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: 33-14 / in Starts: 29-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 43, Entered with runners on base: 2

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	88	2	Apr 16	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	5	3	0	4	3	0	0	0.00	3.45	39	14	13	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	4	1.04	0.024	2.29	0.03%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
2	89	8	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG(8)	L(0-2)	4	8.0	7	7	6	6	3	1	0	3.18	4.61	36	14	6	0	0	7	39			0	1	0	29	3	0	2	1	0	1	1.17	-0.549	3.48	-0.98%	-3.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
3	90	12	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	2.08	4.01	35	9	10	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.378	2.36	0.70%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	91	17	Apr 30	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.53	4.53	28	2	14	0	0	5	47			3	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.039	4.69	-0.10%	-0.02	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
5	92	20	May 3	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-2)	2	8.0	7	3	2	5	6	2	0	2.48	4.91	36	12	6	0	0	7	59			0	1	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.67	0.108	6.37	0.25%	0.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
6	93	23	May 7	BRO		STL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	5	3	2	6	2	0	0	2.44	4.85	33	10	10	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.16	-0.040	6.04	-0.13%	0.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
7	94	26	May 11	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	5	4	3	1	1	0	2.68	4.87	35	11	14	0	0	6	55			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.323	6.20	0.82%	-0.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	95	29	May 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-10		4	10.0	6	2	1	6	2	0	0	2.42	4.77	41	16	11	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.96	0.391	8.90	1.07%	2.73	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
9	96	32	May 20	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-9	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.55	4.51	27	10	5	0	0	7	54			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.132	4.27	-0.36%	0.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	97	35	May 24	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	GS-8	W(4-3)	3	8.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	2.63	4.49	32	8	10	0	0	6	60			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.089	4.98	-0.20%	0.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	98	37	May 26	BRO		PHI	W,6-4	6-GF	S(1)	1	4.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.51	4.43	15	5	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.322	4.77	0.72%	1.99	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
12	99	39	May 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-6		1	5.2	8	3	3	5	6	1	0	2.65	4.51	30	4	7	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.004	3.70	-0.01%	-0.71	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
13	100	41	May 30(2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	4.47	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.017	1.52	0.05%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
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
14	101	43	Jun 1	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	1	9.0	7	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.57	4.43	38	12	12	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.58	0.528	11.66	2.34%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	102	46	Jun 6	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.44	4.35	35	8	15	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.05	0.326	5.09	0.95%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	103	49	Jun 9	BRO		CIN	L,7-9	9-GF	L(6-4)	2	1.0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.42	4.37	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.13	-0.410	10.23	-1.18%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
17	104	51	Jun 11	BRO		PIT	L,1-8	GS-4	L(6-5)	1	3.1	4	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.58	4.53	19	3	5	0	0	4	37			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.010	5.60	-0.03%	0.08	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
18	105	54	Jun 15(1)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.47	4.39	35	8	14	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.320	8.15	1.42%	3.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
19	106	58	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	W(8-5)	3	9.0	9	4	4	3	5	2	0	2.57	4.47	38	8	13	0	0	9	55			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.069	3.95	0.18%	0.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
20	107	62	Jun 22(2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	1	2.54	4.42	33	7	17	0	0	3	72			0	0	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.542	7.29	1.52%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	108	65	Jun 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	7-GF	W(10-5)	2	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.54	4.38	11	4	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.158	9.95	0.46%	0.42	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
22	109	67	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-6	L(10-6)	2	6.0	7	3	2	0	0	1	0	2.56	4.41	25	9	9	1	0	7	48			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.187	4.80	-0.54%	-0.34	1b start tie	6b 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
23	110	72	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,9-3	GS-4		3	3.1	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.68	4.40	20	2	6	0	0	9	29			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.183	6.50	-0.53%	-1.92	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out a3
