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Billy Herman

William Jennings Bryan Herman

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 7, 1909 in New Albany, IN
High School: New Albany HS (New Albany, IN)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1931
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers/Braves/Pirates 1931-1947

Final Game: August 1, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1975.
   View Billy Herman Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: September 5, 1992 in West Palm Beach, FL
Buried: Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, FL
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Standard Batting

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
1931 21 CHC NL 25 115 98 14 32 7 0 0 16 2 13 6 .327 .405 .398 .803 115 39 0 4 4
1932 22 CHC NL 154 723 656 102 206 42 7 1 51 14 40 33 .314 .358 .404 .762 104 265 5 22 *4 MVP-9
1933 23 CHC NL 153 681 619 82 173 35 2 0 44 5 45 34 .279 .332 .342 .675 93 212 21 4 13 *4
1934 24 CHC NL 113 501 456 79 138 21 6 3 42 6 34 31 .303 .355 .395 .750 102 180 8 3 8 *4 AS
1935 25 CHC NL 154 735 666 113 227 57 6 7 83 6 42 29 .341 .383 .476 .859 128 317 17 3 24 *4 AS,MVP-4
1936 26 CHC NL 153 709 632 101 211 57 7 5 93 5 59 30 .334 .392 .470 .862 129 297 16 1 17 *4 AS,MVP-3
1937 27 CHC NL 138 632 564 106 189 35 11 8 65 2 56 22 .335 .396 .479 .875 133 270 7 1 11 *4 AS,MVP-9
1938 28 CHC NL 152 696 624 86 173 34 7 1 56 3 59 31 .277 .342 .359 .701 90 224 24 2 11 *4 AS
1939 29 CHC NL 156 711 623 111 191 34 18 7 70 9 66 31 .307 .378 .453 .830 120 282 24 5 19 *4 AS,MVP-31
1940 30 CHC NL 135 616 558 77 163 24 4 5 57 1 47 30 .292 .347 .376 .723 102 210 16 0 11 *4 AS
1941 31 TOT NL 144 649 572 81 163 30 5 3 41 1 67 43 .285 .361 .371 .732 103 212 13 1 9 *4 AS,MVP-11
1941 31 CHC NL 11 45 36 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 9 5 .194 .356 .250 .606 75 9 0 0 0 4
1941 31 BRO NL 133 604 536 77 156 30 4 3 41 1 58 38 .291 .361 .379 .740 104 203 13 1 9 *4
1942 32 BRO NL 155 647 571 76 146 34 2 2 65 6 72 52 .256 .339 .333 .672 95 190 9 0 4 *4/3 AS
1943 33 BRO NL 153 663 585 76 193 41 2 2 100 4 66 26 .330 .398 .417 .815 135 244 19 0 12 *45 AS,MVP-4
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 36 TOT NL 122 512 436 56 130 31 5 3 50 3 69 23 .298 .395 .413 .808 128 180 14 1 6 453
1946 36 BRO NL 47 211 184 24 53 8 4 0 28 2 26 10 .288 .376 .375 .751 112 69 6 0 1 54
1946 36 BSN NL 75 301 252 32 77 23 1 3 22 1 43 13 .306 .409 .440 .849 140 111 8 1 5 43/5
1947 37 PIT NL 15 49 47 3 10 4 0 0 6 0 2 7 .213 .245 .298 .543 42 14 3 0 0 4/3
1949 Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
15 Yrs 1922 8639 7707 1163 2345 486 82 47 839 67 737 428 .304 .367 .407 .774 112 3136 191 26 171
162 Game Avg. 162 728 650 98 198 41 7 4 71 6 62 36 .304 .367 .407 .774 112 264 2 14
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
CHC (11 yrs) 1344 6164 5532 875 1710 346 69 37 577 53 470 282 .309 .366 .417 .782 112 2305 133 24 140
BRO (4 yrs) 488 2125 1876 253 548 113 12 7 234 13 222 126 .292 .367 .376 .744 112 706 47 1 26
