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Tom Herr
Thomas Mitchell Herr

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 13, 1979
  vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1991
Born April 4, 1956 in Lancaster, PA

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 23 STL NL  14   10    4    2   0  0   0    1   1  0   2   2  .200  .333  .200   49    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1980 24 STL NL  76  222   29   55  12  5   0   15   9  2  16  21  .248  .299  .347   77   77   1   2   5   1   8
 1981 25 STL NL 103  411   50  110  14  9   0   46  23  7  39  30  .268  .329  .345   90  142   6   5   3   1   9 MVP-22
 1982 26 STL NL 135  493   83  131  19  4   0   36  25 12  57  56  .266  .341  .320   86  158   3   5   2   2   5
 1983 27 STL NL  89  313   43  101  14  4   2   31   6  8  43  27  .323  .403  .412  126  129   8   3   2   1   7
 1984 28 STL NL 145  558   67  154  23  2   4   49  13  7  49  56  .276  .335  .346   94  193  10   3   2   2  11
 1985 29 STL NL 159  596   97  180  38  3   8  110  31  3  80  55  .302  .379  .416  123  248   5  13   5   2   6 MVP-5,AS
 1986 30 STL NL 152  559   48  141  30  4   2   61  22  8  73  75  .252  .342  .331   87  185   6   4  10   5   8
 1987 31 STL NL 141  510   73  134  29  0   2   83  19  4  68  62  .263  .346  .331   80  169   4  12   3   3  12
 1988 32 TOT    101  354   46   93  16  0   2   24  13  3  51  51  .263  .356  .325   91  115   3   0   4   0  10
         STL NL  15   50    4   13   0  0   1    3   3  0  11   4  .260  .393  .320  107   16   2   0   3   0   1
         MIN AL  86  304   42   80  16  0   1   21  10  3  40  47  .263  .349  .326   89   99   1   0   1   0   9
 1989 33 PHI NL 151  561   65  161  25  6   2   37  10  7  54  63  .287  .352  .364  106  204   6   2   2   3   9
 1990 34 TOT NL 146  547   48  143  26  3   5   60   7  1  50  58  .261  .324  .347   86  190   6   2   4   2  11
         PHI NL 119  447   39  118  21  3   4   50   7  1  36  47  .264  .320  .351   86  157   6   2   4   2  10
         NYM NL  27  100    9   25   5  0   1   10   0  0  14  11  .250  .342  .330   87   33   0   0   0   0   1
 1991 35 TOT NL 102  215   23   45   8  1   1   21   9  2  45  28  .209  .344  .270   77   58   2   2   5   0   4
         NYM NL  70  155   17   30   7  0   1   14   7  2  32  21  .194  .328  .258   68   40   2   2   4   0   1
         SFG NL  32   60    6   15   1  1   0    7   2  0  13   7  .250  .384  .300   99   18   0   0   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1514 5349  676 1450 254 41  28  574 188 64 627 584  .271  .347  .350   95 1870  60  53  47  22 100
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572   72  155  27  4   3   61  20  7  67  62  .271  .347  .350   95  200   6   6   5   2  11
 Career High    159  596   97  180  38  9   8  110  31 12  80  75  .323  .403  .416  126  248  10  13  10   5  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 23 STL NL   12    8    1   3.4   101| .200  .271| .333  .337| .200  .403| .533  .740|  49  .378  -0.6  -0.1 100%
 1980 24 STL NL  242  180   22   3.3    98| .248  .271| .299  .334| .347  .394| .646  .728|  77  .387  -7.2  -0.8  81%
 1981 25 STL NL  462  328   49   4.0    94| .268  .266| .329  .332| .345  .381| .674  .713|  90  .492  -5.8  -0.6  76%
 1982 26 STL NL  560  387   59   4.1    95| .266  .267| .341  .330| .320  .388| .661  .718|  86  .489  -7.4  -0.8  67%
 1983 27 STL NL  368  238   53   6.0    97| .323  .264| .403  .333| .412  .392| .815  .725| 126  .653  13.2   1.3  42%
 1984 28 STL NL  622  435   66   4.1    92| .276  .261| .335  .326| .346  .380| .681  .705|  94  .489  -3.7  -0.4  65%
 1985 29 STL NL  696  443  107   6.5    95| .302  .260| .379  .328| .416  .387| .795  .715| 123  .690  23.3   2.4  91%
 1986 30 STL NL  647  444   69   4.2    97| .252  .261| .342  .332| .331  .394| .673  .726|  87  .487  -7.3  -0.7  73%
 1987 31 STL NL  597  408   65   4.3   108| .263  .271| .346  .341| .331  .423| .677  .764|  80  .452 -11.2  -1.1  82%
 1988 32 TOT     408  277   44   4.3    96| .263  .262| .356  .327| .325  .393| .681  .720|  91  .491  -2.4  -0.2  81%
         STL NL   63   40    8   5.4    90| .260  .257| .393  .321| .320  .378| .713  .699| 107  .635   1.0   0.1 100%
         MIN AL  345  237   36   4.1    97| .263  .263| .349  .328| .326  .396| .675  .724|  89  .463  -3.4  -0.3  76%
 1989 33 PHI NL  626  424   73   4.6    90| .287  .253| .352  .320| .364  .376| .716  .696| 106  .562   5.5   0.6  58%
 1990 34 TOT NL  607  424   63   4.0    97| .261  .263| .324  .330| .347  .396| .671  .725|  86  .455 -10.0  -1.0  87%
         PHI NL  493  348   51   3.9    97| .264  .263| .320  .329| .351  .395| .671  .724|  86  .449  -8.5  -0.9  87%
         NYM NL  114   76   12   4.2    98| .250  .264| .342  .331| .330  .397| .672  .728|  87  .482  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1991 35 TOT NL  264  180   24   3.6    92| .209  .256| .344  .323| .270  .383| .614  .706|  77  .429  -4.3  -0.4  81%
         NYM NL  191  132   16   3.3    93| .194  .257| .328  .324| .258  .384| .586  .708|  68  .387  -4.9  -0.5  77%