24	111	74	Jul 6(1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.59	4.32	35	8	18	3	0	5	71			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	2	.75	0.262	3.72	0.78%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	112	76	Jul 10	BRO		CIN	W,8-3	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	5	3	3	6	3	0	0	2.61	4.31	36	4	18	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.37	0.133	1.99	0.43%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	113	81	Jul 14	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	2.48	4.24	30	9	12	1	0	2	85			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.684	6.67	2.13%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
27	114	85	Jul 18	BRO		STL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(13-7)	3	4.1	6	5	4	2	1	0	1	2.62	4.24	22	8	4	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	.99	-0.278	9.82	-1.65%	-3.19	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
28	115	90	Jul 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	2	1	1	0	1	2.63	4.22	28	7	10	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	-0.179	4.58	-0.64%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
29	116	91	Jul 25(1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.67	4.23	4	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.065	3.26	-0.22%	-1.63	8b -23 1 out d1	8b end d 4
30	117	93	Jul 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-GF	S(3)	0	1.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.64	4.20	8	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	0.266	21.78	0.94%	0.72	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
31	118	95	Jul 27(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-8	5-5		0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.78	4.28	4	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.088	3.79	-0.29%	-4.22	5b 12- 1 out d3	5b --- 2 out d8
32	119	96	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	GS-6		1	5.1	4	4	4	8	3	0	0	2.88	4.33	28	3	10	0	0	4	39			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.039	15.63	0.23%	-0.54	1b start a 2	6b 123 1 out a4
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
33	120	100	Aug 2	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS-6	W(14-7)	3	6.0	6	6	5	4	3	0	0	3.02	4.31	29	5	11	1	0	6	37			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.352	6.20	-1.33%	-3.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
34	121	103	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.93	4.26	31	8	14	2	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.431	6.44	1.59%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
35	122	108	Aug 11	BRO		NYG	W,15-7	CG	W(16-7)	4	9.0	7	7	6	6	5	1	0	3.06	4.30	41	10	13	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	.13	0.088	.87	0.34%	-2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
36	123	113	Aug 17(1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	W(17-7)	5	9.0	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	2.94	4.22	35	15	8	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.71	0.313	4.71	1.25%	3.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
37	124	118	Aug 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	GS-3		2	2.0	2	5	4	2	1	0	0	3.07	4.23	11	3	3	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.333	6.88	-1.29%	-3.49	1t start tie	3t -23 0 out a1
38	125	122	Aug 24(1)	BRO		STL	L,3-7	GS-3	L(17-8)	3	2.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.16	4.22	11	3	2	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.223	12.98	-1.95%	-2.39	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d3
39	126	126	Aug 27	BRO		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(18-8)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	1	3.11	4.15	36	11	11	0	0	7	69			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.400	7.97	2.01%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
40	127	128	Aug 30(1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	9-GF	L(18-9)	2	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.14	4.13	4	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	-0.366	22.40	-1.79%	-0.74	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
41	128	130	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,13-6	GS-4		0	3.2	9	5	5	0	0	1	1	3.28	4.18	21	5	6	0	0	9	23			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.336	9.55	-1.66%	-3.17	1b start a 4	4b --- 2 out d1
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
42	129	133	Sep 2	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	CG	W(19-9)	1	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.23	4.15	36	12	10	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	1	.33	0.166	2.63	0.79%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
43	130	137	Sep 7(1)	BRO		NYG	W,13-1	CG	W(20-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.16	4.11	37	15	10	1	0	6	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.48	0.191	4.42	1.07%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
44	131	139	Sep 10(1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-8		2	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.14	4.07	31	8	11	2	0	9	52			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.195	9.77	0.98%	1.57	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a2
45	132	144	Sep 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-7		3	7.0	8	5	5	5	0	1	0	3.22	4.14	32	6	13	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.521	14.74	-3.30%	-1.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
46	133	146	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	8-9		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.21	4.15	5	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.161	6.24	-1.03%	-0.14	8b --- 0 out d2	9b -2- 0 out tie
47	134	150	Sep 20(2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(21-9)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	6	1	0	3.14	4.15	34	7	13	0	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	1	.80	0.269	11.76	2.37%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
48	135	154	Sep 24	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(22-9)	3	6.0	3	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.08	4.12	25	9	8	2	2	3	63			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	.91	-0.015	10.03	-0.10%	0.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							33-14		W-L:22-9,Sv:3	2.4	298.0	243	123	102	136	124	17	6	3.08	4.12	1266	0.81		3%	0%	242	56	4	100%	7	6	1	1106	56	7	8	18	0	25	1.08	2.383	6.47	6.10%	18.99

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