Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitching Comparison

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	363	245	.597	3.09	750	665	67	382	63	28	5243.2	4830	2016	1798	434	1434	112	2583	42	5	81	21547	6583	119	3.46	1.195	8.3	0.7	2.5	4.4

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	4	3	.571	3.05	8	6	2	3	1	0	56.0	47	19	19	5	13	1	32	0	0	1	224	63			1.071	7.6	0.8	2.1	5.1

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Value

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2	92.5	41.0

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals Against

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2	6583	19790	3585	670	141	96	81	54.24	80	429	220	72	.244	.296	.358	.653	85	.114	.261	2108	7084	1245	6306	6583

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	6	56.0	63	209	33	7	2	0	1	0.00	2	3	1	1	.225	.269	.349	.618		.124	.243	19	73	14	60	63

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Starting & Relieving

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	426	64	56.9	72	13	18	8	77.8	67	85

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	2	33	57.0	0	0		0		2	2

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Ratios

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2	12.0	6.7	5.3

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	6	56.0	14.3	5.8	8.5

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Pitch Summary

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	750	665	5243.2		108

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	6	56.0	375	88	242	64.53

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	3	0	1.000	3.65	5	4	0	3	0	0	37.0	32	15	15	4	16	0	21	0	0	2	154	1.297	7.8	1.0	3.9	5.1
2	Kirby Higbe	1	1	.500	2.45	5	1	1	1	0	0	22.0	18	7	6	1	5	0	10	0	1	1	89	1.045	7.4	0.4	2.0	4.1

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Game Logs

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Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	1950-04-18	7-8	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	10	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1				0.0	-1.73	0	0	0.06
2	Warren Spahn	BSN	1950-04-18	CG, W	9.0	8	4	4	0	2	6	0	6	0	0	1	40	14	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	55			0.0	0.76			0.67
3	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1949-09-24	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.51	0	0	0.24
4	Warren Spahn	BSN	1949-09-24	CG, W	9.0	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	35	9	35	7	1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	59			0.3	0.58			1.02
5	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1949-08-10	6-8	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	10	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	1.53	0	0	0.30
6	Warren Spahn	BSN	1949-08-10	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	33	8	30	3	1	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	2	74			0.4	3.58			0.93
7	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1946-07-07 (1)	2-9, L	7.1	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	31	10	30	5	4	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	4				-0.1	0.94	0	0	2.00
8	Warren Spahn	BSN	1946-07-07 (1)	GS-7	7.0	5	2	2	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	29	9	25	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	61			0.0	1.13			0.96
9	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1942-04-20	CG, W	9.0	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	35	9	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	68			0.2	1.99			0.40
10	Warren Spahn	BSN	1942-04-20	4-7	3.0	5	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	9	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0				0.0	-3.49	0	0	0.09

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Warren Spahn (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Warren Spahn (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1946	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1949	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1950	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Warren Spahn (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Warren Spahn (Pitcher) vs. Kirby Higbe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-04-20	BSN	BRO	down 5-0	t5	1--	2		Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
2	1946	1946-07-07 (1)	BSN	BRO	down 2-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
3	1946	1946-07-07 (1)	BSN	BRO	down 2-0	b5	1-3	2		Strikeout
4	1949	1949-08-10	BSN	NYG	ahead 1-4	t7	---	2		Strikeout
5	1950	1950-04-18	BSN	NYG	ahead 4-9	t8	---	0		Strikeout (C-1B)

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (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	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Kirby Higbe (Pitcher) vs. Warren Spahn (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1942	1942-04-20	BRO	BSN	ahead 0-5	b4	---	1		Flyball: LF
2	1942	1942-04-20	BRO	BSN	ahead 0-7	b6	---	0		Groundout: SS-1B
3	1946	1946-07-07 (1)	BRO	BSN	ahead 0-2	t4	---	2		Strikeout
4	1946	1946-07-07 (1)	BRO	BSN	ahead 0-2	t7	---	0		Strikeout

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Comparison

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Totals

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	1872	141	363	57	6	35	189	4	2	94	487	.194	.234	.287	.520	43	537	23	7	68	14	0

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	21	20	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	9	.200	.238	.200	.438	4	0	0	0	0	0

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Value

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	7.6	7.5	7.9	-0.1	-146	6	-7	0

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Sabermetric

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	98	464	496	1616	133	.240	295	-150	-15.4	.093	3.8	66.7	6

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	27-37	1948	1958	8	21	0	5	5	16	1	.364	4			.000	2.2		0

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Batting Win Probability

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	21-44	1942	1965	783	2056	-13.1	-11.9	-2.5	-126.28	-13.1	-118.13	0.91

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Head-to-Head Batting

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Totals

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	Warren Spahn	5	14	14	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	.214	.214	.429	.643	6	0	0	0		0
2	Kirby Higbe	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: Game Logs

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Warren Spahn vs. Kirby Higbe: 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	1950-04-18		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Warren Spahn	BSN	1950-04-18	*	9	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0		0	0.58	0.049	1.47	0.08%	0.19			P
3	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1949-09-24		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Warren Spahn	BSN	1949-09-24	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0		0	0.47	0.087	0.00	0.00%	0.73			P
5	Kirby Higbe	NYG	1949-08-10		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Warren Spahn	BSN	1949-08-10	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.13	-0.001	0.06	0.00%	-0.23			P
7	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1946-07-07 (1)		8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.42	-0.021	2.01	-0.06%	-0.30			P
8	Warren Spahn	BSN	1946-07-07 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.59	-0.083	0.56	-0.02%	-0.61			P
9	Kirby Higbe	BRO	1942-04-20	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.17	-0.018	0.51	-0.03%	-0.96			P
10	Warren Spahn	BSN	1942-04-20		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.29	-0.008	0.88	-0.02%	-0.21			P

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