         SFG NL   73   48    8   4.5    90| .250  .253| .384  .320| .300  .379| .684  .699|  99  .531   0.6   0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6111 4176  695   4.5    96| .271  .263| .347  .329| .350  .391| .697  .720|  95  .522 -17.9  -1.8  74%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 23 STL NL 2B 6 12 11 0 3 1.000 .979 3.83 4.55 7.06 5.41 3 29.3 1980 24 STL NL 2B 58 107 136 4 37 .984 .980 4.19 4.71 5.64 5.49 42 388.0 SS 14 17 48 3 10 .956 .966 4.64 4.30 5.32 5.02 12 110.0 1981 25 STL NL 2B 103 211 374 5 74 .992 .982 5.68 4.72 5.69 5.52 103 925.0 1982 26 STL NL 2B 128 263 427 9 97 .987 .978 5.39 4.75 5.71 5.42 126 1088.3 1983 27 STL NL 2B 86 178 245 6 60 .986 .978 4.92 4.46 5.49 5.34 83 693.3 1984 28 STL NL 2B 144 328 452 6 106 .992 .979 5.42 4.71 5.63 5.41 144 1246.7 1985 29 STL NL 2B 158 337 448 12 120 .985 .982 4.97 4.82 5.03 5.47 158 1404.0 AS 1986 30 STL NL 2B 152 352 414 9 121 .988 .980 5.04 4.54 5.18 5.21 150 1331.3 1987 31 STL NL 2B 137 306 350 7 103 .989 .982 4.79 4.44 5.05 5.19 137 1168.3 1988 32 TOT 2B 88 168 230 5 63 .988 .982 4.52 4.43 4.74 5.14 88 756.0 STL NL 2B 15 28 35 1 9 .984 .980 4.20 4.58 4.34 5.22 15 130.7 MIN AL 2B 73 140 195 4 54 .988 .982 4.59 4.40 4.82 5.12 73 625.3 DH 3 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.15 0.00 4.73 0 4.0 1989 33 PHI NL 2B 144 281 415 7 80 .990 .981 4.83 4.43 5.16 5.12 142 1213.0 1990 34 TOT NL 2B 140 275 349 7 94 .989 .983 4.46 4.28 4.80 5.01 135 1170.0 PHI NL 2B 114 240 290 5 79 .991 .983 4.65 4.28 5.04 5.01 109 946.7 NYM NL 2B 26 35 59 2 15 .979 .983 3.62 4.28 3.79 5.01 26 223.3 1991 35 TOT NL 2B 72 114 148 0 33 1.000 .982 3.64 4.28 4.95 5.14 50 476.7 NYM NL 2B 57 100 121 0 29 1.000 .982 3.88 4.28 5.26 5.14 40 378.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.77 0 1.3 SFG NL 2B 15 14 27 0 4 1.000 .981 2.73 4.28 3.74 5.14 10 98.7 3B 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.30 4.09 2.70 1 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 23 STL NL 2B 6 12 11 0 3 1.000 .979 3.83 4.55 7.06 5.41 3 29.3 1980 24 STL NL 2B 58 107 136 4 37 .984 .980 4.19 4.71 5.64 5.49 42 388.0 1981 25 STL NL 2B 103 211 374 5 74 .992 .982 5.68 4.72 5.69 5.52 103 925.0 1982 26 STL NL 2B 128 263 427 9 97 .987 .978 5.39 4.75 5.71 5.42 126 1088.3 1983 27 STL NL 2B 86 178 245 6 60 .986 .978 4.92 4.46 5.49 5.34 83 693.3 1984 28 STL NL 2B 144 328 452 6 106 .992 .979 5.42 4.71 5.63 5.41 144 1246.7 1985 29 STL NL 2B 158 337 448 12 120 .985 .982 4.97 4.82 5.03 5.47 158 1404.0 1986 30 STL NL 2B 152 352 414 9 121 .988 .980 5.04 4.54 5.18 5.21 150 1331.3 1987 31 STL NL 2B 137 306 350 7 103 .989 .982 4.79 4.44 5.05 5.19 137 1168.3 1988 32 TOT 2B 88 168 230 5 63 .988 .982 4.52 4.43 4.74 5.14 88 756.0 STL NL 2B 15 28 35 1 9 .984 .980 4.20 4.58 4.34 5.22 15 130.7 MIN AL 2B 73 140 195 4 54 .988 .982 4.59 4.40 4.82 5.12 73 625.3 1989 33 PHI NL 2B 144 281 415 7 80 .990 .981 4.83 4.43 5.16 5.12 142 1213.0 1990 34 TOT NL 2B 140 275 349 7 94 .989 .983 4.46 4.28 4.80 5.01 135 1170.0 PHI NL 2B 114 240 290 5 79 .991 .983 4.65 4.28 5.04 5.01 109 946.7 NYM NL 2B 26 35 59 2 15 .979 .983 3.62 4.28 3.79 5.01 26 223.3 1991 35 TOT NL 2B 72 114 148 0 33 1.000 .982 3.64 4.28 4.95 5.14 50 476.7 NYM NL 2B 57 100 121 0 29 1.000 .982 3.88 4.28 5.26 5.14 40 378.0 SFG NL 2B 15 14 27 0 4 1.000 .981 2.73 4.28 3.74 5.14 10 98.7 1991 35 SFG NL 3B 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.30 4.09 2.70 1 11.0 1991 35 NYM NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.77 0 1.3 1988 32 MIN AL DH 3 1991 35 NYM NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 1980 24 STL NL SS 14 17 48 3 10 .956 .966 4.64 4.30 5.32 5.02 12 110.0 1988 32 MIN AL SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.15 0.00 4.73 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1416 2932 3999 77 991 .989 .981 4.89 4.56 5.25 5.28 1361 11890.0 SS* 16 17 48 3 10 .956 .966 4.06 4.28 5.13 5.01 12 114.0 3B* 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 1.67 2.30 4.09 2.70 1 11.0 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.77 0 1.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1436 2951 4050 80 1001 .989 .981 4.88 4.55 5.24 5.28 1374 12016
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  STL ATL     W   3  13   1   3  1  0  0   0   1   2  .231  .286  .308   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    STL MIL     W   7  25   2   4  2  0  0   5   3   3  .160  .241  .240   0  0   1   1   0 
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   6  21   2   7  4  0  1   6   5   2  .333  .444  .667   1  0   0   1   0 
        WS    STL KCR     L   7  26   2   4  2  0  0   0   2   2  .154  .214  .231   0  0   0   0   0 
 1987   NLCS  STL SFG     W   7  27   0   6  0  0  0   3   0   1  .222  .214  .222   1  0   1   1   0 
        WS    STL MIN     L   7  28   2   7  0  0  1   1   2   2  .250  .300  .357   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     3-0  16  61   3  16  5  0  1   9   6   5  .262  .319  .393   2  0   2   2   0 
  3 World Series        1-2  21  79   6  15  4  0  1   6   7   7  .190  .253  .278   0  1   1   1   0 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  37 140   9  31  9  0  2  15  13  12  .221  .282  .329   2  1   3   3   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1985   STL NL   *   3   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   3   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .667 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1985 (2B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-NL-22-0.02
1985-NL-5-0.35
Car-510-0.37 shares

