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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	8 (5)	Apr 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	12 (3)	Apr 25	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	17 (4)	Apr 30	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	20 (2)	May 3	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	23 (2)	May 7	BRO		STL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	26 (2)	May 11	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	29 (2)	May 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	41	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	32 (2)	May 20	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-9	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	35 (2)	May 24	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	37 (1)	May 26	BRO		PHI	W,6-4	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	39 (1)	May 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	30	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
13	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	43 (1)	Jun 1	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
15	46 (2)	Jun 6	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	49 (2)	Jun 9	BRO		CIN	L,7-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	51 (1)	Jun 11	BRO		PIT	L,1-8	GS	19	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	54 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
19	58 (3)	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	62 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	65 (2)	Jun 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	67 (1)	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	72 (4)	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,9-3	GS	20	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	74 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	76 (1)	Jul 10	BRO		CIN	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	81 (4)	Jul 14	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	85 (3)	Jul 18	BRO		STL	L,1-6	GS	22	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
28	90 (4)	Jul 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	91	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-8	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	93 (1)	Jul 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	95 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	96	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	GS	28	5.1	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	100 (3)	Aug 2	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	103 (2)	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	108 (4)	Aug 11	BRO		NYG	W,15-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	113 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	118 (4)	Aug 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	122 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	BRO		STL	L,3-7	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	126 (3)	Aug 27	BRO		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	128 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	130 (1)	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,13-6	GS	21	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	133 (2)	Sep 2	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	137 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	139 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	144 (4)	Sep 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	146 (1)	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	150 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	154 (3)	Sep 24	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
							48gm		298.0	13	39	1	53	2