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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 20	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 21	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
9	9	Apr 25	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
10	10	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
12	12	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
13	13	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
14	14	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	2	6	0	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 4	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
16	16	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	6	5	1	12	2
17	17	May 6	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 7	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
19	19	May 9	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	44	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
20	20	May 10	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
21	21	May 11	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	22	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
23	23	May 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
24	24	May 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	25	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
26	26	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	29 (2)	May 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	30	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	54	13.0	4	5	1	10	0
29	31	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,7-12	GS	37	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
30	32	May 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
31	33	May 27	CHC		STL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	34	May 28	CHC		STL	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
33	35	May 29	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	1	8	0	9	0
34	36	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
35	37	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	CG	53	12.0	9	1	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	39	Jun 2 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	40	Jun 2 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	41	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
40	42	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,12-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
41	43	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	44	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
43	45	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
44	46	Jun 8	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
45	47	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
46	48	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
47	49	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	50	Jun 11 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
49	51	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
50	52	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
51	53	Jun 16 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	8	4	1	13	1
52	54	Jun 16 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
53	55	Jun 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
54	56	Jun 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
55	57	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	58	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
57	59	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
58	60	Jun 23 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
59	61	Jun 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	62	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-3	CG	53	13.0	2	7	1	10	1
61	63	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	64	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
63	65	Jun 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	66	Jun 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
65	67	Jun 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	2	3	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	68	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
67	69	Jul 2	CHC		PIT	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
68	70	Jul 3	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
69	71	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	73	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
72	74	Jul 6	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
73	75	Jul 7	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
74	76	Jul 11 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	77	Jul 11 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
76	78	Jul 12	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
77	79	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	80	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	2	8	0	10	3
79	81	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
80	82	Jul 15	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
81	83	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
82	84	Jul 17	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	85	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	86	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
85	87	Jul 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
86	88	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
87	89	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
88	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
89	91	Jul 24	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
90	92	Jul 25	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
91	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	NYG	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	94	Jul 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	95	Jul 28	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
94	96	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	97	Jul 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
96	98	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	99	Aug 2	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
98	100	Aug 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	101	Aug 4 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
100	102	Aug 4 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	48	10.2	3	5	0	8	0
101	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	3	2	0	5	2
102	104	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
103	105	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
104	106	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
105	107	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	5	2	10	1
106	108	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
107	109	Aug 13	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
108	110	Aug 15	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
109	111	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-9	CG	50	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
110	112	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
111	113	Aug 17	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	4	8	0	12	3
112	114	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
113	115	Aug 20	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
114	116	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
115	117	Aug 22	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
116	118	Aug 23	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
117	119	Aug 24	CHC		BRO	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	6	5	0	11	3
118	120	Aug 25 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	121	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
120	122	Aug 26	CHC		NYG	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
121	123	Aug 27	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
122	124	Aug 28	CHC		BSN	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
123	125	Aug 29	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
124	126	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	3	2	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	127	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
126	128	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
127	129	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
128	130	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
129	131	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
130	132	Sep 6	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	133	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
132	134	Sep 8	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
133	135	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
134	136	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
135	137	Sep 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
							135gm		1213.0	366	448	22	836	94