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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHC	@	STL	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
4	4	Apr 17	CHC		CIN	L,3-12	CG	45	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
5	5	Apr 18	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
6	6	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	W,16-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	41	8.2	2	3	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 23	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
9	9	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
10	10	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
11	11	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	6	5	0	11	2
12	12	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	3	1	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 29	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
14	14	Apr 30	CHC		BRO	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	3	4	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	7	3	0	10	1
16	16	May 3	CHC		PHI	L,5-8	CG	53	12.0	1	2	0	3	2
17	17	May 5	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	4	0	11	0
18	18	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	19	May 7	CHC		BSN	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	9	3	0	12	2
20	20	May 8	CHC		STL	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
21	21	May 9	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	2	6	0	8	1
22	22	May 10	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	25	5.0	1	2	1	4	0
23	23	May 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	3	1	0	4	0
24	24	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	25	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
26	26	May 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	1	11	0
27	27	May 18	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
28	28	May 19	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
29	29	May 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	4	4	2	10	1
30	30	May 21	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
31	31	May 23	CHC	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	32	May 24	CHC	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
33	33	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
34	34	May 26	CHC		CIN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
35	35	May 27	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	36	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,11-5	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
37	37	May 29	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
38	38	May 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
39	39	May 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
40	40	May 31	CHC		PIT	W,8-7	CG	49	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 3	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
42	42	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
43	43	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
44	44	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
45	45	Jun 7	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
46	46	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
47	47	Jun 9	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
48	48	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
49	49	Jun 11	CHC		BSN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
50	50	Jun 12	CHC		BSN	W,17-1	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
51	51	Jun 13	CHC		BSN	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
52	52	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
53	53	Jun 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
56	56	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
57	57	Jun 21 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 22	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
59	59	Jun 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
60	60	Jun 25 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
61	61	Jun 25 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
62	62	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
63	63	Jun 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-11	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
65	65	Jun 28 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	53	13.0	1	5	0	6	0
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	70	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	2	6	1
71	71	Jul 9 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	51	13.0	4	3	0	7	0
72	72	Jul 9 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
73	73	Jul 10	CHC		BRO	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
74	74	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
76	76	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	77	Jul 13	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
78	78	Jul 14	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
79	79	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
80	80	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
81	81	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
82	82	Jul 18	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
83	83	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	48	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
84	84	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
85	86 (1)	Jul 22	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
86	87	Jul 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
87	88	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,17-4	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
88	89	Jul 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	90	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,18-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
90	91	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	40	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
91	92	Jul 29	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
92	93	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
93	94	Jul 31	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	95	Aug 1	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	11	1	0	12	1
95	96	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	5	2	0	7	1
96	97	Aug 2 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	98	Aug 4	CHC		STL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
98	99	Aug 5	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
99	100	Aug 6	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
100	101	Aug 7	CHC		STL	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
101	102	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
102	103	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
103	104	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	105	Aug 10	CHC	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	7	2	1	10	3
105	106	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
106	107	Aug 12	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	108	Aug 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
108	109	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
109	110	Aug 16 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	3	2	0	5	1
110	111	Aug 16 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	112	Aug 18 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
112	113	Aug 18 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	114	Aug 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	45	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
114	115	Aug 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	49	10.0	0	5	0	5	2
115	116	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
116	117	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
117	118	Aug 23	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
118	119	Aug 24	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	2	6	0	8	3
119	120	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
120	121	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
121	122	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	7	1	13	3
122	123	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	W,18-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
123	124	Aug 29	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
124	125	Aug 30 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
125	126	Aug 30 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
126	127	Aug 31	CHC		NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	128	Sep 1	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
128	129	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
129	130	Sep 3	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	3	4	1	8	1
130	131	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	7	4	0	11	2
131	132	Sep 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
132	133	Sep 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	134	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
134	135	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
135	136	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
136	137	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	5	6	0	11	1
137	138	Sep 10	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
138	139	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
139	140	Sep 12	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
140	141	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
141	142	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
142	143	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	43	8.2	5	4	0	9	1
143	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
144	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
145	146	Sep 18	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	147	Sep 19	CHC		STL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
147	148	Sep 20	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
148	149	Sep 21	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
149	150	Sep 22	CHC		PIT	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
150	151	Sep 23	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	CG	49	10.0	6	4	0	10	2
151	152	Sep 24	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
152	153	Sep 26	CHC	@	STL	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
153	154	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							153gm		1373.0	457	492	24	973	110