PIT (1 yr) 15 49 47 3 10 4 0 0 6 0 2 7 .213 .245 .298 .543 42 14 3 0 0
BSN (1 yr) 75 301 252 32 77 23 1 3 22 1 43 13 .306 .409 .440 .849 140 111 8 1 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 21 CHC NL 25 115 3 -0 0 -4 1 -1 -0.1 3 3 0.3 .498 .500 0.7 -0.3 7 $ 4
1932 22 CHC NL 154 723 6 -1 0 4 5 14 1.4 21 35 3.4 .510 .509 3.0 0.9 31 $ *4 MVP-9
1933 23 CHC NL 153 681 -4 -0 0 7 5 8 0.7 20 28 2.7 .506 .505 2.0 1.3 20 $ *4
1934 24 CHC NL 113 501 3 -0 0 7 4 13 1.3 15 27 2.7 .511 .508 1.9 1.1 20 $ *4 AS
1935 25 CHC NL 154 735 28 -0 0 15 5 48 4.8 21 69 6.8 .531 .529 5.3 2.1 54 $ *4 AS,MVP-4
1936 26 CHC NL 153 709 28 -0 0 13 5 45 4.4 20 65 6.4 .529 .528 5.0 1.8 52 $21,361 *4 AS,MVP-3
1937 27 CHC NL 138 632 28 0 0 4 5 37 3.6 18 55 5.4 .527 .523 5.0 0.9 51 $ *4 AS,MVP-9
1938 28 CHC NL 152 696 -6 -0 0 15 6 14 1.3 20 34 3.3 .510 .509 1.8 2.1 19 $20,000 *4 AS
1939 29 CHC NL 156 711 19 -1 0 -6 6 18 1.7 20 39 3.8 .512 .512 4.5 -0.1 45 $17,000 *4 AS,MVP-31
1940 30 CHC NL 135 616 3 0 0 4 5 13 1.3 22 35 3.4 .510 .509 3.0 0.9 31 $ *4 AS
1941 31 CHC NL 11 45 -1 0 0 -3 0 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.2 .470 .498 0.1 -0.3 2 $ 4 AS,MVP-11
1941 31 BRO NL 133 604 4 0 0 5 6 15 1.5 21 36 3.6 .512 .510 3.1 1.1 31 $ *4 AS,MVP-11
1942 32 BRO NL 155 647 -2 -0 0 5 6 9 0.9 20 29 2.9 .507 .506 2.4 1.3 24 $ *4/3 AS
1943 33 BRO NL 153 663 26 -0 0 -8 6 24 2.6 20 44 4.6 .517 .516 5.6 -0.3 52 $ *45 AS,MVP-4
1946 36 BRO NL 47 211 4 -0 0 0 1 4 0.4 7 11 1.2 .510 .503 1.2 0.1 11 $20,000 54
1946 36 BSN NL 75 301 14 0 0 -3 1 12 1.4 11 23 2.4 .518 .508 2.7 -0.2 26 $ 43/5
1947 37 PIT NL 15 49 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .476 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 4/3
15 Seasons 1922 8639 148 -3 0 55 67 267 26.6 262 529 52.5 .514 .510 47.1 12.4 474 $78,361
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CHC (11 yrs) 1344 6164 106 -3 0 56 47 207 20.1 182 388 38.0 .516 .512 32.3 10.4 332 $58,361
BRO (4 yrs) 488 2125 32 -0 0 2 19 52 5.5 68 120 12.3 .512 .509 12.3 2.2 118 $20,000
PIT (1 yr) 15 49 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .476 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $
BSN (1 yr) 75 301 14 0 0 -3 1 12 1.4 11 23 2.4 .518 .508 2.7 -0.2 26 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1931 21 CHC NL 115 70 16 6.1 105 .348 .327 .288 .405 .347 .398 .406 .803 .753 115 .625 3.0 0.3 .818 .224 .071 .0
1932 22 CHC NL 723 472 94 5.4 104 .330 .314 .284 .358 .337 .404 .412 .762 .749 104 .560 5.2 0.5 .720 .172 .090 1.9
1933 23 CHC NL 681 480 70 3.9 91 .296 .279 .274 .332 .327 .342 .375 .675 .702 93 .482 -4.0 -0.4 .570 .144 .063 .0
1934 24 CHC NL 501 334 63 5.0 103 .320 .303 .285 .355 .340 .395 .405 .750 .744 102 .527 1.8 0.2 .684 .180 .092 4.0
1935 25 CHC NL 735 480 120 6.7 104 .349 .341 .287 .383 .342 .476 .409 .859 .751 128 .658 27.9 2.7 .807 .207 .135 6.5
1936 26 CHC NL 709 454 116 6.9 105 .345 .334 .288 .392 .348 .470 .404 .862 .751 129 .668 28.2 2.7 .828 .237 .136 5.0
1937 27 CHC NL 632 393 107 7.2 105 .339 .335 .285 .396 .347 .479 .404 .875 .751 133 .705 26.7 2.6 .861 .246 .144 3.2
