Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Pitching Comparison

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	131	116	.530	3.51	403	277	54	116	25	18	2107.1	2096	957	821	146	745	70	934	23	1	34	8981	3002	113	3.64	1.348	9.0	0.6	3.2	4.0

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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
2	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	0	1	.000	3.38	3	2	0	1	0	0	10.2	12	4	4	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	48	17			1.500	10.1	0.8	3.4	2.5

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Value

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1	33.8	13.5

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Totals Against

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1	3002	8077	1543	348	59	44	50	46.81	19	172	134	10	.260	.323	.371	.695	91	.112	.278	984	3000	553	2864	3002

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.412	.833		.059	.375	3	7	1	8	8
2	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	2	10.2	17	42	11	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.362	.357	.719		.071	.290	6	15	1	17	17

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Starting & Relieving

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	141	51	51.6	112	30	27	10	64.3	54	126

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	36.0						0	0
2	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	1	50	51.0	1	0	0			0	1

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Ratios

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1	10.4	8.3	2.1

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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
2	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	2	10.2	6.3	8.3	-2.1

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Pitch Summary

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	403	277	2107.1		109

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	75	75	40	53.33
2	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	2	10.2

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Head-to-Head Pitching

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	4	3	.571	3.40	12	4	3	2	0	0	47.2	36	21	18	1	32	3	21	0	0	5	208	1.427	6.8	0.2	6.0	4.0
2	Howie Pollet	6	3	.667	2.90	12	10	1	6	0	0	77.2	73	30	25	8	21	1	29	0	0	0	322	1.210	8.5	0.9	2.4	3.4

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Game Logs

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Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	NYG	1950-06-11 (1)	7-GF(8)	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0.0	0.09	0	0	0.08
2	Howie Pollet	STL	1950-06-11 (1)	CG, W	9.0	7	1	0	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	37	11	33	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	72			0.3	3.90			0.85
3	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1950-05-25	6-13, L	7.0	3	2	2	0	0	9	0	5	0	0	4	32	12	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	1				0.4	1.21	0	0	2.54
4	Howie Pollet	STL	1950-05-25	GS-6	5.2	9	5	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	10	26	5	1	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	4	32			-0.3	-1.94			0.92
5	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1949-06-09	6-7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	1.02	0	0	0.29
6	Howie Pollet	STL	1949-06-09	CG, W	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	33	8	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	73			0.4	3.58			0.86
7	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-08-20	6-6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.22	2	1	1.14
8	Howie Pollet	STL	1948-08-20	5-5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				-0.1	-0.62	1	1	0.82
9	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-30 (1)	5-GF, W	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	4	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.1	2.49	2	0	0.45
10	Howie Pollet	STL	1948-05-30 (1)	GS-4, L	3.0	5	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	7	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	3	30			-0.2	-3.47			0.78
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Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Batter vs. Pitcher

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (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	1942	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1946	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1947	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Howie Pollet (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-06-21 (2)	BRO	STL	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
2	1942	1942-06-21 (2)	BRO	STL	tied 1-1	b5	---	1		Flyball: CF
3	1946	1946-09-12	BRO	STL	down 5-2	b2	-2-	2		Groundout: SS-1B
4	1947	1947-05-22	PIT	STL	tied 0-0	t3	-23	0		Fielder's Choice SS; W. Wietelmann out at 2B/SS-2B; D. Howell stays at 3B; K. Higbe to 1B
5	1947	1947-05-22	PIT	STL	ahead 0-1	t5	1--	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play; W. Wietelmann to 2B
6	1947	1947-05-22	PIT	STL	tied 1-1	t7	---	2		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
7	1947	1947-08-09	PIT	STL	ahead 4-5	t9	---	0		Strikeout

Howie Pollet (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Howie Pollet (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	1942	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1946	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1947	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1949	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
5	1950	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	0

Howie Pollet (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Howie Pollet (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-06-21 (2)	STL	BRO	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Flyball: RF
2	1942	1942-06-21 (2)	STL	BRO	tied 1-1	t5	---	0		Single
3	1946	1946-09-12	STL	BRO	ahead 0-5	t2	---	0		Flyball: CF
4	1946	1946-10-01	STL	BRO	ahead 1-3	b4	---	0		Popfly: P
5	1947	1947-05-22	STL	PIT	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
6	1947	1947-05-22	STL	PIT	down 1-0	b5	12-	2		Groundout: P-1B
7	1947	1947-05-22	STL	PIT	tied 1-1	b7	1--	0		Bunt Groundout: Unknown out on play/Forceout at 2B
8	1947	1947-05-22	STL	PIT	ahead 1-4	b8	---	1		Batted Ball: Unknown out on play
9	1949	1949-06-09	STL	NYG	ahead 0-4	t6	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B
10	1950	1950-05-25	STL	NYG	ahead 1-5	t6	---	0		Groundout: P-1B
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Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Comparison

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	698	54	129	17	2	0	48	0	0	55	159	.185	.244	.215	.459	24	150	14	0	37	0	0

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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
2	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Value

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	0.6	0.6	0.7	-0.1	-75	1	-2	0

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Sabermetric

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	0.0	1
2	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	19	184	187	620	38	.239	102	-75	-7.8	.030	4.4		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	1.000	0			.000			0
2	Howie Pollet	21-25	1942	1946	3	4	0	0	0	4	0	.000	0			.000	4.0		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Batting Win Probability

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	-9.4	-91.78	0.90
2	Howie Pollet	20-35	1941	1956	407	790	-5.9	-6.7	0.6	-75.64	-7.7	-77.00	0.96

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Head-to-Head Batting

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Totals

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	12	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	0		0
2	Howie Pollet	12	33	30	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.167	.219	.200	.419	6	1	0	1		0

Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: Game Logs

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Kirby Higbe vs. Howie Pollet: 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	NYG	1950-06-11 (1)		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Howie Pollet	STL	1950-06-11 (1)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.41	-0.028	1.83	-0.07%	-0.41			P
3	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1950-05-25		8	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	1.56	0.028	1.84	0.02%	0.17			P
4	Howie Pollet	STL	1950-05-25	*	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.57	-0.044	1.62	-0.08%	-0.67			P
5	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1949-06-09		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Howie Pollet	STL	1949-06-09	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	0.39	0.001	1.90	0.00%	-0.30			P
7	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-08-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Howie Pollet	STL	1948-08-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
9	Kirby Higbe	PIT	1948-05-30 (1)		5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0		0	0.02	0.001	0.08	0.00%	-0.11			P
10	Howie Pollet	STL	1948-05-30 (1)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.72	-0.040	9.39	-0.13%	-0.36			P
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