Herman Besse

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 16, 1911 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: August 13, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Debut: April 19, 1940 (Age 28-247d, 8,870th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: May 22, 1946 (Age 34-279d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Herman Anthony Besse

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.0

ERA

6.79

242.2

118

WHIP

1.755

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-25 / in Starts: 4-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 8

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	24	4	Apr 17	PHA		WSH	W,5-4	GS-8		99	8.0	7	4	4	5	6	0	0	4.50	2.45	35	10	8	1	1	6	53			1	0	0	30	3	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.168	1.48	-0.19%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
2	25	12	Apr 25	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-10	GS-2	L(0-1)	7	1.1	3	5	4	3	0	0	1	7.71	3.68	11	2	2	1	0	3	27			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.357	1.81	-0.31%	-3.71	1b start a 1	2b -2- 1 out d3
3	26	17	Apr 30	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	L(0-2)	4	9.0	8	6	4	8	3	0	0	5.89	3.87	43	11	13	2	3	8	46			3	2	0	35	1	1	1	1	0	2	.63	-0.187	.84	-0.15%	-1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	27	22	May 4	PHA		DET	L,4-6	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	6.1	11	6	6	4	2	1	0	6.57	4.26	34	6	12	0	6	10	25			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.239	1.18	-0.14%	-3.20	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d5
5	28	29	May 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-9	GS-3		8	2.2	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	5.93	4.60	15	4	4	1	0	2	45			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.049	1.30	0.03%	0.03	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out a4
6	29	30	May 14	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-9	5-GF(8)		0	4.0	2	3	2	4	2	0	0	5.74	4.53	18	9	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.014	.05	-0.01%	-1.15	5b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 5
7	30	34	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-4	L(0-4)	3	3.0	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.29	4.40	16	6	2	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.356	1.07	-0.19%	-3.12	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d1
8	31	41	May 25	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.11	4.34	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.19	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	32	42	May 26	PHA		WSH	L,3-8	7-GF		0	3.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	6.10	4.13	12	2	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.06	0.00%	-0.58	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
10	33	46	May 30(1)	PHA		BOS	L,6-10	6-GF		3	3.1	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	5.83	3.73	15	0	5	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.022	.02	0.00%	-0.27	6t -2- 2 out d4	9t end d 6
11	34	48	May 31(1)	PHA		NYY	L,7-11	6-8		0	2.2	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.89	3.56	13	0	5	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.081	.10	-0.02%	-1.56	6t 1-- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	35	54	Jun 6	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.55	3.39	10	4	2	1	0	2		2	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.340	.19	0.02%	1.10	7t 1-3 1 out a2	9t end a 1
13	36	61	Jun 14(1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	3-GF		7	7.0	8	4	4	2	8	0	0	5.50	3.03	30	6	6	0	1	8		0	0	0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	.25	-0.072	.02	0.00%	-0.70	3t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
14	37	65	Jun 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.56	3.02	5	3	0	0	0	2		3	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.042	.01	0.00%	-1.71	8b 123 0 out d1	8b end d 5
15	38	66	Jun 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.79	3.23	7	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
16	39	71	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-9	6-7		4	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	6.05	3.26	12	3	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-2.11	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d9
17	40	77	Jun 30(1)	PHA		NYY	W,8-5	CG	W(1-4)	5	9.0	8	5	5	2	7	1	0	5.91	3.18	37	4	16	1	0	8	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.036	.01	0.00%	-0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	41	84	Jul 5(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-5)	4	8.0	9	4	2	3	8	0	0	5.52	2.96	37	7	10	1	0	9	57			3	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	.74	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
19	42	86	Jul 10	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	L(1-6)	4	8.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	0	5.42	2.79	33	7	13	0	4	7	52			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	43	93	Jul 17(1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-7)	6	7.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	5.40	2.86	30	9	9	2	1	6	51			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
21	44	98	Jul 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-8	GS-6	W(2-7)	4	5.0	8	6	6	4	3	1	2	5.68	3.08	28	5	6	1	1	8	26			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-3.95	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a3
22	45	105	Jul 30(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,5-11	GS-6		7	6.0	10	5	5	4	2	0	0	5.79	3.10	31	8	7	0	2	10	30			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	46	108	Aug 2(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	5-9	L(2-8)	2	4.2	5	4	4	3	2	0	1	5.88	3.13	23	7	5	0	2	5		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-0.80	5b 1-- 0 out a3	9b 12- 2 out tie
24	47	119	Aug 15(2)	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF		12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	3.12	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
25	48	120	Aug 16	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	4-GF(6)		0	2.2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	5.76	3.18	10	3	3	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.40	4t -2- 1 out d9	6t end d 9
26	49	126	Aug 21	PHA		BOS	L,5-7	5-GF		4	5.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	5.59	3.17	20	8	5	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.46	0.075	.00	0.00%	2.34	5t 12- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
27	50	133	Aug 28	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	GS-9		6	8.0	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	5.52	3.26	35	9	11	1	1	8	49			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.477	.00	0.00%	-0.84	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	51	138	Sep 2	PHA		CLE	L,3-12	CG	L(2-9)	4	9.0	18	12	12	5	6	0	0	5.96	3.20	50	21	0	0	0	18	4			0	0	0	44	5	1	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.465	.00	0.00%	-7.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d10
29	52	142	Sep 7(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-11	6-6		4	0.2	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	6.14	3.20	8	1	0	0	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-4.35	6b -2- 1 out d6	6b 3 out d11
30	53	146	Sep 13(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.16	3.21	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
							5-25		W-L:2-9,Sv:1	3.9	133.0	163	99	91	69	79	7	4	6.16	3.21	629	1.06		5%	7%	158	39	12	67%	13	3	0	543	32	13	1	7	0	7	.81	-3.376	.31	-0.96%	-39.64

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