anything personal against Jackie Robinson or any other Negro ... but we were Southerners who had never lived or played with Negroes, and we didn't see any reason to start then." Later baseball career The Dodgers traded Higbe to the Pittsburgh Pirates in May 1947. He was reunited with his old Dodgers manager Leo Durocher when he was acquired by the New York Giants from the Pirates for Bobby Rhawn and Ray Poat on June 6, 1949. His last season in the majors was 1950. He then went back to the minor leagues, where he played until 1953. Higbe finished his MLB career with a 118–101 record, a 3.69 ERA, 971 strikeouts, and a 102 ERA+. Later life After his baseball career ended, Higbe drifted from job to job, getting in trouble with the law multiple times. He published an autobiography, The High Hard One, in 1967. Higbe died in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1985 at the age of 70. In the 2013 film 42, he was portrayed by Brad Beyer. See also List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders References External links Kirby Higbe - Baseballbiography.com 1915 births 1985 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers National League wins champions National League strikeout champions Chicago Cubs players Philadelphia Phillies players Brooklyn Dodgers players Pittsburgh Pirates players New York Giants (NL) players Atlanta Crackers players Birmingham Barons players Seattle Rainiers players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Montgomery Rebels players Forest City Owls players Baseball players from Columbia, South Carolina United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army soldiers