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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

2x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.7

118

101

ERA

3.69

418

238

1952.1

971

WHIP

1.404

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-14 / in Starts: 29-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 122 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	97 (47-37-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 122 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (41-25-13)

Most Driven In
D Walker	4
M Owen	3
D Camilli	2
J Wasdell	2
P Reese	2
C Lavagetto	1

Most Driven In By
B Herman	3
L Riggs	1

1941 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1941 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	88	2 (1)	Apr 16	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.20	-0.239	2.64	-0.32%	-2.52	P
2	89	8 (5)	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.24	-0.138	3.71	-0.25%	-1.09	P
3	90	12 (3)	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.60	0.096	1.84	0.18%	1.47	P
4	91	17 (4)	Apr 30	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.43	-0.078	5.94	-0.19%	-0.56	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	92	20 (2)	May 3	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	1.68	0.122	6.40	0.28%	1.13	P
6	93	23 (2)	May 7	BRO		STL	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	1.06	-0.054	5.52	-0.17%	-0.47	P
7	94	26 (2)	May 11	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9	.76	-0.080	3.21	-0.20%	-1.17	P
8	95	29 (2)	May 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-11	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.292	.500	9	1.29	0.119	5.85	0.33%	1.30	P
9	96	32 (2)	May 20	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.269	.462	9	.90	-0.042	4.11	-0.12%	-0.37	P
10	97	35 (2)	May 24	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.172	.172	.241	.414	9	1.11	-0.159	4.12	-0.35%	-1.91	P
11	98	37 (1)	May 26	BRO		PHI	W,6-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.226	.387	9	.51	-0.025	1.87	-0.06%	-0.39	P
12	99	39 (1)	May 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.156	.182	.219	.401	9	.28	0.009	1.05	0.02%	-0.06	P
13	100	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.182	.219	.401	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	101	43 (1)	Jun 1	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.167	.200	.367	9	.72	-0.055	5.35	-0.25%	-0.70	P
15	102	46 (2)	Jun 6	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.179	.237	.416	9	1.56	0.095	7.53	0.28%	1.22	P
16	103	49 (2)	Jun 9	BRO		CIN	L,7-9	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.179	.237	.416	9						P
17	104	51 (1)	Jun 11	BRO		PIT	L,1-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.175	.231	.406	9	.72	-0.018	3.08	-0.05%	-0.16	P
18	105	54 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.163	.182	.233	.414	9	.90	-0.068	6.61	-0.30%	-0.84	P
19	106	58 (3)	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	.146	.163	.208	.372	9	.94	-0.114	3.99	-0.29%	-0.42	P
20	107	62 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.151	.192	.343	9	1.03	-0.109	4.80	-0.30%	-0.91	P
21	108	65 (2)	Jun 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.148	.189	.337	9	.47	-0.011	2.31	-0.03%	-0.15	P
22	109	67 (1)	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.127	.143	.182	.325	9	.97	-0.048	4.68	-0.14%	-0.42	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	110	72 (4)	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,9-3	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.123	.138	.175	.313	9	.65	-0.045	3.15	-0.13%	-0.98	P
24	111	74 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.117	.131	.167	.298	9	.42	-0.040	2.09	-0.12%	-1.30	P
25	112	76 (1)	Jul 10	BRO		CIN	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.127	.141	.175	.315	9	.26	-0.008	1.40	-0.03%	-0.41	P
26	113	81 (4)	Jul 14	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.134	.167	.301	9	.80	-0.060	4.16	-0.19%	-0.42	P
27	114	85 (3)	Jul 18	BRO		STL	L,1-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.130	.162	.292	9	1.59	-0.082	15.73	-0.48%	-0.67	P
28	115	90 (4)	Jul 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.114	.127	.157	.284	9	.60	-0.030	3.60	-0.11%	-0.32	P
29	116	91	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.127	.157	.284	9						P
30	117	93 (1)	Jul 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.127	.139	.169	.308	9	.33	0.008	1.94	0.03%	0.12	P
31	118	95 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-8	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.127	.139	.169	.308	9						P
32	119	96	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.123	.135	.164	.300	9	.45	-0.032	4.53	-0.20%	-0.54	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	120	100 (3)	Aug 2	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.130	.158	.288	9	.79	-0.058	4.95	-0.22%	-0.78	P
34	121	103 (2)	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.114	.125	.152	.277	9	1.86	-0.181	11.40	-0.67%	-1.84	P
35	122	108 (4)	Aug 11	BRO		NYG	W,15-7	CG	5	5	3	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.155	.165	.202	.367	9	.32	0.090	2.07	0.35%	3.65	P
36	123	113 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.193	.202	.250	.452	9	.50	0.081	3.35	0.32%	1.58	P
37	124	118 (4)	Aug 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.193	.202	.250	.452	9	.51	-0.005	3.29	-0.02%	-0.20	P
38	125	122 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	BRO		STL	L,3-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.202	.250	.452	9						P
39	126	126 (3)	Aug 27	BRO		CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.215	.253	.468	9	.38	0.024	3.15	0.12%	0.06	P
40	127	128 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.215	.253	.468	9						P
41	128	130 (1)	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,13-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.211	.247	.458	9	.71	-0.035	5.83	-0.17%	-0.58	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	129	133 (2)	Sep 2	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.212	.247	.460	9	.12	-0.012	.94	-0.06%	-0.36	P
43	130	137 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,13-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.202	.225	.253	.478	9	.27	-0.007	2.51	-0.04%	0.21	P
44	131	139 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.226	.252	.479	9	1.13	0.043	9.51	0.22%	-0.20	P
45	132	144 (4)	Sep 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.198	.220	.245	.465	9	.88	-0.068	9.29	-0.43%	-0.79	P
46	133	146 (1)	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.218	.243	.461	9	4.96	-0.143	52.77	-0.91%	-0.58	P
47	134	150 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.219	.236	.456	9	1.12	-0.089	16.39	-0.79%	-1.48	P
48	135	154 (3)	Sep 24	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.188	.216	.232	.448	9	2.42	-0.200	26.65	-1.32%	-1.84	P
							33-14		122	112	6	21	3	1	0	14	4	0	23	0	6		2	6	0	1	.188	.216	.232	.448		.89	-1.646	5.70	-6.77%	-14.70

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Higbe Pages

Kirby Higbe Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Kirby Higbe Pages at Baseball Reference