Willard Hershberger

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 167lb (178cm, 75kg)

Born: May 28, 1910 in Lemoncove, CA us

Died: August 3, 1940 in Boston, MA

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: April 19, 1938 (Age 27-326d, 8,444th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 2, 1940 (Age 30-066d)
vs. BSN 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Willard McKee Hershberger

Nicknames: Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

402

127

.316

RBI

OBP

.356

SLG

.381

OPS

.737

OPS+

100

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-32 / in Starts: 11-9
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 112 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	75 (37-24-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 112 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	76 (39-24-13)

Most Driven In
I Goodman	6
D Cooke	3
F McCormick	1
H Craft	1
L Frey	1

Most Driven In By
L Riggs	4
D Lang	2
A Kampouris	2
H Craft	1
P Davis	0
B Myers	0

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.54	0.092	6.59	0.14%	0.38	PH
2	2	8 (6)	Apr 26	CIN		STL	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	1.66	-0.085	2.95	-0.09%	-0.67	PH C
3	3	10 (1)	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-12	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	.08	-0.002	.15	0.00%	-0.69	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	4	19 (8)	May 7	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1.14	0.056	2.22	0.07%	0.38	C
5	5	20	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	2-GF	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	1.42	-0.029	2.40	-0.03%	-0.21	C
6	6	21	May 9	CIN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.500	.929	5	.81	0.192	1.20	0.17%	3.72	C
7	7	22	May 10	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.471	.500	.529	1.029	5	1.28	0.201	2.04	0.19%	1.32	C
8	8	23	May 12	CIN		BSN	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.429	.450	.879	5	.58	-0.055	1.02	-0.06%	-0.82	C
9	9	24	May 14	CIN	@	STL	T,7-7	CG(10)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.360	.407	.400	.807	5	.45	-0.014	.82	-0.02%	-0.33	C
10	10	25	May 15	CIN	@	STL	L,11-12	CG(10)	6	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.333	.394	.433	.827	5	1.59	0.131	3.44	0.17%	1.97	C
11	11	32 (6)	May 24	CIN	@	BSN	L,9-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.382	.419	.802	9	.15	-0.004	.50	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
12	12	35 (2)	May 29	CIN		STL	L,0-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.371	.406	.778	9	1.03	-0.026	2.55	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	13	44 (8)	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	W,7-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.350	.378	.728	1	.76	-0.054	1.74	-0.07%	-0.91	2B
14	14	50 (5)	Jun 17 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,12-10	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.356	.381	.737	5	.95	0.054	3.11	0.11%	0.59	C
15	15	51	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.370	.395	.765	5	.85	0.043	3.09	0.09%	0.37	C
16	16	57 (5)	Jun 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.370	.395	.765	5						C
17	17	58	Jun 25	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.383	.432	.815	5	1.31	0.069	5.62	0.18%	0.22	PR C
18	18	60 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.385	.449	.834	5	.58	-0.012	2.34	-0.03%	0.21	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	19	65 (4)	Jul 3	CIN		CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.377	.440	.817	9	4.63	-0.109	16.04	-0.23%	-0.29	PH
20	20	67 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.352	.386	.444	.830	5	1.61	-0.035	4.61	-0.06%	0.05	C
21	21	69 (1)	Jul 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.352	.386	.444	.830	5						C
22	22	75 (5)	Jul 15	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.352	.386	.444	.830	5						C
23	23	76	Jul 16	CIN		BRO	L,5-12	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.379	.436	.816	5	.08	-0.002	.24	0.00%	-0.23	C
24	24	78 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.322	.355	.407	.762	5	.89	-0.082	2.19	-0.12%	-0.67	C
25	25	79	Jul 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.333	.381	.714	5	.57	-0.057	1.22	-0.07%	-0.97	C
26	26	81 (1)	Jul 20	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.333	.381	.714	5						PR
27	27	83 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,10-11	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.352	.397	.749	5	.93	0.158	2.05	0.21%	2.01	C
28	28	84	Jul 23	CIN		PHI	W,10-9	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.361	.406	.767	5	2.24	0.161	3.87	0.17%	0.87	PH C
29	29	85	Jul 24 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.347	.389	.736	5	1.56	-0.073	3.73	-0.10%	-0.77	C
30	30	88 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.333	.373	.707	5	1.20	-0.113	3.12	-0.18%	-0.83	C
31	31	91 (2)	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.333	.373	.707	5						PR C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	32	95 (3)	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG(10)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.337	.359	.696	5	.88	0.072	1.86	0.09%	0.28	C
33	33	99 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.284	.326	.346	.671	5	1.16	-0.094	3.24	-0.16%	-0.85	C
34	34	100	Aug 9	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.322	.341	.663	3	.88	-0.022	1.92	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
35	35	101	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.322	.341	.663	5						C
36	36	102	Aug 11	CIN		CHC	W,8-7	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.330	.349	.679	8	7.17	0.413	10.47	0.36%	0.94	PH
37	37	105 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.315	.333	.649	5	.40	-0.042	1.01	-0.06%	-0.89	C
38	38	107 (1)	Aug 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-10	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.323	.341	.663	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
39	39	110 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.283	.320	.337	.657	5	1.11	-0.077	3.36	-0.14%	-1.15	C
40	40	112 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.320	.337	.657	5						PR C
41	41	113	Aug 21 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.310	.326	.636	5	.81	-0.062	1.76	-0.08%	-0.60	C
42	42	118 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.317	.333	.651	5	.85	-0.026	2.05	-0.04%	0.09	C
43	43	120 (1)	Aug 27	CIN		BSN	L,4-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.317	.333	.651	5						C
44	44	124 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.315	.330	.645	5	.88	0.140	1.71	0.16%	0.52	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	45	128 (3)	Sep 4	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.312	.327	.639	5	3.44	-0.096	16.21	-0.27%	-0.22	C
46	46	136 (7)	Sep 14 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.312	.327	.639	5						C
47	47	140 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.309	.324	.633	9	.13	-0.003	.37	-0.01%	-0.50	PH
48	48	144 (3)	Sep 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.309	.324	.633	5						C
49	49	146 (1)	Sep 28	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.315	.324	.639	9	3.47	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
							16-32		112	105	12	29	3	1	0	12	5	1	6	1	1		4	1	1	0	.276	.315	.324	.639		1.09	0.653	2.54	0.22%	2.32

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