Billy Herman

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: July 7, 1909 in New Albany, IN us

Died: September 5, 1992 in West Palm Beach, FL

Buried: Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, FL

High School: New Albany HS (New Albany, IN)

Debut: August 29, 1931 (Age 22-053d, 7,256th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1947 (Age 38-025d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1975. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
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Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: William Jennings Bryan Herman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.4

7707

2345

.304

1163

RBI

839

OBP

.367

SLG

.407

OPS

.774

OPS+

112

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 47 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 19 go ahead

3 Tms
CHC	37
BRO	7
BSN	3

Platoon
vs RHP	37
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	25
Home	22

Outs
1	24
0	12
2	11

8 Opps
NYG	11
PHI	10
STL	7
BRO	6
PIT	5
BSN	3
CIN	3
CHC	2

43 Pitchers
Carl Hubbell	3
Luke Hamlin	2
Hal Schumacher	2
Bob Carpenter	1
Harry Gumbert	1
Dick Lanahan	1
Fred Frankhouse	1
Bucky Walters	1
Claude Passeau	1
Paul Erickson	1
Leon Chagnon	1
Tex Carleton	1
Dick Mauney	1
Frank Gabler	1
John Pezzullo	1
Cy Blanton	1
Ike Pearson	1
Bob Klinger	1
Syl Johnson	1
Jake Mooty	1
Monty Kennedy	1
Dick Coffman	1
Cliff Melton	1
Paul Derringer	1
George Jeffcoat	1
Les Munns	1
Dick Barrett	1
Hugh Mulcahy	1
Bill McGee	1
Jim Tobin	1
Paul Dean	1
Boom-Boom Beck	1
Ownie Carroll	1
Lloyd Brown	1
Mace Brown	1
Ray Harrell	1
Lon Warneke	1
Dizzy Dean	1
Bill Kerksieck	1
Gene Schott	1
Lee Grissom	1
Tom Sunkel	1
Hal Smith	1

9 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	20
Polo Grounds (NYC)	7
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Baker Bowl (PHI)	3
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	26
9	8

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	5
12-	3
-23	3
-2-	2
123	1
--3	1

70 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	32
1 on	8
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	15

Inning
1	10
2	1
3	2
4	5
5	6
6	6
7	8
8	6
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	17
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	15
-1	7
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	3

