Nickname:
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 04-08-1915
Birthplace: Columbia, SC, USA
Career Positions Played: P
All-Star: 1940,1946
Height: 5 ft., 11 in. Weight: 190 lbs.
(Kirby Higbe at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 1864 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1937 CHI:N P 21 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .272 .000 .000 0 - 1 0 - 0 1937 CHI:N
1938 CHI:N P 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .267 .000 .000 0 - 1 0 - 0 1938 CHI:N
1939 CHI:N P 23 9 8 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .272 .286 .429 0 - 3 1 - 0 1939 CHI:N
1939 PHI:N P 23 34 72 66 11 10 1 0 0 5 5 .167 .272 .167 .182 0 - 15 6 - 0 1939 PHI:N
1940 PHI:N P 24 41 109 103 17 15 1 1 0 3 5 .165 .264 .189 .194 3 - 26 3 - 0 1940 PHI:N
1941 BRO:N P 25 48 123 112 21 17 3 1 0 14 6 .188 .258 .216 .232 4 0 23 7 0 0 1941 BRO:N
1942 BRO:N P 26 38 84 77 8 6 2 0 0 8 2 .104 .249 .104 .130 0 0 16 7 0 0 1942 BRO:N
1943 BRO:N P 27 35 72 65 9 8 0 0 1 1 2 .138 .258 .176 .185 3 0 12 4 0 0 1943 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N P 30 42 83 77 10 8 2 0 0 7 5 .130 .256 .130 .156 0 0 11 6 0 0 1946 BRO:N
1947 PIT:N P 31 46 80 72 10 7 2 0 1 4 6 .139 .265 .162 .208 2 - 11 6 - 0 1947 PIT:N
1947 BRO:N P 31 4 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .265 .200 .400 0 0 1 0 0 0 1947 BRO:N
1948 PIT:N P 32 56 48 48 10 8 1 0 1 3 4 .208 .261 .208 .292 0 - 11 0 - 0 1948 PIT:N
1949 NY:N P 33 37 18 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .067 .262 .222 .067 3 - 4 0 - 0 1949 NY:N
1949 PIT:N P 33 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .262 .000 .000 0 - 0 0 - 0 1949 PIT:N
1950 NY:N P 34 18 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .261 .250 .250 0 - 0 0 - 0 1950 NY:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1937 CHI:N 21 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 1937 CHI:N
1938 CHI:N 22 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 1938 CHI:N
1939 CHI:N 23 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 3 - - - - - - - 1939 CHI:N
1939 PHI:N 23 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 12 - - - - - - - 1939 PHI:N
1940 PHI:N 24 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 20 - - - - - - - 1940 PHI:N
1941 BRO:N 25 0 1 0 1 0 0 .00 .09 .00 1.00 0 0 0 0 26 105 47 26 1 1.81 6 31 1941 BRO:N
1942 BRO:N 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .33 1.00 1 0 0 0 10 78 37 22 1 1.68 2 19 1942 BRO:N
1943 BRO:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 1.00 0 0 0 0 12 61 30 15 3 2.00 1 12 1943 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .50 .33 1 0 0 0 12 73 41 24 1 1.71 0 19 1946 BRO:N
1947 PIT:N 31 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - - - - 15 - - - - - - - 1947 PIT:N
1947 BRO:N 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 2.00 0 1 1947 BRO:N
1948 PIT:N 32 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - 1948 PIT:N
1949 NY:N 33 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 1 - - - - - - - 1949 NY:N
1949 PIT:N 33 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 1949 PIT:N
1950 NY:N 34 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 1 - - - - - - - 1950 NY:N
