KIRBY HIGBE

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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 97th in BB
Positions: P-418
Full Name: Walter Kirby Higbe
Born: Apr 8, 1915 in Columbia,South Carolina
Died: May 6, 1985 (70.028)

MLB Debut: Oct 3, 1937 (22.178)

Control
47

K-Rating
87

Efficiency
64

vsPower
68

Ht/Wt: 5-11 / 190 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Unknown
College: None listed
Drafted: Not drafted

Tags: Major League All-Star Game || Military Service

TBC Player ID: 12787
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1937	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	49	chc	22	-	1	0	5.40	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	4	3	3	1	1	2	0	0	1.00	7.20	1.80	1.80	3.60	0.50	--	--
1938	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	29	chc	23	-	0	0	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	10	6	6	1	6	4	1	0	1.60	9.00	0.90	5.40	3.60	1.50	--	--
1939	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	25	chc	24	12	2	1	3.18	9	2	0	0	6	0	22.2	12	9	8	0	22	16	0	0	1.50	4.76	0.00	8.74	6.35	1.38	--	--
1939	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	14	phi	24	12	10	14	4.85	34	26	14	1	7	2	187.1	208	113	101	10	101	79	7	0	1.65	9.99	0.48	4.85	3.80	1.28	--	--
1940	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	14	phi	25	6	14	19	3.72	41	36	20	1	4	1	283.0	242	126	117	12	121	137	9	1	1.28	7.70	0.38	3.85	4.36	0.88	--	--
1941	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	15,13	brk	26	3	22	9	3.14	48	39	19	2	7	3	298.0	244	123	104	17	132	121	9	0	1.26	7.37	0.51	3.99	3.65	1.09	--	--
1942	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	27	8	16	11	3.25	38	32	13	2	3	0	221.2	180	89	80	17	106	115	3	0	1.29	7.31	0.69	4.30	4.67	0.92	--	--
1943	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	28	19	13	10	3.70	35	27	8	1	5	0	185.0	189	81	76	4	95	108	4	0	1.54	9.19	0.19	4.62	5.25	0.88	--	--
1946	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	31	5	17	8	3.03	42	29	11	3	5	1	210.2	178	82	71	6	107	134	6	0	1.35	7.60	0.26	4.57	5.72	0.80	--	--
1947	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	32	9	2	0	5.17	4	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	18	9	9	0	12	10	1	0	1.91	10.34	0.00	6.89	5.74	1.20	--	--
1947	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	13	pit	32	9	11	17	3.72	46	30	10	1	12	5	225.0	204	108	93	22	110	99	6	0	1.40	8.16	0.88	4.40	3.96	1.11	--	--
1948	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	13	pit	33	12	8	7	3.36	56	8	3	0	31	10	158.0	140	75	59	11	83	86	4	1	1.41	7.97	0.63	4.73	4.90	0.97	--	--
1949	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	13	pit	34	39	0	2	13.50	7	1	0	0	2	0	15.1	25	24	23	2	12	5	0	0	2.41	14.67	1.17	7.04	2.93	2.40	--	--
1949	NY Giants	NL	MLB	16,30	nyg	34	39	2	0	3.47	37	2	0	0	13	2	80.1	72	42	31	12	41	38	5	0	1.41	8.07	1.34	4.59	4.26	1.08	--	--
1950	NY Giants	NL	MLB	30	nyg	35	-	0	3	4.93	18	1	0	0	8	0	34.2	37	19	19	2	30	17	6	2	1.93	9.61	0.52	7.79	4.41	1.76	--	1.42
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MLB Totals (12 years) Career Ranks								118	101	3.69	418	238	98	11	104	24	1953	1763	909	800	117	979	971	61	4	1.40	8.12	0.54	4.51	4.47	1.01	--	1.42
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1937	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	49	chc	22	p	-	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0			--	--
1938	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	29	chc	23	p	-	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0			--	--
1939	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	25	chc	24	p	-	9	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	0		1		0	.286	.000	.429	429	-	-	3			--	--
1939	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	14	phi	24	p	-	34	66	5	11	1	0	0	5	0		0	15	0		6		2	.167	.000	.182	182	-	-	12			--	--
1940	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	14	phi	25	p	-	41	103	5	17	1	1	0	3	0		3	26	0		3		4	.165	.000	.194	194	-	-	20			--	--
1941	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	15,13	brk	26	p	-	48	112	6	21	3	1	0	14	0		4	23	0		6		6	.187	.000	.232	232	-	-	26			--	--
1942	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	27	p	-	38	77	2	8	2	0	0	8	0		0	16	0		7		2	.104	.000	.130	130	-	-	10			--	--
1943	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	28	p	-	35	65	2	9	0	0	1	1	0		3	12	0		4		1	.138	.000	.185	185	-	-	12			--	--
1946	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	31	p	-	42	77	5	10	2	0	0	7	0		0	11	0		6		0	.130	.000	.156	156	-	-	12			--	--
1947	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	13	brk	32	p	-	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.200	.000	.400	400	-	-	2			--	--
1947	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	13	pit	32	p	-	46	72	6	10	2	0	1	4	0		2	11	0		6		2	.139	.000	.208	208	-	-	15			--	--
1948	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	13	pit	33	p	-	56	48	4	10	1	0	1	3	0		0	11	0		0		2	.208	.000	.292	292	-	-	14			--	--
1949	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	13	pit	34	p	-	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0			--	--
1949	NY Giants	NL	MLB	16,30	nyg	34	p	-	37	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	0		0		0	.067	.000	.067	67	-	-	1			--	--
1950	NY Giants	NL	MLB	30	nyg	35	p	-	18	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	1	6	1			--	--
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MLB Totals (12 years) Career Ranks									418	660	35	101	14	2	3	47	0	0	15	135	0	0	39	0	19	.153	.172	.194	366	1	0	128	714	617	-4.1	-0.2	.188
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1937	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	--	0.00	0.00
1938	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	2		5	1	4	0	1	10	1.000	2.50	4.50
1939	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	P	9		4	1	3	0	0	22	1.000	0.44	1.64
	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	P	34		24	8	16	0	0	187	1.000	0.71	1.16
1940	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	P	41		65	15	47	3	4	283	.954	1.51	1.97
1941	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	P	48		53	13	39	1	2	298	.981	1.08	1.57
1942	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	P	38		50	12	36	2	5	221	.960	1.26	1.95
1943	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	P	35		36	9	27	0	2	185	1.000	1.03	1.75
1946	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	P	42		56	13	40	3	2	210	.946	1.26	2.27
1947	Brooklyn	NL	MLB	P	4		4	1	3	0	0	15	1.000	1.00	2.40
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	46		33	9	23	1	0	225	.970	0.70	1.28
1948	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	56		28	5	22	1	0	158	.964	0.48	1.54
1949	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	7		4	1	3	0	0	15	1.000	0.57	2.40
	NY Giants	NL	MLB	P	37		12	1	11	0	1	80	1.000	0.32	1.35
1950	NY Giants	NL	MLB	P	18		14	3	11	0	0	34	1.000	0.78	3.71

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