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: 2-4 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 4, Entered with runners on base: 1

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	18	6	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	L,5-19	5-9		99	3.2	7	9	9	5	3	2	0	22.09	12.33	23	4	4	0	0	7		1	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.002	.12	0.00%	-6.88	5t -2- 2 out d6	9t --- 1 out d14
2	19	12	Apr 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	19.29	14.35	6	1	2	0	2	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.006	.06	-0.01%	-0.49	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
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
3	20	14	May 1	PHA	@	CLE	L,8-13	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	18.90	11.33	12	2	3	0	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-2.99	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d10
Sept				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
4	21	139	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	8.62	6.29	33	5	16	0	0	6	73			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.564	.00	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	22	145	Sep 16	PHA		SLB	L,8-9	GS-1		4	1.0	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	10.80	6.86	8	2	1	0	0	5	23			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-4.48	1t start tie	1t 3 out d5
6	23	150	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-8	7-GF	BW(2-0)	6	3.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	10.07	6.44	16	4	6	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.73	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.42	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
							2-4		W-L:2-0,BSv:1	4.8	19.2	28	22	22	12	8	4	0	10.07	6.44	98	0.56		0%	8%	28	48	1	0%	3	1	0	85	4	1	0	2	0	2	.95	0.049	.04	-0.01%	-11.61

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