Willard Hershberger Statistics and History

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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 (Age 27)
Team: Reds 1938-1940

Final Game: August 2, 1940 (Age 30)
Died: August 3, 1940 in Boston, MA
Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA
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Standard Batting

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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 (v2.2): 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	Pos
1938	28	CIN	NL	49	112	-3	-0	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.496	.499	0.2	0.1	2	2/4
1939	29	CIN	NL	63	195	4	-0	2	6	0.5	6	12	1.2	.509	.504	1.2	0.1	12	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	15	19	2.0	.503	.501	2.0	0.3	19

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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1938	CIN	NL	28	C	39	20	19	126	108	13	5	2	.960	3.10	.979	4.85	1	10	5	33%	45%
1938	CIN	NL	28	2B	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.970	5.70
1939	CIN	NL	29	C	60	39	35	228	204	21	3	2	.987	3.75	.982	4.81	3	12	11	48%	46%
1940	CIN	NL	30	C	37	27	25	134	121	11	2	0	.985	3.57	.978	5.00	2	6	4	40%	45%
	3 Seasons			C	136	86	79	488	433	45	10	4	.980	3.51	.980	4.87	6	28	20	42%	45%
	1 Season			2B	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	.970	5.70
	3 Seasons			TOT	137	87	80	489	433	45	11	4	.978	3.49	.980	4.88	6	28	20	42%	45%

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
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Transactions

December 3, 1937: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Miller and $40,000.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1936	26	New York Yankees	$3,000	Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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