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Babe Herman
Floyd Caves Herman

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 14, 1926
Final Game September 16, 1945
Born June 26, 1903 in Buffalo, NY
Died November 27, 1987 in Glendale, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 23 BRO NL 137  496   64  158  35 11  11   81   8     44  53  .319  .375  .500  135  248  13           1     MVP-16
 1927 24 BRO NL 130  412   65  112  26  9  14   73   4     39  41  .272  .336  .481  117  198  14           1    
 1928 25 BRO NL 134  486   64  165  37  6  12   91   1     38  36  .340  .390  .514  135  250  16           2    
 1929 26 BRO NL 146  569  105  217  42 13  21  113  21     55  45  .381  .436  .612  158  348  13           0     MVP-8
 1930 27 BRO NL 153  614  143  241  48 11  35  130  18     66  56  .393  .455  .678  170  416  15           4    
 1931 28 BRO NL 151  610   93  191  43 16  18   97  17     50  65  .313  .365  .525  137  320   1           0    
 1932 29 CIN NL 148  577   87  188  38 19  16   87   7     60  45  .326  .389  .541  150  312   5           0     MVP-12
 1933 30 CHC NL 137  508   77  147  36 12  16   93   6     50  57  .289  .353  .502  142  255   7           0  15
 1934 31 CHC NL 125  467   65  142  34  5  14   84   1     35  71  .304  .353  .488  124  228   5           0   9 MVP-16
 1935 32 TOT NL 118  430   52  136  31  6  10   65   5     38  35  .316  .373  .486  131  209   2           1   7
         PIT NL  26   81    8   19   8  1   0    7   0      3  10  .235  .271  .358   65   29   0           1   4
         CIN NL  92  349   44  117  23  5  10   58   5     35  25  .335  .396  .516  146  180   2           0   3
 1936 33 CIN NL 119  380   59  106  25  2  13   71   4     39  36  .279  .348  .458  121  174   1           1  11
 1937 34 DET AL  17   20    2    6   3  0   0    3   2  0   1   6  .300  .364  .450  102    9   0           1    
 1945 42 BRO NL  37   34    6    9   1  0   1    9   0      5   7  .265  .359  .382  107   13   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5603      1818    110      997      0     553  .324  .383  .532  140       92   0   0  11  43
               1552       882      399    181       94    520                            2980
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        585   92  190  42 11  19  104  10  0  54  58  .324  .383  .532  140  311  10   0   0   1   4
 Career High    153  614  143  241  48 19  35  130  21  0  66  71  .393  .455  .678  170  416  16   0   0   4  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 23 BRO NL  554  351   93   7.0   102| .319  .286| .375  .346| .500  .396| .875  .742| 135  .693  23.7   2.3     
 1927 24 BRO NL  466  314   66   5.6   104| .272  .290| .336  .349| .481  .400| .817  .749| 117  .593   8.1   0.8     
 1928 25 BRO NL  542  337   97   7.8   108| .340  .289| .390  .354| .514  .411| .904  .764| 135  .704  25.0   2.4     
 1929 26 BRO NL  637  365  152  11.1   119| .381  .302| .436  .366| .612  .439|1.048  .805| 158  .784  52.1   4.6     
 1930 27 BRO NL  699  388  188  12.9   126| .393  .310| .455  .369| .678  .462|1.133  .831| 170  .808  71.1   6.1     
 1931 28 BRO NL  661  420  117   7.4   102| .313  .284| .365  .343| .525  .401| .890  .744| 137  .705  30.1   2.9     
 1932 29 CIN NL  642  394  121   8.3   101| .326  .281| .389  .333| .541  .406| .930  .739| 150  .738  40.5   3.9     
 1933 30 CHC NL  565  383   90   6.3    91| .289  .274| .353  .327| .502  .375| .855  .702| 142  .690  27.0   2.8     
 1934 31 CHC NL  507  339   80   6.3   103| .304  .285| .353  .340| .488  .405| .841  .744| 124  .627  15.7   1.5     
 1935 32 TOT NL  471  303   79   7.0   102| .316  .283| .373  .338| .486  .404| .859  .742| 131  .674  19.1   1.8     
