Whitey Herzog

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 182lb (180cm, 82kg)

Born: November 9, 1931 in New Athens, IL us

High School: New Athens HS (New Athens, IL)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 24-160d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 31-323d)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2010. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Whitey Herzog's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

1614

414

.257

213

RBI

172

OBP

.354

SLG

.365

OPS

.719

OPS+

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	8	Apr 22 (2)	BAL		NYY	T,5-5	CG	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
3	10 (1)	Apr 24	BAL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	11	Apr 25	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	12	Apr 26	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	13	Apr 27	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	14	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	15	Apr 29	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	17 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	18	May 2	BAL	@	LAA	W,7-6	GS	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	19	May 3	BAL	@	LAA	L,6-7	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	20	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-7	GF	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
13	21	May 6	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	22	May 7	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	23	May 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,13-5	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
16	25 (1)	May 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
17	27 (1)	May 13	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	28	May 14 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	63	14.2	8	0	0	8	0	RF
19	29	May 14 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	4	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
20	30	May 15	BAL		DET	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	31	May 16	BAL		DET	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	32	May 17	BAL		DET	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
23	34 (1)	May 20	BAL		WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	36 (1)	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	37	May 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF RF
26	39 (1)	May 24 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
27	42 (2)	May 27	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
28	43	May 28	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	44	May 30 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	47 (2)	Jun 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
31	48	Jun 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	52 (2)	Jun 6 (2)	BAL		LAA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	58 (5)	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,8-9	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	70 (11)	Jun 24	BAL	@	LAA	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
36	71	Jun 25	BAL	@	LAA	W,9-8	GF	46	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH RF
37	74 (2)	Jun 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,5-4	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	81 (6)	Jul 5	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-0	GF	26	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
40	83	Jul 7 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	85 (1)	Jul 8	BAL		KCA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	86	Jul 9	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	87	Jul 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	88	Jul 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	89	Jul 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	92 (2)	Jul 18	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
48	97 (3)	Jul 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
49	98	Jul 25	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	99	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	100	Jul 26 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
52	101	Jul 27	BAL		BOS	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	104 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	105	Jul 30 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	106	Aug 2 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
56	107	Aug 2 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	110 (2)	Aug 4 (2)	BAL		LAA	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	111	Aug 5	BAL		LAA	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	112	Aug 7	BAL		KCA	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	113	Aug 8 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	114	Aug 8 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	115	Aug 9	BAL		KCA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	116	Aug 10	BAL		KCA	W,8-0	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	118 (1)	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	W,8-3	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	119	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
66	120	Aug 15 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	122 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	123	Aug 17	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	124	Aug 18	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	125	Aug 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	126	Aug 20	BAL	@	WSA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	127	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	128	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
74	129	Aug 24	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	130	Aug 25	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-2		10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
76	131	Aug 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	132	Aug 27	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	133	Aug 28	BAL	@	LAA	W,8-1	GF	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
79	134	Aug 29 (1)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	135	Aug 29 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	49	10.1	5	0	0	5	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	137 (1)	Sep 1	BAL		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	138	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
83	139	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	140	Sep 3	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	141	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
86	142	Sep 4 susp	BAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	144 (1)	Sep 7	BAL		WSA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
88	146 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	147	Sep 9	BAL		WSA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	148	Sep 10	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
91	149	Sep 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	150	Sep 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
93	151	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
94	152	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	155 (2)	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	156	Sep 21	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	158 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
98	161 (2)	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							100gm		739.1	141	2	0	143	0