Ahead	15
Tied	15
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	46
1B	1

OrderPos
2nd	38
5th	4
6th	2
3rd	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1932-05-24	CHC	@	STL	Syl Johnson	behind 2-4	t 6	2	---	1	2	4	0.109	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1934-04-30	CHC	@	PIT	Hal Smith	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	---	1	2	4	0.132	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1934-05-10	CHC		BRO	Ownie Carroll	ahead 6-3	b 5	0	---	1	2	4	0.047	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1934-08-12 (1)	CHC	@	STL	Paul Dean	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	1	1	4	0.132	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1935-06-25 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.097	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1935-07-21 (2)	CHC		NYG	Leon Chagnon	ahead 8-5	b 8	1	-23	3	2	4
7	7	3	1	1935-07-24 (2)	CHC		BRO	Les Munns	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	1	2	4	0.061	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1935-08-10	CHC		STL	Dizzy Dean	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.098	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	5	1	1935-08-21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	John Pezzullo	ahead 8-4	t 5	1	-2-	2	2	4	0.061	95%		Home Run; C. Root Scores
10	10	6	1	1935-08-22	CHC	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	tied 0-0	t 3	2	--3	2	2	4	0.193	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Jurges Scores
11	11	7	1	1935-08-24	CHC	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 2-9	t 5	0	---	1	2	4	0.016	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1936-04-14	CHC	@	STL	Bill McGee	ahead 10-3	t 7	2	-2-	2	2	4	0.007	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Jurges Scores
13	13	2	1	1936-04-25	CHC	@	CIN	Gene Schott	behind 2-5	t 7	1	---	1	2	4	0.066	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	1936-06-28 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	Dick Coffman	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	4	0.103	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1936-07-23	CHC	@	BRO	Fred Frankhouse	behind 1-5	t 8	1	-23	3	3	4	0.116	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Lillard Scores; A. Galan Scores
16	16	5	1	1936-08-09 (1)	CHC		PIT	Mace Brown	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	12-	3	3	4	0.104	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Allen Scores; S. Hack Scores
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1937-06-13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	Claude Passeau	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.094	57%		Home Run
18	18	2	1	1937-06-13 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Hugh Mulcahy	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---	1	2	4	0.092	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	3	1	1937-06-24	CHC		NYG	Hal Schumacher	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.094	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	4	1	1937-06-27 (2)	CHC		BRO	Luke Hamlin	behind 1-4	b 6	2	1--	2	2	4	0.196	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Galan Scores
21	21	5	1	1937-06-29	CHC	@	STL	Ray Harrell	tied 4-4	t 7	2	123	4	5	4	0.399	93%		Home Run; A. Galan Scores/unER; L. Frey Scores; F. Demaree Scores
22	22	6	1	1937-08-07	CHC		BSN	Frank Gabler	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	12-	3	5	4	0.185	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Collins Scores; F. Demaree Scores
23	23	7	1	1937-08-10	CHC		PIT	Cy Blanton	behind 2-4	b 7	1	-23	3	5	4	0.387	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Hack Scores; J. Marty Scores
24	24	8	1	1937-09-25	CHC	@	STL	Lon Warneke	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	---	1	2	4	0.042	97%		Home Run
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1938-06-07	CHC		NYG	Cliff Melton	tied 1-1	b 7	1	---	1	2	4	0.221	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1939-07-13	CHC	@	PHI	Boom-Boom Beck	behind 4-5	t 6	2	---	1	2	4	0.175	44%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1939-07-25 (1)	CHC		BRO	Luke Hamlin	behind 0-5	b 6	1	1--	2	2	4	0.076	13%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Hack Scores
28	28	3	1	1939-08-10	CHC		CIN	Paul Derringer	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.101	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	4	1	1939-08-23	CHC	@	NYG	Harry Gumbert	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	4
30	30	5	1	1939-09-04 (2)	CHC		PIT	Bob Klinger	behind 0-1	b 5	2	1--	2	2	4	0.297	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Hack Scores
31	31	6	1	1939-09-06	CHC		STL	Tom Sunkel	ahead 8-0	b 5	1	1--	2	2	4	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Hack Scores
32	32	7	1	1939-09-15 (2)	CHC		PHI	Bill Kerksieck	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.101	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1940-05-06	CHC		PHI	Lloyd Brown	tied 4-4	b 11	1	---	1	2	4	0.424	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	1940-05-12	CHC		PIT	Dick Lanahan	behind 4-5	b 8	2	12-	3	2	4	0.657	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Mattick Scores; C. Bryant Scores
35	35	3	1	1940-05-17	CHC	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.127	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	4	1	1940-06-01	CHC		BRO	Tex Carleton	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---	1	2	4	0.096	24%		Home Run
37	37	5	1	1940-07-29	CHC	@	PHI	Ike Pearson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.106	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1941-07-01	BRO		PHI	Lee Grissom	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.119	42%		Home Run
39	39	2	1	1941-08-02	BRO	@	CHC	Jake Mooty	ahead 7-6	t 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.116	88%		Home Run
40	40	3	1	1941-09-14	BRO	@	CIN	Bucky Walters	tied 5-5	t 9	0	---	1	2	4	0.344	84%		Home Run
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1942-05-27	BRO	@	BSN	Jim Tobin	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.113	59%		Home Run
42	42	2	1	1942-07-15	BRO	@	CHC	Paul Erickson	ahead 8-3	t 6	2	---	1	6	4	0.018	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1943-06-13 (2)	BRO		BSN	George Jeffcoat	behind 1-2	b 8	0	1--	2	6	4	0.498	88%		Home Run; F. Bordagaray Scores
44	44	2	1	1943-09-09	BRO		PHI	Dick Barrett	behind 2-3	b 1	2	---	1	5	4	0.114	51%		Home Run
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1946-07-02	BSN		NYG	Monty Kennedy	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	1	2	4	0.243	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	2	1	1946-08-31 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	Dick Mauney	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.112	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	3	1	1946-09-26 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Bob Carpenter	ahead 4-0	t 8	0	---	1	2	3	0.015	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 19 go ahead

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