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)
View Billy Herman's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	W,15-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
7	7	Apr 25	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	4	6	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 28	CHC		STL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
12	12	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	57	12.0	6	3	0	9	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
15	15	May 3	CHC		BSN	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	7	1	10	0
16	16	May 4	CHC		BSN	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
17	17	May 5	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
18	18	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
19	19	May 7	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
20	20	May 8	CHC		PHI	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
21	21	May 9	CHC		BRO	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
22	22	May 10	CHC		BRO	W,12-8	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	23	May 11	CHC		BRO	L,1-13	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
24	24	May 12	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	GS	21	6.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	43 (18)	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	4	0	10	2
26	44	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
27	45	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
28	46	Jun 6	CHC	@	STL	W,12-6	CG	54	13.0	2	2	0	4	1
29	47	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
30	48	Jun 8	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	49	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	50	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
33	51	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
34	52	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
35	53	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
36	54	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	10.0	0	6	0	6	0
37	55	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	56	Jun 17 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
39	57	Jun 17 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
40	58	Jun 19	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	59	Jun 20	CHC		NYG	L,7-12	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
42	60	Jun 21	CHC		NYG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
43	61	Jun 22	CHC		NYG	W,15-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
44	62	Jun 23	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
45	63	Jun 24 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
46	64	Jun 24 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
47	65	Jun 26	CHC		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
48	66	Jun 27	CHC		BRO	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
49	67	Jun 29	CHC	@	PIT	T,8-8	CG	44	7.1	5	1	1	7	1
50	68	Jun 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	69	Jul 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	3	0	6	1
52	70	Jul 2 susp	CHC		STL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	8	2	11	1
53	71	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,3-7	GS	29	5.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
56	74	Jul 6	CHC		PIT	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	75	Jul 7	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
58	76	Jul 8 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
59	77	Jul 8 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
60	78	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
61	79	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
62	80	Jul 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
63	81	Jul 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	3	5	1	9	1
64	82	Jul 14	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
65	83	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
66	84	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	85	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
68	86	Jul 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
69	87	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
70	88	Jul 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
71	89	Jul 21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
72	90	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	11.1	6	4	0	10	2
73	91	Jul 23	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	92	Jul 24	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
75	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
76	94	Jul 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
77	95	Jul 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
78	96	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
79	97	Jul 31	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	98	Aug 1	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
81	99	Aug 2	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
82	100	Aug 3	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	101	Aug 4	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	1	9	3
84	102	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
85	103	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	104	Aug 7	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
87	105	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
88	107 (1)	Aug 10	CHC	@	STL	L,3-17	GS	25	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	108	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
90	109	Aug 12 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	110	Aug 12 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	111	Aug 14	CHC		BSN	L,2-15	CG	52	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
93	112	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
94	113	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
95	114	Aug 17	CHC		BSN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
96	115	Aug 18	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
97	116	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
98	117	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
99	118	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
100	119	Aug 23	CHC		BRO	L,4-9	GS	4	0.2	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	130 (10)	Sep 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	132 (1)	Sep 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	2
103	133	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	135 (1)	Sep 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	136	Sep 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
106	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
107	138	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-11	GS	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	144 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
109	145	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
110	146	Sep 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	147	Sep 24	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
							111gm		964.0	278	385	17	680	64