Mike Hershberger
Norman Michael Hershberger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 9, 1939 in Massillon, OH
High School: Massillon (Massillon, OH)
School: University of Cincinnati
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1961
Final Game: September 17, 1971
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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
1961 21 CHW AL 15 58 55 9 17 3 0 0 5 1 1 2 2 .309 .333 .364 .697 88 20 1 0 1 0 0 /897
1962 22 CHW AL 148 474 427 54 112 14 2 4 46 10 6 37 36 .262 .324 .333 .657 78 142 20 3 5 2 0 *98/7
1963 23 CHW AL 135 526 476 64 133 26 2 3 45 9 3 39 39 .279 .338 .361 .699 98 172 8 4 5 2 1 *98/7
1964 24 CHW AL 141 510 452 55 104 15 3 2 31 8 6 48 47 .230 .308 .290 .598 70 131 10 4 4 2 1 *98
1965 25 KCA AL 150 541 494 43 114 15 5 5 48 7 3 37 42 .231 .289 .312 .601 72 154 19 5 2 3 5 *9/87
1966 26 KCA AL 146 599 538 55 136 27 7 2 57 13 5 47 37 .253 .313 .340 .653 91 183 14 3 4 7 3 *97/8
1967 27 KCA AL 142 537 480 55 122 25 1 1 49 10 3 38 40 .254 .314 .317 .631 90 152 13 7 5 7 2 *9/7
1968 28 OAK AL 99 274 246 23 67 9 2 5 32 8 3 21 22 .272 .327 .386 .713 122 95 4 1 2 4 4 79/8
1969 29 OAK AL 51 142 129 11 26 2 0 1 10 1 2 10 15 .202 .259 .240 .499 44 31 2 0 3 0 0 79/8
1970 30 MIL AL 49 108 98 7 23 5 0 1 6 1 2 10 8 .235 .306 .316 .622 72 31 4 0 0 0 0 9
1971 31 CHW AL 74 214 177 22 46 9 0 2 15 6 2 30 23 .260 .377 .345 .722 103 61 5 4 2 1 3 8/9
11 Seasons 1150 3983 3572 398 900 150 22 26 344 74 36 319 311 .252 .316 .328 .645 85 1172 100 31 33 28 19
162 Game Avg. 162 561 503 56 127 21 3 4 48 10 5 45 44 .252 .316 .328 .645 85 165 14 4 5 4 3
OAK (5 yrs) 588 2093 1887 187 465 78 15 14 196 39 16 153 156 .246 .305 .326 .631 86 615 52 16 16 21 14
CHW (5 yrs) 513 1782 1587 204 412 67 7 11 142 34 18 156 147 .260 .330 .331 .662 85 526 44 15 17 7 5
MIL (1 yr) 49 108 98 7 23 5 0 1 6 1 2 10 8 .235 .306 .316 .622 72 31 4 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1961 21 CHW AL 58 41 6 3.9 103 .321 .309 .263 .333 .338 .364 .409 .697 .747 88 .420 -1.0 -0.1 .550 .091 .055 .0
1962 22 CHW AL 474 348 43 3.3 103 .278 .262 .263 .324 .335 .333 .410 .657 .745 78 .359 -13.3 -1.3 .545 .166 .070 5.7
1963 23 CHW AL 526 361 60 4.5 93 .298 .279 .253 .338 .319 .361 .391 .699 .710 98 .531 0.1 0.0 .624 .176 .082 4.5
1964 24 CHW AL 510 370 42 3.1 94 .252 .230 .252 .308 .320 .290 .392 .598 .712 70 .355 -16.8 -1.7 .508 .170 .060 3.2
1965 25 KCA AL 541 407 42 2.8 91 .242 .231 .250 .289 .319 .312 .382 .601 .702 72 .336 -18.6 -2.0 .498 .164 .081 5.8
1966 26 KCA AL 599 432 58 3.6 87 .265 .253 .245 .313 .311 .340 .378 .653 .689 91 .465 -5.2 -0.6 .572 .190 .087 3.5
1967 27 KCA AL 537 386 49 3.4 82 .271 .254 .240 .314 .308 .317 .360 .631 .668 90 .460 -4.2 -0.5 .545 .156 .063 1.8
1968 28 OAK AL 274 192 32 4.5 75 .278 .272 .231 .327 .300 .386 .342 .713 .642 122 .610 6.6 0.7 .656 .220 .114 6.2
1969 29 OAK AL 142 110 8 2.0 91 .221 .202 .248 .259 .324 .240 .375 .499 .699 44 .197 -9.7 -1.0 .374 .109 .039 1.0
1970 30 MIL AL 108 81 9 3.0 98 .247 .235 .258 .306 .332 .316 .394 .622 .726 72 .340 -3.6 -0.4 .494 .173 .082 1.0
1971 31 CHW AL 214 141 25 4.8 95 .288 .260 .259 .377 .332 .345 .385 .722 .717 103 .577 2.6 0.3 .717 .277 .085 3.0
11 Seasons 3983 2869 374 3.5 91 .268 .252 .250 .316 .319 .328 .382 .645 .701 85 .433 -63.2 -6.6 .556 .176 .076 38.5
162 Game Avg. 561 404 53 3.5 91 .268 .252 .250 .316 .319 .328 .382 .645 .701 85 .433 -63.2 -6.6 .556 .176 .076 5
OAK (5 yrs) 2093 1527 189 3.3 85 .259 .246 .243 .305 .312 .326 .370 .631 .681 86 .433 -31.2 -3.4 .542 .173 .079 20.6
