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: 21-27 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 10

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	251	2	Apr 17	BRO		BSN	W,12-6	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.1	8	6	6	4	4	0	0	10.13	3.43	29	8	5	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	1	.71	-0.095	1.91	-0.15%	-3.51	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a4
2	252	4	Apr 19	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	5-7		1	2.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.75	3.43	12	0	5	0	2	3		2	0	0	1	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	0.177	3.30	0.29%	1.98	5b 12- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d1
3	253	8	Apr 26	BRO		NYG	W,7-3	GS-2		6	2.0	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	7.20	3.98	9	3	2	0	0	0	45			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.105	3.74	-0.20%	-0.94	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
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
4	254	12	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	5.2	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	5.17	3.89	26	9	9	4	0	1	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.134	4.08	0.29%	1.40	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a2
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to Pittsburgh Pirates
5	255	14	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	4	3	3	9	2	1	0	4.76	5.10	32	15	3	0	1	3	50			2	0	0	23	1	0	1	2	0	0	.93	-0.014	3.08	-0.03%	0.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
6	256	19	May 11(2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	GS-5		4	5.0	3	2	1	4	4	0	0	4.23	4.81	23	8	4	0	0	3	55			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.020	2.59	0.03%	0.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
7	257	21	May 16	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	8.0	4	3	3	7	3	1	0	4.04	5.11	35	7	17	4	3	1	58			1	0	0	28	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.00	0.004	2.86	0.01%	1.26	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	258	24	May 18(2)	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	5-6		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.89	4.97	4	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.016	.50	0.03%	0.78	5t 1-- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
9	259	26	May 22	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(2-3)	3	8.0	8	4	4	6	4	0	0	4.00	4.79	37	17	3	1	1	7	48			0	1	0	30	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.37	-0.116	3.76	-0.19%	0.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
10	260	30	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS-8	W(3-3)	3	7.2	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.59	4.57	29	8	13	2	0	3	68			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.242	1.71	0.37%	2.35	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a4
11	261	34	May 30(2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	L(3-4)	3	9.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.79	4.48	38	11	12	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	-0.209	4.78	-0.43%	-0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
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	262	39	Jun 3(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	GS-5	L(3-5)	3	4.0	6	5	5	3	0	0	0	4.25	4.50	20	5	9	2	1	3	27			0	0	0	17	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.205	3.05	-0.31%	-1.88	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d1
13	263	46	Jun 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,10-13	GS-8		5	7.0	6	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.46	4.64	28	7	11	1	2	6	47			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	.49	0.092	.69	0.08%	-1.34	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a3
14	264	48	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-7	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.42	4.72	10	4	4	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.35	0.279	2.65	0.19%	0.59	7b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 1
15	265	49	Jun 12	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.36	4.76	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.004	.14	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
16	266	52	Jun 15(2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	4-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	4.75	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.005	.14	0.00%	0.11	4t --- 2 out d4	4t 3 out d4
17	267	54	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W,12-2	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	2	1	2	1	0	0	3.99	4.58	37	5	21	3	6	8	64			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.066	.22	0.02%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
18	268	57	Jun 22	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	12-GF(13)	L(4-6)	2	2.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.00	4.55	11	3	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	-0.146	1.51	-0.04%	0.07	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
19	269	59	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	GS-8	L(4-7)	2	8.0	8	6	2	6	3	0	0	3.86	4.51	35	9	10	0	0	7	47			1	2	0	28	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.03	-0.227	.32	-0.04%	-1.74	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
20	270	61	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-8	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	4.48	5	0	5	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.069	.14	0.01%	0.68	8b 1-3 1 out a4	9b end a 4
21	271	64	Jun 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	W(5-7)	1	9.0	13	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.81	4.40	37	11	10	0	0	13	48			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	2	0	0	.59	0.146	.13	0.02%	0.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
22	272	69	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-8		4	8.0	9	4	4	5	3	1	0	3.86	4.47	36	10	9	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.44	-0.056	.24	-0.01%	0.13	1b start a 3	8b 3 out tie
23	273	71	Jul 6(1)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.82	4.48	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.016	.03	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
24	274	74	Jul 10(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-8)	3	8.0	6	2	2	0	6	2	0	3.72	4.48	28	10	6	0	0	6	68			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.076	.07	0.00%	1.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
