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: 16-25 / in Starts: 14-22

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: 3

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	47	1	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.00	3.11	34	9	15	0	0	3	78			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.16	0.383	3.08	0.61%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
2	48	2	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	L,0-1	GS-8	L(1-1)	6	8.0	4	1	0	8	5	0	0	0.53	3.88	36	15	4	0	0	4	69			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.70	0.238	4.96	0.42%	2.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	49	7	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-	L(1-2)	4	6.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	1.57	3.30	23						52						23					0
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
4	50	9	May 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(1-3)	5	10.0	8	3	2	5	3	0	0	1.64	3.48	42	14	12	2	0	8	64			2	2	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	2	2.17	-0.022	4.59	-0.03%	1.55	1b start tie	11b 1-- 0 out d1
5	51	11	May 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	6-7	H(1)	1	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.89	3.57	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.011	5.34	0.01%	0.11	6b 1-3 2 out a1	7b 1-- 0 out a1
6	52	14	May 9	PHI	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-1		2	0.0	2	4	3	2	0	0	0	2.70	3.75	4	0	0	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.311	3.00	-0.35%	-3.35	1b start a 3	1b 1-3 0 out a1
7	53	15	May 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-4	3-GF	W(2-3)	1	6.2	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	2.25	3.85	26	6	10	2	0	2		2	1	0	1	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.92	0.748	3.78	0.88%	3.57	3b -23 1 out a2	9b end a 1
8	54	19	May 15	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	11	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.39	3.98	40	12	10	0	3	11	54			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.209	.82	0.18%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	55	22	May 19	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	GS-8		3	8.0	6	5	5	5	2	1	0	2.84	4.26	35	6	16	0	2	6	47			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.395	1.73	-0.35%	-1.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	56	25	May 26	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(3-4)	6	10.0	4	2	2	3	6	1	0	2.69	4.22	36	4	19	1	0	4	79			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.038	3.23	0.05%	2.64	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
11	57	29	May 30(1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	1	0	2.49	4.29	35	12	12	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.262	.78	0.14%	3.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
12	58	34	Jun 4	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-12	GS-2		4	2.0	4	5	4	4	3	1	0	2.88	4.50	15	2	2	0	0	4	29			1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.327	.91	-0.18%	-4.05	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
13	59	38	Jun 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-3		3	2.1	3	3	3	4	0	0	0	3.14	4.60	13	5	1	0	0	3	35			1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.152	.57	-0.04%	-1.48	1b start a 2	3b --3 1 out a3
14	60	42	Jun 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-6	L(4-5)	3	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.13	4.50	24	6	7	2	0	4	57			1	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.060	.36	0.02%	0.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	61	45	Jun 16(1)	PHI		STL	L,3-9	GS-	L(4-6)	3	8.0	13	9	7	3	6	0	0	3.53	4.34	40						27						35					0
16	62	49	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG(12)	W(5-6)	3	12.0	8	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.39	4.32	45	9	21	0	0	8	75			0	2	0	42	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.519	.15	0.04%	2.57	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
17	63	54	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,7-9	GS-8	L(5-7)	4	8.0	15	9	9	3	3	0	0	3.86	4.26	41	13	7	0	1	15	16			1	1	0	36	4	0	1	1	0	1	.94	-0.339	.06	-0.01%	-5.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	64	58	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,0-5	GS-8	L(5-8)	3	8.0	9	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.97	4.17	35	16	3	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	2	0	1	.82	-0.063	.03	0.00%	-1.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
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
19	65	63	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	CG	L(5-9)	3	9.0	8	8	7	6	4	0	0	4.18	4.16	42						39						35	2	0			0
20	66	67	Jul 6	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	W(6-9)	2	9.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	4.04	4.14	39	22	6	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	.93	0.125	.00	0.00%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
21	67	72	Jul 14(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-10)	7	8.0	7	3	3	3	2	2	0	4.00	4.29	32	12	8	3	0	7	55			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	68	76	Jul 19(1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-11)	4	8.0	6	3	3	2	9	0	0	3.97	4.15	31	7	7	1	0	6	65			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	-0.121	.00	0.00%	1.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	69	82	Jul 26	PHI		CIN	L,5-9	GS-7	L(6-12)	6	6.2	6	6	5	5	3	0	0	4.09	4.16	30	8	8	2	0	6	38			2	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	-0.483	.00	0.00%	-3.33	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d3
24	70	87	Jul 30	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	GS-7	W(7-12)	3	6.1	14	5	5	0	4	0	0	4.20	4.07	32	7	7	0	4	14	29			1	0	0	32	5	1	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-2.24	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
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
25	71	90	Aug 3	PHI		PIT	L,0-8	GS-1	L(7-13)	3	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.41	4.07	4	0	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-2.98	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d2
26	72	94	Aug 6(2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-12	GS-7	L(7-14)	2	6.1	7	6	6	3	4	0	0	4.56	4.03	27	9	4	0	0	7	36			0	2	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.24	-0.250	.00	0.00%	-2.24	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
27	73	95	Aug 7	PHI		BSN	L,3-6			0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.54	4.05	3												2					0
28	74	98	Aug 11(1)	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-14)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.32	3.98	33	9	13	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.525	.00	0.00%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	75	101	Aug 14(2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-6	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	3.98	3	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.65	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.53	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
30	76	102	Aug 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(9-14)	0	9.0	5	2	2	7	7	0	0	4.19	3.97	37	9	9	0	0	5	69			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	0.415	.00	0.00%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
31	77	104	Aug 18(1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS-	W(10-14)	2	7.2	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.17	3.92	34						51						32					0
32	78	109	Aug 23	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(10-15)	4	8.0	7	5	5	3	3	0	0	4.22	3.90	32	12	7	0	1	7	48			1	1	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
33	79	110	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.90	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
34	80	116	Aug 28(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(10-16)	3	8.0	6	5	5	1	3	1	1	4.25	3.92	32	11	10	2	1	6	52			1	1	0	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
35	81	121	Sep 2(1)	PHI		NYG	W,11-2	CG	W(11-16)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.17	3.90	37	8	14	0	0	6	68			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.222	.00	0.00%	2.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
36	82	125	Sep 6(1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-17)	3	7.0	7	3	3	5	5	1	1	4.16	3.96	32	6	8	0	0	7	51			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.097	.00	0.00%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
37	83	129	Sep 8(1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG(12)	W(12-17)	1	12.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.99	3.89	43	18	11	0	0	6	90			0	1	0	41	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.855	.00	0.00%	4.57	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
38	84	135	Sep 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(13-17)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.89	3.81	32	6	16	3	3	4	81			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.44	0.141	.00	0.00%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
39	85	141	Sep 17	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	L(13-18)	3	9.0	7	2	2	7	3	0	0	3.82	3.84	41	10	14	3	0	7	61			2	0	0	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.60	-0.031	.00	0.00%	2.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
40	86	144	Sep 21	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(14-18)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.76	3.82	38	8	16	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.397	.00	0.00%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
41	87	149	Sep 26(1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(14-19)	4	8.0	6	3	2	1	1	1	0	3.72	3.85	30	11	12	2	4	5	60			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.62	-0.065	.00	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
							16-25		W-L:14-19,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.1	283.0	242	126	117	121	137	11	3	3.72	3.85	1194	0.96		4%	3%	203	54	6	17%	16	17	0	1045	50	7	7	21	0	19	1.19	1.963	.84	1.39%	21.71

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