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Buck Herzog
Charles Lincoln Herzog

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.
School University of Maryland

Debut April 17, 1908
Final Game September 9, 1920
Born July 9, 1885 in Baltimore, MD
Died September 4, 1953 in Baltimore, MD

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 22 NYG NL  64  160   38   48   6  2   0   11  16     36      .300  .448  .363  154   58  10           7    
 1909 23 NYG NL  42  130   16   24   2  0   0    8   2     13      .185  .264  .200   43   26   2           1    
 1910 24 BSN NL 106  380   51   95  20  3   3   32  13     30  34  .250  .329  .342   93  130  20          15    
 1911 25 TOT NL 148  541   90  157  33  9   6   67  48     47  40  .290  .365  .418  114  226  30          17    
         BSN NL  79  294   53   91  19  5   5   41  26     33  21  .310  .398  .459  133  135  19          10    
         NYG NL  69  247   37   66  14  4   1   26  22     14  19  .267  .325  .368   91   91  11           7    
 1912 26 NYG NL 140  482   72  127  20  9   2   47  37     57  34  .263  .350  .355   90  171  17           7    
 1913 27 NYG NL  96  290   46   83  15  3   3   31  23     22  12  .286  .349  .390  110  113   6           6    
 1914 28 CIN NL 138  498   54  140  14  8   1   40  46     42  27  .281  .348  .347  104  173  15           9    
 1915 29 CIN NL 155  579   61  153  14 10   1   42  35 16  34  21  .264  .314  .328   93  190  20           8    
 1916 30 TOT NL 156  561   70  148  24  6   1   49  34 28  43  36  .264  .327  .333  106  187  24          10    
         CIN NL  79  281   30   75  14  2   1   24  15 12  21  12  .267  .329  .342  108   96  12           5    
         NYG NL  77  280   40   73  10  4   0   25  19 16  22  24  .261  .326  .325  104   91  12           5    
 1917 31 NYG NL 114  417   69   98  10  8   2   31  12     31  36  .235  .308  .312   93  130  16          13    
 1918 32 BSN NL 118  473   57  108  12  6   0   26  10     29  28  .228  .280  .279   74  132  19           5    
 1919 33 TOT NL 125  468   42  130  12  9   1   42  28     23  18  .278  .331  .348  106  163  20          14    
         BSN NL  73  275   27   77   8  5   1   25  16     13  11  .280  .327  .356  109   98  13           6    
         CHC NL  52  193   15   53   4  4   0   17  12     10   7  .275  .336  .337  102   65   7           8    
 1920 34 CHC NL  91  305   39   59   9  2   0   19   8  9  20  21  .193  .261  .236   42   72  17           8    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1493 5284  705 1370 191 75  20  445 312 53 427 307  .259  .329  .335   96 1771 216   0   0 120   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   76  149  21  8   2   48  34  6  46  33  .259  .329  .335   96  192  23   0   0  13   0
 Career High    156  579   90  157  33 10   6   67  48 28  57  40  .290  .365  .418  114  226  30   0   0  17   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 22 NYG NL  213  122   25   5.5    75| .300  .252| .448  .315| .363  .325| .811  .639| 154  .754  14.2   1.7     
 1909 23 NYG NL  146  108    7   1.8    78| .185  .254| .264  .322| .200  .328| .464  .650|  43  .245  -8.5  -1.0     
 1910 24 BSN NL  445  305   40   3.5    90| .250  .266| .329  .341| .342  .353| .671  .694|  93  .481  -2.7  -0.3     
 1911 25 TOT NL  635  414   79   5.1   100| .290  .274| .365  .352| .418  .378| .783  .730| 114  .612  10.6   1.1     
         BSN NL  356  222   51   6.1   101| .310  .276| .398  .355| .459  .381| .857  .736| 133  .689  14.1   1.5     
         NYG NL  279  192   28   3.9    98| .267  .271| .325  .350| .368  .374| .693  .724|  91  .491  -3.5  -0.4     
 1912 26 NYG NL  563  372   58   4.2   103| .263  .285| .350  .356| .355  .388| .705  .744|  90  .490  -6.2  -0.6     
 1913 27 NYG NL  324  213   38   4.8    92| .286  .271| .349  .335| .390  .368| .739  .704| 110  .596   4.0   0.4     
 1914 28 CIN NL  564  373   58   4.2    86| .281  .262| .348  .331| .347  .351| .695  .681| 104  .578   2.9   0.3     
 1915 29 CIN NL  641  462   58   3.4    82| .264  .258| .314  .321| .328  .345| .642  .667|  93  .512  -6.3  -0.7  68%
 1916 30 TOT NL  638  465   56   3.3    75| .264  .250| .327  .308| .333  .334| .660  .642| 106  .493   5.4   0.6  54%
         CIN NL  319  230   29   3.4    77| .267  .252| .329  .310| .342  .336| .671  .646| 108  .514   3.3   0.4  55%
         NYG NL  319  235   27   3.1    74| .261  .248| .326  .306| .325  .332| .651  .638| 104  .472   2.1   0.2  54%
 1917 31 NYG NL  477  335   37   3.0    76| .235  .253| .308  .310| .312  .334| .620  .644|  93  .448  -3.1  -0.4     
 1918 32 BSN NL  526  384   36   2.5    76| .228  .256| .280  .313| .279  .331| .559  .645|  74  .365 -14.8  -1.7     
 1919 33 TOT NL  525  358   51   3.8    80| .278  .262| .331  .316| .348  .344| .679  .660| 106  .536   3.2   0.4     
         BSN NL  307  211   31   4.0    79| .280  .260| .327  .313| .356  .341| .683  .654| 109  .550   2.6   0.3     
         CHC NL  218  147   20   3.7    83| .275  .265| .336  .320| .337  .349| .673  .668| 102  .515   0.6   0.1     
 1920 34 CHC NL  350  272   16   1.6    92| .193  .279| .261  .333| .236  .371| .497  .703|  42  .166 -22.6  -2.5  47%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6047 4183  559   3.6    86| .259  .264| .329  .328| .335  .352| .664  .680|  96  .500 -23.8  -2.7     

