How Kirby Higbe's Innings Pitched Compares to Similar Players

Kirby Higbe totaled 1,952 career Innings Pitched, well above the starting pitcher average of 772.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Innings Pitched season came in 1941, posting 298, well above the starting pitcher average of 94.9 that year. The lowest point came in 1937 at 5, well below the starting pitcher average of 99.1 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Innings Pitched total went from 158 in 1948 to 95 in 1949 and 34 in 1950, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Innings Pitched profile — ranging from 5 to 298 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Kirby Higbe Lifetime Innings Pitched and Similar Stats

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Innings Pitched
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Season Avg.162.7488.08
162 Game Avg.756.62269.94
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Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched Per Season

Kirby Higbe's Innings Pitched for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched per season line chart

Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched by Team

Kirby Higbe's career Innings Pitched totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Kirby Higbe career Innings Pitched by team bar chart

Kirby Higbe Cumulative Innings Pitched — Career Progression

A running total of Kirby Higbe's career Innings Pitched, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched year-over-year waterfall chart

Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kirby Higbe's seasonal Innings Pitched alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kirby Higbe's MLB career with Innings Pitched alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Kirby Higbe Innings Pitched season-by-season breakdown table