Willard Hershberger

Willard McKee Hershberger (Bill)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: May 28, 1910 in Lemoncove, CA
High School: Fullerton HS (Fullerton, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1938
Team: Reds 1938-1940

Final Game: August 2, 1940
Died: August 3, 1940 in Boston, MA
Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1930	20	ELP	D																							ELP · AZSL
1931	21	ELP	D	115	432	432		154								.356	.356									ELP · AZTX
1932	22	NYY-min	B,AA,A	105	366	366		120	19	12	2					.328	.328	.462	.790		169					ERI,NWK,SPF · CENL,IL,EL
1933	23	NYY-min	A	103	345	345		105	18	3	2					.304	.304	.391	.696		135					BNG · NYPL
1934	24	HOL	AA	114	332	332		102	18	1	3					.307	.307	.395	.702		131					HOL · PCL
1935	25	NYY-min	AA	107	313	313		97	6	4	6					.310	.310	.412	.722		129					NWK · IL
1936	26	NYY-min	AA	105	313	313		82	9	6	2					.262	.262	.348	.610		109					OLD,NWK · PCL,IL
1937	27	NYY-min	AA	96	314	314		102	15	3	5					.325	.325	.439	.764		138					NWK · IL
1938	28	CIN	NL	49	112	105	12	29	3	1	0	12	1	5	6	.276	.315	.324	.639	77	34	1	1	1	2/4
1939	29	CIN	NL	63	195	174	23	60	9	2	0	32	1	9	4	.345	.384	.420	.803	114	73	6	2	10	2
1940	30	CIN	NL	48	133	123	6	38	4	2	0	26	0	6	6	.309	.351	.374	.725	99	46	5	2	2	2
3 Yrs				160	440	402	41	127	16	5	0	70	2	20	16	.316	.356	.381	.737	100	153	12	5	13
162 Game Avg.				162	446	407	42	129	16	5	0	71	2	20	16	.316	.356	.381	.737	100	155	12	5	13

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1938	28	CIN	NL	49	112	-3	-0	1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.496	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$	2/4
1939	29	CIN	NL	63	195	4	0	2	6	0.5	6	11	1.1	.509	.504	1.1	0.1	11	$	2
1940	30	CIN	NL	48	133	0	0	1	1	0.1	5	6	0.6	.503	.501	0.6	0.1	6	$	2
3 Seasons				160	440	1	0	4	5	0.4	13	18	1.8	.503	.501	1.8	0.3	18	$

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
1938	28	CIN	NL	112	78	11	3.8	97	.293	.276	.272	.315	.336	.324	.388	.639	.723	77	.431	-3.4	-0.3	.532	.105	.048	.0
1939	29	CIN	NL	195	130	28	5.7	105	.353	.345	.283	.384	.349	.420	.404	.803	.753	114	.604	3.4	0.3	.708	.132	.075	.0
1940	30	CIN	NL	133	92	16	4.7	99	.325	.309	.273	.351	.338	.374	.393	.725	.731	99	.532	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.114	.065
3 Yrs				440	300	55	4.9	101	.329	.316	.277	.356	.342	.381	.396	.737	.738	100	.544	-0.2	-0.0	.627	.119	.065	.0
162 Game Avg.				446	304	56	4.9	101	.329	.316	.277	.356	.342	.381	.396	.737	.738	100	.544	-0.2	-0.0	.627	.119	.065

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
1939	29	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	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	IP%
1938	28	CIN	NL	112	0.0%	5.4%	4.5%	3.6%	14%	1.20	17.5		8.8	88%
1939	29	CIN	NL	195	0.0%	2.1%	4.6%	5.6%	18%	0.44	43.5		5.4	87%
1940	30	CIN	NL	133	0.0%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	16%	1.00	20.5		4.7	88%
3 Yrs				440	0.0%	3.6%	4.6%	4.8%	17%	0.80	25.1		5.7	88%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.0%	8.8%	6.8%	28%	1.02	9.9	57.0	7.8	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1938	28	49	112	105	12	29	3	1	12	1	5	6	.276	.315	.324	.639	77	34	1	1	1
1939	29	112	307	279	35	89	12	3	44	2	14	10	.319	.358	.384	.742	101	107	7	3	11
1940	30	160	440	402	41	127	16	5	70	2	20	16	.316	.356	.381	.737	100	153	12	5	13

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1938	28	52	120	112	13	32	3	1	13	1	6	6	.286	.328	.330	.658	12	49
1939	29	66	204	182	24	62	9	2	33	1	9	4	.341	.378	.412	.790	28	63
1940	30	50	139	129	6	40	4	2	28	0	6	6	.310	.350	.372	.722	17	48
3 Yrs		168	463	423	43	134	16	5	74	2	21	16	.317	.356	.378	.735	57	160
162 Game Avg.		162	446	408	41	129	15	5	71	2	20	15	.317	.356	.378	.735	55	160

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