1938 28 CHC NL 696 486 76 4.2 101 .291 .277 .278 .342 .343 .359 .396 .701 .739 90 .479 -7.3 -0.7 .606 .181 .082 1.5
1939 29 CHC NL 711 475 105 5.9 105 .315 .307 .283 .378 .349 .453 .404 .830 .753 120 .615 17.8 1.8 .794 .266 .146 7.9
1940 30 CHC NL 616 422 73 4.7 96 .302 .292 .268 .347 .332 .376 .386 .723 .718 102 .530 2.1 0.2 .628 .170 .084 1.7
1941 31 TOT NL 649 431 76 4.7 98 .304 .285 .271 .361 .342 .371 .382 .732 .724 103 .560 3.7 0.4 .666 .205 .086 1.5
1941 31 CHC NL 45 29 3 2.8 91 .226 .194 .261 .356 .331 .250 .368 .606 .699 75 .323 -0.7 -0.1 .621 .306 .056
1941 31 BRO NL 604 402 73 4.9 98 .309 .291 .272 .361 .343 .379 .383 .740 .725 104 .573 4.4 0.5 .669 .198 .088 1.5
1942 32 BRO NL 647 438 64 3.9 88 .279 .256 .258 .339 .331 .333 .359 .672 .689 95 .515 -0.9 -0.1 .618 .214 .077 3.0
1943 33 BRO NL 663 423 97 6.2 90 .343 .330 .266 .398 .335 .417 .361 .815 .695 135 .695 29.1 3.1 .764 .207 .087 2.7
1946 36 TOT NL 512 326 71 5.8 94 .310 .298 .264 .395 .339 .413 .369 .808 .709 128 .662 19.7 2.1 .791 .280 .115 3.0
1946 36 BRO NL 211 138 26 5.0 94 .305 .288 .264 .376 .339 .375 .369 .751 .709 112 .600 3.7 0.4 .708 .239 .087 .0
1946 36 BSN NL 301 188 45 6.4 94 .314 .306 .264 .409 .339 .440 .369 .849 .709 140 .700 16.0 1.7 .852 .310 .135 1.5
1947 37 PIT NL 49 40 3 2.0 108 .250 .213 .278 .245 .354 .298 .412 .543 .765 42 .176 -4.0 -0.4 .400 .128 .085
15 Yrs 8639 5724 1151 5.4 99 .318 .304 .277 .367 .340 .407 .391 .774 .730 112 .595 148.9 14.8 .714 .207 .103 55.2
162 Game Avg. 728 482 97 5.4 99 .318 .304 .277 .367 .340 .407 .391 .774 .730 112 .595 13 1 .714 .207 .103 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
CHC (11 yrs) 6164 4095 843 5.5 102 .321 .309 .281 .366 .341 .417 .399 .782 .740 112 .590 100.6 9.7 .721 .202 .108 43.6
BRO (4 yrs) 2125 1401 260 5.0 92 .310 .292 .265 .367 .336 .376 .367 .744 .703 112 .603 36.3 3.8 .685 .209 .084 9.1
PIT (1 yr) 49 40 3 2.0 108 .250 .213 .278 .245 .354 .298 .412 .543 .765 42 .176 -4.0 -0.4 .400 .128 .085
BSN (1 yr) 301 188 45 6.4 94 .314 .306 .264 .409 .339 .440 .369 .849 .709 140 .699 16.0 1.7 .852 .310 .135 1.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 22 CHC NL WS NYY L 4 19 18 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .278 .541 5 0 0 0 0 0
1935 25 CHC NL WS DET L 6 25 24 3 8 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .625 .958 15 1 0 1 0 0
1938 28 CHC NL WS NYY L 4 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 3 0 0 0 0 0
1941 31 BRO NL WS NYY L 4 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .125 .300 .125 .425 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 18 71 66 9 16 3 1 1 7 0 0 4 9 .242 .286 .364 .649 24 1 0 1 0 0
4 WS 18 71 66 9 16 3 1 1 7 0 0 4 9 .242 .286 .364 .649 24 1 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 CHC NL 24 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 0 0 0 0 0
1935 CHC NL 25 as 2B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 CHC NL 26 as 2B 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 0 0 0 0
1937 CHC NL 27 as 2B 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