         PIT NL   85   66    8   3.2   106| .235  .289| .271  .345| .358  .412| .629  .757|  65  .337  -4.0  -0.4     
         CIN NL  386  237   71   8.0   101| .335  .282| .396  .337| .516  .402| .912  .738| 146  .728  23.1   2.2     
 1936 33 CIN NL  421  286   60   5.6    98| .279  .278| .348  .337| .458  .390| .806  .726| 121  .584  11.4   1.1     
 1937 34 DET AL   22   14    3   5.7   119| .300  .292| .364  .368| .450  .436| .814  .804| 102  .534   0.2   0.0 100%
 1945 42 BRO NL   39   26    5   5.2    96| .265  .272| .359  .342| .382  .375| .741  .717| 107  .584   0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6226 3920 1151   7.8   106| .324  .288| .383  .346| .532  .410| .915  .756| 140  .709 324.3  30.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1926 23 BRO NL 1B 101 918 60 14 55 .986 .989 9.68 9.90 OF 35 56 4 3 0 .952 .965 1.71 2.26 6 0 29 1927 24 BRO NL 1B 105 968 68 21 64 .980 .989 9.87 9.52 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1 0 0 1928 25 BRO NL OF 127 225 12 16 2 .937 .972 1.87 2.31 0 0 127 1929 26 BRO NL OF 141 244 10 16 2 .941 .973 1.80 2.38 0 0 141 1B 2 16 1 1 1 .944 .988 8.50 10.25 1930 27 BRO NL OF 153 260 10 6 1 .978 .968 1.76 2.28 0 0 153 1931 28 BRO NL OF 150 287 24 13 7 .960 .973 2.07 2.38 0 0 150 1932 29 CIN NL OF 146 392 18 13 6 .969 .976 2.81 2.41 0 0 146 1933 30 CHC NL OF 131 252 12 12 1 .957 .977 2.02 2.35 0 0 131 1934 31 CHC NL OF 113 192 7 6 2 .971 .973 1.76 2.26 0 0 113 1B 7 59 3 1 5 .984 .990 8.86 9.73 1935 32 TOT NL OF 91 178 6 5 0 .974 .971 2.02 2.31 91 0 0 TOT NL 1B 17 141 9 4 12 .974 .989 8.82 9.61 PIT NL OF 15 22 1 1 0 .958 .970 1.53 2.31 15 0 0 1B 3 18 0 2 1 .900 .989 6.00 9.60 CIN NL OF 76 156 5 4 0 .976 .971 2.12 2.31 76 0 0 1B 14 123 9 2 11 .985 .989 9.43 9.61 1936 33 CIN NL OF 92 175 3 6 0 .967 .973 1.93 2.25 91 0 1 1B 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.50 9.90 1937 34 DET AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.30 2 0 0 1945 42 BRO NL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.33 0 0 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1926 23 BRO NL 1B 101 918 60 14 55 .986 .989 9.68 9.90 1927 24 BRO NL 1B 105 968 68 21 64 .980 .989 9.87 9.52 1929 26 BRO NL 1B 2 16 1 1 1 .944 .988 8.50 10.25 1934 31 CHC NL 1B 7 59 3 1 5 .984 .990 8.86 9.73 1935 32 TOT NL 1B 17 141 9 4 12 .974 .989 8.82 9.61 PIT NL 1B 3 18 0 2 1 .900 .989 6.00 9.60 CIN NL 1B 14 123 9 2 11 .985 .989 9.43 9.61 1936 33 CIN NL 1B 4 9 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.50 9.90 1926 23 BRO NL OF 35 56 4 3 0 .952 .965 1.71 2.26 6 0 29 1927 24 BRO NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1 0 0 1928 25 BRO NL OF 127 225 12 16 2 .937 .972 1.87 2.31 0 0 127 1929 26 BRO NL OF 141 244 10 16 2 .941 .973 1.80 2.38 0 0 141 1930 27 BRO NL OF 153 260 10 6 1 .978 .968 1.76 2.28 0 0 153 1931 28 BRO NL OF 150 287 24 13 7 .960 .973 2.07 2.38 0 0 150 1932 29 CIN NL OF 146 392 18 13 6 .969 .976 2.81 2.41 0 0 146 1933 30 CHC NL OF 131 252 12 12 1 .957 .977 2.02 2.35 0 0 131 1934 31 CHC NL OF 113 192 7 6 2 .971 .973 1.76 2.26 0 0 113 1935 32 TOT NL OF 91 178 6 5 0 .974 .971 2.02 2.31 91 0 0 PIT NL OF 15 22 1 1 0 .958 .970 1.53 2.31 15 0 0 CIN NL OF 76 156 5 4 0 .976 .971 2.12 2.31 76 0 0 1936 33 CIN NL OF 92 175 3 6 0 .967 .973 1.93 2.25 91 0 1 1937 34 DET AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.30 2 0 0 1945 42 BRO NL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.33 0 0 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1185 2265 106 96 21 .961 .973 2.00 2.33 191 0 994 1B 236 2111 142 41 138 .982 .989 9.55 9.71 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1421 4376 248 137 159 .971 .981 3.25 3.55
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-16-0.10
1929-NL-8-0.30
1932-NL-12-0.10
1934-NL-16-0.05
Car-395-0.55 shares

