Irv Higginbotham vs. Stubby Overmire — Career Comparison

Irv Higginbotham
Pre-GenerationalNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Stubby Overmire
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Irv Higginbotham posted a stronger line than Stubby Overmire. Irv Higginbotham posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.81 vs 3.96) and WHIP (1.223 vs 1.401). By the career numbers, Irv Higginbotham 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 Irv Higginbotham and Stubby Overmire

Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.77
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
2.12
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.89
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.09
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.46
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.52
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.53
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.4
46.4
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.5
51.5
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.59
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.4
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.81
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
3.96
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3392
27
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1130.2
9
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
8.57
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1259
10.02
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.45
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.02
0.02
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.44
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
2.59
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
3.18
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
2.4
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.624
0.624
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.554
0.554
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.3
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1015
37.49
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4906
39.05
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.59
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.54
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.03
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
4.53
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.223
1.223
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.401
1.401
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
942
34.79
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4570
36.38
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.49
37.49
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.05
39.05

Fielding Stats for Irv Higginbotham and Stubby Overmire

Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.78
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
729
27
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
9
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.26
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.3
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.22
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.78
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.56
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.63
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.438
1.438
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.079
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Irv Higginbotham and Stubby Overmire

Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
48
320
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
396.03
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
403
600
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
566.67
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
498.76
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
100
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
80.4
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
100
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
64.02
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.42
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.96
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.38
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
19.44
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.4
25.9
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
15
100
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
102.73
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
18
120
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
141.44
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
40
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
28.29
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
40.2
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
6
40
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
68.49
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
2.81
18.76
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.39
25.89
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.67
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
61.04
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
61.04
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
7.5
7.5
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.83
9.83
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
40.2
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
8
11.91
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.98
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Stubby Overmire
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.98
Irv Higginbotham
Career
Per 600 PA
Stubby Overmire
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0