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Herman Besse
Herman A. Besse
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 16, 1911 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1940
Final Game: May 22, 1946
Died: August 13, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 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 61 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 68 103 1.347 9.9 1.1 2.2 1.7 0.75
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
5 Seasons 5 15 .250 6.79 65 25 28 5 0 2 242.2 298 195 183 24 128 118 8 0 6 1145 57 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 57 1.755 11.1 0.9 4.7 4.4 0.92
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1940 28 PHA AL 17 23 19 1 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 6 .263 .391 .316 .707 87 6 0 0 0 1
1941 29 PHA AL 6 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 0 0 0 /1
1942 30 PHA AL 34 57 53 7 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 10 .226 .281 .245 .526 49 13 0 0 0 1
1943 31 PHA AL 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 34 PHA AL 7 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 71 99 90 8 18 2 0 0 15 0 0 9 20 .200 .273 .222 .495 38 20 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 226 205 18 41 5 0 0 34 0 0 21 46 .200 .273 .222 .495 38 46 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1940 PHA AL 28 P 17 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.29 .960 1.05
1941 PHA AL 29 P 6 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.83 .960 1.17
1942 PHA AL 30 P 30 19 0 18 1 0 .947 0.60 .958 1.30
1943 PHA AL 31 P 5 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.80 .950 1.28
1946 PHA AL 34 P 7 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.43 .933 1.01
5 Seasons P 65 36 1 34 1 1 .972 0.54 .956 1.19
5 Seasons TOT 65 36 1 34 1 1 .972 0.54 .928 1.19

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

                           

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Transactions

August 12, 1939: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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