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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	BRO		BSN	W,12-6	GS	29	5.1	1	1	0	2	0
2	4 (1)	Apr 19	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 26	BRO		NYG	W,7-3	GS	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (3)	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,5-2	GS	26	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to Pittsburgh Pirates
5	14	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	19 (4)	May 11 (2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	21 (1)	May 16	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	24 (2)	May 18 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,6-11		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
9	26 (1)	May 22	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	30 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	29	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
11	34 (3)	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	39 (4)	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	46 (6)	Jun 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,10-13	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	48 (1)	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-7	GF	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
15	49	Jun 12	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	52 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-12		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	54 (1)	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	57 (2)	Jun 22	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	59 (1)	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	61 (1)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-8	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	64 (2)	Jun 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	69 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	71 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	74 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	79 (4)	Jul 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS	29	6.0	1	0	1	2	0
26	84 (4)	Jul 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	90 (5)	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	94 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	GS	12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	96 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	102 (5)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		NYG	T,6-6	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	104 (1)	Aug 5	PIT		CIN	W,12-4	GF	12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	106 (1)	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	108 (1)	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	112 (3)	Aug 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	115 (2)	Aug 15	PIT		STL	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	117 (1)	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GS	21	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	120 (2)	Aug 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-8	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	122	Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-10	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	125 (2)	Aug 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-11	GS	11	1.1	0	2	0	2	0
41	128 (2)	Aug 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-7		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0
42	129	Aug 30	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5		11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	133 (3)	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	L,6-13	GS	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
44	136 (2)	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	140 (3)	Sep 11 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	54	13.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	146 (5)	Sep 15	PIT		PHI	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	148 (1)	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	149	Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	154 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-15	GS	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
							50gm		241.0	10	26	1	37	0