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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	L,0-1	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
3	7 (4)	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	9 (1)	May 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
5	11 (1)	May 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	14 (2)	May 9	PHI	@	STL	L,4-8	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	15	May 11	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-4	GF	26	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
8	19 (3)	May 15	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	22 (2)	May 19	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	25 (2)	May 26	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	29 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	34 (4)	Jun 4	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-12	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	38 (3)	Jun 8	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	13	2.1	0	0	1	1	0
14	42 (3)	Jun 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	45 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-9	GS	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	49 (3)	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	54 (4)	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	L,7-9	GS	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	58 (3)	Jun 29	PHI		NYG	L,0-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	63 (4)	Jul 3	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	67 (3)	Jul 6	PHI	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	72 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
22	76 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	82 (5)	Jul 26	PHI		CIN	L,5-9	GS	30	6.2	1	0	0	1	0
24	87 (4)	Jul 30	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	GS	32	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	90 (2)	Aug 3	PHI		PIT	L,0-8	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	94 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-12	GS	27	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	95	Aug 7	PHI		BSN	L,3-6	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	98 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	101 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	102	Aug 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	104 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS	0	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	109 (4)	Aug 23	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	110	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	116 (5)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	121 (4)	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	125 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	129 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	135 (5)	Sep 13	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	141 (5)	Sep 17	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	144 (2)	Sep 21	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	149 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
							41gm		283.0	15	47	3	65	4