CHW (5 yrs) 1782 1261 176 3.8 96 .279 .260 .256 .330 .326 .331 .396 .662 .722 85 .439 -28.4 -2.8 .576 .180 .072 16.6
MIL (1 yr) 108 81 9 3.0 98 .247 .235 .258 .306 .332 .316 .394 .622 .726 72 .339 -3.6 -0.4 .494 .173 .082 1.0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1961 21 CHW AL 58 0.0% 3.5% 3.5% 5.2% 18% 1.00 27.5 11.0 0.89 91%
1962 22 CHW AL 474 0.8% 7.6% 7.8% 4.2% 18% 0.97 11.9 106.8 9.3 1.43 82%
1963 23 CHW AL 526 0.6% 7.4% 7.4% 5.9% 23% 1.00 12.2 158.7 10.6 0.93 83%
1964 24 CHW AL 510 0.4% 9.2% 9.4% 3.9% 19% 0.98 9.6 226.0 14.6 0.97 79%
1965 25 KCA AL 541 0.9% 7.8% 6.8% 4.6% 22% 1.14 11.8 98.8 10.3 1.13 83%
1966 26 KCA AL 599 0.3% 6.2% 7.9% 6.0% 27% 0.79 14.5 269.0 9.4 0.82 84%
1967 27 KCA AL 537 0.2% 7.5% 7.1% 5.0% 22% 1.05 12.0 480.0 9.8 0.93 83%
1968 28 OAK AL 274 1.8% 8.0% 7.7% 5.8% 24% 1.05 11.2 49.2 7.7 0.92 81%
1969 29 OAK AL 142 0.7% 10.6% 7.0% 2.1% 12% 1.50 8.6 129.0 12.9 0.78 80%
1970 30 MIL AL 108 0.9% 7.4% 9.3% 5.6% 26% 0.80 12.3 98.0 16.3 0.79 82%
1971 31 CHW AL 214 0.9% 10.8% 14.0% 5.1% 24% 0.77 7.7 88.5 11.8 0.77 72%
11 Seasons 3983 0.7% 7.8% 8.0% 5.0% 22% 0.97 11.5 137.4 10.4 0.97 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 21 CHW AL 2 0 47% 23 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 67% 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 2
1962 22 CHW AL 14 0 34% 193 10 6 63% 10 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 11 49% 29 16 13 7 4 3 9 2 6
1963 23 CHW AL 8 0 35% 239 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 15 44% 38 18 18 8 5 3 20 10 8
1964 24 CHW AL 8 0 34% 213 8 6 57% 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 50% 28 15 13 1 1 0 15 6 9
1965 25 KCA AL 8 0 25% 172 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 12 13 48% 21 13 7 3 0 2 16 6 10
1966 26 KCA AL 9 0 29% 218 13 5 72% 13 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 8 15 43% 35 20 12 4 3 1 14 4 10
1967 27 KCA AL 6 0 33% 215 10 3 77% 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 14 51% 36 21 15 6 3 3 21 5 14
1968 28 OAK AL 1 0 21% 101 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 54% 16 8 8 2 1 1 6 2 4
1969 29 OAK AL 6 0 29% 48 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 33% 7 6 1 0 0 0 5 2 3
1970 30 MIL AL 1 0 19% 43 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 63% 7 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
1971 31 CHW AL 1 0 26% 96 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 31% 17 14 3 3 2 1 6 2 4
11 Seasons 64 0 30% 1561 74 36 67% 67 31 7 4 0 1 14 1 53 103 47% 236 135 95 35 19 15 116 40 71
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 21 CHW AL 58 28% 17 1 0 0 0 0.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 15 1 7% 5 2 40% 32 5 16% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 0
1962 22 CHW AL 474 30% 112 13 3 0 1 1.33 4 0 20 4 0 2 2 0 8 5 63% 109 20 18% 51 16 31% 347 45 13% 30 14 47% 20 6 30% 0
1963 23 CHW AL 526 34% 133 14 2 0 2 1.82 3 0 15 1 2 2 1 0 5 5 100% 82 8 10% 40 15 38% 290 44 15% 29 17 59% 32 12 38% 0
1964 24 CHW AL 510 48% 104 10 1 0 0 0.82 2 0 13 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 100% 80 10 13% 42 10 24% 281 32 11% 21 7 33% 30 9 30% 0
1965 25 KCA AL 541 33% 114 10 5 0 3 1.57 5 0 13 4 1 2 3 0 2 2 100% 110 19 17% 56 14 25% 354 46 13% 25 15 60% 30 15 50% 0
1966 26 KCA AL 597 35% 136 5 0 0 0 0.62 2 0 11 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 100% 86 14 16% 53 21 40% 314 58 18% 39 22 56% 42 22 52% 0
1967 27 KCA AL 537 38% 122 12 5 0 1 1.19 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 1 5 5 100% 94 13 14% 52 23 44% 290 48 17% 32 16 50% 35 10 29% 0
1968 28 OAK AL 274 53% 67 12 5 1 4 1.94 5 0 8 1 4 4 1 0 2 2 100% 41 4 10% 25 10 40% 165 28 17% 17 9 53% 17 4 24% 0
1969 29 OAK AL 142 51% 26 15 3 0 2 1.48 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 100% 27 2 7% 21 6 29% 65 9 14% 6 2 33% 11 4 36% 0
1970 30 MIL AL 108 75% 23 15 3 0 0 1.33 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 20 4 20% 9 1 11% 53 5 9% 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 0
1971 31 CHW AL 214 64% 46 20 5 0 2 1.53 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 67% 42 5 12% 17 5 29% 124 13 10% 8 3 38% 9 3 33% 0
11 Seasons 3981 40% 900 127 32 1 15 1.42 26 0 98 10 16 12 14 1 38 33 87% 706 100 14% 371 123 33% 2315 333 14% 209 107 51% 236 88 37% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1961 21 15 58 55 9 17 3 0 0 5 1 1 2 2 .309 .333 .364 .697 88 20 1 0 1 0 0
1962 22 163 532 482 63 129 17 2 4 51 11 7 39 38 .268 .325 .336 .661 79 162 21 3 6 2 0
1963 23 298 1058 958 127 262 43 4 7 96 20 10 78 77 .273 .331 .349 .680 88 334 29 7 11 4 1
1964 24 439 1568 1410 182 366 58 7 9 127 28 16 126 124 .260 .324 .330 .654 83 465 39 11 15 6 2
1965 25 589 2109 1904 225 480 73 12 14 175 35 19 163 166 .252 .315 .325 .640 80 619 58 16 17 9 7
1966 26 735 2708 2442 280 616 100 19 16 232 48 24 210 203 .252 .314 .328 .643 82 802 72 19 21 16 10
1967 27 877 3245 2922 335 738 125 20 17 281 58 27 248 243 .253 .314 .326 .641 83 954 85 26 26 23 12
1968 28 976 3519 3168 358 805 134 22 22 313 66 30 269 265 .254 .315 .331 .647 86 1049 89 27 28 27 16
1969 29 1027 3661 3297 369 831 136 22 23 323 67 32 279 280 .252 .313 .328 .641 85 1080 91 27 31 27 16
1970 30 1076 3769 3395 376 854 141 22 24 329 68 34 289 288 .252 .313 .327 .640 84 1111 95 27 31 27 16
1971 31 1150 3983 3572 398 900 150 22 26 344 74 36 319 311 .252 .316 .328 .645 85 1172 100 31 33 28 19

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 21 15 56 54 9 16 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 .296 .321 .352 .673 6 15
1962 22 148 464 423 54 108 14 2 4 46 10 36 36 .255 .317 .326 .643 43 148
1963 23 135 537 488 70 145 28 2 3 50 10 43 39 .297 .358 .381 .739 66 135
1964 24 140 519 460 62 114 16 3 2 35 9 53 47 .248 .329 .309 .638 47 141
1965 25 150 547 500 49 120 16 5 5 55 7 39 42 .240 .300 .322 .622 48 150
1966 26 147 619 556 65 152 30 8 2 67 15 53 37 .273 .336 .367 .703 68 146
1967 27 142 558 499 67 141 29 1 1 60 12 44 40 .283 .346 .351 .697 60 142
1968 28 99 292 261 32 82 11 2 6 44 10 26 22 .314 .373 .441 .814 44 99
1969 29 51 142 131 12 28 2 0 1 11 1 11 15 .214 .275 .252 .527 9 51
1970 30 49 107 97 7 22 5 0 1 6 1 10 8 .227 .299 .309 .608 9 49
1971 31 74 226 185 25 53 10 0 2 17 7 35 23 .286 .412 .373 .784 28 74
11 Seasons 1150 4067 3654 452 981 164 23 27 396 83 352 311 .268 .336 .348 .684 428 1150
162 Game Avg. 162 573 515 64 138 23 3 4 56 12 50 44 .268 .336 .348 .684 60 1150

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1966 AL--27--10th
1967 AL--25--9th

Triples s c a p y
1966 AL--7--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL--5--9th
1967 AL--7--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 AL--7--1st
1967 AL--7--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1962 AL--20--2nd
1965 AL--19--5th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1964 AL--6--8th

AB per SO s c a p y
1963 AL--12.205--9th
1965 AL--11.762--5th
1966 AL--14.541--4th
1967 AL--12.000--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2346), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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