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: 2-16 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 2

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	401	1	Apr 18	NYG		BSN	L,4-11	7-8		99	1.2	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	10.80	14.58	10	0	5	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.007	.17	-0.01%	-1.73	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 123 2 out d7
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	402	16	May 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		24	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.36	8.86	8	2	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.03	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
3	403	18	May 14 susp	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.79	7.73	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.015	.63	0.02%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	404	25	May 21(2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-8	3-4		6	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.18	9	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.007	.62	-0.01%	0.06	3t --- 0 out d4	4t 3 out d5
5	405	27	May 25	NYG		STL	L,5-7	6-13	L(0-1)	3	7.0	3	2	2	9	5	0	0	3.95	5.58	32	10	5	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.54	0.361	2.98	0.25%	1.21	6t --- 0 out d4	13t -23 0 out d1
6	406	29	May 27	NYG		PHI	L,5-8	8-GF		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.02	5.90	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.025	.15	-0.01%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
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
7	407	34	Jun 1(1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	9-9	H(1)	4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	5.95	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	0.033	2.39	0.01%	0.07	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 2 out a1
8	408	35	Jun 1(2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	1-4	L(0-2)	-1	3.2	7	4	4	5	1	0	0	4.95	5.98	22	3	6	1	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.200	.85	-0.07%	-1.49	1b 12- 1 out tie	4b 3 out d3
9	409	37	Jun 4	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3			2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.79	6.02	3												1			0		0
10	410	43	Jun 10	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.57	5.77	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.08	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
11	411	44	Jun 11(1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.56	5.67	9	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.011	.13	-0.01%	0.09	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
12	412	45	Jun 11(2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	5.43	7	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.21	0.022	.29	0.02%	1.09	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
13	413	51	Jun 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-8	6-7		7	2.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.90	4.86	7	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.019	.22	0.02%	1.08	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
14	414	53	Jun 21	NYG		STL	L,6-14	GS-2	L(0-3)	1	1.1	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.66	4.79	10	1	2	0	2	5	32			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.259	1.14	-0.18%	-2.65	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d2
15	415	58	Jun 25(1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	9-9		3	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.91	4.87	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.048	.72	-0.04%	-1.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 12- 1 out d3
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	416	65	Jul 2(1)	NYG		BSN	L,5-11	6-7		6	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.17	4.82	9	1	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.030	.37	-0.03%	-0.94	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d6
17	417	70	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-10	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	5.23	5.00	8	3	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.011	.04	-0.01%	-1.16	7b -2- 2 out d5	8b end d 7
18	418	72	Jul 7	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.93	4.89	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
							2-16		W-L:0-3,Hld:1	2.4	34.2	37	19	19	30	18	2	0	4.93	4.89	165	0.95		4%	8%	35	32	3	33%	1	1	0	129	7	1	1	1	0	0	.98	-0.142	1.00	-0.05%	-3.66

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