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1937 CHI:N 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1937 CHI:N
1938 CHI:N 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1938 CHI:N
1939 CHI:N 23 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1939 CHI:N
1939 PHI:N 23 31 4 0 0 0 0 6 .129 .129 35 7 1 0 0 0 8 .200 .229 1939 PHI:N
1940 PHI:N 24 53 9 1 0 0 2 10 .170 .189 50 8 0 1 0 1 16 .160 .200 1940 PHI:N
1941 BRO:N 25 51 11 2 0 0 2 8 .216 .255 61 10 1 1 0 2 15 .164 .213 1941 BRO:N
1942 BRO:N 26 32 3 2 0 0 0 10 .094 .156 45 5 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 1942 BRO:N
1943 BRO:N 27 34 6 0 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 31 3 0 0 1 3 6 .097 .194 1943 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 30 42 7 2 0 0 0 7 .167 .214 35 3 0 0 0 0 4 .086 .086 1946 BRO:N
1947 PIT:N 31 29 4 1 0 1 1 6 .138 .276 43 6 1 0 0 1 5 .140 .163 1947 PIT:N
1947 BRO:N 31 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1947 BRO:N
1948 PIT:N 32 21 6 0 0 1 0 2 .286 .429 27 4 1 0 0 0 9 .148 .185 1948 PIT:N
1949 NY:N 33 9 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .000 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .167 1949 NY:N
1949 PIT:N 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1949 PIT:N
1950 NY:N 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1950 NY:N
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1937 CHI:N 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1937 CHI:N
1938 CHI:N 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1938 CHI:N
1939 CHI:N 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .667 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1939 CHI:N
1939 PHI:N 23 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 .667 1.000 63 9 0 0 0 0 14 .143 .143 1939 PHI:N
1940 PHI:N 24 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - 1940 PHI:N
1941 BRO:N 25 24 2 0 0 0 1 7 .083 .083 88 19 3 1 0 3 16 .216 .273 1941 BRO:N
1942 BRO:N 26 25 2 0 0 0 0 10 .080 .080 52 6 2 0 0 0 6 .115 .154 1942 BRO:N
1943 BRO:N 27 22 3 0 0 0 2 3 .136 .136 43 6 0 0 1 1 9 .140 .209 1943 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 30 32 5 1 0 0 0 6 .156 .188 45 5 1 0 0 0 5 .111 .133 1946 BRO:N
1947 PIT:N 31 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 65 10 2 0 1 2 10 .154 .231 1947 PIT:N
1947 BRO:N 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .667 1947 BRO:N
1948 PIT:N 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 42 10 1 0 1 0 9 .238 .333 1948 PIT:N
1949 NY:N 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 14 1 0 0 0 3 4 .071 .071 1949 NY:N
1949 PIT:N 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1949 PIT:N
1950 NY:N 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1950 NY:N
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1937 CHI:N 21 1 5.40 .182 .272 1 0 0 - - - 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 - 2 - 0 0 0 - - - 1937
1938 CHI:N 22 2 5.40 .263 .267 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 10.0 10 1 6 - 4 - 0 1 0 - - - 1938
1939 CHI:N 23 9 3.18 .158 .272 2 1 0 - - - 2 7 - 0 0 22.2 12 0 22 - 16 - 0 0 0 - - - 1939
1939 PHI:N 23 34 4.85 .284 .272 10 14 2 - - - 26 8 10 14 1 187.1 208 10 101 - 79 - 11 7 0 - - - 1939
