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: 25-17 / in Starts: 21-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 7

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	209	4	Apr 20	BRO		NYG	W,9-8	GS-8		99	7.0	7	7	4	7	6	0	0	5.14	3.87	36	7	9	1	0	7	40			0	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	2	1.45	-0.509	3.92	-0.83%	-2.83	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
2	210	8	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-3	GS-4		3	3.1	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	6.10	2.87	16	2	5	1	0	6	39			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.251	3.81	-0.53%	-1.92	1b start a 1	4b -2- 1 out a1
3	211	10	Apr 28(1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-7	1-2		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.40	2.67	5	0	3	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.024	.87	0.05%	0.65	1b 1-- 2 out d4	2b 3 out d4
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	212	14	May 2	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-5		3	4.1	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	5.06	3.02	22	3	7	0	2	5	44			2	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.161	4.84	-0.37%	-0.95	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out d1
5	213	17	May 8	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-3		5	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.50	3.03	13	2	3	1	1	6	28			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.270	4.57	-0.58%	-3.47	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d3
6	214	20	May 11	BRO		PHI	W,12-11	4-4		2	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.27	2.90	4	0	1	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.072	3.10	-0.16%	-1.49	4t 123 1 out d3	4t 3 out d6
7	215	26	May 19	BRO		CIN	L,0-4	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.95	2.58	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.15	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
8	216	28	May 22	BRO		CHC	W,2-1	13-GF(13)	W(1-0)	2	1.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.66	2.92	6	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	0.127	19.12	0.33%	0.45	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
9	217	30	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	2	1	1	7	6	0	0	4.25	3.12	36	11	11	0	0	1	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.162	1.66	0.37%	2.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
10	218	36	May 30(1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.26	3.02	34	13	11	2	2	3	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.301	4.78	0.94%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
11	219	43	Jun 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	6.1	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.20	3.21	28	11	8	0	3	2	54			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.068	8.16	0.21%	0.55	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
12	220	48	Jun 10	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.1	3	2	2	4	7	0	1	3.10	3.14	29	7	8	0	3	2	67			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.380	9.34	1.44%	2.82	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
13	221	50	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	W,10-7	8-8	W(5-0)	1	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.21	3.24	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.245	10.04	-0.97%	-0.54	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d1
14	222	53	Jun 16	BRO		CHC	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-0)	3	8.2	6	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.05	3.50	36	10	16	4	5	2	62			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.30	0.187	7.94	0.69%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
15	223	56	Jun 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(7-0)	3	9.0	9	3	3	7	8	0	0	3.04	3.46	40	11	8	1	5	6	58			0	1	0	33	3	0	1	2	0	1	.92	0.082	4.76	0.25%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	224	60	Jun 24	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	GS-2		3	1.2	5	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.22	3.44	13	1	2	0	0	5	36			1	0	0	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.264	5.10	-0.87%	-2.84	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
17	225	61	Jun 25	BRO		CIN	L,3-15	7-7		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.43	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.004	.31	-0.01%	-0.36	7t -2- 1 out d6	7t 3 out d7
18	226	65	Jun 29	BRO		BSN	W,12-3	CG	W(8-0)	3	9.0	7	3	2	4	4	0	0	3.06	3.38	38	16	9	1	1	5	63			1	0	0	33	1	0	2	1	0	1	.71	0.012	3.95	0.04%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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	227	68	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	GS-6		2	5.1	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	2.98	3.31	24	5	8	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.046	5.84	-0.13%	0.05	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d2
20	228	71	Jul 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	8-GF	L(8-1)	2	1.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.03	3.37	8	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.348	8.51	-0.98%	-0.96	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end d 1
21	229	73	Jul 7(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	2-9	L(8-2)	1	7.1	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.08	3.23	31	11	12	2	4	4		0	0	0	0	0	30	4	0	0	1	0	1	2.00	-0.123	9.55	-0.35%	0.94	2b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 1 out tie
22	230	78	Jul 14(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-3		6	2.2	3	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.27	3.21	13	4	3	0	1	1	41			4	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.216	8.56	-1.00%	-1.83	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 2 out d2
23	231	83	Jul 18	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-3	L(8-3)	3	2.2	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.36	3.20	16	7	3	0	1	4	34			2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.213	5.78	-0.74%	-2.16	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d3
24	232	92	Jul 27(2)	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9	W(9-3)	8	8.0	5	2	2	7	3	0	0	3.28	3.29	33	6	14	4	3	3	60			0	1	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.104	7.86	0.34%	0.61	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 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	233	99	Aug 3	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	CG	L(9-4)	6	9.0	7	3	1	7	2	0	0	3.11	3.38	40	11	16	4	3	4	60			0	1	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.70	-0.253	10.22	-0.92%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	234	104	Aug 9	BRO	@	PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.89	3.27	34	9	9	2	1	5	82			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.715	9.65	2.61%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	235	111	Aug 15	BRO		NYG	W,7-1	GS-9	W(11-4)	5	8.0	3	1	1	7	6	0	0	2.79	3.30	34	8	11	0	1	2	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.50	0.214	3.17	0.82%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a6
28	236	117	Aug 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(12-4)	7	9.0	9	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.68	3.32	35	10	12	2	2	6	68			0	0	1	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.47	0.516	9.85	2.07%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	237	122	Aug 27	BRO	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	W(13-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	0	6	0	0	2.69	3.19	33	10	11	2	1	6	67			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	.70	0.159	10.32	1.41%	1.15	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
30	238	125	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS-6	L(13-5)	3	6.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.71	3.26	28	6	8	2	0	7	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.014	7.05	0.06%	0.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
31	239	130	Sep 3	BRO		PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	W(14-5)	2	7.1	6	4	4	4	7	0	0	2.80	3.22	32	6	10	2	6	5	53			0	0	0	28	3	0	1	1	0	0	.92	0.091	6.97	0.41%	-0.55	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a3
32	240	133	Sep 7	BRO		NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(15-5)	3	9.0	1	1	1	3	9	1	0	2.71	3.21	32	7	12	0	3	1	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	1	.73	0.279	5.97	1.37%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	241	137	Sep 12	BRO		STL	L,2-10	GS-3	L(15-6)	4	2.1	6	6	5	1	1	1	0	2.93	3.28	14	5	1	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.408	14.83	-4.57%	-4.79	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d3
34	242	138	Sep 13	BRO		STL	W,4-3	7-GF	S(1)	0	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.88	3.26	7	2	2	1	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.28	0.362	39.86	3.79%	1.37	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
35	243	141	Sep 15(2)	BRO		CHC	W,2-0	SHO(5)	W(16-6)	1	5.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.81	3.25	17	6	8	2	1	1	65			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.251	8.04	1.61%	2.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
36	244	144	Sep 18(1)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(16-7)	2	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.84	3.27	29	7	10	2	1	5	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.027	8.76	-0.16%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
37	245	149	Sep 22(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(16-8)	3	5.1	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.90	3.30	24	7	12	2	4	2	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.077	18.19	0.63%	0.83	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
38	246	152	Sep 25	BRO		PHI	L,9-11	9-GF		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	3.30	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	-0.201	37.26	-1.72%	-0.49	9t 123 1 out tie	9t end d 2
39	247	153	Sep 26	BRO		PHI	W,8-2	CG	W(17-8)	0	9.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	0	2.86	3.21	33	13	9	1	2	5	71			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.252	5.74	2.23%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
40	248	155	Sep 29	BRO		BSN	L,0-4	9-9		2	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.98	3.22	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.106	16.49	-1.33%	-1.68	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-3 1 out d2
41	249	156	Oct 1	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	3-4		1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	3.22	5	2	2	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.064	25.42	1.61%	0.93	3b 1-3 2 out d2	4b 3 out d2
42	250	157	Oct 3	BRO		STL	L,4-8	7-8		1	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.03	3.23	8	2	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.10	-0.014	4.17	-0.35%	-2.72	7t -23 1 out d4	8t 123 1 out d7
							25-17		W-L:17-8,Sv:1	3.0	210.2	178	82	71	108	134	6	1	3.03	3.23	905	0.86		7%	11%	133	56	13	54%	11	6	1	778	34	6	11	14	0	15	1.12	0.713	7.64	6.73%	9.15

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