Kirby Higbe
1937–1950 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, NLS, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
418G
.153AVG
.172OBP
.194SLG
More career statistics
101H
3HR
47RBI
0SB
118–101W–L
1,952.1IP
971K
3.69ERA
238GS
24SV
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 660 | 659 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 135 | 133 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 714 | 713 |
| Batting · RBI | 47 | 46 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,472 | 8,476 |
| Pitching · p er | 800 | 792 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,763 | 1,762 |
| Pitching · p hr | 117 | 115 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,857 | 5,855 |
| Pitching · p k | 971 | 974 |
| Pitching · p w | 979 | 985 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 418 | 714 | 660 | 35 | 101 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | .153 | .172 | .194 | .366 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,952.3 | 418 | 238 | 98 | 118 | 101 | 24 | 1,763 | 913 | 800 | 117 | 979 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 3.69 | 1.404 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1939-06-05 to 1939-06-22
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Four Wild Pitches | 1950-05-25 | 1 in 2,630 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1946-08-15 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1942-08-23 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 200 | 347 | 54 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 60 | .169 | .176 | .219 |
| Away | 218 | 366 | 47 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 73 | .138 | .150 | .171 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .196 | .191 | .239 |
| May | 69 | 123 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 29 | .128 | .146 | .162 |
| June | 76 | 131 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 26 | .140 | .145 | .190 |
| July | 85 | 133 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 30 | .136 | .135 | .144 |
| August | 82 | 134 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 20 | .168 | .172 | .227 |
| September | 76 | 139 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 20 | .184 | .209 | .240 |
| October | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 66 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | .098 | .104 | .109 |
| new-york-giants | 62 | 121 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 19 | .196 | .190 | .215 |
| cincinnati-reds | 62 | 107 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | .144 | .159 | .175 |
| chicago-cubs | 60 | 110 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 23 | .126 | .127 | .146 |
| boston-braves | 49 | 96 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14 | .226 | .219 | .290 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 47 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | .098 | .122 | .183 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 39 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .204 | .222 | .265 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 33 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .139 | .205 | .222 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 2 |
| 1938 | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 4 |
| 1939 | Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 73 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .178 | 210 | 95 |
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 41 | 103 | 17 | – | 3 | – | .165 | 283 | 137 |
| 1941 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 112 | 21 | – | 14 | – | .188 | 298 | 124 |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 38 | 77 | 8 | – | 8 | – | .104 | 221 | 115 |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 35 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | .138 | 185 | 108 |
| 1946 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 42 | 77 | 10 | – | 7 | – | .130 | 210 | 134 |
| 1947 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates | 50 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 4 | – | .143 | 240 | 108 |
| 1948 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 56 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | – | .208 | 157 | 86 |
| 1949 | New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 17 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .059 | 95 | 43 |
| 1950 |  New York Giants | 18 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 34 | 18 |