1938 CHC NL 28 as 2B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1939 CHC NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHC NL 30 as 2B 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BRO NL 31 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 3 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BRO NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 BRO NL 33 as 2B 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs (10 GP) 31 30 3 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .433 .452 .500 .952 15 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1931 21 CHC NL 115 0.0% 5.2% 11.3% 6.1% 22% 0.46 16.3 6.1 80%
1932 22 CHC NL 723 0.1% 4.6% 5.5% 6.9% 24% 0.83 19.9 656.0 12.9 86%
1933 23 CHC NL 681 0.0% 5.0% 6.6% 5.4% 21% 0.76 18.2 14.1 86%
1934 24 CHC NL 501 0.6% 6.2% 6.8% 6.0% 22% 0.91 14.7 152.0 10.9 84%
1935 25 CHC NL 735 1.0% 4.0% 5.7% 9.5% 31% 0.69 23.0 95.1 8.0 86%
1936 26 CHC NL 709 0.7% 4.2% 8.3% 9.7% 33% 0.51 21.1 126.4 6.8 84%
1937 27 CHC NL 632 1.3% 3.5% 8.9% 8.5% 29% 0.39 25.6 70.5 8.7 84%
1938 28 CHC NL 696 0.1% 4.5% 8.5% 6.0% 24% 0.53 20.1 624.0 11.1 85%
1939 29 CHC NL 711 1.0% 4.4% 9.3% 8.3% 31% 0.47 20.1 89.0 8.9 82%
1940 30 CHC NL 616 0.8% 4.9% 7.6% 5.4% 20% 0.64 18.6 111.6 9.8 85%
1941 31 TOT NL 649 0.5% 6.6% 10.3% 5.9% 23% 0.64 13.3 190.7 14.0 81%
1941 31 CHC NL 45 0.0% 11.1% 20.0% 2.2% 14% 0.56 7.2 69%
1941 31 BRO NL 604 0.5% 6.3% 9.6% 6.1% 24% 0.66 14.1 178.7 13.1 82%
1942 32 BRO NL 647 0.3% 8.0% 11.1% 5.9% 26% 0.72 11.0 285.5 8.8 80%
1943 33 BRO NL 663 0.3% 3.9% 10.0% 6.8% 23% 0.39 22.5 292.5 5.9 84%
1946 36 TOT NL 512 0.6% 4.5% 13.5% 7.6% 30% 0.33 19.0 145.3 8.7 80%
1946 36 BRO NL 211 0.0% 4.7% 12.3% 5.7% 23% 0.38 18.4 6.6 82%
1946 36 BSN NL 301 1.0% 4.3% 14.3% 9.0% 35% 0.30 19.4 84.0 11.5 78%
1947 37 PIT NL 49 0.0% 14.3% 4.1% 8.2% 40% 3.50 6.7 7.8 82%
15 Yrs 8639 0.5% 5.0% 8.5% 7.1% 26% 0.58 18.0 164.0 9.2 84%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.8% 8.6% 6.4% 27% 1.02 10.1 67.4 8.2 79%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1931 21 25 115 98 14 32 7 0 0 16 2 13 6 .327 .405 .398 .803 115 39 0 4
1932 22 179 838 754 116 238 49 7 1 67 16 53 39 .316 .365 .403 .768 106 304 5 26
1933 23 332 1519 1373 198 411 84 9 1 111 21 98 73 .299 .350 .376 .726 100 516 21 9 39
1934 24 445 2020 1829 277 549 105 15 4 153 27 132 104 .300 .351 .381 .732 101 696 29 12 47
1935 25 599 2755 2495 390 776 162 21 11 236 33 174 133 .311 .360 .406 .766 108 1013 46 15 71
1936 26 752 3464 3127 491 987 219 28 16 329 38 233 163 .316 .366 .419 .785 112 1310 62 16 88
1937 27 890 4096 3691 597 1176 254 39 24 394 40 289 185 .319 .371 .428 .799 116 1580 69 17 99
1938 28 1042 4792 4315 683 1349 288 46 25 450 43 348 216 .313 .367 .418 .785 112 1804 93 19 110
1939 29 1198 5503 4938 794 1540 322 64 32 520 52 414 247 .312 .368 .422 .790 113 2086 117 24 129
1940 30 1333 6119 5496 871 1703 346 68 37 577 53 461 277 .310 .366 .418 .784 112 2296 133 24 140
1941 31 1477 6768 6068 952 1866 376 73 40 618 54 528 320 .308 .365 .413 .779 111 2508 146 25 149
1942 32 1632 7415 6639 1028 2012 410 75 42 683 60 600 372 .303 .363 .406 .769 110 2698 155 25 153