Batting Average
1985 NL-.302-9

On-base %
1985 NL-.379-9

Games
1985 NL-159-7

At Bats
1981 NL-411-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1981 NL-462-6
1985 NL-696-4

Runs
1985 NL-97-8

Hits
1985 NL-180-9

Doubles
1985 NL-38-3

Triples
1981 NL-9-3

RBI
1985 NL-110-3

Bases on Balls
1985 NL-80-10

Stolen Bases
1981 NL-23-10

Singles
1984 NL-125-10
1985 NL-131-6
1989 NL-128-5

Runs Created
1985 NL-107-8

Times on Base
1985 NL-262-3

Offensive Win%
1985 NL-.690-8

Hit By Pitch
1986 NL-5-10

Sac. Hits
1984 NL-10-10

Sac. Flies
1985 NL-13-1
1987 NL-12-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1984 NL-10.0-8
1985 NL-10.8-10

Outs
1981 NL-328-4

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 23 (904) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.9 (836) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.5 (732) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 22, 1974: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

April 22, 1988: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Minnesota Twins for Tom Brunansky.

October 24, 1988: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Eric Bullock and Tom Nieto to the Philadelphia Phillies for Shane Rawley and cash.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 30, 1990: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Mets for Nikco Riesgo and Rocky Elli (minors).

August 5, 1991: Released by the New York Mets.

August 15, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 6, 1991: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985St. Louis Cardinals$560,000
1986St. Louis Cardinals$750,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$925,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$875,000
1989Philadelphia Phillies$825,000
1990Philadelphia Phillies$825,000
1991New York Mets$1,400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,160,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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