Batting Average
1928 NL-.340-5
1929 NL-.381-2
1930 NL-.393-2
1932 NL-.326-10
Car-.324-44

On-base %
1929 NL-.436-7
1930 NL-.455-2
1932 NL-.389-7

Slugging %
1926 NL-.500-7
1928 NL-.514-10
1929 NL-.612-7
1930 NL-.678-3
1931 NL-.525-8
1932 NL-.541-6
1933 NL-.502-3
1935 NL-.486-10
Car-.532-47

OPS
1926 NL-.875-7
1929 NL-1.048-5
1930 NL-1.132-2
1931 NL-.890-9
1932 NL-.930-6
1933 NL-.855-5
Car-.915-53

Games
1930 NL-153-8
1931 NL-151-10

At Bats
1930 NL-614-9
1931 NL-610-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1930 NL-699-8
1931 NL-661-7

Runs
1930 NL-143-5
1931 NL-93-10

Hits
1929 NL-217-6
1930 NL-241-3
1931 NL-191-7
1932 NL-188-9

Total Bases
1929 NL-348-5
1930 NL-416-3
1931 NL-320-3
1932 NL-312-7
1933 NL-255-8

Doubles
1926 NL-35-4
1928 NL-37-7
1929 NL-42-8
1930 NL-48-3
1931 NL-43-3
1933 NL-36-6

Triples
1929 NL-13-5
1931 NL-16-2
1932 NL-19-1
1933 NL-12-3

Home Runs
1926 NL-11-7
1927 NL-14-8
1929 NL-21-10
1930 NL-35-5
1931 NL-18-4
1932 NL-16-10
1933 NL-16-5
1936 NL-13-10

RBI
1930 NL-130-4
1931 NL-97-5
1932 NL-87-10
1933 NL-93-6

Bases on Balls
1930 NL-66-7
1932 NL-60-5
1933 NL-50-10

Strikeouts
1926 NL-53-7
1930 NL-56-10
1931 NL-65-6
1933 NL-57-5
1934 NL-71-3

Stolen Bases
1929 NL-21-4
1930 NL-18-2
1931 NL-17-2

Singles
1929 NL-141-8
1930 NL-147-6

Adjusted OPS+
1926 NL-135-7
1928 NL-135-10
1929 NL-158-4
1930 NL-170-2
1931 NL-137-9
1932 NL-150-5
1933 NL-142-4
1935 NL-131-10
Car-140-75

Runs Created
1926 NL-93-9
1929 NL-152-5
1930 NL-188-3
1931 NL-117-4
1932 NL-121-7
1933 NL-90-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1926 NL-24-5
1929 NL-52-4
1930 NL-71-2
1931 NL-30-8
1932 NL-40-6
1933 NL-27-7

Batting Wins
1926 NL-2.3-5
1928 NL-2.4-10
1929 NL-4.6-4
1930 NL-6.1-2
1931 NL-2.9-8
1932 NL-3.9-6
1933 NL-2.8-7

Extra-Base Hits
1926 NL-57-5
1928 NL-55-10
1929 NL-76-6
1930 NL-94-3
1931 NL-77-1
1932 NL-73-5
1933 NL-64-4

Times on Base
1930 NL-311-4
1931 NL-241-8
1932 NL-248-9

Offensive Win%
1926 NL-.693-8
1929 NL-.784-3
1930 NL-.808-2
1931 NL-.705-10
1932 NL-.738-6
1933 NL-.690-7
1935 NL-.674-10
Car-.709-59

Power/Speed Number
1926 NL-9.3-8
1929 NL-21.0-2
1930 NL-23.8-1
1931 NL-17.5-1
1932 NL-9.7-9
1933 NL-8.7-4

At Bats per Home Run
1926 NL-45.1-8
1927 NL-29.4-7
1930 NL-17.5-6
1931 NL-33.9-9
1933 NL-31.8-7
1934 NL-33.4-10
1936 NL-29.2-8

Outs
1931 NL-420-10

Oldest Player
1945 NL-42-7

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 138 (113) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 38.5 (163) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 74.0 (239) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

October 30, 1922: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Danny Clark, Howard Ehmke, Carl Holling, and $25,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Del Pratt and Rip Collins.

March 14, 1932: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Wally Gilbert and Ernie Lombardi to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony Cuccinello, Joe Stripp, and Clyde Sukeforth.

November 30, 1932: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Smith, Rollie Hemsley, Johnny Moore, and Lance Richbourg.

November 22, 1934: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Guy Bush and Jim Weaver to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom.

June 21, 1935: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 19, 1937: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Cincinnati Reds.

June 15, 1937: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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