Herman Besse

Herman A. Besse

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 16, 1911 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1940
Team: Athletics 1940-1946

Final Game: May 22, 1946
Died: August 13, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1936	24	DET-min	C	8	12	.400	4.86	30						155.2	167	103	84		84							1.612	9.7		4.9			JAC · CSTL
1937	25	NYY-min	B	7	7	.500	3.68	21						132.0	116	65	54		78							1.470	7.9		5.3			JAC · SEAL
1938	26	GVL	C	12	7	.632	3.12	23						147.0	126	65	51		72							1.347	7.7		4.4			GVL · CSTL
1939	27	MEM	A1	17	11	.607	2.48	33	27					229.0	209	71	63		66							1.201	8.2		2.6			MEM · SOUA
1940	28	ATA	A1	6	2	.750	4.76	12	10					70.0	75	38	37		27							1.457	9.6		3.5			ATA · SOUA
1940	28	PHA	AL	0	3	.000	8.83	17	5	7	0	0	0	53.0	70	56	52	10	34	19	3	0	2	262	50	1.962	11.9	1.7	5.8	3.2	0.56
1941	29	OAK-min	AA	10	15	.400	4.12	25			22	0		203.0	206	108	93		85	110	0	0	5			1.433	9.1		3.8	4.9	1.29	TTO · IL
1941	29	PHA	AL	2	0	1.000	10.07	6	2	3	1	0	0	19.2	28	22	22	4	12	8	0	0	2	97	42	2.034	12.8	1.8	5.5	3.7	0.67
1942	30	PHA	AL	2	9	.182	6.16	30	14	12	4	0	1	133.0	163	99	91	7	69	78	4	0	2	629	62	1.744	11.0	0.5	4.7	5.3	1.13
1943	31	PHA	AL	1	1	.500	3.31	5	1	4	0	0	0	16.1	18	6	6	2	4	3	1	0	0	68	106	1.347	9.9	1.1	2.2	1.7	0.75

1946	34	OAK-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.86	21	17		10	2		133.0	132	60	57		48	79	2	0	3			1.353	8.9		3.2	5.3	1.65	TTO · IL
1946	34	PHA	AL	0	2	.000	5.23	7	3	2	0	0	1	20.2	19	12	12	1	9	10	0	0	0	89	68	1.355	8.3	0.4	3.9	4.4	1.11
1947	35	BOS-min	AAA	13	12	.520	3.86	31	20		12	0		203.0	205	68	87		91	117	2	0	0			1.458	9.1		4.0	5.2	1.29	SLE,TTO · PCL,IL
1948	36	DET-min	AAA	16	12	.571	4.38	36			17	3		232.0	232	118	113		92	117	1	0	3			1.397	9.0		3.6	4.5	1.27	SLE · PCL
1949	37	SLE	AAA	8	19	.296	3.90	33	25		11	0		196.0	204	94	85		85	83	0	0	5			1.474	9.4		3.9	3.8	0.98	SLE · PCL
1950	38	CHC-min	AAA	11	14	.440	5.12	35	32		13	3		195.0	222	114	111		95	95	3	15	6			1.626	10.2		4.4	4.4	1.00	LOS · PCL
1951	39	CHC-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.67	27	12		6	0		98.0	101	45	40		53	54	2	0	4			1.571	9.3		4.9	5.0	1.02	LOS · PCL
1952	40	CHC-min	AAA,Opn	8	14	.364	3.12	27	22		8	2		150.0	150	58	52		63	54	1	0	4			1.420	9.0		3.8	3.2	0.86	SPF,LOS · IL,PCL
1953	41	SAC	Opn	6	10	.375	3.41	33	19		8	2		142.2	143	48	54	3	55	52	1	0	1			1.388	9.0	0.2	3.5	3.3	0.95	SAC · PCL
1954	42	TRI,SAC	A,Opn	3	6	.333	4.94	26	7		0	0		89.1	104	62	49	7	39	13	1	0	1			1.601	10.5	0.7	3.9	1.3	0.33	TRI,SAC · WINT,PCL
5 Yrs				5	15	.250	6.79	65	25	28	5	0	2	242.2	298	195	183	24	128	118	8	0	6	1145	58	1.755	11.1	0.9	4.7	4.4	0.92
162 Game Avg.				4	11	.250	6.79	49	19	21	4	0	2	183	225	147	138	18	97	89	6	0	5	865	58	1.755	11.1	0.9	4.7	4.4	0.92

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1940	28	PHA	AL	53.0	17	5	56	9.51	5.15	-0.32	0.00	100.9	5.53	-24	-2.1	1.0	-0.0	-1.7	-18	.379	.487	$
1941	29	PHA	AL	19.2	6	2	22	10.07	4.69	-0.05	0.00	97.9	4.64	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-10	.331	.494	$
1942	30	PHA	AL	133.0	30	14	99	6.70	4.46	-0.31	0.00	104.4	4.98	-26	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.9	-16	.413	.484	$
1943	31	PHA	AL	16.1	5	1	6	3.31	3.82	-0.28	0.00	104.1	4.26	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.540	.501	$

1946	34	PHA	AL	20.2	7	3	12	5.23	4.11	-0.26	0.00	95.6	4.18	-2	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.463	.498	$
5 Seasons				242.2	65	25	195	7.23	4.56	-0.29	0.00	102.4	4.96	-63	-5.7	1.0	-0.2	-4.3	-43	.412	.493	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1940	28	PHA	AL	262	3.8%	7.3%	13.0%			74%
1941	29	PHA	AL	97	4.1%	8.3%	12.4%	5.2%	18%	75%
1942	30	PHA	AL	629	1.1%	12.4%	11.0%	2.9%	11%	73%
1943	31	PHA	AL	68	2.9%	4.4%	5.9%			82%

1946	34	PHA	AL	89	1.1%	11.2%	10.1%			74%
5 Yrs				1145	2.1%	10.3%	11.2%	2.0%	8%	74%
MLB Averages					1.2%	9.1%	8.8%	2.8%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1940	28	0	3	.000	8.83	17	5	7	0	0	53.0	70	56	52	10	34	19	3	2	262	50	1.962	11.9	1.7	5.8	3.2	0.56	50
1941	29	2	3	.400	9.17	23	7	10	1	0	72.2	98	78	74	14	46	27	3	4	359	48	1.982	12.1	1.7	5.7	3.3	0.59	48
1942	30	4	12	.250	7.22	53	21	22	5	1	205.2	261	177	165	21	115	105	7	6	988	56	1.828	11.4	0.9	5.0	4.6	0.91	56
1943	31	5	13	.278	6.93	58	22	26	5	1	222.0	279	183	171	23	119	108	8	6	1056	57	1.793	11.3	0.9	4.8	4.4	0.91	57
1944	32	5	13	.278	6.93	58	22	26	5	1	222.0	279	183	171	23	119	108	8	6	1056	57	1.793	11.3	0.9	4.8	4.4	0.91	57
1945	33	5	13	.278	6.93	58	22	26	5	1	222.0	279	183	171	23	119	108	8	6	1056	57	1.793	11.3	0.9	4.8	4.4	0.91	57
1946	34	5	15	.250	6.79	65	25	28	5	2	242.2	298	195	183	24	128	118	8	6	1145	58	1.755	11.1	0.9	4.7	4.4	0.92	58

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1940	28	1	5	.167	7.42	57.0	68	52	47	10	33	20	3	1.772	10.7	5.2	3.2	0.61	1.6	17
1941	29	0	2	.000	9.90	20.0	28	24	22	4	12	8	0	2.000	12.6	5.4	3.6	0.67	1.8	6
1942	30	4	11	.267	6.28	139.0	173	108	97	7	73	81	4	1.770	11.2	4.7	5.2	1.11	0.5	30
1943	31	0	1	.000	3.94	16.0	19	8	7	2	4	3	1	1.438	10.7	2.3	1.7	0.75	1.1	5

1946	34	1	1	.500	6.00	21.0	21	16	14	1	10	10	0	1.476	9.0	4.3	4.3	1.00	0.4	7
5 Yrs		6	20	.231	6.65	253.0	309	208	187	24	132	122	8	1.743	11.0		4.3	0.92	0.9	65

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Runs s c a p y 1942 AL 91 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1940 AL 3 (10th) 1942 AL 4 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1942 AL 91 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL 3 (10th)
1942 AL 4 (8th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Milt Shoffner (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Randy Keisler (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chet Nichols (924) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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