Kirby Higbe
Walter Kirby Higbe
Born: April 8, 1915
Columbia, SC USA
Deceased: 1985
Columbia, SC USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190
Career: 1937-1950
Minor League Statistics
Kirby Higbe compiled a career record of 118 wins and 101 losses in his 418-game career with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants. He began playing during the 1937 season and last took the field during the 1950 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1937 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
1938 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | |
1939 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
1939 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 10 | 14 | .417 | 4.85 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 187.3 | 208 | 113 | 101 | 10 | 101 | 0 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 864 |
1940 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 14 | 19 | .424 | 3.72 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 283.0 | 242 | 126 | 117 | 12 | 121 | 0 | 137 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1194 |
1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 22 | 9 | .710 | 3.14 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 298.0 | 244 | 123 | 104 | 17 | 132 | 0 | 121 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1266 |
1942 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.25 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 221.7 | 180 | 89 | 80 | 17 | 106 | 0 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 929 |
1943 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.70 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 185.0 | 189 | 81 | 76 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 823 |
1946 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.03 | 42 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 210.7 | 178 | 82 | 71 | 6 | 107 | 0 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 904 |
1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 76 |
1947 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | 17 | .393 | 3.72 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 225.0 | 204 | 108 | 93 | 22 | 110 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 975 |
1948 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.36 | 56 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 158.0 | 140 | 75 | 59 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 681 |
1949 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.50 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
1949 | NL | New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.47 | 37 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80.3 | 72 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 41 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 344 |
1950 | NL | New York Giants | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.93 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.7 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 166 |
Totals | 118 | 101 | .539 | 3.69 | 418 | 238 | 104 | 98 | 11 | 24 | 1952.3 | 1763 | 909 | 800 | 117 | 979 | 0 | 971 | 35 | 4 | 61 | 8472 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1937 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 34 | 72 | 66 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .167 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 41 | 109 | 103 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .165 | .189 | .194 | .383 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 122 | 112 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .188 | .216 | .232 | .448 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 38 | 84 | 77 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .104 | .104 | .130 | .234 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1943 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 35 | 72 | 65 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .138 | .176 | .185 | .361 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 83 | 77 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .130 | .130 | .156 | .286 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 46 | 80 | 72 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .139 | .162 | .208 | .370 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 56 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .208 | .208 | .292 | .500 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | New York Giants | 37 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .067 | .222 | .067 | .289 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NL | New York Giants | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 418 | 714 | 660 | 35 | 101 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 135 | .153 | .172 | .194 | .366 | 128 | 19 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1937 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1938 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | |
1939 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | |
1939 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .706 | |
1940 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 4 | .954 | 1.512 | |
1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.083 | |
1942 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 5 | .960 | 1.263 | |
1943 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.029 | |
1946 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 2 | .946 | 1.262 | |
1947 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1947 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .970 | .696 | |
1948 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .482 | |
1949 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | |
1949 | NL | New York Giants | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .324 | |
1950 | NL | New York Giants | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | |
Totals | 418 | 0 | 0.0 | 92 | 285 | 11 | 17 | .972 | .902 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 1.000 |
Totals | 1 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 1.000 |
Awards
1941 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P4
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