25	275	79	Jul 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-9)	3	6.0	6	3	2	3	4	2	1	3.69	4.62	29	7	10	1	3	4	51			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.046	.04	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
26	276	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(6-9)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	1	3.51	4.55	36	12	14	1	2	4	72			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.670	.13	0.03%	3.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	277	90	Jul 24(2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-9)	5	8.0	6	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.44	4.60	34	8	12	0	0	6	60			1	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.156	.07	0.01%	2.26	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
28	278	94	Jul 27(2)	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	GS-2	L(7-10)	2	1.0	4	5	5	4	2	0	1	3.73	4.66	12	2	1	1	0	2	23			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.348	.02	0.00%	-4.82	1t start tie	2t 1-3 0 out d4
29	279	96	Jul 30(1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	W(8-10)	2	9.0	5	3	2	6	3	1	0	3.63	4.71	38	12	12	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.346	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
30	280	102	Aug 3(2)	PIT		NYG	T,6-6	GS-5		3	5.0	9	5	5	4	1	2	0	3.79	4.87	27	6	7	0	0	9	26			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-2.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
31	281	104	Aug 5	PIT		CIN	W,12-4	6-GF	S(4)	1	3.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.72	4.85	12	4	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.042	.00	0.00%	2.12	6t 1-3 2 out a5	9t end a 8
32	282	106	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-10)	1	9.0	7	0	0	2	10	0	0	3.52	4.66	35	6	10	1	1	7	81			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	1	0	0	.96	0.478	.00	0.00%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	283	108	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	7-GF	W(10-10)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	4.63	7	2	5	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.435	.00	0.00%	1.53	7b 12- 2 out tie	9b end a 1
34	284	112	Aug 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7		2	7.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.34	4.55	29	7	12	1	0	7	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.501	.00	0.00%	3.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
35	285	115	Aug 15	PIT		STL	L,4-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	4.53	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
36	286	117	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GS-4	L(10-11)	1	3.2	7	6	5	3	1	1	0	3.50	4.60	21	4	6	0	0	7	23			1	0	0	18	3	0	1	0	0	0	.68	-0.310	.00	0.00%	-4.32	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d6
37	287	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-12)	3	7.0	6	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.56	4.61	31	10	7	0	0	5	50			1	0	0	27	2	1	1	0	0	1	.61	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
38	288	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	4.59	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
39	289	122	Aug 23(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-10	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.54	4.59	4	0	1	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.62	0.110	.00	0.00%	-1.40	9b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 1
40	290	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-11	GS-2	L(10-13)	1	1.1	3	6	6	4	0	0	0	3.79	4.64	11	5	0	0	0	2	20			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.287	.00	0.00%	-3.88	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d4
41	291	128	Aug 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-7	5-5		2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.83	4.64	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-2.51	5b 1-3 2 out d4	5b 3 out d7
42	292	129	Aug 30	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	7-9		1	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.83	4.63	11	4	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.10	7b 1-- 0 out a4	9b 123 2 out a3
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
43	293	133	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	L,6-13	GS-2	L(10-14)	3	1.1	2	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.02	4.64	9	1	1	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-3.38	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d3
44	294	136	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(10-15)	3	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.06	4.64	29	5	12	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
45	295	140	Sep 11(1)	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG(13)	W(11-15)	3	13.0	11	3	2	4	2	0	0	3.90	4.56	54	18	19	5	2	11	73			0	0	0	48	3	0	2	1	0	1	1.74	0.860	.00	0.00%	3.92	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
46	296	146	Sep 15	PIT		PHI	W,12-2	CG	W(12-15)	3	9.0	8	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.79	4.46	36	11	12	0	0	8	68			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	3	.82	0.146	.00	0.00%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
47	297	148	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	4.44	6	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
48	298	149	Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W,8-7	9-GF	W(13-15)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	4.42	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.144	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
49	299	150	Sep 21(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-6	L(13-16)	2	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.76	4.43	27	9	6	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	1	0	0	.81	-0.071	.00	0.00%	0.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
50	300	154	Sep 25(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-15	GS-2	L(13-17)	3	1.1	5	6	3	1	1	1	0	3.85	4.48	11	1	3	1	0	5	26			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.368	.00	0.00%	-5.22	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d6
							21-27		W-L:13-17,Sv:5	2.3	240.2	222	117	103	122	108	21	4	3.85	4.48	1050	0.90		5%	5%	199	49	18	33%	9	7	0	911	52	10	19	19	0	11	1.10	2.021	.99	-0.03%	7.99

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