Irving Clinton Higginbotham (April 26, 1882 – June 13, 1959) was an American

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from 1906 to 1909. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and

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. Higginbotham was born on April 26, 1881, in Blyburg, Nebraska. He made his MLB 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 King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, also the st ...

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