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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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Hall of Fame

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 CHC NL 21 2B 25 25 24 165 76 79 10 17 .939 6.20 .964 5.60
1932 CHC NL 22 2B 154 154 152 966 401 527 38 102 .961 6.03 .969 5.78 MVP-9
1933 CHC NL 23 2B 153 153 152 1023 466 512 45 114 .956 6.39 .968 5.80
1934 CHC NL 24 2B 111 111 104 680 278 385 17 64 .975 5.97 .965 5.88 AS
1935 CHC NL 25 2B 154 154 153 971 416 520 35 109 .964 6.08 .963 5.76 AS,MVP-4
1936 CHC NL 26 2B 153 153 153 973 457 492 24 110 .975 6.20 .963 5.94 AS,MVP-3
1937 CHC NL 27 2B 137 137 134 893 384 468 41 97 .954 6.22 .959 5.70 AS,MVP-9
1938 CHC NL 28 2B 151 151 150 939 404 517 18 111 .981 6.10 .969 5.74 AS
1939 CHC NL 29 2B 156 155 155 891 377 485 29 95 .967 5.53 .968 5.69 AS,MVP-31
1940 CHC NL 30 2B 135 135 133 836 366 448 22 94 .974 6.03 .964 5.61 AS
1941 TOT NL 31 2B 144 144 133 730 330 374 26 69 .964 4.89 .962 5.60 AS,MVP-11
1941 CHC NL 31 2B 11 11 10 59 33 20 6 5 .898 4.82 .962 5.60
1941 BRO NL 31 2B 133 133 123 671 297 354 20 64 .970 4.89 .962 5.60
1942 BRO NL 32 2B 153 152 142 807 383 402 22 97 .973 5.13 .968 5.61 AS
1942 BRO NL 32 1B 3 2 2 32 29 2 1 2 .969 10.33 .989 10.17 AS
1943 BRO NL 33 2B 117 116 111 631 291 322 18 69 .971 5.24 .969 5.76 AS,MVP-4
1943 BRO NL 33 3B 37 37 35 125 54 68 3 2 .976 3.30 .948 3.17 AS,MVP-4
1946 TOT NL 36 2B 60 56 44 283 137 137 9 27 .968 4.57 .970 5.55
1946 TOT NL 36 3B 34 36 30 106 36 64 6 9 .943 2.94 .952 3.08
1946 BRO NL 36 3B 29 31 25 91 31 55 5 8 .945 2.97 .952 3.08
1946 BRO NL 36 2B 16 13 11 78 42 36 0 5 1.000 4.88 .970 5.55
1946 BSN NL 36 2B 44 43 33 205 95 101 9 22 .956 4.45 .970 5.55
1946 BSN NL 36 1B 22 21 13 186 179 6 1 12 .995 8.41 .991 9.98
1946 BSN NL 36 3B 5 5 5 15 5 9 1 1 .933 2.80 .952 3.08
1947 PIT NL 37 2B 10 11 3 27 14 13 0 2 1.000 2.70 .975 5.57
1947 PIT NL 37 1B 2 2 1 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .991 9.60
15 Seasons 2B 1813 1807 1743 10815 4780 5681 354 1177 .967 5.77 .966 5.73
2 Seasons 3B 71 73 65 231 90 132 9 11 .961 3.13 .950 3.13
3 Seasons 1B 27 25 16 226 214 10 2 14 .991 8.30 .991 9.97
15 Seasons TOT 1911 1905 1824 11272 5084 5823 365 1202 .968 5.71 .966 5.69
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1931 CHC NL 21 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932 CHC NL 22 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1933 CHC NL 23 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 CHC NL 24 113 111 113 111 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1935 CHC NL 25 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 CHC NL 26 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 CHC NL 27 138 137 138 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1938 CHC NL 28 152 151 152 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1939 CHC NL 29 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 CHC NL 30 135 135 135 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BRO NL 31 133 133 133 133 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CHC NL 31 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 BRO NL 32 155 154 155 155 0 0 3 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 BRO NL 33 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 117 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BSN NL 36 75 69 75 71 0 0 22 44 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1946 BRO NL 36 47 44 47 45 0 0 0 14 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1947 PIT NL 37 15 13 15 13 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 Seasons 1922 1905 1922 1910 0 0 27 1812 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)

Assists† s c a p y
1932 NL  527 (2nd)
1933 NL  512 (2nd)
1935 NL  520 (1st)
1936 NL  492 (4th)
1937 NL  468 (5th)
1938 NL  517 (2nd)
1939 NL  485 (4th)
1940 NL  448 (4th)
Career  5,823 (53rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1932 NL  38 (4th)
1933 NL  45 (2nd)
1937 NL  41 (3rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1932 NL  154 (1st)
1933 NL  153 (1st)
1934 NL  111 (3rd)
1935 NL  154 (1st)
1936 NL  153 (1st)
1937 NL  137 (4th)
1938 NL  151 (1st)
1939 NL  156 (1st)
1940 NL  135 (3rd)
1941 NL  144 (3rd)
1942 NL  153 (1st)
1943 NL  117 (5th)
Career  1,813 (18th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1932 NL  401 (2nd)
1933 NL  466 (1st)
1934 NL  278 (3rd)
1935 NL  416 (1st)
1936 NL  457 (1st)
1937 NL  384 (2nd)
1938 NL  404 (1st)
1939 NL  377 (1st)
1940 NL  366 (1st)
1941 NL  330 (4th)
1942 NL  383 (1st)
Career  4,780 (10th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1932 NL  527 (1st)
1933 NL  512 (2nd)
1934 NL  385 (2nd)
1935 NL  520 (1st)
1936 NL  492 (3rd)
1937 NL  468 (3rd)
1938 NL  517 (2nd)
1939 NL  485 (1st)
1940 NL  448 (2nd)
1941 NL  374 (4th)
1942 NL  402 (3rd)
Career  5,681 (15th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1932 NL  38 (1st)
1933 NL  45 (1st)
1934 NL  17 (4th)
1935 NL  35 (2nd)
1936 NL  24 (3rd)
1937 NL  41 (1st)
1938 NL  18 (5th)
1939 NL  29 (1st)
1940 NL  22 (4th)
1941 NL  26 (5th)
1942 NL  22 (4th)
1943 NL  18 (4th)
Career  354 (26th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1932 NL  6.03 (1st)
1933 NL  6.39 (2nd)
1934 NL  5.97 (2nd)
1935 NL  6.08 (1st)
1936 NL  6.20 (3rd)
1937 NL  6.22 (1st)
1938 NL  6.10 (2nd)
1940 NL  6.03 (1st)
Career  5.77 (24th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1934 NL  .975 (3rd)
1935 NL  .964 (3rd)
1936 NL  .975 (1st)
1937 NL  .954 (5th)
1938 NL  .981 (1st)
1939 NL  .967 (5th)
1940 NL  .974 (3rd)
1941 NL  .964 (4th)
1942 NL  .973 (3rd)
1943 NL  .971 (4th)

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

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