1940 PHI:N 24 41 3.72 .232 .264 14 19 1 - - - 36 5 22 20 1 283.0 242 12 121 - 137 - 3 9 1 - - - 1940
1941 BRO:N 25 48 3.14 .220 .258 22 9 3 0 0 7 39 9 25 19 2 298.0 244 17 136 8 121 .84 6 9 0 2 18 256 1941
1942 BRO:N 26 38 3.25 .223 .249 16 11 0 1 0 3 32 6 17 13 2 221.2 180 17 106 10 115 .73 2 3 0 3 23 206 1942
1943 BRO:N 27 35 3.70 .263 .258 13 10 0 0 0 5 27 8 17 8 1 185.0 189 4 95 7 108 .71 5 5 0 1 10 180 1943
1946 BRO:N 30 42 3.03 .229 .256 17 8 1 0 0 5 29 13 17 11 3 210.2 178 6 108 11 134 .99 1 6 0 2 14 178 1946
1947 PIT:N 31 46 3.72 .240 .265 11 17 5 - - - 30 16 16 10 1 225.0 204 22 110 - 99 - 3 6 0 - - - 1947
1947 BRO:N 31 4 5.17 .295 .265 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 15.2 18 0 12 2 10 1.18 1 1 0 0 1 22 1947
1948 PIT:N 32 56 3.36 .238 .261 8 7 10 - - - 8 48 5 3 0 158.0 140 11 83 - 86 - 3 4 1 - - - 1948
1949 NY:N 33 37 3.47 .242 .262 2 0 2 - - - 2 35 1 0 0 80.1 72 12 41 - 38 - 1 6 0 - - - 1949
1949 PIT:N 33 7 13.50 .379 .262 0 2 0 - - - 1 6 - 0 0 15.1 25 2 12 - 5 - 0 0 0 - - - 1949
1950 NY:N 34 18 4.93 .285 .261 0 3 0 - - - 1 17 - 0 0 34.2 37 2 30 - 17 - - - - - - - 1950
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1937 CHI:N 21 - - - - - - - 5.40 5.0 3 3 - 23 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1937
1938 CHI:N 22 - - - - - 5.40 10.0 - - 6 6 - 45 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1938
1939 CHI:N 23 - - - - - 11.37 6.1 .00 16.1 9 8 - 101 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939
1939 PHI:N 23 - - - - - 4.73 177.0 6.97 10.1 113 101 - 864 20 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939
1940 PHI:N 24 - - - - - 3.82 273.1 .93 9.2 126 117 - 1194 25 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940
1941 BRO:N 25 7 6 1 1 .05 3.04 284.2 4.05 13.1 123 102 4.7 1267 19 0 4 4 6 7 3 4 19 1 1 1 3 3 0 1941
1942 BRO:N 26 9 5 2 0 .06 3.08 213.1 6.48 8.1 89 79 4.2 929 14 0 4 1 8 5 3 3 13 1 0 1 1 3 0 1942
1943 BRO:N 27 8 12 0 1 .10 3.32 165.1 6.86 19.2 85 76 3.6 824 6 0 7 4 9 4 2 5 7 2 2 1 2 0 1 1943
1946 BRO:N 30 11 6 0 1 .08 2.93 190.1 4.43 20.1 83 72 4.3 905 18 0 13 7 8 3 3 4 11 4 0 3 2 3 1 1946
1947 PIT:N 31 - - - - - 3.98 201.1 1.52 23.2 108 93 - 974 11 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1947
1947 BRO:N 31 0 1 0 0 .06 6.23 13.0 .00 2.2 9 9 9.7 77 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1947
1948 PIT:N 32 - - - - - 3.54 53.1 3.29 104.0 75 59 - 685 11 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1948
1949 NY:N 33 - - - - - 8.59 7.1 2.96 73.0 42 31 - 344 5 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1949
1949 PIT:N 33 - - - - - 94.50 .2 9.82 14.2 24 23 - 81 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1949
1950 NY:N 34 - - - - - - - - - - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1937 CHI:N 21 22 4 - - 1 1 2 .182 .043 0 0 - - 0 0 0 .000 .000 1937 CHI:N
1938 CHI:N 22 0 0 - - 0 0 0 .000 .000 38 10 - - 1 6 4 .263 .136 1938 CHI:N
1939 CHI:N 23 47 9 - - 0 12 9 .191 .203 29 3 - - 0 10 7 .103 .256 1939 CHI:N
1939 PHI:N 23 345 89 - - 5 46 38 .258 .118 387 119 - - 5 55 41 .307 .124 1939 PHI:N
1940 PHI:N 24 582 144 - - 6 65 79 .247 .100 463 98 - - 6 56 58 .212 .108 1940 PHI:N
1941 BRO:N 25 545 111 30 1 6 76 64 .204 .122 561 133 26 6 11 56 57 .237 .091 1941 BRO:N
1942 BRO:N 26 372 72 14 3 7 50 57 .194 .118 435 108 15 1 10 56 58 .248 .114 1942 BRO:N
