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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
3	6 (3)	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	2	6	0
4	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	45	10.2	6	5	0	11	3
5	8	Apr 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	9	Apr 26	CHC		STL	L,2-6	GS	21	4.1	0	0	2	2	0
7	11 (1)	Apr 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.1	1	1	0	2	1
8	12	Apr 30	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13	May 2	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	14	May 3	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
11	15	May 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers
12	22	May 6	BRO		PIT	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
13	23	May 7	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
14	24	May 8	BRO		STL	W,5-4	CG	53	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	25	May 10	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	26	May 11	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
17	27	May 13	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	28	May 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
19	29	May 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
20	30	May 18	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	31	May 19	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-14	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	32	May 20	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
23	33	May 21	BRO	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	5	2	9	1
24	34	May 22	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	35	May 24	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	36	May 25	BRO		PHI	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
27	37	May 26	BRO		PHI	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
28	38	May 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
29	39	May 28	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	57	12.0	2	3	0	5	1
30	40	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
31	41	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
32	42	May 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	43	Jun 1	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	44	Jun 2	BRO		STL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	45	Jun 3	BRO		STL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
36	46	Jun 6	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	6	0	12	1
37	47	Jun 7	BRO		CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	48	Jun 8	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
39	49	Jun 9	BRO		CIN	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	50	Jun 10	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	51	Jun 11	BRO		PIT	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
42	52	Jun 13	BRO	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
43	53	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
44	54	Jun 15 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	55	Jun 15 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	56	Jun 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	6	5	0	11	1
47	57	Jun 18	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	58	Jun 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
49	59	Jun 20	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
50	60	Jun 21	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
51	61	Jun 22 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	60	16.0	4	8	0	12	0
52	62	Jun 22 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
53	64 (1)	Jun 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	8	0	10	2
54	65	Jun 25	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
55	66	Jun 26	BRO		BSN	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	67	Jun 28	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	68	Jun 29 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
58	69	Jun 29 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	70	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	71	Jul 1	BRO		PHI	L,4-6	CG	51	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
61	72	Jul 2	BRO		PHI	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
62	73	Jul 5	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
63	74	Jul 6 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	3	2	10	1
64	75	Jul 6 (2)	BRO		BSN	T,4-4	CG	33	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
65	76	Jul 10	BRO		CIN	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	5	4	1	10	3
66	77	Jul 11	BRO		CIN	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
67	78	Jul 12	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
68	79	Jul 13 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
69	80	Jul 13 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
70	81	Jul 14	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
71	82	Jul 15 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
72	83	Jul 15 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
73	84	Jul 16	BRO		STL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
74	85	Jul 18	BRO		STL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	86	Jul 20 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	87	Jul 20 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
77	88	Jul 21	BRO		PIT	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	89	Jul 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
79	90	Jul 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	91	Jul 25 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
81	92	Jul 25 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
82	93	Jul 26	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
83	94	Jul 27 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
84	95	Jul 27 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
85	96	Jul 29	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	CG	54	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	97	Jul 30	BRO	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
87	98	Jul 31	BRO	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	99	Aug 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	100	Aug 2	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	101	Aug 3	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
91	102	Aug 4	BRO		NYG	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
92	103	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
93	104	Aug 8	BRO		BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
94	105	Aug 9	BRO		BSN	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
95	106	Aug 10 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,14-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
96	107	Aug 10 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
97	108	Aug 11	BRO		NYG	W,15-7	GS	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	109	Aug 12 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
99	110	Aug 12 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,0-2	GS	8	1.2	0	0	1	1	0
100	112 (1)	Aug 16	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	113	Aug 17 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS	28	7.0	3	2	2	7	0
102	114	Aug 17 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	115	Aug 18	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
104	116	Aug 19 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	117	Aug 19 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	118	Aug 20	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
107	119	Aug 21	BRO		CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
108	120	Aug 22	BRO		CHC	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	121	Aug 23	BRO		CHC	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
110	122	Aug 24 (1)	BRO		STL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
111	123	Aug 24 (2)	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
112	124	Aug 26 (1)	BRO		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
113	125	Aug 26 (2)	BRO		STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
114	126	Aug 27	BRO		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	127	Aug 29	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
116	128	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
117	129	Aug 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
118	130	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	131	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	CG	59	15.0	4	5	0	9	2
120	132	Sep 1 (2)	BRO		BSN	T,2-2	CG	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
121	133	Sep 2	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	GS	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	134	Sep 3 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
123	135	Sep 3 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
124	136	Sep 6	BRO		NYG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
125	137	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,13-1	GS	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	138	Sep 7 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
127	139	Sep 10 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	2	0	5	1
128	140	Sep 10 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	141	Sep 11	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
130	142	Sep 12	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
131	143	Sep 13	BRO	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
132	144	Sep 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
133	145	Sep 15	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	64	17.0	4	3	1	8	0
134	146	Sep 16	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	3	2	0	5	0
135	147	Sep 17	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
136	148	Sep 18	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	2
137	149	Sep 20 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
138	150	Sep 20 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
139	151	Sep 21 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-3	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	153 (1)	Sep 22	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS	28	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
141	154	Sep 24	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
142	155	Sep 25	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-0	GS	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
143	156	Sep 27	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	GS	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
144	157	Sep 28	BRO		PHI	W,5-1	GS	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
							144gm		1261.0	330	374	26	730	69