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Kirby Higbe
Walter Kirby Higbe

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut October 3, 1937
Final Game July 7, 1950
Born April 8, 1915 in Columbia, SC
Died May 6, 1985 (age 70)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1939 24 NYA AL  10   7  .588  30  30   2   0   0   1  184.1  194   850  122   96  19  117   4   5   97   6  0  4.69  
 1940 25 NYA AL  10  14  .417  35  34   5   1   1   2  229.0  194   985  117  103  15  113   3   4  128   4  1  4.05  
 1941 26 PIN NL  14  14  .500  34  34  11   0   0   4  252.0  207  1056   80   71  14  109   8   2  111   1  0  2.54  CY-7
 1942 27 PIN NL  14  12  .538  32  32  14   0   0   1  246.1  205  1046   98   71  13  102   6   4  147   2  0  2.59  CY-9
 1943 28 PIN NL   4   6  .400  20  12   2   5   0   0   97.2   84   406   32   28   2   48   3   2   60   0  0  2.58  
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 31 PIN NL  14  13  .519  32  32   6   0   0   3  225.0  182   938   83   58   8   92   0   2  176   6  0  2.32  CY-7
 1947 32 PHA AL   9  14  .391  41  33   2   6   4   1  217.2  191   964  128  111  29  130   6   5  104   8  0  4.59  
 1948 33 PHA AL  11   8  .579  61   8   1  37   7   0  174.1  164   757   93   86  16   83   6   0   76   5  0  4.44  
 1949 34 NYN NL   4   4  .500  69   1   0  25   1   0   95.0  105   441   58   53  12   62   8   2   50   7  0  5.02  
 1950 35 NYN NL   3   1  .750  24   0   0  11   0   0   35.2   29   161   19   18   3   25   2   2   19   2  2  4.54  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 10 Seasons      93  93  .500 378 216  43  85  13  12 1757.0 1555  7604  830  695 131  881  46  28  968  41  3  3.56
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With PIN      46  45  .505 118 110  33   5   0   8  821.0  678  3446  293  228  37  351  17  10  494   9  0  2.50
   With NYA      20  21  .488  65  64   7   1   1   3  413.1  388  1835  239  199  34  230   7   9  225  10  1  4.33
   With PHA      20  22  .476 102  41   3  43  11   1  392.0  355  1721  221  197  45  213  12   5  180  13  0  4.52
   With NY2       7   5  .583  93   1   0  36   1   0  130.2  134   602   77   71  15   87  10   4   69   9  2  4.89
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     118 101  .539 418 238  98 104  24  11 1953.1 1763  8472  909  800 117  979      35  971  61  4  3.69
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1939 24 NYA AL  45  121   5.9   0  5.57   62   9   0  .145   0    6    4  .667    5    2  .714   10   
 1940 25 NYA AL  47  103   4.0   1  3.76   77  10   0  .130   2    8    4  .500   15    4  .789   -2   
 1941 26 PIN NL  39  101   3.6   0  3.32   75  19   0  .253   0    9    8  .889    3    6  .333  -25   
 1942 27 PIN NL  43   93   3.3   0  3.00   86   3   0  .035   2   12    9  .750    5    6  .455  -30   
 1943 28 PIN NL  36   36   3.4   0  2.33   27   6   0  .222   0    1    1 1.000    3    1  .750 -105   
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 31 PIN NL  46   77   3.1   0  3.19   68   5   0  .074   0    7    7 1.000   15    7  .682  -53   
 1947 32 PHA AL  47  116   4.7   4  4.45   60  10   3  .167   1    5    4  .800   10    6  .625  -25   
 1948 33 PHA AL  44   94   4.8  10  3.62   44  10   0  .227   1    6    3  .500    0    4  .000  -16   
 1949 34 NYN NL  38   64   6.2   2  3.00    9   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    0    3  .000   12   
 1950 35 NYN NL  34   16   4.0   0          2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    2  .000 -134   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 10 Seasons          826   4.2  17        510  72   3  .141   6   57   43  .754   56   41  .577  -26   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1939 WS    NYA BRN   W    1  0.00   0-0   0  0    .2   0   0   0   0
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1939  NYA  100-54   Billy Vanson
 1940  NYA   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1941  PIN   65-89   Tom Edwards
 1942  PIN   60-94   Tom Edwards
 1943  PIN   71-83   Tom Edwards
 1946  PIN   70-84   Mike Tomeo
 1947  PHA   80-74   Drew Kennedy
 1948  PHA   64-90   Drew Kennedy
 1949  NYN   78-76   Rick Field
 1950  NYN   72-82   Rick Field

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