Bio
- Debut
- 1937
Bio
- Debut
- 1937
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 418
- W
- 118
- L
- 101
- ERA
- 3.69
- IP
- 1952.1
- K
- 971
- BB
- 979
- WHIP
- 1.40
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | CHC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 1938 | CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 10.0 | 4 | 6 | 1.60 |
| 1939 |  CHC/PHI | 43 | 12 | 15 | 4.67 | 210.0 | 95 | 123 | 1.63 |
| 1940 | PHI | 41 | 14 | 19 | 3.72 | 283.0 | 137 | 121 | 1.28 |
| 1941 | LAD | 48 | 22 | 9 | 3.14 | 298.0 | 121 | 132 | 1.26 |
| 1942 | LAD | 38 | 16 | 11 | 3.25 | 221.2 | 115 | 106 | 1.29 |
| 1943 | LAD | 35 | 13 | 10 | 3.70 | 185.0 | 108 | 95 | 1.54 |
| 1946 | LAD | 42 | 17 | 8 | 3.03 | 210.2 | 134 | 107 | 1.35 |
| 1947 |  LAD/PIT | 50 | 13 | 17 | 3.81 | 240.2 | 109 | 122 | 1.43 |
| 1948 | PIT | 56 | 8 | 7 | 3.36 | 158.0 | 86 | 83 | 1.41 |
| 1949 |  PIT/SF | 44 | 2 | 2 | 5.08 | 95.2 | 43 | 53 | 1.57 |
| 1950 | SF | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4.93 | 34.2 | 17 | 30 | 1.93 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 9.00
- IP
- 3.0
- K
- 1
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 2.67
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 98
- SHO
- 11
- K/9
- 4.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHC/PHI | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | PHI | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | LAD | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | LAD | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | LAD | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | LAD | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | LAD/PIT | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | PIT/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Kirby Higbe's career stats?
Kirby Higbe played 12 seasons for the Cubs, the Phillies, the Dodgers, the Pirates and the Giants. He had 118 wins and 971 strikeouts with a 3.69 ERA over 1,952.1 innings. His best season was 1941: 22 wins, a 3.14 ERA and 121 strikeouts.
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