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: 24-31 / in Starts: 2-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 20

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	301	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	5	4	2	2	1	1	0	2.84	5.44	26	11	7	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.072	3.14	-0.11%	0.01	1b start a 2	7b -23 1 out a1
2	302	10	Apr 30	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	6-GF	S(1)	6	3.2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	4.76	15	7	4	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.080	.90	0.14%	2.31	6b 12- 1 out a5	9b end a 6
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
3	303	13	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	9-GF	W(1-1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.64	4.85	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.039	2.40	0.08%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
4	304	15	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,5-12	1-6		2	6.0	4	3	3	3	2	2	0	2.65	5.93	24	4	11	0	0	4		2	1	1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.030	.58	-0.07%	0.42	1t 1-3 0 out d4	6t 3 out d6
5	305	17	May 9(2)	PIT		BRO	W,10-8	6-6	BS(1)	0	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.50	5.81	5	1	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.199	3.13	-0.37%	-1.14	6t 1-3 0 out a1	6t 3 out d2
6	306	19	May 12	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.37	5.44	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.08	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
7	307	23	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.2	8	5	3	5	3	0	0	2.70	5.01	37	10	11	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.68	-0.397	5.61	-0.80%	-0.99	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d2
8	308	28	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	7	8	0	0	2.27	4.58	37	5	17	5	0	0	76			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.548	4.98	1.07%	3.69	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
9	309	31	May 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(2-2)	4	8.0	9	2	1	3	5	0	1	2.06	4.29	36						60						32	2	0	0		0
10	310	34	May 30(1)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	5-GF	W(3-2)	2	4.1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.88	4.34	17	3	10	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.146	1.63	0.32%	2.49	5t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 6
11	311	36	May 31(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	7-GF	L(3-3)	0	2.1	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.79	4.35	12	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	-0.178	7.84	-0.37%	-0.08	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
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	312	39	Jun 3	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GS-9	W(4-3)	2	8.0	6	3	3	4	4	0	0	2.01	4.20	35	10	11	0	2	6	58			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.112	3.14	0.25%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a3
13	313	44	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	GS-7		3	7.0	9	5	5	3	4	1	1	2.48	4.30	34	7	10	0	0	9	40			0	0	0	30	2	3	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.325	3.97	-0.79%	-1.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	314	45	Jun 9	PIT		BRO	W,6-4	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.39	4.19	8	0	6	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.216	4.84	0.40%	1.47	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
15	315	48	Jun 13(1)	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	GS-3	L(4-4)	3	2.1	6	5	5	2	1	1	0	2.96	4.39	15	1	5	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.213	3.16	-0.45%	-2.39	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
16	316	52	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-8	8-GF	S(3)	3	2.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.13	4.23	9	1	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.105	10.44	0.30%	-1.99	8b 12- 0 out a5	9b end a 1
17	317	54	Jun 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	4.21	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.195	11.89	0.54%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
18	318	56	Jun 20(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	6-6	H(1)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	4.20	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.073	7.45	-0.20%	-0.65	6b --3 2 out a2	6b 3 out a1
19	319	62	Jun 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-9			6	3.1	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.52	4.17	18												16	1	1	0		0
20	320	63	Jun 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-13	BS(2)	1	5.0	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	3.31	4.15	20	8	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.77	0.233	10.07	0.51%	1.43	9b --- 0 out a1	13b 3 out tie
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
21	321	66	Jul 4(1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1		S(5)	4	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.19	4.08	11												11	1	0	0		0
22	322	69	Jul 5(2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	9-GF		0	0.2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.16	4.11	5	1	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.30	-0.407	14.88	-1.10%	-1.47	9t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end d 2
23	323	70	Jul 6	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.15	4.10	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.067	3.97	-0.16%	-0.39	9t -23 2 out d1	9t end d 2
24	324	72	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.10	4.03	5	2	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.226	10.22	0.72%	1.16	8b -23 2 out a2	9b end a 2
25	325	74	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.09	4.06	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.011	1.81	0.03%	0.35	8b --3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
26	326	76	Jul 15(1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.06	4.03	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	1.40	0.06%	0.51	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
27	327	78	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(4-5)	1	2.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.19	4.06	10	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.37	-0.399	6.62	-0.67%	-0.98	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
28	328	80	Jul 18(2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-3	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.25	4.24	7	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.033	.74	-0.07%	-0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
29	329	85	Jul 22(2)	PIT		PHI	T,1-1	CG		3	5.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.18	4.15	18						58						17	0	0	0		0
30	330	87	Jul 25(1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	8-8	BS(4)	2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.27	4.18	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.35	-0.514	12.26	-0.71%	-2.17	8t 12- 2 out a1	8t -23 2 out d1
31	331	91	Jul 29	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	2-GF(8)		3	6.2	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.06	4.15	28	13	4	1	3	4		2	1	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.259	1.75	0.28%	3.15	2b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 1
32	332	93	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	7-8	W(5-5)	1	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.00	4.18	9	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.078	1.27	0.06%	1.04	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
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
33	333	94	Aug 6	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.97	4.15	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.14	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
34	334	95	Aug 7	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	7-GF(11)	W(6-5)	0	5.0	1	0	0	6	5	0	0	2.84	4.16	22	4	6	0	3	1		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	0.675	4.78	0.72%	2.53	7b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
35	335	102	Aug 14	PIT		STL	L,3-6	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	4.15	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.16	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
36	336	103	Aug 15(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-8		L(6-6)	0	2.0	7	5	4	1	1	1	0	3.08	4.25	14												13	0	1	1		0
37	337	107	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-4		S(7)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	4.24	1												1	0	0	0		0
38	338	109	Aug 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	4.24	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.010	3.47	-0.02%	0.22	6b 1-3 1 out d1	6b 3 out d2
39	339	110	Aug 21	PIT	@	STL	L,2-9	4-GF(8)		0	4.1	3	3	3	4	0	1	0	3.17	4.39	19	5	7	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	.14	-0.114	.36	-0.18%	-2.25	4b -23 2 out d3	8b end d 7
40	340	113	Aug 25 susp	PIT		BRO	W,12-11	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	4.39	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.009	.75	0.01%	0.33	7t -2- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d4
41	341	114	Aug 26(1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-4	7-GF	S(8)	0	3.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.15	4.33	14	1	3	0	2	4		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.038	2.69	0.05%	0.53	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 7
42	342	115	Aug 26(2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	9-GF	S(9)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	4.34	4	1	2	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.150	6.18	0.24%	1.51	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
43	343	116	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3		W(7-6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	4.33	4												4	0	1	0		0
44	344	118	Aug 28(2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-11			0	5.0	7	5	5	0	3	2	0	3.33	4.42	20												20	1	0	0		0
45	345	122	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	8-GF	S(10)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.28	4.41	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.287	8.84	0.76%	1.02	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
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
46	346	123	Sep 1	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.23	4.34	7	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.024	1.18	0.07%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
47	347	127	Sep 5(2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-11	3-6		3	3.0	8	7	3	3	2	0	0	3.36	4.35	19	5	1	0	0	8		2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.201	3.62	-0.44%	-3.47	3t 12- 1 out d2	6t 12- 1 out d6
48	348	133	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-12	6-6	BS(5)	5	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.46	4.36	5	1	1	0	0	2		3	2	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.15	-0.303	12.25	-1.04%	-1.70	6b 123 0 out a2	6b 3 out d2
49	349	135	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	6-7		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.48	4.34	8	2	2	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.017	1.75	-0.06%	0.01	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
50	350	136	Sep 14(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	7-7		0	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.52	4.36	7	1	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.041	2.60	-0.14%	-0.48	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
51	351	140	Sep 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.60	4.36	11	3	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.120	3.20	-0.46%	-2.01	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
52	352	143	Sep 19(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	1-GF(8)	L(7-7)	1	7.2	7	3	1	1	4	1	0	3.47	4.33	30	11	7	1	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.057	.29	0.01%	1.79	1b -23 1 out d1	8b end d 2
53	353	148	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.43	4.32	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
54	354	150	Sep 26(1)	PIT		CIN	W,8-6	5-5		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	4.31	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.51	5t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
55	355	154	Sep 30(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4			3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.36	4.26	6												6	0	0	0		0
56	356	155	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	8-GF	W(8-7)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.32	4.23	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.225	.00	0.00%	0.97	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
							24-31		W-L:8-7,Sv:10,BSv:5,Hld:1	1.9	157.1	140	75	58	84	86	11	3	3.32	4.23	685	0.91		5%	4%	97	51	37	43%	6	4	0	587	27	12	2	11	0	5	1.20	0.148	3.71	-1.55%	8.22

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