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: 16-19 / in Starts: 15-12

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: 5

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	174	6	Apr 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-2		99	2.0	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	13.50	12.65	12	1	4	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.266	3.47	-0.54%	-2.17	1b start a 1	2b 3 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
2	175	11	May 3	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	1	4.91	4.84	37	7	15	0	0	7	62			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.158	3.77	0.38%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	176	16	May 8	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.00	4.04	30	7	10	3	2	6	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.56	-0.103	6.99	-0.28%	1.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	177	23	May 16(2)	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	GS-6		7	6.0	6	2	1	3	1	0	1	3.38	4.11	30	11	8	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	3	1.67	0.074	7.09	0.19%	0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
5	178	36	May 30(2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-6	GS-3		13	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.46	4.27	10	0	5	1	0	1	48			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.143	4.99	-0.42%	-1.09	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out a1
6	179	37	May 31(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,0-7	1-GF(8)		0	7.2	6	2	2	6	5	0	0	3.21	4.14	35	6	12	0	0	6		1	1	0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.14	-0.010	.91	-0.04%	0.91	1b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 7
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	180	41	Jun 3	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.63	4.21	6	0	1	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.12	-0.01%	-1.57	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
8	181	43	Jun 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	1	6.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.54	4.18	26	7	7	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.008	5.33	0.02%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	182	45	Jun 6(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-11	6-7		0	2.0	5	4	3	1	0	0	0	4.01	4.18	12	4	3	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.219	3.07	-0.63%	-3.14	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d5
10	183	50	Jun 13(2)	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	6	8.0	9	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.73	3.98	34	8	8	0	0	9	57			0	3	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	-0.343	7.57	-1.01%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
11	184	52	Jun 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	7-GF	L(2-2)	1	2.1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	3.57	4.09	11	2	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.53	-0.042	11.59	-0.12%	0.81	7b -23 1 out tie	9b end d 1
12	185	54	Jun 17	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-8	GS-3	L(2-3)	1	2.0	5	6	6	4	2	0	0	4.42	4.18	16	4	2	0	0	4	20			0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.532	4.22	-1.34%	-5.46	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 0 out d1
13	186	59	Jun 22	BRO		NYG	W,7-4	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	6.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.28	4.05	24	9	8	1	0	5	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.018	5.11	0.05%	0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
14	187	64	Jun 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-3)	3	7.1	6	1	1	6	6	0	0	3.95	3.99	32	5	9	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.223	7.53	0.76%	1.86	1b start a 1	8b 123 1 out a3
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
15	188	70	Jul 2	BRO		CIN	L,0-8	GS-4	L(4-4)	5	3.2	6	5	3	3	3	0	0	4.13	3.96	21	2	7	0	0	6	33			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.309	4.43	-1.08%	-3.79	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d5
16	189	75	Jul 5(2)	BRO		CHC	W,8-2	GS-8	W(5-4)	2	7.2	6	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.95	4.00	32	7	13	1	0	6	55			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.152	5.20	0.38%	0.82	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a2
17	190	78	Jul 9	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	W(6-4)	3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.02	4.02	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.48	-0.147	6.86	-0.41%	-1.22	10t 1-3 0 out tie	10t end d 3
18	191	80	Jul 11(1)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	L(6-5)	1	8.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.96	3.95	33	8	14	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.079	4.72	-0.23%	0.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
19	192	82	Jul 16	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-2		4	1.2	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.08	4.00	12	0	4	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.215	5.78	-0.48%	-1.86	1b start a 1	2b 123 2 out d1
20	193	86	Jul 21(1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-11	GS-3	L(6-6)	4	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	4.29	4.04	13	2	4	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.224	5.25	-0.61%	-2.47	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d2
21	194	88	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-5	6-7		0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.21	4.03	7	1	4	0	0	0		1	1	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	-0.010	.36	-0.02%	0.06	6b -2- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d5
22	195	92	Jul 25(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS-3	L(6-7)	2	2.2	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	4.28	4.00	14	2	6	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.257	2.86	-0.42%	-3.04	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d4
23	196	95	Jul 28(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(6-8)	2	8.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.30	3.87	31	5	14	0	0	8	52			1	2	0	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.310	1.36	-0.23%	-0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 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	197	99	Aug 1(2)	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(6-9)	3	5.0	9	4	4	1	6	0	0	4.43	3.73	24	4	4	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	-0.247	1.47	-0.15%	-1.29	1b start a 1	6b -2- 0 out tie
25	198	105	Aug 12	BRO		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-9)	10	9.0	5	0	0	4	8	0	0	4.10	3.61	36	9	10	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.356	.05	0.01%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	199	109	Aug 15(2)	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(8-9)	2	10.0	10	3	3	4	11	0	1	3.99	3.49	43	9	8	1	0	10	67			1	1	0	38	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.78	-0.134	.03	0.00%	1.43	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
27	200	113	Aug 18(2)	BRO		CHC	L,6-15	5-7	L(8-10)	2	3.0	6	6	6	4	2	0	0	4.31	3.53	19	5	2	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-4.06	5t -2- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d6
28	201	124	Aug 31	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(9-10)	12	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	4.16	3.51	34	7	12	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.302	.00	0.00%	1.75	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
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
29	202	128	Sep 5	BRO		NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.97	3.43	35	10	12	0	0	6	74			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.310	.00	0.00%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	203	133	Sep 11	BRO		PHI	W,7-2	GS-7	W(11-10)	5	6.1	5	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.92	3.52	28	5	11	2	0	5	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.60	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a4
31	204	137	Sep 17	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-7		5	6.0	6	4	2	0	4	0	1	3.89	3.46	26	9	6	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
32	205	139	Sep 19(1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.92	3.47	6	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
33	206	141	Sep 22	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-4		2	4.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.93	3.50	16	5	4	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
34	207	145	Sep 26(1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	4	8	0	0	3.78	3.44	34	4	11	0	0	7	73			1	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.81	0.281	.00	0.00%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
35	208	150	Sep 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	9	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.70	3.39	39	7	12	0	0	9	64			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.71	0.529	.00	0.00%	1.91	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
							16-19		W-L:13-10	2.7	185.0	189	85	76	95	108	4	5	3.70	3.39	824	0.68		3%	1%	185	53	7	57%	8	12	0	718	36	6	7	10	0	11	1.13	-1.529	2.89	-6.21%	-7.76

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