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Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Pitching Comparison

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	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
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	30	26	.536	3.40	112	60	32	23	7	2	516.0	547	226	195	18	192	26	201	4	1	5	2247	792	103	3.47	1.432	9.5	0.3	3.3	3.5

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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. Vern Olsen: Value

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	19.5	1.9
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0	6.3	2.0

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Totals Against

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	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
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0	792	2019	436	80	13	18	11	62.07	0	58	32	0	.271	.335	.350	.686	102	.079	.294	238	707	111	743	792

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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. Vern Olsen: Starting & Relieving

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	22-35	1937	1950	129	54	52.4	134	57	43	7	77.4	104	180
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	33	55	50.2	51	20	39	1	66.7	32	52

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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. Vern Olsen: Ratios

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1	11.5	11.6	-0.1
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0	8.9	8.5	0.4

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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. Vern Olsen: Pitch Summary

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	238	1952.1		88
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	112	60	516.0

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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. Vern Olsen: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	Vern Olsen	0	2	.000	2.70	6	2	4	1	0	0	20.0	20	9	6	0	8	1	5	0	0	1	88	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	2.3
2	Kirby Higbe	6	0	1.000	3.40	6	6	0	3	1	0	47.2	41	19	18	3	21	1	22	1	0	0	203	1.301	7.7	0.6	4.0	4.2

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Game Logs

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Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1942-06-07 (1)	GS-7, W	6.0	8	4	4	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	29	11	26	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	42			0.1	-0.30			0.60
2	Vern Olsen	CHC	1942-06-07 (1)	GS-1, L	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	31			-0.3	-3.04			1.12
3	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1942-05-17 (1)	CG, W	9.0	4	2	2	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	35	8	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	69			0.3	1.99			0.79
4	Vern Olsen	CHC	1942-05-17 (1)	5-GF(8)	3.1	4	4	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	17	7	14	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	3				0.0	-2.27	2	0	0.20
5	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-08-02	GS-6, W	6.0	6	6	5	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	29	10	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	3	37			-0.4	-3.28			0.99
6	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-08-02	9-GF	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0				0.0	-0.55	0	0	0.31
7	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-07-14	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	30	5	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	85			0.7	4.47			1.28
8	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-07-14	CG, L	8.1	8	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	36	11	32	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	64			0.2	1.90			1.71
9	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-06-06	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	35	9	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	3	72			0.3	3.47			1.05
10	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-06-06	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.99	0	0	0.20
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Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (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	1939	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
2	1941	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1942	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Vern Olsen (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1939	1939-09-15 (1)	CHC	PHI	down 9-2	b6	-2-	1		Walk
2	1939	1939-09-15 (1)	CHC	PHI	down 9-3	b8	---	2		Walk
3	1941	1941-07-14	CHC	BRO	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Flyball: LF
4	1941	1941-07-14	CHC	BRO	tied 0-0	t6	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
5	1941	1941-07-14	CHC	BRO	tied 0-0	t8	12-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
6	1942	1942-05-17 (1)	CHC	BRO	down 4-1	t7	---	2		Groundout: SS-1B

Vern Olsen (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Vern Olsen (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	1939	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1941	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1942	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Vern Olsen (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Vern Olsen (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1939	1939-09-15 (1)	PHI	CHC	ahead 2-9	t5	1-3	1		Flyball: C
2	1939	1939-09-15 (1)	PHI	CHC	ahead 3-9	t7	---	2		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
3	1941	1941-07-14	BRO	CHC	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
4	1941	1941-07-14	BRO	CHC	tied 0-0	b5	---	1		Groundout: 1B-P
5	1941	1941-07-14	BRO	CHC	tied 0-0	b7	---	2		Flyball: LF
6	1942	1942-05-17 (1)	BRO	CHC	ahead 1-4	b6	-2-	0		Strikeout
7	1942	1942-05-17 (1)	BRO	CHC	ahead 1-4	b8	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; P. Reese to 2B

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Batting Comparison

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Batting Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	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
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	169	16	39	6	0	1	14	2	0	11	22	.231	.278	.284	.562	61	48	1	0	6		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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. Vern Olsen: Batting Value

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-1.8	-1.8	-1.7	-0.1	-88	0	-1	0
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0	-8	0	0	0

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Batting Sabermetric

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	19	116	124	618	22	.188	79	-90	-9.6	.041	4.9	0.00	1
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	7	50	54	137	14	.260	29	-8	-1.0	.053	7.7	100.00	2

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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. Vern Olsen: Batting Win Probability

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Kirby Higbe	22-35	1937	1950	418	714	-7.6	-8.3	-0.2	-91.29		-91.78	0.90
2	Vern Olsen	21-28	1939	1946	113	187	-0.6	-0.8	0.2	-10.15		-8.81	0.97

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Head-to-Head Batting

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	Vern Olsen	6	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0		0
2	Kirby Higbe	6	20	18	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.056	.056	.111	.167	2	0	0	2		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: Game Logs

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Kirby Higbe vs. Vern Olsen: 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	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1942-06-07 (1)	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.35	-0.014	1.63	-0.04%	-0.50			P
2	Vern Olsen	CHC	1942-06-07 (1)	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1942-05-17 (1)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.86	-0.108	4.50	-0.34%	-1.69			P
4	Vern Olsen	CHC	1942-05-17 (1)		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.28	-0.007	0.61	-0.01%	-0.09			P
5	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-08-02	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.79	-0.058	4.95	-0.22%	-0.78			P
6	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-08-02		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-07-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.80	-0.060	4.16	-0.19%	-0.42			P
8	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-07-14	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.74	-0.132	0.07	0.00%	-0.75			P
9	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1941-06-06	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0		0	1.56	0.095	7.53	0.28%	1.22			P
10	Vern Olsen	CHC	1941-06-06		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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