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Walter Kirby Higbe (April 8, 1915 – May 6, 1985) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball from to . He was a two-time All-Star. He was born in and died in Columbia, South Carolina. ==Career== Higbe began his MLB career in 1937 with the Chicago Cubs before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in the middle of the season. A hard thrower, he was selected to the All-Star team in . Following the season, he was traded again, this time to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He enjoyed his most successful season in when he went 22–9, tying teammate Whit Wyatt for the league lead in wins and finishing seventh in the MVP voting. After the season, Higbe joined the United States Army. Initially assigned to the military police, he soon received training as a rifleman and saw combat in Germany. In 1945, Higbe and his fellow soldiers went to the Philippines; however, when they arrived there, they learned that Japan had surrendered. Nonetheless, he stayed in Manila until March 1946, at which point he finally returned to the United States. That year, he posted a 17–8 record and made his second All-Star appearance (where he gave up a home run to Ted Williams), but the Dodgers lost the National League pennant to the eventual world champion St. Louis Cardinals. Higbe stayed in Brooklyn until just after the start of the campaign, when he was traded with four other players (one of whom was future Major League manager Gene Mauch) to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Al Gionfriddo. While Higbe began the 1947 season with a 2–0 record for the eventual NL champion Dodgers; after his trade to the Pirates he collapsed to 11–17. He was traded during the season, to the New York Giants, with whom he finished his MLB career. He played in the minor leagues until 1953. He died in 1985 and was buried in Columbia's Elmwood Cemetery. In the 2013 film ''42'', Higbe is portrayed by Brad Beyer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kirby Higbe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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