1943 33 1785 8078 7224 1104 2205 451 77 44 783 64 666 398 .305 .366 .407 .773 112 2942 174 25 165
1944 34 1785 8078 7224 1104 2205 451 77 44 783 64 666 398 .305 .366 .407 .773 112 2942 174 25 165
1945 35 1785 8078 7224 1104 2205 451 77 44 783 64 666 398 .305 .366 .407 .773 112 2942 174 25 165
1946 36 1907 8590 7660 1160 2335 482 82 47 833 67 735 421 .305 .368 .408 .775 113 3122 188 26 171
1947 37 1922 8639 7707 1163 2345 486 82 47 839 67 737 428 .304 .367 .407 .774 112 3136 191 26 171

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1931 21 26 118 101 14 32 7 0 0 16 2 13 6 .317 .395 .386 .781 16 25
1932 22 161 749 680 102 210 43 7 1 51 14 41 34 .309 .353 .397 .750 94 154
1933 23 160 726 658 95 192 39 2 0 51 6 50 36 .292 .346 .357 .703 80 153
1934 24 120 530 483 81 144 22 6 3 43 6 35 33 .298 .349 .387 .736 65 113
1935 25 162 760 690 111 228 57 6 7 81 6 42 31 .330 .371 .461 .832 118 154
1936 26 160 728 650 97 210 57 7 5 90 5 59 31 .323 .380 .455 .836 112 153
1937 27 145 656 586 106 192 36 11 8 65 2 57 23 .328 .388 .468 .856 106 138
1938 28 161 733 658 89 180 35 7 1 58 3 61 33 .274 .337 .353 .690 78 152
1939 29 164 745 652 114 198 35 19 7 72 9 68 33 .304 .374 .448 .822 108 156
1940 30 142 655 592 84 176 26 4 5 63 1 51 32 .297 .353 .380 .733 80 135
1941 31 150 673 594 84 169 31 5 3 42 1 69 45 .285 .360 .369 .729 79 144
1942 32 164 700 615 90 165 38 2 2 77 7 81 55 .268 .353 .346 .700 76 155
1943 33 160 713 626 88 216 46 2 2 116 4 74 27 .345 .414 .435 .849 113 153
1946 36 128 549 465 65 145 35 6 3 58 3 77 24 .312 .411 .432 .843 83 122
1947 37 16 51 49 3 10 4 0 0 5 0 2 7 .204 .235 .286 .521 3 15
15 Yrs 2019 9086 8099 1223 2467 511 84 47 888 69 780 450 .305 .368 .406 .773 1211 1922
162 Game Avg. 162 729 650 98 198 41 7 4 71 6 63 36 .305 .368 .406 .773 97 1922

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1958 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1962 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1964 BBWAA (12.9%)
1964 Run Off ( 4.5%)
1966 BBWAA ( 9.3%)
1967 BBWAA (20.2%)
1967 Run Off ( 4.6%)
1975 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1975
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1934 *
1935 (2B)
1936 (2B)
1937 (2B)
1938 (2B)
1939 *
1940 (2B)
1941 *
1942 *
1943 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 NL (9, 20%)
1935 NL (4, 48%)
1936 NL (3, 46%)
1937 NL (9, 24%)
1939 NL (31, 0%)
1941 NL (11, 8%)
1943 NL (4, 42%)
1.88 Career Shares (107th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1935 NL  6.8 (3rd)
1936 NL  6.4 (7th)
1937 NL  5.4 (7th)
Career  52.5 (214th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1935 NL  6.8 (3rd)
1936 NL  6.4 (5th)
1937 NL  5.4 (6th)
1943 NL  4.6 (5th)
Career  52.5 (136th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1935 NL  5.3 (4th)
1936 NL  5.0 (6th)
1937 NL  5.0 (5th)
1939 NL  4.5 (5th)
1943 NL  5.6 (3rd)
1946 NL  3.9 (10th)
Career  47.1 (161st)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1932 NL  0.9 (8th)
1933 NL  1.3 (5th)
1934 NL  1.1 (5th)
1935 NL  2.1 (2nd)
1936 NL  1.8 (5th)