* 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 ------+
1908 22 NYG NL 2B 42 61 125 16 19 .921 .954 4.43 5.03 SS 12 22 33 6 2 .902 .931 4.58 5.17 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 3.25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1909 23 NYG NL OF 29 49 4 5 1 .914 .960 1.83 2.01 26 0 4 2B 6 2 1 1 1 .750 .938 0.50 4.67 3B 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 1.00 3.23 SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.00 5.20 1910 24 BSN NL 3B 105 110 223 31 17 .915 .932 3.17 3.08 1911 25 TOT NL SS 75 151 249 28 31 .935 .925 5.33 4.88 TOT NL 3B 69 92 149 18 9 .931 .936 3.49 3.04 BSN NL SS 74 149 249 28 31 .934 .925 5.38 4.88 3B 4 6 11 0 2 1.000 .934 4.25 3.05 NYG NL 3B 65 86 138 18 7 .926 .936 3.45 3.04 2B 3 6 6 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 5.03 SS 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 4.90 1912 26 NYG NL 3B 140 159 308 29 21 .942 .935 3.34 3.02 1913 27 NYG NL 3B 84 95 139 13 18 .947 .935 2.79 2.96 2B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.90 1914 28 CIN NL SS 137 324 474 52 58 .939 .925 5.82 5.08 1B 2 20 1 1 2 .955 .986 10.50 10.10 1915 29 CIN NL SS 153 391 513 53 90 .945 .931 5.91 5.22 1B 2 9 2 0 0 1.000 .991 5.50 10.25 1916 30 TOT NL SS 74 183 243 34 36 .926 .926 5.76 5.18 TOT NL 3B 39 44 91 5 5 .964 .938 3.46 3.00 CIN NL SS 65 162 203 27 30 .931 .926 5.62 5.18 3B 12 15 21 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 3.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 NYG NL 2B 44 90 128 5 18 .978 .951 4.95 4.74 3B 27 29 70 5 4 .952 .938 3.67 3.00 SS 9 21 40 7 6 .897 .926 6.78 5.18 1917 31 NYG NL 2B 113 251 327 32 60 .948 .956 5.12 4.96 1918 32 BSN NL 2B 99 240 322 23 43 .961 .957 5.68 5.11 1B 12 115 6 2 6 .984 .987 10.08 10.76 SS 7 19 14 5 1 .868 .935 4.71 5.63 1919 33 TOT NL 2B 122 211 342 19 37 .967 .960 4.53 5.14 BSN NL 2B 70 130 191 16 23 .953 .960 4.59 5.14 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 CHC NL 2B 52 81 151 3 14 .987 .960 4.46 5.14 1920 34 CHC NL 2B 59 128 175 20 25 .938 .963 5.14 5.45 3B 28 25 66 9 7 .910 .947 3.25 3.04 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 28 CIN NL 1B 2 20 1 1 2 .955 .986 10.50 10.10 1915 29 CIN NL 1B 2 9 2 0 0 1.000 .991 5.50 10.25 1918 32 BSN NL 1B 12 115 6 2 6 .984 .987 10.08 10.76 1919 33 BSN NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 10.80 1920 34 CHC NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.80 1908 22 NYG NL 2B 42 61 125 16 19 .921 .954 4.43 5.03 1909 23 NYG NL 2B 6 2 1 1 1 .750 .938 0.50 4.67 1911 25 NYG NL 2B 3 6 6 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 5.03 1913 27 NYG NL 2B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.90 1916 30 NYG NL 2B 44 90 128 5 18 .978 .951 4.95 4.74 1917 31 NYG NL 2B 113 251 327 32 60 .948 .956 5.12 4.96 1918 32 BSN NL 2B 99 240 322 23 43 .961 .957 5.68 5.11 1919 33 TOT NL 2B 122 211 342 19 37 .967 .960 4.53 5.14 BSN NL 2B 70 130 191 16 23 .953 .960 4.59 5.14 CHC NL 2B 52 81 151 3 14 .987 .960 4.46 5.14 1920 34 CHC NL 2B 59 128 175 20 25 .938 .963 5.14 5.45 1908 22 NYG NL 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 3.25 1909 23 NYG NL 3B 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 1.00 3.23 1910 24 BSN NL 3B 105 110 223 31 17 .915 .932 3.17 3.08 1911 25 TOT NL 3B 69 92 149 18 9 .931 .936 3.49 3.04 BSN NL 3B 4 6 11 0 2 1.000 .934 4.25 3.05 NYG NL 3B 65 86 138 18 7 .926 .936 3.45 3.04 1912 26 NYG NL 3B 140 159 308 29 21 .942 .935 3.34 3.02 1913 27 NYG NL 3B 84 95 139 13 18 .947 .935 2.79 2.96 1916 30 TOT NL 3B 39 44 91 5 5 .964 .938 3.46 3.00 CIN NL 3B 12 15 21 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 3.00 NYG NL 3B 27 29 70 5 4 .952 .938 3.67 3.00 1920 34 CHC NL 3B 28 25 66 9 7 .910 .947 3.25 3.04 1908 22 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1909 23 NYG NL OF 29 49 4 5 1 .914 .960 1.83 2.01 26 0 4 1916 30 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1908 22 NYG NL SS 12 22 33 6 2 .902 .931 4.58 5.17 1909 23 NYG NL SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.00 5.20 1911 25 TOT NL SS 75 151 249 28 31 .935 .925 5.33 4.88 BSN NL SS 74 149 249 28 31 .934 .925 5.38 4.88 NYG NL SS 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 4.90 1914 28 CIN NL SS 137 324 474 52 58 .939 .925 5.82 5.08 1915 29 CIN NL SS 153 391 513 53 90 .945 .931 5.91 5.22 1916 30 TOT NL SS 74 183 243 34 36 .926 .926 5.76 5.18 CIN NL SS 65 162 203 27 30 .931 .926 5.62 5.18 NYG NL SS 9 21 40 7 6 .897 .926 6.78 5.18 1918 32 BSN NL SS 7 19 14 5 1 .868 .935 4.71 5.63
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 490 991 1429 116 203 .954 .957 4.94 5.08 3B 473 526 980 105 77 .935 .935 3.18 3.03 SS 459 1091 1527 178 219 .936 .927 5.70 5.12 OF 31 49 4 5 1 .914 .960 1.71 2.01 28 0 4 1B 18 147 9 3 8 .981 .987 8.67 10.63 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1471 2804 3949 407 508 .943 .941 4.59 4.44
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   6  21   3   4  2  0  0   0   2   3  .190  .261  .286   1  1   0   0   0 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   8  30   6  12  4  1  0   5   1   3  .400  .412  .600   2  1   0   2   1 
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   5  19   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .053  .053  .053   0  0   0   0   0 
 1917   WS    NYG CHW     L   6  24   1   6  0  1  0   2   0   4  .250  .250  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        0-4  25  94  11  23  6  2  0   7   3  11  .245  .270  .351   3  2   1   2   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.

