Herman Besse

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 16, 1911 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: August 13, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Debut: April 19, 1940 (Age 28-247d, 8,870th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: May 22, 1946 (Age 34-279d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Herman Anthony Besse

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.0

ERA

6.79

242.2

118

WHIP

1.755

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Team Record in Appearances: 1-16 / in Starts: 1-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 5

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 19(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	9.00	6.00	10	3	3	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.051	2.12	-0.08%	-0.83	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
2	2	6	Apr 24	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	4.1	5	4	3	4	3	2	0	7.11	9.00	25	5	8	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.17	-0.282	2.98	-0.43%	-2.92	1b start a 2	5b 123 1 out d2
3	3	8	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	6-6		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.14	8.32	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.049	1.91	0.06%	0.52	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
4	4	12	Apr 30	PHA		CLE	L,5-10	GS-3	L(0-2)	3	2.0	6	6	6	2	0	1	0	10.61	9.21	14	1	5	1	0	6	18			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.360	1.60	-0.38%	-4.41	1t start tie	3t -23 0 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	19	May 9	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	2-8		8	7.0	7	1	0	3	6	0	0	6.06	6.36	31	9	6	0	0	7		1	0	3	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.178	1.18	0.17%	3.21	2t 1-- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d2
6	6	23	May 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-7	GS-3		4	3.0	3	5	5	3	1	2	0	7.45	7.55	15	3	5	0	0	3	31			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.290	1.75	-0.29%	-3.35	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
7	7	25	May 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-10	GS-1	L(0-3)	4	0.0	1	4	2	3	0	0	0	8.38	8.01	5	1	0	0	0	1	33			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	-0.280	2.15	-0.25%	-3.85	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d2
8	8	34	May 30(2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-14	7-GF(7)		10	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.24	7.93	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.11	7t --- 2 out d12	7t end d12
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	40	Jun 5	PHA		DET	L,1-9	8-GF		5	2.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	8.72	7.66	13	1	5	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.014	.02	-0.01%	-1.91	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
10	10	44	Jun 9(1)	PHA		SLB	L,7-8	9-9		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.34	7.45	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.03	0.00%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d4	9t 3 out d4
11	11	48	Jun 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-8	3-7		4	4.1	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.67	6.85	20	9	4	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.008	.03	0.00%	0.73	3b 1-3 2 out d6	7b 3 out d8
12	12	56	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-9	6-GF(8)		9	3.0	4	4	4	0	1	2	1	8.10	7.36	13	7	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.084	.03	-0.01%	-2.28	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	66	Jul 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,11-12	GS-9		8	8.1	11	9	9	5	1	2	0	8.45	7.43	37	9	11	1	0	11	21			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.37	0.066	.03	0.00%	-2.74	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a4
14	14	78	Jul 15	PHA		DET	L,8-9	4-GF		11	5.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.57	7.11	19	3	14	0	2	1		2	0	1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.138	.00	0.00%	2.68	4t 12- 1 out d6	9t end d 1
15	15	82	Jul 20	PHA		CHW	L,7-19	5-GF		4	4.1	4	4	4	2	1	0	1	7.63	6.89	18	5	5	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	2	0	1	.00	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-3.36	5t 12- 2 out d10	9t end d12
16	16	86	Jul 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-7	5-5		3	1.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	8.03	6.99	9	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-2.45	5b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d6
17	17	89	Jul 27(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-15	5-GF(8)		2	3.2	9	8	8	3	3	0	1	8.83	6.83	24	3	5	0	0	9		2	2	0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-7.15	5b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d13
							1-16		W-L:0-3	4.4	53.0	70	56	52	34	19	10	3	8.83	6.83	262	0.83		3%	2%	67	28	9	44%	5	0	0	222	13	1	0	6	0	5	.52	-1.102	.78	-1.19%	-27.45

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