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Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Pitching Comparison

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	26	17	.605	3.82	109	38	35	13	2	9	365.0	360	175	155	27	139	15	146	6	1	9	1567	525	104	4.11	1.367	8.9	0.7	3.4	3.6
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	118	101	.539	3.69	418	238	104	98	11	24	1952.1	1763	909	800	116	979	72	971	35	4	61	8472	2903	102	3.99	1.404	8.1	0.5	4.5	4.5

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	0	0		7.36	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	19	8			2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	2.5

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Value

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	38	365.0	4.2	0.8
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	19.5	1.9

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals Against

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	38	365.0	525	1384	266	58	8	11	11	50.00	5	19	29	8	.260	.329	.371	.700	92	.112	.273	172	514	93	505	525
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	2903	7311	1239	343	65	87	66	56.86	2	139	134	10	.241	.333	.353	.687	95	.112	.264	867	2584	524	2777	2903

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2	8	17											.353	.421					.375				8	8

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Starting & Relieving

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	18	47	50.6	65	17	26	5	64.3	35	71
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	129	54	52.4	134	57	43	7	77.4	104	180

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941									0	0

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Ratios

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	38	365.0	9.3	8.9	0.4
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	11.5	11.6	-0.1

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2	5.3	10.5	-5.3

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Pitch Summary

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	38	365.0
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1		88

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	3.2

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Kirby Higbe	3	2	.600	4.34	6	4	2	4	0	0	37.1	35	19	18	2	19	0	17	0	0	2	165	1.446	8.4	0.5	4.6	4.1
2	Bob Bowman	3	0	1.000	6.75	6	2	1	1	0	0	28.0	31	21	21	3	15	0	11	0	0	1	130	1.643	10.0	1.0	4.8	3.5

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Game Logs

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Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Bob Bowman	NYG	1941-09-07 (1)	5-6	2.0	6	7	7	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	14	9	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	2				-0.1	-6.01	0	0	0.17
2	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-09-07 (1)	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	37	10	34	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	71			0.2	3.47			0.48
3	Bob Bowman	NYG	1941-08-30 (1)	8-GF, W	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.2	0.97	0	0	1.37
4	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-08-30 (1)	9-GF, L	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				-0.4	-0.74	0	0	2.75
5	Bob Bowman	NYG	1941-08-11	1-6	5.1	10	8	8	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	30	14	26	6	1	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	4				-0.1	-7.08	2	2	0.08
6	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-08-11	CG, W	9.0	7	7	6	1	1	6	0	5	0	0	1	41	15	35	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	46			0.1	-2.53			0.13
7	Bob Bowman	STL	1940-08-23	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	38	11	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	63			0.4	2.62			1.33
8	Kirby Higbe	PHI	1940-08-23	CG(8), L	8.0	7	5	5	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	32	11	27	4	3	0	1	1	0	10	1	2	0	3	48			-0.1	-0.89			0.98
9	Bob Bowman	STL	1940-05-15	2-4	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	-0.50	2	2	0.16
10	Kirby Higbe	PHI	1940-05-15	CG, W	9.0	11	3	3	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	40	15	37	8	2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	3	54			0.2	1.18			0.58
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Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Bob Bowman (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Bob Bowman (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1940	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	1941	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Bob Bowman (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Bob Bowman (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1940	1940-05-15	STL	PHI	down 6-0	t3	1--	0		Strikeout
2	1940	1940-08-23	STL	PHI	down 2-0	b3	---	2		Strikeout
3	1940	1940-08-23	STL	PHI	ahead 2-3	b5	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; M. Marion to 2B
4	1940	1940-08-23	STL	PHI	ahead 2-3	b7	1--	2		Strikeout
5	1941	1941-08-11	NYG	BRO	down 7-0	t3	---	0		Strikeout
6	1941	1941-08-11	NYG	BRO	down 8-0	t5	---	1		Strikeout Looking
7	1941	1941-08-30 (1)	NYG	BRO	tied 3-3	b9	---	0		Strikeout

Bob Bowman (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Bowman (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1940	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1941	4	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Bowman (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bob Bowman (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1940	1940-05-15	PHI	STL	ahead 0-6	b4	---	0		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1940	1940-08-23	PHI	STL	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2		Flyball: RF
3	1940	1940-08-23	PHI	STL	ahead 0-2	t4	---	2		Flyball: CF
4	1940	1940-08-23	PHI	STL	down 3-2	t7	---	1		Popfly: 1B
5	1941	1941-08-11	BRO	NYG	ahead 0-7	b3	---	1		Single
6	1941	1941-08-11	BRO	NYG	ahead 0-8	b5	---	2		Single
7	1941	1941-08-11	BRO	NYG	ahead 2-11	b6	123	1		Double; J. Wasdell Scores; P. Reese Scores; M. Owen to 3B
8	1941	1941-09-07 (1)	BRO	NYG	ahead 1-6	b6	---	0		Groundout: P-1B

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Comparison

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	122	101	5	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	10	61	.069	.153	.109	.262	-29	11	1	0	10		0
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	660	35	101	14	2	3	47	0	1	15	135	.153	.172	.194	.366	1	128	19	0	39		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Value

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	122	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-0.1	-21	0	0	0
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-1.8	-1.8	-1.7	-0.1	-88	0	-1	0

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Sabermetric

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	122	2	17	17	105	2	.154	8	-18	-2.0	.040	1.7		0
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	19	116	124	618	22	.188	79	-90	-9.6	.041	4.9	0.00	1

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Kirby Higbe	26	1941	1941	1	1	0	1	1	0		1.000	0			.000			0

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Win Probability

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Bob Bowman	28-31	1939	1942	109	122	-1.6	-1.8	0.1	-19.82		-19.47	0.87
2	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-7.6	-8.3	-0.2	-91.29		-91.78	0.90

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Head-to-Head Batting

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Kirby Higbe	6	15	12	4	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	.417	.500	.500	1.000	6	0	0	1		0
2	Bob Bowman	6	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Game Logs

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Kirby Higbe vs. Bob Bowman: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Bob Bowman	NYG	1941-09-07 (1)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-09-07 (1)	*	9	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	1		0	0.27	-0.007	2.51	-0.04%	0.21			P
3	Bob Bowman	NYG	1941-08-30 (1)		2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	2.24	-0.056	0.00	0.00%	-0.23			P
4	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-08-30 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Bob Bowman	NYG	1941-08-11		7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.16	-0.008	0.00	0.00%	-0.39			P
6	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-08-11	*	9	9	5	5	3	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	1.000	1.800	5	0	0	0		0	0.32	0.090	2.07	0.35%	3.65			P
7	Bob Bowman	STL	1940-08-23	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.85	-0.047	0.18	-0.01%	-0.55			P
8	Kirby Higbe	PHI	1940-08-23	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.11	-0.085	0.00	0.00%	-0.72			P
9	Bob Bowman	STL	1940-05-15		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.62	-0.014	0.55	-0.01%	-0.35			P
10	Kirby Higbe	PHI	1940-05-15	*	9	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0	0.64	0.046	0.89	0.04%	0.34			P
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