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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	26	6.1	0	3	0	3	0
2	10 (4)	Apr 30	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	GF	15	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	13 (2)	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	15 (1)	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,5-12		24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	17 (1)	May 9 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,10-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	19 (1)	May 12	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	23 (3)	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	37	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
8	28 (4)	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	31 (2)	May 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	34 (2)	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	GF	17	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
11	36 (1)	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	39 (2)	Jun 3	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	44 (4)	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	45	Jun 9	PIT		BRO	W,6-4	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	48 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	52 (3)	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	54 (1)	Jun 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	56 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	62 (5)	Jun 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-9		0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	63	Jun 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6		20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	66 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	GF	0	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	69 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	70	Jul 6	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	72 (1)	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	74 (1)	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	76 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	78 (1)	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	80 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	85 (4)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	T,1-1	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	87 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	91 (3)	Jul 29	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	GF	28	6.2	0	4	0	4	0
32	93 (1)	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	94	Aug 6	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	95	Aug 7	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	GF	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	102 (6)	Aug 14	PIT		STL	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	103	Aug 15 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	107 (3)	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-4	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	109 (1)	Aug 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	110	Aug 21	PIT	@	STL	L,2-9	GF	19	4.1	1	0	0	1	0
40	113 (2)	Aug 25 susp	PIT		BRO	W,12-11		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	114	Aug 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	115	Aug 26 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	116	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	118 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-11		0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	122 (3)	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	123	Sep 1	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	127 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-11		19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	133 (5)	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-12		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	135 (1)	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	136	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	140 (3)	Sep 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
52	143 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	GF	30	7.2	0	4	0	4	0
53	148 (4)	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	150 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,8-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	154 (3)	Sep 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4		0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	155	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							56gm		157.1	5	22	1	28	0