1943 BRO:N 27 332 79 19 1 1 41 46 .238 .110 386 110 17 5 3 54 62 .285 .123 1943 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 30 448 95 23 2 4 69 80 .212 .133 330 83 11 4 2 38 54 .252 .103 1946 BRO:N
1947 PIT:N 31 420 102 - - 10 61 46 .243 .127 430 102 - - 12 49 53 .237 .102 1947 PIT:N
1947 BRO:N 31 51 15 4 0 0 10 8 .294 .164 10 3 2 0 0 2 2 .300 .167 1947 BRO:N
1948 PIT:N 32 269 69 - - 8 32 38 .257 .106 319 71 - - 3 51 49 .223 .138 1948 PIT:N
1949 NY:N 33 162 40 - - 9 14 21 .247 .080 135 32 - - 3 27 17 .237 .167 1949 NY:N
1949 PIT:N 33 18 5 - - 2 1 0 .278 .053 48 20 - - 0 11 5 .417 .186 1949 PIT:N
1950 NY:N 34 64 21 2 0 2 15 8 .328 .190 65 16 4 0 0 15 10 .246 .188 1950 NY:N
Throws: R AGAINST LHB AGAINST RHB
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1937 CHI:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1937 CHI:N
1938 CHI:N 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1938 CHI:N
1939 CHI:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939 CHI:N
1939 PHI:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939 PHI:N
1940 PHI:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940 PHI:N
1941 BRO:N 25 450 108 28 5 10 57 46 .240 .112 656 136 28 2 7 75 75 .207 .103 1941 BRO:N
1942 BRO:N 26 322 92 15 3 8 56 47 .286 .148 485 88 14 1 9 50 68 .181 .093 1942 BRO:N
1943 BRO:N 27 272 85 14 3 1 48 42 .313 .150 446 104 22 3 3 47 66 .233 .095 1943 BRO:N
1946 BRO:N 30 355 79 14 5 1 58 75 .223 .140 423 99 20 1 5 49 59 .234 .104 1946 BRO:N
1947 PIT:N 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1947 PIT:N
1947 BRO:N 31 24 7 2 0 0 7 4 .292 .226 37 11 4 0 0 5 6 .297 .119 1947 BRO:N
1948 PIT:N 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1948 PIT:N
1949 NY:N 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1949 NY:N
1949 PIT:N 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1949 PIT:N
1950 NY:N 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1950 NY:N
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1937 CHI:N 21 .000 .958 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 CHI:N 22 1.000 .964 2 2 10.0 1 4 0 0 1
1939 CHI:N 23 1.000 .960 9 2 22.2 1 3 0 0 0
1939 PHI:N 23 1.000 .960 34 26 187.1 8 16 0 0 0
1940 PHI:N 24 .954 .962 41 36 283.0 15 47 3 - 4
1941 BRO:N 25 .981 .964 48 39 298.0 14 39 1 1 2
1942 BRO:N 26 .960 .968 38 32 221.2 12 36 2 2 5
1943 BRO:N 27 1.000 .961 35 27 185.0 9 26 0 0 2
1946 BRO:N 30 .948 .960 42 29 210.2 13 42 3 1 2
1947 PIT:N 31 .970 .966 46 30 225.0 9 23 1 - 0
1947 BRO:N 31 1.000 .966 4 3 15.2 1 3 0 0 0
1948 PIT:N 32 .964 .963 56 8 158.0 5 22 1 - 0
1949 NY:N 33 1.000 .953 37 2 80.1 1 11 0 0 1
1949 PIT:N 33 1.000 .953 7 1 15.1 1 3 0 0 0
1950 NY:N 34 1.000 .961 18 1 34.2 3 11 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 1,875 1,378 1,636 2,164 4,363 673 2,731 2,006 3,361
Kirby Higbe - Historical Batting Stastistics
Kirby Higbe - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Kirby Higbe - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Kirby Higbe - Historical Pitching Stastistics
Kirby Higbe - Pitching - Home / Road Splits
Kirby Higbe - Pitching - Left / Right Splits
Kirby Higbe - Historical Fielding Stastistics - Pitcher
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching