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: 23-14 / in Starts: 20-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	136	2	Apr 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	6	2	2	1	2	0	3.00	7.07	28	7	11	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.462	3.62	-0.78%	-3.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
2	137	7	Apr 20	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.80	4.00	35	11	15	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.189	1.24	0.35%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
3	138	11	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-2)	3	8.0	11	4	4	3	6	1	0	2.74	3.77	37	6	11	0	0	11	47			0	1	0	33	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.65	-0.282	6.09	-0.63%	-0.73	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
4	139	16	Apr 29	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	1	3	7	1	1	2.40	3.74	29	7	7	0	0	4	67			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.040	3.38	0.11%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
5	140	21	May 3(2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-4	L(1-3)	3	3.2	3	4	4	6	1	0	0	3.21	4.03	19	1	8	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.215	6.86	-0.59%	-1.47	1b start tie	4b --3 2 out d2
6	141	27	May 14	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	GS-3		10	2.1	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.75	4.27	13	5	2	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.226	5.47	-0.74%	-1.90	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out tie
7	142	30	May 17(1)	BRO		CHC	W,8-2	CG	W(2-3)	2	9.0	4	2	2	4	2	2	0	3.40	4.58	35	10	15	0	0	4	69			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.290	4.16	0.91%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	143	36	May 23	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	5	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.53	4.66	26	4	10	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.185	7.65	-0.59%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
9	144	40	May 28	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.60	4.62	36	11	12	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.58	0.263	3.46	0.94%	-0.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	145	42	May 30(1)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	9-GF	W(4-4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.54	4.63	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.032	4.67	0.10%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 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
11	146	50	Jun 7(1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	GS-7	W(5-4)	7	6.0	8	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.76	4.38	29	7	6	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.117	2.77	0.32%	-0.30	1b start a 3	7b 123 0 out a7
12	147	55	Jun 17	BRO		CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(6-4)	9	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.43	4.27	34	7	15	1	1	4	77			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.391	4.40	1.05%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	148	60	Jun 21(2)	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.28	3.94	35	7	12	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	2	.96	0.285	6.11	1.09%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	149	63	Jun 26	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	GS-5		4	4.1	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.32	3.96	17	2	9	0	0	1	50			1	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.060	4.55	-0.15%	-0.29	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a1
15	150	66	Jun 28(2)	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	GS-7		1	7.0	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	3.08	3.73	24	6	9	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.176	4.92	0.50%	2.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
16	151	70	Jul 4(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,14-0	SHO	W(8-4)	5	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	3.57	34	14	13	0	0	6	74			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.12	0.083	.41	0.16%	3.68	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a14
17	152	72	Jul 5(1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	L(8-5)	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.88	3.59	4	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.195	4.29	-0.33%	-0.22	8b 1-- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
18	153	75	Jul 10	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-10	L(8-6)	4	9.0	6	2	1	4	3	0	0	2.73	3.52	36	10	13	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.63	0.430	5.02	0.80%	2.54	1b start tie	10b 1-- 0 out tie
19	154	77	Jul 11(2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-10		0	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	3.53	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.80	0.275	11.70	0.51%	1.16	9b 123 2 out tie	10b 3 out tie
20	155	79	Jul 12(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	7-GF(8)	BL(8-7)	0	2.0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	2.96	3.55	11	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.43	-0.716	4.74	-0.84%	-3.11	7b --- 0 out a2	8b end d 2
21	156	81	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-5	GS-8	W(9-7)	2	7.2	8	5	5	6	7	2	0	3.13	3.70	36	7	8	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.55	0.060	1.30	0.09%	-2.22	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out a5
22	157	88	Jul 19(2)	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-3		3	2.2	3	5	5	5	1	1	0	3.42	3.87	16	4	3	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.255	7.10	-0.68%	-2.07	1b start a 2	3b 1-3 2 out d1
23	158	91	Jul 22	BRO		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(10-7)	2	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.26	3.78	35	8	14	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.323	2.03	0.49%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	159	97	Jul 28(2)	BRO		STL	L,1-9	GS-7	L(10-8)	5	6.0	9	6	5	3	3	0	0	3.44	3.73	30	7	8	0	0	9	32			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	2	1.35	-0.225	5.12	-0.51%	-2.31	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d3
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	160	102	Aug 2(2)	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	GS-3		4	2.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.51	3.74	12	1	3	0	0	3	41			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.213	1.29	-0.16%	-1.93	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out tie
26	161	104	Aug 4	BRO	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG		1	9.0	8	1	1	5	4	0	1	3.37	3.71	38	11	9	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	31	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.83	0.452	2.26	0.33%	2.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
27	162	109	Aug 10	BRO		PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-8)	5	9.0	4	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.18	3.66	35	11	11	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.331	1.56	0.37%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
28	163	114	Aug 16	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	GS-5	L(11-9)	5	5.0	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.20	3.64	21	5	7	0	0	4	50			0	1	0	17	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.00	-0.029	1.24	-0.02%	0.22	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
29	164	118	Aug 22	BRO		NYG	W,10-5	GS-2		5	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.28	3.73	7	0	3	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.333	3.00	-0.59%	-3.02	1t start tie	2t -23 0 out tie
30	165	119	Aug 23(1)	BRO		NYG	W,6-4	CG(10)	W(12-9)	0	10.0	6	4	4	9	5	2	0	3.30	3.88	43	9	14	0	0	6	60			1	0	0	34	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.40	-0.146	3.94	-0.25%	0.43	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
31	166	125	Aug 28	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS-8	W(13-9)	4	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.22	3.81	29	9	8	0	0	5	64			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.190	2.23	0.36%	1.12	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a5
Sept				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
32	167	130	Sep 1	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.17	3.72	33	5	14	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.68	0.353	8.08	1.02%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
33	168	131	Sep 2	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-9		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.17	3.73	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.075	10.35	-0.21%	-0.37	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
34	169	135	Sep 6(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(14-10)	3	6.0	6	4	4	0	4	1	0	3.25	3.71	24	4	10	1	0	6	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.333	5.28	-0.85%	-1.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
35	170	139	Sep 10	BRO		CHC	L,2-10	GS-1	L(14-11)	3	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.34	3.72	3	1	0	0	0	1	40			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.152	6.07	-0.48%	-1.45	1t start tie	1t --3 1 out d1
36	171	142	Sep 13(1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	5-7		2	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.33	3.67	11	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.022	3.29	-0.17%	0.33	5t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
37	172	149	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(15-11)	7	9.0	4	1	0	5	11	0	0	3.19	3.57	36	4	12	1	0	4	83			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.34	0.395	8.29	1.47%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
38	173	155	Sep 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	W(16-11)	5	7.1	10	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.21	3.49	29	7	9	0	0	10	49			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.034	12.16	-0.18%	-0.54	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
							23-14		W-L:16-11,BSv:1	3.3	221.2	180	89	79	106	115	17	2	3.21	3.49	929	0.70		2%	0%	178	56	4	0%	9	5	0	807	29	4	10	23	0	14	1.10	0.517	4.38	2.24%	9.68

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