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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	10 (7)	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-7	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	11	Apr 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8		9	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (3)	May 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-11		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23 (7)	May 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11		13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	35 (11)	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,6-13	GS	9	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	39 (3)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-8		19	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Giants
8	50	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,1-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	53 (2)	Jun 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	58 (4)	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7		15	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
11	60 (1)	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	L,8-11		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
12	62 (1)	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	70 (7)	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,8-13	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	80 (9)	Jul 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7		0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	81	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-10		22	5.2	0	1	0	1	1
16	85 (3)	Jul 21	NYG		CIN	W,9-5	GF	24	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
17	86	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,5-6		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	88 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	89	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	90	Jul 26	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	91	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	GF	19	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	100 (6)	Aug 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	101	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	103 (1)	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9		13	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	106 (2)	Aug 10	NYG		BSN	L,1-4		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	107	Aug 11	NYG		BSN	T,7-7		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	113 (5)	Aug 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-10		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	114	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	115	Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	118 (2)	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	L,5-7		13	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
33	123 (4)	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-11		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	124	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-10	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	128 (3)	Sep 1	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	129	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-8		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	131 (1)	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	136 (4)	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-12		13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	141 (4)	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	L,3-9		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	143 (1)	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	145 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	146	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	150 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	151	Sep 24	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							44gm		95.2	2	14	0	16	1