Whitey Herzog

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 182lb (180cm, 82kg)

Born: November 9, 1931 in New Athens, IL us

Died: April 15, 2024 in St. Louis, MO

High School: New Athens HS (New Athens, IL)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 24-160d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 31-323d)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2010. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Whitey Herzog's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

1614

414

.257

213

RBI

172

OBP

.354

SLG

.365

OPS

.719

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 15 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	10 (5)	Apr 22	BAL	@	WSA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
3	12 (1)	Apr 25	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
4	13	Apr 26	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	RF
5	14	Apr 27	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-14	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
6	15	Apr 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
7	16	Apr 29	BAL	@	KCA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17	May 1	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	20 (2)	May 4	BAL	@	LAA	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
10	22 (1)	May 6	BAL	@	LAA	L,7-15	GS	51	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF LF
11	23	May 9	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	24	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	25	May 11	BAL		WSA	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	5	0	2	7	0	RF
14	29 (3)	May 16	BAL		LAA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	31 (1)	May 18	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	32	May 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	48 (15)	Jun 2 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,11-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	49	Jun 3	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	55 (5)	Jun 10 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
20	56	Jun 10 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	GS	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	58 (1)	Jun 12	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	59	Jun 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	60	Jun 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	67 (6)	Jun 22 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	GF	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
25	68	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	69	Jun 24 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
27	70	Jun 24 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
28	73 (2)	Jun 28	BAL		CHW	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	75 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	BAL		DET	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	76	Jun 30 (2)	BAL		DET	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	77	Jul 1	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	78	Jul 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	79	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	80	Jul 4 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	81	Jul 5	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	83	Jul 7	BAL	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	84	Jul 8 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	85	Jul 8 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	86	Jul 12	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	87	Jul 13	BAL		CLE	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	88	Jul 14	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	53	14.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	89	Jul 15 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	90	Jul 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
45	91	Jul 17	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
46	92	Jul 18	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
48	94	Jul 20	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	95	Jul 21	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	96	Jul 22	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-6	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	101 (4)	Jul 27	BAL		KCA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
52	102	Jul 28 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	103	Jul 28 (2)	BAL		KCA	W,7-1	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	104	Jul 29	BAL		KCA	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	105	Jul 31	BAL		MIN	W,8-7	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	106	Aug 1	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	111 (4)	Aug 6	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
58	114 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	116 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	117	Aug 12	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
61	118	Aug 14 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,10-13	CG	47	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
62	123 (4)	Aug 19	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
63	124	Aug 21	BAL		CHW	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
64	125	Aug 22	BAL		CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	126	Aug 24 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	128 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,8-6	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF LF
67	129	Aug 25 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	131 (1)	Aug 27	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-7	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	150 (18)	Sep 15 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	6	0	0	6	0	RF
70	151	Sep 16	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							73gm		564.1	131	5	3	139	0