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Billy Herman
William Jennings Bryan Herman
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 7, 1909 in New Albany, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1931
Final Game: August 1, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1975.
Died: September 5, 1992 in W.Palm Beach, FL
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Standard Batting

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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 .762 105 265 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 156 713 623 111 191 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 .723 101 210 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 .740 105 203 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
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 .751 113 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
15 Seasons 1922 8641 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 6166 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 CHC NL 21 2B 25 165 76 79 10 17 .939 6.20 .965 5.22
1932 CHC NL 22 2B 154 966 401 527 38 102 .961 6.03 .969 5.44 MVP-9
1933 CHC NL 23 2B 153 1023 466 512 45 114 .956 6.39 .968 5.41
1934 CHC NL 24 2B 111 680 278 385 17 64 .975 5.97 .965 5.45 AS
1935 CHC NL 25 2B 154 971 416 520 35 109 .964 6.08 .963 5.37 AS,MVP-4
1936 CHC NL 26 2B 153 973 457 492 24 110 .975 6.20 .962 5.30 AS,MVP-3
1937 CHC NL 27 2B 137 893 384 468 41 97 .954 6.22 .959 5.33 AS,MVP-9
1938 CHC NL 28 2B 151 939 404 517 18 111 .981 6.10 .969 5.40 AS
1939 CHC NL 29 2B 156 891 377 485 29 95 .967 5.53 .968 5.42 AS,MVP-31
1940 CHC NL 30 2B 135 836 366 448 22 94 .974 6.03 .964 5.14 AS
1941 TOT NL 31 2B 144 730 330 374 26 69 .964 4.89 .962 5.25 AS,MVP-11
1941 CHC NL 31 2B 11 59 33 20 6 5 .898 4.82 .964 5.25
1941 BRO NL 31 2B 133 671 297 354 20 64 .970 4.89 .962 5.25
1942 BRO NL 32 2B 153 807 383 402 22 97 .973 5.13 .968 5.19 AS
1942 BRO NL 32 1B 3 32 29 2 1 2 .969 10.33 .991 9.67 AS
1943 BRO NL 33 2B 117 631 291 322 18 69 .971 5.24 .969 5.40 AS,MVP-4
1943 BRO NL 33 3B 37 125 54 68 3 2 .976 3.30 .946 2.97 AS,MVP-4
1946 TOT NL 36 2B 60 283 137 137 9 27 .968 4.57 .970 5.09
1946 TOT NL 36 3B 34 106 36 64 6 9 .943 2.94 .953 2.84
1946 BRO NL 36 3B 29 91 31 55 5 8 .945 2.97 .953 2.84
1946 BRO NL 36 2B 16 78 42 36 0 5 1.000 4.88 .969 5.09
1946 BSN NL 36 2B 44 205 95 101 9 22 .956 4.45 .970 5.09
1946 BSN NL 36 1B 22 186 179 6 1 12 .995 8.41 .991 9.28
1946 BSN NL 36 3B 5 15 5 9 1 1 .933 2.80 .953 2.84
1947 PIT NL 37 2B 10 27 14 13 0 2 1.000 2.70 .974 5.19
1947 PIT NL 37 1B 2 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .988 9.25
15 Seasons 2B 1813 10815 4780 5681 354 1177 .967 5.77 .966 5.33
2 Seasons 3B 71 231 90 132 9 11 .961 3.13 .949 2.91
3 Seasons 1B 27 226 214 10 2 14 .991 8.30 .991 9.32
15 Seasons TOT 1911 11272 5084 5823 365 1202 .968 5.71 .933 5.30
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (103rd)

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--7707--159th

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--713--2nd
1941 NL--649--5th
1942 NL--647--8th
1943 NL--663--9th
Career--8641--170th

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--1163--193rd

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--2345--124th

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--3136--231st

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--61st

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--1730--103rd

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--1151--209th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1935 NL--28--9th
1936 NL--28--9th
1937 NL--27--7th
1943 NL--30--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
1946 NL--2.1--10th

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--3108--162nd

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--105th

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

AB per SO s c a p y
1937 NL--25.636--5th
Career--18.010--141st

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--5724--177th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (250), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 134 (124), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 146 (87), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 37 (177), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Stan Hack (862)
  7. Alvin Dark (855)
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  8. Dick Bartell (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Joe Sewell (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

August 4, 1931: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from Louisville (American Association) for $50,000.

May 6, 1941: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Charlie Gilbert, Johnny Hudson and $65,000.

June 15, 1946: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Stew Hofferth.

September 30, 1946: Traded by the Boston Braves with Elmer Singleton, Stan Wentzel and Whitey Wietelmann to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hank Camelli and Bob Elliott.

September 16, 1947: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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