John Herrnstein
John Ellett Herrnstein
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 31, 1938 in Hampton, VA
High School: Chillicothe (Chillicothe, OH)
School: University of Michigan
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1962
Final Game: July 7, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 PHI NL 24 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1962 PHI NL 24 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1963 PHI NL 25 LF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.40
1963 PHI NL 25 OF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.75
1963 PHI NL 25 1B 1 0 3.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 240.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 18.00 6.00 .983 9.90 8.40
1964 PHI NL 26 OF 69 9 219.1 44 43 0 1 0 .977 -1.1 -6.0 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 0 1.76 0.62 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 PHI NL 26 1B 68 61 487.0 515 488 22 5 33 .990 -2.6 -6.4 -2.6 -1.1 -1.5 0 9.43 7.50 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 PHI NL 26 LF 63 6 180.2 40 39 0 1 0 .975 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.94 0.62 .965 1.71 1.34
1964 PHI NL 26 CF 4 3 31.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -65.8 -1.7 -1.7 0.0 0 1.16 1.00 .975 2.35 2.10
1964 PHI NL 26 RF 3 0 7.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 109.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 3.52 1.00 .967 1.88 1.63
1965 PHI NL 27 1B 18 12 110.2 127 117 8 2 13 .984 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.17 6.94 .990 10.02 8.60
1965 PHI NL 27 OF 14 0 35.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.7 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 1.77 0.50 .971 1.99 1.75
1965 PHI NL 27 LF 11 0 30.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 24.0 0.6 0.5 0.1 0 2.70 0.82 .967 1.71 1.38
1965 PHI NL 27 CF 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -135.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.36 2.00
1965 PHI NL 27 RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.70
1966 TOT NL 28 LF 8 2 33.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 1.91 0.88 .957 1.75 1.36
1966 TOT NL 28 OF 8 2 33.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 1.91 0.88 .971 2.05 1.79
1966 PHI NL 28 LF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 1.50 1.50 .967 1.75 1.35
1966 PHI NL 28 OF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 1.50 1.50 .967 2.05 1.80
1966 CHC NL 28 1B 4 3 29.0 40 39 0 1 3 .975 -0.7 -29.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 12.10 9.75 .990 9.90 8.50
1966 CHC NL 28 LF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 1.40
1966 CHC NL 28 OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 1.80
1966 ATL NL 28 LF 5 0 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 80.0 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 2.40 0.80 .950 1.74 1.36
1966 ATL NL 28 OF 5 0 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 80.0 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 2.40 0.80 .975 2.04 1.78
5 Seasons OF 94 11 291.0 59 57 1 1 0 .983 -0.7 -2.9 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 0 1.79 0.62 .973 1.99 1.73
4 Seasons 1B 91 76 629.2 688 650 30 8 49 .988 -2.7 -5.1 -2.7 -1.0 -1.7 0 9.72 7.47 .990 10.01 8.76
4 Seasons LF 84 8 245.2 57 55 1 1 0 .982 0.7 3.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 2.05 0.67 .965 1.71 1.35
2 Seasons CF 6 3 33.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -71.3 -2.0 -1.7 -0.3 0 1.07 0.67 .975 2.35 2.07
3 Seasons RF 5 0 11.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 61.7 0.6 0.5 0.1 0 2.31 0.60 .967 1.93 1.64
5 Seasons TOT 185 87 920.2 747 707 31 9 49 .988 -3.4 -4.4 -3.4 -1.8 -1.6 0 0 7.21 3.99 .976 7.48 5.19
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 PHI NL 24 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1963 PHI NL 25 15 0 15 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 2
1964 PHI NL 26 125 70 125 125 0 0 68 0 0 0 63 4 3 69 25 10
1965 PHI NL 27 63 12 63 63 0 0 18 0 0 0 11 2 1 14 33 9
1966 ATL NL 28 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 9 1
1966 CHC NL 28 9 3 9 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
1966 PHI NL 28 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0
5 Seasons 239 87 239 239 0 0 91 0 0 0 84 6 5 94 92 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 PHI NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 67% 50% 1 100%
1964 PHI NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 22 12 54.5% 10 0 0.0% 0 796 62% 78% 27% 93 42%
1965 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 139 56% 72% 26% 14 57%
1966 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 62% 83% 38% 5 80%
1966 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 75 59% 76% 28% 8 38%
1966 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 6 83% 83% 0% 2 0%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 11 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 27 17 63.0% 10 0 0.0% 1 1064 61% 78% 27% 123 45%
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.3% 61% 77% 27% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1963 PHI NL 25 10 80% 80% 50% 3 100% 0 6 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PHI NL 26 2044 65% 76% 25% 121 93% 0 484 51 429 6 43 21 14 6 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 32 0 0 1 30 1 2 1 1 7 100%
1965 PHI NL 27 483 54% 74% 30% 29 86% 0 118 7 110 2 12 8 6 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 0 2 100%
1966 CHC NL 28 108 66% 77% 33% 3 67% 0 32 1 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2645 63% 76% 26% 156 92% 0 640 60 575 8 58 29 20 7 0 1 7 3 4 0 3 48 0 0 1 45 1 3 2 1 9 100%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 147 67% 72% 17% 19 21%
1965 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 14 43% 86% 14% 1 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 161 65% 73% 17% 20 20%
MLB Averages 40.1% 2.0% 61% 77% 27% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 PHI NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 0% 0
1964 PHI NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 35 63% 66% 20% 3 100%
1965 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 13 77% 77% 8% 1 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 51 67% 69% 16% 4 75%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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