Kirby Higbe

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Full Name: Walter Kirby Higbe	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/190	First Game: October 3, 1937
Birthdate: April 8, 1915	Final Game: July 7, 1950
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 6, 1985
Deathplace: Columbia, South Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 8, 1915 in Columbia, South Carolina, Kirby Higbe (Walter Kirby Higbe) played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants over the course of his 12 year career. Higbe broke into the bigs on October 3, 1937 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.67 ERA in 210 innings pitched in 1939, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Kirby Higbe's best season was 1941, when he posted a 3.14 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 121 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1937	CHI	N	1	0	1	0	5.40	2	3	3	0	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	0	0
1938	CHI	N	2	2	0	0	5.40	4	6	6	0	0	0	10	10	1	6	0	1	0
1939	PHI	N	34	26	10	14	4.85	79	113	101	14	1	2	187.1	208	10	101	0	7	10
1939	CHI	N	9	2	2	1	3.18	16	9	8	0	0	0	22.2	12	0	22	0	0	0
1939	TOT	N	43	28	12	15	4.67	95	122	109	14	1	2	210	220	10	123	0	7	10
1940	PHI	N	41	36	14	19	3.72	137	126	117	20	1	1	283	242	12	121	0	9	3
1941	BRO	N	48	39	22	9	3.14	121	123	104	19	2	3	298	244	17	132	0	9	6
1942	BRO	N	38	32	16	11	3.25	115	89	80	13	2	0	221.2	180	17	106	0	3	2
1943	BRO	N	35	27	13	10	3.70	108	81	76	8	1	0	185	189	4	95	0	4	5
1946	BRO	N	42	29	17	8	3.03	134	82	71	11	3	1	210.2	178	6	107	0	6	1
1947	PIT	N	46	30	11	17	3.72	99	108	93	10	1	5	225	204	22	110	0	6	3
1947	BRO	N	4	3	2	0	5.17	10	9	9	0	0	0	15.2	18	0	12	0	1	1
1947	TOT	N	50	33	13	17	3.81	109	117	102	10	1	5	240.2	222	22	122	0	7	4
1948	PIT	N	56	8	8	7	3.36	86	75	59	3	0	10	158	140	11	83	0	4	3
1949	PIT	N	7	1	0	2	13.50	5	24	23	0	0	0	15.1	25	2	12	0	0	0
1949	NY	N	37	2	2	0	3.47	38	42	31	0	0	2	80.1	72	12	41	0	5	1
1949	TOT	N	44	3	2	2	5.08	43	66	54	0	0	2	95.2	97	14	53	0	5	1
1950	NY	N	18	1	0	3	4.93	17	19	19	0	0	0	34.2	37	2	30	0	6	0
Total			418	238	118	101	3.69	971	909	800	98	11	24	1952.1	1763	117	979	0	61	35

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1937	CHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1938	CHI	N	P	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	PHI	N	P	34	0	0	8	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	CHI	N	P	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	TOT	N	P	43	0	0	9	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	PHI	N	P	41	0	0	15	47	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1941	BRO	N	P	48	0	0	13	39	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1942	BRO	N	P	38	0	0	12	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1943	BRO	N	P	35	0	0	9	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	BRO	N	P	42	0	0	13	40	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1947	PIT	N	P	46	0	0	9	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1947	BRO	N	P	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	TOT	N	P	50	0	0	10	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1948	PIT	N	P	56	0	0	5	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1949	PIT	N	P	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	NY	N	P	37	0	0	1	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	TOT	N	P	44	0	0	2	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	NY	N	P	18	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	418	0	0	92	285	11	17	0	0	0	0	0	.972

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1937	CHI	N	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1938	CHI	N	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1939	PHI	N	34	66	5	11	0	5	.167	.167	.182	1	0	0	15	0	6	0	0	2
1939	CHI	N	9	7	0	2	0	1	.286	.286	.429	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1939	TOT	N	43	73	5	13	0	6	.178	.178	.205	2	0	0	18	0	7	0	0	2
1940	PHI	N	41	103	5	17	0	3	.165	.189	.194	1	1	3	26	0	3	0	0	4
1941	BRO	N	48	112	6	21	0	14	.188	.216	.232	3	1	4	23	0	6	0	0	6
1942	BRO	N	38	77	2	8	0	8	.104	.104	.130	2	0	0	16	0	7	0	0	2
1943	BRO	N	35	65	2	9	1	1	.138	.176	.185	0	0	3	12	0	4	0	0	1
1946	BRO	N	42	77	5	10	0	7	.130	.130	.156	2	0	0	11	0	6	0	0	0
1947	PIT	N	46	72	6	10	1	4	.139	.162	.208	2	0	2	11	0	6	0	0	2
1947	BRO	N	4	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1947	TOT	N	50	77	6	11	1	4	.143	.165	.221	3	0	2	12	0	6	0	0	2
1948	PIT	N	56	48	4	10	1	3	.208	.208	.292	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	2
1949	PIT	N	7	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	NY	N	37	15	0	1	0	1	.067	.222	.067	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
1949	TOT	N	44	18	0	1	0	1	.056	.190	.056	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
1950	NY	N	18	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			418	660	35	101	3	47	.153	.172	.194	14	2	15	135	0	39	0	0	19

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Atlanta (Southern Association) to Chicago Cubs (March 31, 1935).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Joe Marty and Ray Harrell to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Claude Passeau (May 29, 1939).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Vito Tamulis, Bill Crouch, Mickey Livingston and $100000 (November 11, 1940).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Hank Behrman, Cal McLish, Gene Mauch and Dixie Howell to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Al Gionfriddo and $100000 (May 3, 1947).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Giants in exchange for Ray Poat and Bobby Rhawn (June 6, 1949).

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