1937 NL  0.9 (8th)
1938 NL  2.1 (4th)
1940 NL  0.9 (9th)
1941 NL  0.9 (9th)
1942 NL  1.3 (7th)
Career  12.4 (141st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1935 NL  .341 (5th)
1936 NL  .334 (6th)
1937 NL  .335 (7th)
1943 NL  .330 (2nd)
1946 NL  .298 (9th)
Career  .304 (153rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1937 NL  .396 (7th)
1943 NL  .398 (3rd)
1946 NL  .395 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1937 NL  .479 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1937 NL  .875 (7th)
1943 NL  .815 (6th)
1946 NL  .808 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1932 NL  154 (1st)
1933 NL  153 (4th)
1935 NL  154 (4th)
1936 NL  153 (8th)
1938 NL  152 (1st)
1939 NL  156 (2nd)
1942 NL  155 (1st)
1943 NL  153 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1932 NL  656 (2nd)
1933 NL  619 (3rd)
1935 NL  666 (2nd)
1936 NL  632 (6th)
1938 NL  624 (3rd)
1939 NL  623 (4th)
1941 NL  572 (8th)
1942 NL  571 (7th)
1943 NL  585 (10th)
Career  7,707 (164th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1932 NL  723 (1st)
1933 NL  681 (4th)
1935 NL  735 (3rd)
1936 NL  709 (2nd)
1938 NL  696 (2nd)
1939 NL  711 (2nd)
1941 NL  649 (5th)
1942 NL  647 (8th)
1943 NL  663 (9th)
Career  8,639 (176th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1932 NL  102 (8th)
1933 NL  82 (10th)
1935 NL  113 (4th)
1937 NL  106 (2nd)
1938 NL  86 (10th)
1939 NL  111 (3rd)
Career  1,163 (201st)

Hits s c a p y
1932 NL  206 (5th)
1933 NL  173 (9th)
1935 NL  227 (1st)
1936 NL  211 (4th)
1937 NL  189 (5th)
1938 NL  173 (8th)
1939 NL  191 (6th)
1940 NL  163 (7th)
1941 NL  163 (9th)
1943 NL  193 (3rd)
Career  2,345 (129th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1935 NL  317 (4th)
1936 NL  297 (7th)
1937 NL  270 (7th)
1939 NL  282 (6th)
1943 NL  244 (7th)
Career  3,136 (242nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1932 NL  42 (5th)
1933 NL  35 (9th)
1935 NL  57 (1st)
1936 NL  57 (2nd)
1937 NL  35 (8th)
1938 NL  34 (7th)
1939 NL  34 (9th)
1941 NL  30 (10th)
1942 NL  34 (4th)
1943 NL  41 (2nd)
1946 NL  31 (4th)
Career  486 (67th)

Triples s c a p y
1937 NL  11 (5th)
1939 NL  18 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1935 NL  83 (10th)
1936 NL  93 (9th)
1943 NL  100 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 NL  59 (9th)
1942 NL  72 (9th)
1946 NL  69 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1932 NL  14 (6th)
1939 NL  9 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1932 NL  156 (2nd)
1933 NL  136 (4th)
1935 NL  157 (2nd)
1936 NL  142 (7th)
1937 NL  135 (7th)
1938 NL  131 (5th)
1939 NL  132 (7th)
1940 NL  130 (3rd)
1941 NL  125 (6th)
1943 NL  148 (2nd)
Career  1,730 (105th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1937 NL  133 (6th)
1943 NL  135 (5th)
1946 NL  128 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1935 NL  120 (4th)
1936 NL  116 (7th)
1937 NL  107 (7th)
1939 NL  105 (6th)
1943 NL  97 (3rd)
Career  1,151 (218th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1935 NL  28 (9th)
1936 NL  27 (9th)
1937 NL  27 (7th)
