Irv Higginbotham
Irving Clinton Higginbotham , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1906 to 1909. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs.
Higginbotham was born on April 26, 1881 in Blyburg, Nebraska. He had his Major League Baseball debut on August 11, 1906, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His professional baseball career ended in 1909. Later in life, he worked as a painter; he was a member of Painter Union 300 in Seattle. Higginbotham died of a heart ailment in Seattle on June 13, 1959 and was buried in Acacia Memorial Park in King County, Washington.
