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Gene Hermanski
Eugene Victor Hermanski

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.
School Seton Hall University

Debut August 15, 1943
Final Game September 22, 1953
Born May 11, 1920 in Pittsfield, MA

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 23 BRO NL  18   60    6   18   2  1   0   12   1     11   7  .300  .417  .367  127   22   0           1   2
 1946 26 BRO NL  64  110   15   22   2  2   0    8   2     17  10  .200  .313  .255   61   28   0           1   5
 1947 27 BRO NL  79  189   36   52   7  1   7   39   5     28   7  .275  .377  .434  111   82   5           3   3
 1948 28 BRO NL 133  400   63  116  22  7  15   60  15     64  46  .290  .391  .493  135  197   4           2   7
 1949 29 BRO NL  87  224   48   67  12  3   8   42  12     47  21  .299  .431  .487  142  109   6           5   6
 1950 30 BRO NL  94  289   36   86  17  3   7   34   2     36  26  .298  .381  .450  116  130   4           3   9
 1951 31 TOT NL 106  311   36   85  16  1   4   25   3  2  45  42  .273  .372  .370   99  115   1           4   8
         BRO NL  31   80    8   20   4  0   1    5   0  2  10  12  .250  .333  .338   79   27   0           0   2
         CHC NL  75  231   28   65  12  1   3   20   3  0  35  30  .281  .385  .381  105   88   1           4   6
 1952 32 CHC NL  99  275   28   70   6  0   4   34   2  0  29  32  .255  .330  .320   80   88   4           2   4
 1953 33 TOT NL  59  102    8   17   1  0   1    5   1  0  12  21  .167  .261  .206   24   21   0           1   3
         CHC NL  18   40    1    6   1  0   0    1   1  0   4   7  .150  .227  .175    6    7   0           0   1
         PIT NL  41   62    7   11   0  0   1    4   0  0   8  14  .177  .282  .226   35   14   0           1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      739 1960  276  533  85 18  46  259  43  2 289 212  .272  .372  .404  107  792  24   0   0  22  47
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        430   61  117  19  4  10   57   9  0  63  46  .272  .372  .404  107  174   5   0   0   5  10
 Career High    133  400   63  116  22  7  15   60  15  2  64  46  .299  .431  .493  142  197   6   0   0   5   9
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 23 BRO NL   72   44    9   5.5    89| .300  .265| .417  .333| .367  .359| .784  .693| 127  .648   2.9   0.3     
 1946 26 BRO NL  128   93    9   2.6    93| .200  .264| .313  .339| .255  .369| .568  .708|  61  .307  -5.4  -0.6     
 1947 27 BRO NL  225  145   30   5.5   109| .275  .279| .377  .355| .434  .413| .811  .768| 111  .577   3.6   0.4     
 1948 28 BRO NL  470  295   76   6.8   104| .290  .272| .391  .347| .493  .403| .884  .750| 135  .687  20.7   2.0     
 1949 29 BRO NL  282  169   46   7.3   107| .299  .275| .431  .349| .487  .412| .918  .761| 142  .700  16.2   1.6     
 1950 30 BRO NL  332  216   49   6.1   110| .298  .272| .381  .349| .450  .422| .831  .771| 116  .611   7.6   0.7     
 1951 31 TOT NL  361  237   42   4.8   105| .273  .270| .372  .344| .370  .409| .742  .753|  99  .525   1.5   0.2  60%
         BRO NL   90   64    8   3.4   105| .250  .270| .333  .344| .338  .409| .671  .753|  79  .368  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         CHC NL  271  173   34   5.3   105| .281  .270| .385  .344| .381  .409| .766  .753| 105  .571   3.6   0.4 100%
 1952 32 CHC NL  310  213   29   3.6    98| .255  .263| .330  .336| .320  .391| .650  .727|  80  .440  -7.0  -0.7 100%
 1953 33 TOT NL  115   88    6   1.8   110| .167  .274| .261  .346| .206  .428| .467  .773|  24  .141 -11.6  -1.1 100%
         CHC NL   44   35    2   1.5   112| .150  .276| .227  .348| .175  .431| .402  .779|   6  .106  -5.6  -0.5 100%