Games
1915 NL-155-7
1916 NL-156-2

At Bats
1915 NL-579-6
1916 NL-561-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 NL-641-10
1916 NL-638-6

Doubles
1911 NL-33-4

Stolen Bases
1911 NL-48-5
1912 NL-37-5
1914 NL-46-2
1915 NL-35-2
1916 NL-34-5
1919 NL-28-5

Singles
1914 NL-117-10
1915 NL-128-5
1916 NL-117-10

Extra-Base Hits
1911 NL-48-7

Times on Base
1916 NL-201-10

Hit By Pitch
1910 NL-15-2
1911 NL-17-2
1912 NL-7-9
1914 NL-9-5
1915 NL-8-8
1916 NL-10-2
1917 NL-13-2
1919 NL-14-1
1920 NL-8-3
Car-120-41

Sac. Hits
1911 NL-30-3
1916 NL-24-7
Car-216-69

Caught Stealing
1916 NL-28-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1913 NL-24.2-3
1914 NL-18.4-5
1915 NL-27.6-2
1916 NL-15.6-9
1919 NL-26.0-9

Outs
1915 NL-462-8
1916 NL-465-5
1918 NL-384-2

Oldest Player
1920 NL-34-10

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1050) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1030) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1457) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

April 4, 1910: Traded by the New York Giants with Bill Collins to the Boston Doves for Beals Becker.

July 22, 1911: Traded by the Boston Rustlers to the New York Giants for Hank Gowdy and Al Bridwell.

December 12, 1913: Traded by the New York Giants with Grover Hartley to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Bescher.

July 20, 1916: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Red Killefer to the New York Giants for Christy Mathewson, Edd Roush, and Bill McKechnie.

January 8, 1918: Traded by the New York Giants to the Boston Braves for Larry Doyle and Jesse Barnes.

August 2, 1919: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Les Mann and Charlie Pick.


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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