1943 NL  29 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1935 NL  2.7 (9th)
1936 NL  2.7 (9th)
1937 NL  2.6 (7th)
1943 NL  3.1 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1935 NL  70 (3rd)
1936 NL  69 (3rd)
1937 NL  54 (7th)
1939 NL  59 (7th)
1943 NL  45 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1932 NL  251 (8th)
1933 NL  222 (10th)
1935 NL  272 (4th)
1936 NL  271 (6th)
1937 NL  246 (8th)
1938 NL  234 (7th)
1939 NL  262 (4th)
1941 NL  231 (8th)
1943 NL  259 (3rd)
Career  3,108 (165th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1937 NL  .705 (6th)
1943 NL  .695 (4th)
1946 NL  .662 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1932 NL  5 (7th)
1939 NL  5 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1932 NL  22 (2nd)
1935 NL  24 (1st)
1936 NL  17 (3rd)
1937 NL  11 (7th)
1938 NL  11 (9th)
1939 NL  19 (6th)
1943 NL  12 (8th)
Career  171 (116th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1933 NL  21 (2nd)
1935 NL  17 (2nd)
1936 NL  16 (8th)
1938 NL  24 (3rd)
1939 NL  24 (2nd)
1940 NL  16 (5th)
1943 NL  19 (4th)
1946 NL  14 (10th)
Career  191 (113th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1939 NL  7.9 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1937 NL  25.6 (5th)
Career  18.0 (162nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1932 NL  472 (2nd)
1933 NL  480 (1st)
1935 NL  480 (2nd)
1936 NL  454 (6th)
1938 NL  486 (1st)
1939 NL  475 (2nd)
1940 NL  422 (10th)
1941 NL  431 (8th)
1942 NL  438 (7th)
Career  5,724 (186th)

Youngest s c a p y
1931 NL  born 1909-07-07 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 134 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 146 (91), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 38 (189), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Joe Sewell (916) *
  2. Buddy Myer (914)
  3. Red Schoendienst (884) *
  4. Dick Bartell (877)
  5. Tony Fernandez (872)
  6. Stan Hack (853)
  7. Del Pratt (852)
  8. Al Dark (838)
  9. Nellie Fox (835) *
  10. Jimmy Dykes (835)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jim Viox (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rod Carew (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Buddy Myer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Rod Carew (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rod Carew (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Harvey Kuenn (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harvey Kuenn (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harvey Kuenn (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dick Bartell (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Buddy Myer (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Nellie Fox (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Joe Sewell (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Buddy Myer (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Buddy Myer (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: William Jennings billie Billy Bryan Herman

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