         PIT NL   71   53    4   2.0   109| .177  .273| .282  .344| .226  .425| .508  .769|  35  .166  -5.9  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2295 1500  296   5.3   104| .272  .271| .372  .345| .404  .405| .776  .750| 107  .574  28.6   2.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 23 BRO NL OF 17 36 4 1 1 .976 .978 2.35 2.27 11 0 6 1946 26 BRO NL OF 34 45 0 3 0 .938 .976 1.32 2.16 12 4 17 1947 27 BRO NL OF 66 105 5 2 0 .982 .977 1.67 2.19 64 1 3 1948 28 BRO NL OF 119 225 13 7 1 .971 .978 2.00 2.20 6 0 113 1949 29 BRO NL OF 77 140 7 3 1 .980 .977 1.91 2.25 64 0 17 1950 30 BRO NL OF 78 172 5 2 0 .989 .978 2.27 2.14 76 0 3 1951 31 TOT NL OF 82 175 11 6 2 .969 .981 2.27 2.23 21 0 61 BRO NL OF 19 41 2 1 1 .977 .982 2.26 2.23 18 0 1 CHC NL OF 63 134 9 5 1 .966 .981 2.27 2.23 3 0 60 1952 32 CHC NL OF 76 146 7 3 3 .981 .981 2.01 2.10 3 0 73 1953 33 TOT NL OF 26 44 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.69 2.11 8 0 18 CHC NL OF 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.38 2.11 3 0 10 PIT NL OF 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.00 2.11 5 0 8
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 23 BRO NL OF 17 36 4 1 1 .976 .978 2.35 2.27 11 0 6 1946 26 BRO NL OF 34 45 0 3 0 .938 .976 1.32 2.16 12 4 17 1947 27 BRO NL OF 66 105 5 2 0 .982 .977 1.67 2.19 64 1 3 1948 28 BRO NL OF 119 225 13 7 1 .971 .978 2.00 2.20 6 0 113 1949 29 BRO NL OF 77 140 7 3 1 .980 .977 1.91 2.25 64 0 17 1950 30 BRO NL OF 78 172 5 2 0 .989 .978 2.27 2.14 76 0 3 1951 31 TOT NL OF 82 175 11 6 2 .969 .981 2.27 2.23 21 0 61 BRO NL OF 19 41 2 1 1 .977 .982 2.26 2.23 18 0 1 CHC NL OF 63 134 9 5 1 .966 .981 2.27 2.23 3 0 60 1952 32 CHC NL OF 76 146 7 3 3 .981 .981 2.01 2.10 3 0 73 1953 33 TOT NL OF 26 44 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.69 2.11 8 0 18 CHC NL OF 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.38 2.11 3 0 10 PIT NL OF 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 .981 2.00 2.11 5 0 8
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 575 1088 52 27 8 .977 .979 1.98 2.18 265 5 311 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 575 1088 52 27 8 .977 .979 1.98 2.18
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    BRO NYY     L   7  19   4   3  0  1  0   1   3   3  .158  .304  .263   0  0   0   0   1 
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   4  13   1   4  0  1  0   2   3   3  .308  .438  .462   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  11  32   5   7  0  2  0   3   6   6  .219  .359  .344   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

On-base %
1948 NL-.391-8

Slugging %
1948 NL-.493-8

OPS
1948 NL-.883-7

Stolen Bases
1948 NL-15-6
1949 NL-12-3

Adjusted OPS+
1948 NL-135-7

Adjusted Batting Runs
1948 NL-21-10

Batting Wins
1948 NL-2.0-10

Offensive Win%
1948 NL-.687-8

Hit By Pitch
1949 NL-5-6

Power/Speed Number
1948 NL-15.0-2
1949 NL-9.6-8

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1625) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

Before 1941 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Athletics to the Brooklyn Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, and Eddie Miksis to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Schmitz, Rube Walker, Andy Pafko, and Wayne Terwilliger.

June 4, 1953: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bob Addis, Toby Atwell, George Freese, Bob Schultz, Preston Ward, and $150,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ralph Kiner, Joe Garagiola, Howie Pollet, and Catfish Metkovich.


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