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Kirby
Higbe		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 8, 1915 in Usa, SC, COLUMBIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1939   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 22 OAK AL   9 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1938 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1939 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1940 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
1941 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7
1942 27 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 6 6
1943 28 OAK AL $ 500,000 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1944 29 OAK AL $ 500,000 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1945 30 OAK AL $ 500,000 6 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1946 31 OAK AL $ 500,000 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 6
1947 32 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 6 6
1948 33 STL NL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000 9 7 7 7 4 5 5 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1937 22 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1938 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1939 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1940 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1941 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1942 27 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1943 28 OAK AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1944 29 OAK AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1945 30 OAK AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 31 OAK AL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 32 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 33 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1937 22 AAA   12 9 .571 29 29 0 0 0 182.0 192 83 17 90 145 4.10 .271 .353 .401 .755  
1938 23 OAK AL 1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 1 23.0 29 14 0 7 8 5.48 .319 .356 .385 .741 0.9
    AAA   13 11 .542 27 27 0 0 0 186.3 166 69 11 91 117 3.33 .237 .324 .342 .667  
1939 24 OAK AL 7 9 .438 81 2 0 0 5 86.3 107 67 5 41 28 6.98 .306 .376 .409 .785 0.0
1940 25 OAK AL 12 11 .522 77 2 0 0 7 105.3 105 44 6 53 51 3.76 .260 .346 .354 .700 9.6
1941 26 OAK AL 10 9 .526 80 1 0 0 7 95.7 107 66 9 62 41 6.21 .288 .392 .433 .825 2.4
1942 27 OAK AL 4 2 .667 39 1 0 0 0 48.0 49 25 3 28 21 4.69 .257 .348 .372 .720 2.6
1943 28 OAK AL 4 6 .400 46 4 1 0 3 78.7 78 46 8 60 33 5.26 .262 .385 .393 .778 3.0
1944 29 OAK AL 2 3 .400 27 4 0 0 0 54.0 53 43 7 43 23 7.17 .256 .379 .415 .795 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 1 17.0 22 7 3 10 14 3.71 .310 .395 .493 .888  
1945 30 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 13.0 19 13 2 4 5 9.00 .339 .377 .518 .895 0.0
    AAA   5 1 .833 52 0 0 0 7 59.7 55 22 4 32 42 3.32 .262 .360 .352 .712  
1946 31 AAA   5 2 .714 52 0 0 0 27 62.0 60 19 4 42 49 2.76 .255 .368 .340 .709  
1947 32 CLE AL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 7.3 6 5 1 4 5 6.14 .207 .324 .310 .634 0.0
    AAA   5 1 .833 42 0 0 0 4 41.0 29 20 4 27 32 4.39 .209 .337 .345 .683  
1948 33 AAA   2 2 .500 27 0 0 0 1 50.7 46 19 4 21 41 3.38 .246 .322 .348 .670  
9 Years Sim 41 42 .494 391 14 1 0 23 511.3 553 323 41 302 215 5.69 .277 .371 .397 .768 18.5
7 Years AAA 42 26 .618 246 56 0 0 40 598.7 570 239 47 313 440 3.59 .253 .344 .367 .711  
Season Average 4 4 .500 43 1 0 0 2 56.8 61 35 4 33 23 5.69 .277 .371 .397 .768  
Career Highs 12 11 1.000 81 4 1 0 7 105.3 107 67 9 62 51 9.00 .339 .392 .518 .895  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   258 138 20 148 131   .250 .343 .364 .707
vs LH   295 185 21 154 84   .306 .402 .434 .835
Home 26 17 .605 214 8 0 0 11 280.6 333 214 23 173 122 6.86 .296 .390 .412 .801
Away 15 25 .375 177 6 1 0 12 230.6 220 109 18 129 93 4.25 .252 .348 .379 .727
Mar/Apr 9 4 .692 67 2 1 0 3 96.3 92 46 4 53 38 4.30 .251 .345 .341 .686
May 4 6 .400 56 1 0 0 4 74.7 67 32 6 37 29 3.86 .241 .330 .367 .697
June 6 8 .429 55 1 0 0 6 65.3 66 45 3 40 31 6.20 .267 .369 .356 .726
July 11 8 .579 80 3 0 0 2 104.3 111 72 10 64 55 6.21 .274 .373 .415 .788
August 4 9 .308 76 4 0 0 5 93.0 114 73 7 56 41 7.07 .299 .389 .417 .806
Sep/Oct 7 7 .500 57 3 0 0 3 77.7 103 55 11 52 21 6.37 .322 .417 .475 .892
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 23 OAK AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
1939 24 OAK AL 81 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1940 25 OAK AL 77 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0
1941 26 OAK AL 80 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0
1942 27 OAK AL 39 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2
1943 28 OAK AL 46 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.3 0.0
1944 29 OAK AL 27 10 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.2 0.0
    AAA   1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6  
1945 30 OAK AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1947 32 CLE AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
9 Years Sim 391 40 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 7 .200 .220 .250 .470 1.3 0.2
1 Years AAA 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6  
162 Game Average 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .220 .250 .470 0.6  
Career Highs 81 11 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .600 1.000 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   26 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .192 .346 0.1
vs LH   14 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .357 .690 1.6
Home 214 18 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .167 .211 .222 .433 0.6
Away 158 22 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .227 .227 .273 .500 1.1
RISP   12 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 0.9
Close/Late   3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Mar/Apr 36 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
May 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 22 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
July 51 10 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5
August 42 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
Sep/Oct 26 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1938 23 OAK AL P 20 0 23.0 0 4 1 1 .800 1.57    
1939 24 OAK AL P 81 2 86.3 5 18 3 1 .885 2.40    
1940 25 OAK AL P 77 2 105.3 5 23 0 2 1.000 2.39    
1941 26 OAK AL P 80 1 95.7 8 19 1 2 .964 2.54    
1942 27 OAK AL P 39 1 48.0 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.81    
1943 28 OAK AL P 46 4 78.7 7 12 0 1 1.000 2.17    
1944 29 OAK AL P 27 4 54.0 4 9 1 0 .929 2.17    
1945 30 OAK AL P 12 0 13.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.77    
1947 32 CLE AL P 9 0 7.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23    
Career Totals   391 14 511.3 33 101 6 9 .957 2.36    
Career Highs   81 4 105.3 8 23 3 2 1.000 2.81    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1940 25 OAK AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 7 6 1 0 0 81.82 .778 .778 1.222 2.000
1942 27 OAK AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 2 0 3 2 6.77 .100 .308 .100 .408
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 8 8 1 3 2 21.69 .421 .500 .632 1.132
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 25 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1939-9-5
1940-9-7
 Games Pitched
1939-2-81
1940-6-77
1941-3-80
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Milo Candini (976)
  2. Jim Brosnan (962)
  3. Jim Winford (960)
  4. Darrell Osteen (951)
  5. Bill Cox (951)
  6. Clem Labine (946)
  7. Jim Coates (946)
  8. Bob Brown (944)
  9. Steve Roser (943)
  10. Ted Abernathy (940)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Oakland in 1937
Injured on 7/31/1937 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Earned first career win on 9/15/1938
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Had first career hit on 6/1/1940, off Vito Tamulis (BRK)
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 5/1/1947 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 8/24/1947 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/4/1948 to a 2-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 4/2/1948
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 5/1/1948 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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