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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-25 / in Starts: 14-22
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	64 (36-19-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	71 (36-22-11)

Most Driven In
B Bragan	1
J Marty	1
A Mahan	1
H Schulte	0
M May	0

Most Driven In By
D Litwhiler	2
M May	1
A Mahan	1
H Schulte	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	47	1	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.60	-0.060	1.61	-0.10%	-0.52	P
2	48	2	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.64	0.013	1.86	0.02%	0.15	P
3	49	7 (4)	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	50	9 (1)	May 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.61	-0.158	3.40	-0.20%	-1.32	P
5	51	11 (1)	May 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
6	52	14 (2)	May 9	PHI	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
7	53	15	May 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-4	3-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	.82	-0.037	1.62	-0.04%	-0.49	P
8	54	19 (3)	May 15	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	.64	0.046	.89	0.04%	0.34	P
9	55	22 (2)	May 19	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.211	.449	9	.62	-0.004	.91	0.00%	-0.04	P
10	56	25 (2)	May 26	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.227	.477	9	.51	-0.015	1.02	-0.02%	-0.05	P
11	57	29 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.192	.407	9	.63	-0.068	.57	-0.04%	-1.06	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	58	34 (4)	Jun 4	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-12	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.185	.392	9	1.87	-0.042	1.66	-0.02%	-0.46	P
13	59	38 (3)	Jun 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.179	.379	9	1.43	-0.054	.65	-0.02%	-0.66	P
14	60	42 (3)	Jun 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.172	.366	9	1.21	-0.045	.52	-0.01%	-0.36	P
15	61	45 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-9	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.125	.176	.156	.333	9						P
16	62	49 (3)	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.108	.154	.135	.289	9	1.46	-0.184	.18	-0.01%	-0.97	P
17	63	54 (4)	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,7-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.125	.268	9	1.10	-0.095	.07	0.00%	-1.41	P
18	64	58 (3)	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.119	.255	9	.95	-0.046	.04	0.00%	-0.37	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	65	63 (4)	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.089	.128	.111	.239	9						P
20	66	67 (3)	Jul 6	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.140	.294	9	.53	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
21	67	72 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.164	.151	.315	9	1.81	-0.022	.00	0.00%	0.09	P
22	68	76 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.161	.333	9	1.31	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.24	P
23	69	82 (5)	Jul 26	PHI		CIN	L,5-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.164	.153	.316	9	.93	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
24	70	87 (4)	Jul 30	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.172	.161	.333	9	.91	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.32	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	71	90 (2)	Aug 3	PHI		PIT	L,0-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.172	.161	.333	9						P
26	72	94 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-12	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.167	.156	.323	9	1.49	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
27	73	95	Aug 7	PHI		BSN	L,3-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.141	.167	.156	.323	9						P
28	74	98 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.159	.149	.309	9	.43	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
29	75	101 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.134	.159	.149	.309	9						P
30	76	102	Aug 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.127	.151	.141	.292	9	.98	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
31	77	104 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.135	.158	.149	.307	9						P
32	78	109 (4)	Aug 23	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.152	.143	.295	9	1.11	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
33	79	110	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.152	.143	.295	9						P
34	80	116 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.171	.163	.333	9	.98	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	81	121 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,11-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	.157	.176	.169	.345	9	1.20	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.37	P
36	82	125 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.155	.184	.167	.351	9	1.52	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.05	P
37	83	129 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG(12)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.196	.180	.375	9	1.60	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.10	P
38	84	135 (5)	Sep 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	.161	.188	.172	.360	9	.50	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.42	P
39	85	141 (5)	Sep 17	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.192	.177	.369	9	1.45	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
40	86	144 (2)	Sep 21	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.194	.200	.394	9	.75	0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
41	87	149 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.165	.189	.194	.383	9	.77	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
							16-25		109	103	5	17	1	1	0	3	3	0	26	0	3		3	4	0	0	.165	.189	.194	.383		1.01	-0.820	.45	-0.40%	-9.34

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