Bob Gibson vs. Eddie Higgins — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Silent GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Eddie Higgins
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bob Gibson posted a stronger line than Eddie Higgins. Bob Gibson posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.91 vs 4.48) and WHIP (1.218 vs 1.402). By the career numbers, Bob Gibson had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gibson and Eddie Higgins

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.58
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.4
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.06
59.06
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
0.59
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.59
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.13
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
2.91
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.48
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11653
27
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
229
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.1
9
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.1
9
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
7.6
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
9.79
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
0.6
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1336
3.1
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.83
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.27
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3117
7.22
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.89
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.524
0.524
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.25
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.24
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16068
37.23
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
37.38
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.94
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
3.29
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.19
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.14
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.1
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.402
1.402
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14525
33.65
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
34.43
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.23
37.23
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Eddie Higgins

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.22
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11654
27
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.2
9
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
0.67
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
484
1.12
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.04
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.1
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
817
1.89
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.62
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
775
1.8
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.62
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.86
94.86
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.632
1.632
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.32
26.32
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Eddie Higgins

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
596
240.16
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
438.46
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1489
600
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1328
535.12
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.539
0.539
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
110.41
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
80.99
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
17.73
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.01
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
9.67
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
29.42
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103.39
41.66
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
1.77
40.82
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
161.18
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
345
139.02
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.539
0.539
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
53.19
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
58.03
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
101.54
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99.39
40.05
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
47.61
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.22
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
25.39
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
415
167.23
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
29.01
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.25
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
5.24
Eddie Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.03
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.27
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.52
56.52
Eddie Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA