	88	.131	.104	.258	.104	.331	.130	.359	.234	.689	-32	.012	-13.2	-1.5	.141	.026	.026
1943	28	BRO	NL	72	61	2	0.9	89	.154	.138	.265	.176	.333	.185	.359	.361	.692	4	.060	-8.3	-0.9	.263	.092	.046	.0
1946	31	BRO	NL	83	73	2	0.7	93	.152	.130	.264	.130	.339	.156	.369	.286	.708	-19	.042	-12.4	-1.3	.179	.026	.026
1947	32	TOT	NL	85	74	2	0.7	108	.156	.143	.278	.165	.353	.221	.412	.385	.765	0	.032	-11.5	-1.1	.279	.104	.078	.0
1947	32	BRO	NL	5	4	0	0.0	109	.250	.200	.279	.200	.355	.400	.413	.600	.768	53	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.200	.200
1947	32	PIT	NL	80	70	2	0.8	108	.150	.139	.278	.162	.353	.208	.412	.370	.765	-3	.035	-11.2	-1.1	.266	.097	.069	.0
1948	33	PIT	NL	48	40	3	2.0	104	.250	.208	.271	.208	.346	.292	.401	.500	.747	33	.186	-4.8	-0.5	.350	.083	.083	.0
1949	34	TOT	NL	21	17	0	0.0	104	.071	.056	.271	.190	.344	.056	.405	.246	.750	-31	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.235	.167	.000
1949	34	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.273	.000	.347	.000	.408	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1949	34	NYG	NL	18	14	0	0.0	104	.091	.067	.270	.222	.344	.067	.405	.289	.749	-19	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.286	.200	.000
1950	35	NYG	NL	4	3	0	0.0	109	.250	.250	.271	.250	.348	.250	.420	.500	.768	31	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
12 Seasons				714	617	23	1.0	97	.188	.153	.269	.172	.339	.194	.383	.366	.722	1	.066	-90.7	-9.5	.247	.064	.041	.0
162 Game Avg.				277	239	9	1.0	97	.188	.153	.269	.172	.339	.194	.383	.366	.722	1	.066	-90.7	-9.5	.247	.064	.041
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
BRO (5 yrs)				366	319	11	0.9	93	.176	.146	.265	.163	.337	.185	.369	.348	.706	-2	.064	-46.2	-5.0	.233	.060	.039	.0
PIT (3 yrs)				131	113	5	1.2	106	.182	.163	.275	.176	.350	.236	.407	.412	.758	8	.077	-16.9	-1.7	.290	.089	.073	.0
CHC (3 yrs)				14	12	1	2.2	104	.250	.154	.282	.154	.347	.231	.402	.385	.749	2	.215	-1.8	-0.2	.273	.077	.077
NYG (2 yrs)				22	17	0	0.0	105	.133	.105	.270	.227	.345	.105	.408	.333	.753	-8	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.294	.158	.000
PHI (2 yrs)				181	156	6	1.0	97	.219	.166	.270	.180	.335	.189	.388	.370	.722	3	.065	-22.9	-2.3	.238	.041	.024

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1941	26	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1940	PHI	NL	25		DNP
1946	BRO	NL	31		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1937	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1938	23	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1939	24	46	86	79	5	13	2	0	0	6	0		0	20	.165	.165	.190	.354	-4	15	2	0	7
1940	25	87	195	182	10	30	3	1	0	9	0		3	46	.165	.178	.192	.371	3	35	6	0	10
1941	26	135	317	294	16	51	6	2	0	23	0		7	69	.173	.193	.207	.400	11	61	12	0	16
1942	27	173	401	371	18	59	8	2	0	31	0		7	85	.159	.175	.191	.366	2	71	14	0	23
1943	28	208	473	436	20	68	8	2	1	32	0		10	97	.156	.175	.190	.365	3	83	15	0	27
1944	29	208	473	436	20	68	8	2	1	32	0		10	97	.156	.175	.190	.365	3	83	15	0	27
1945	30	208	473	436	20	68	8	2	1	32	0		10	97	.156	.175	.190	.365	3	83	15	0	27
1946	31	250	556	513	25	78	10	2	1	39	0		10	108	.152	.168	.185	.353	-1	95	15	0	33
1947	32	300	641	590	31	89	13	2	2	43	0		12	120	.151	.168	.190	.358	-1	112	17	0	39
1948	33	356	689	638	35	99	14	2	3	46	0		12	131	.155	.171	.197	.368	2	126	19	0	39
1949	34	400	710	656	35	100	14	2	3	47	0		15	135	.152	.171	.194	.365	1	127	19	0	39
1950	35	418	714	660	35	101	14	2	3	47	0		15	135	.153	.172	.194	.366	1	128	19	0	39

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1937	22	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1938	23	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1939	24	45	77	77	6	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	19	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	43
1940	25	43	111	108	6	18	1	1	0	3	0	3	27	.167	.189	.194	.384	4	41
1941	26	50	122	118	7	23	3	1	0	16	0	4	24	.195	.221	.237	.459	6	48
1942	27	40	82	82	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	17	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	38
1943	28	37	71	68	2	9	0	0	1	1	0	3	13	.132	.169	.176	.345	2	35
1946	31	44	80	80	7	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	42
1947	32	52	83	81	7	12	3	0	1	4	0	2	13	.148	.169	.222	.391	3	50
1948	33	59	50	50	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	56
1949	34	46	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.136	.000	.136	0	44
1950	35	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18
12 Seasons		438	708	693	41	62	7	2	2	51	0	15	141	.089	.109	.114	.223	24	418
162 Game Avg.		162	262	256	15	23	3	1	1	19	0	6	52	.089	.109	.114	.223	9	418

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1940 1946 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1940-NL-21-3% 1941-NL-7-19% 1946-NL-15-5% 0.27 Career Shares (624th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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