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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Kirby Higbe 2026 Season · SF

Kirby Higbe played in the majors from 1937 to 1950. His career NUT is -2.6, #6,018 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1941 (-1.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 118-101, 3.69 ERA, 971 K in 1952.1 IP.

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Kirby Higbe

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-3.7Career NUT

+1.7 to Weak

Career

3.69ERA1.40WHIP118W971K1952.1IP24SV

Career · season grades

R/R · 5' 11", 190 lb · b. Apr 8, 1915 · Columbia, SC · Signed Undrafted FA, 1937

Player Overview

Year by Year


1937	22	CHC	—	1	0	5.40	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	5.0	4	3	1	0	2	1.00
1938	23	CHC	—	0	0	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	45	10.0	10	6	6	0	4	1.60
1939	24	CHC	—	2	1	3.18	9	2	0	0	6	0	101	22.2	12	8	22	0	16	1.50
1939	24	PHI	-0.8	10	14	4.85	34	26	14	1	7	2	864	187.1	208	101	101	10	79	1.65
1939	24	TOT	-0.9	12	15	4.67	43	28	14	1	13	2	965	210.0	220	109	123	10	95	1.63
1940	25	PHI	+1.0	14	19	3.72	41	36	20	1	4	1	1194	283.0	242	117	121	3	137	1.28
1941	26	BRO	-0.6	22	9	3.14	48	39	19	2	7	3	1266	298.0	244	104	132	6	121	1.26
1942	27	BRO	-1.1	16	11	3.25	38	32	13	2	3	0	929	221.2	180	80	106	2	115	1.29
1943	28	BRO	+0.3	13	10	3.70	35	27	8	1	5	0	823	185.0	189	76	95	5	108	1.54
1946	31	BRO	+0.9	17	8	3.03	42	29	11	3	5	1	904	210.2	178	71	107	1	134	1.35
1947	32	BRO	—	2	0	5.17	4	3	0	0	0	0	76	15.2	18	9	12	1	10	1.91
1947	32	PIT	-1.6	11	17	3.72	46	30	10	1	12	5	975	225.0	204	93	110	3	99	1.40
1947	32	TOT	-1.6	13	17	3.81	50	33	10	1	12	5	1051	240.2	222	102	122	4	109	1.43
1948	33	PIT	-0.2	8	7	3.36	56	8	3	0	31	10	681	158.0	140	59	83	3	86	1.41
1949	34	PIT	—	0	2	13.50	7	1	0	0	2	0	81	15.1	25	23	12	0	5	2.41
1949	34	NYG	-0.9	2	0	3.47	37	2	0	0	13	2	344	80.1	72	31	41	1	38	1.41
1949	34	TOT	-1.2	2	2	5.08	44	3	0	0	15	2	425	95.2	97	54	53	1	43	1.57
1950	35	NYG	-0.2	0	3	4.93	18	1	0	0	8	0	166	34.2	37	19	30	0	17	1.93
Career	—	12 yrs	-3.7	118	101	3.69	418	238	98	11	104	24	8472	1952.1	1763	800	979	35	971	1.40

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NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Higbe's career NUT of -3.7

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

-0.9

+1.0

-0.6

-1.1

+0.3

+0.9

-1.6

-0.2

-1.2

-0.2

Awards

1940NL All-Star

1946NL All-Star

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