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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
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 98 46 5 2 2 2
3 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 28 CIN NL 112 -3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 2/4
1939 29 CIN NL 195 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ 2
1940 30 CIN NL 133 1 -1 0 0 0 1 5 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 2
3 Seasons 440 3 -1 0 0 0 4 14 20 2.0 20 2.0 0.0 $

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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1938 CIN NL 28 C 39 20 19 126 108 13 5 2 .960 3.10 .979 4.85 1 10 5 33%
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%
1940 CIN NL 30 C 37 27 25 134 121 11 2 0 .985 3.57 .978 5.00 2 6 4 40%
3 Seasons C 136 86 79 488 433 45 10 4 .980 3.51 .980 4.87 6 28 20 42%
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%
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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