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Buck Herzog

Charles Lincoln Herzog

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 9, 1885 in Baltimore, MD
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1908
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds/Braves/Cubs/Doves/... 1908-1920

Final Game: September 9, 1920
Died: September 4, 1953 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Denton Cemetery, Denton, MD
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Standard Batting

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
1908 22 NYG NL 64 213 160 38 48 6 2 0 11 16 36 14 .300 .448 .363 .811 154 58 7 10 46/5O
1909 23 NYG NL 42 146 130 16 24 2 0 0 8 10 13 10 .185 .264 .200 .464 43 26 1 2 O/456
1910 24 BSN NL 106 445 380 51 95 20 3 3 32 13 30 34 .250 .329 .342 .672 93 130 15 20 *5
1911 25 TOT NL 148 635 541 90 157 33 9 6 67 48 47 40 .290 .365 .418 .783 115 226 17 30 65/4
1911 25 BSN NL 79 356 294 53 91 19 5 5 41 26 33 21 .310 .398 .459 .857 134 135 10 19 6/5
1911 25 NYG NL 69 279 247 37 66 14 4 1 26 22 14 19 .267 .325 .368 .693 92 91 7 11 5/46
1912 26 NYG NL 140 563 482 72 127 20 9 2 47 37 57 34 .263 .350 .355 .705 90 171 7 17 *5
1913 27 NYG NL 96 324 290 46 83 15 3 3 31 23 15 22 12 .286 .349 .390 .739 110 113 6 6 5/4
1914 28 CIN NL 138 564 498 54 140 14 8 1 40 46 42 27 .281 .348 .347 .695 105 173 9 15 *6/3
1915 29 CIN NL 155 641 579 61 153 14 10 1 42 35 16 34 21 .264 .314 .328 .642 93 190 8 20 *6/3
1916 30 TOT NL 156 638 561 70 148 24 6 1 49 34 28 43 36 .264 .327 .333 .661 107 187 10 24 645/O
1916 30 CIN NL 79 319 281 30 75 14 2 1 24 15 12 21 12 .267 .329 .342 .671 109 96 5 12 65/O
1916 30 NYG NL 77 319 280 40 73 10 4 0 25 19 16 22 24 .261 .326 .325 .651 105 91 5 12 45/6
1917 31 NYG NL 114 477 417 69 98 10 8 2 31 12 31 36 .235 .308 .312 .620 93 130 13 16 *4
1918 32 BSN NL 118 525 473 57 108 12 6 0 26 10 29 28 .228 .280 .279 .559 74 132 5 19 *43/6
1919 33 TOT NL 125 525 468 42 130 12 9 1 42 28 23 18 .278 .331 .348 .679 107 163 14 20 *4/3
1919 33 BSN NL 73 307 275 27 77 8 5 1 25 16 13 11 .280 .327 .356 .683 111 98 6 13 4/3
1919 33 CHC NL 52 218 193 15 53 4 4 0 17 12 10 7 .275 .336 .337 .673 103 65 8 7 4
1920 34 CHC NL 91 351 305 39 59 9 2 0 19 8 9 20 21 .193 .261 .236 .497 43 72 8 17 45/3
13 Yrs 1493 6047 5284 705 1370 191 75 20 445 320 68 427 331 .259 .329 .335 .664 96 1771 120 216
162 Game Avg. 162 656 573 76 149 21 8 2 48 35 46 36 .259 .329 .335 .664 96 192 13 23
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
NYG (7 yrs) 602 2321 2006 318 519 77 30 8 179 139 31 195 149 .259 .338 .339 .677 98 680 46 74
BSN (4 yrs) 376 1633 1422 188 371 59 19 9 124 65 105 94 .261 .328 .348 .676 100 495 36 71
CIN (3 yrs) 372 1524 1358 145 368 42 20 3 106 96 28 97 60 .271 .330 .338 .668 101 459 22 47
CHC (2 yrs) 143 569 498 54 112 13 6 0 36 20 9 30 28 .225 .290 .275 .566 65 137 16 24

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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1908 22 NYG NL 64 213 12 0 0 -1 1 12 1.5 6 19 2.2 .524 .509 2.3 -0.0 20 $ 46/5O
1909 23 NYG NL 42 146 -8 1 0 -1 -1 -9 -1.1 4 -5 -0.6 .474 .493 -0.6 -0.3 -4 $2,500 O/456
1910 24 BSN NL 106 445 -2 -1 0 2 4 2 0.3 12 15 1.6 .503 .502 1.3 0.7 13 $3,000 *5
1911 25 BSN NL 79 356 15 2 0 -7 5 14 1.4 10 24 2.4 .519 .509 3.2 -0.2 31 $ 6/5
1911 25 NYG NL 69 279 -3 2 0 2 2 4 0.3 8 12 1.1 .506 .503 1.0 0.4 10 $ 5/46
1912 26 NYG NL 140 563 -5 2 0 10 5 12 1.1 16 27 2.7 .508 .507 1.7 1.5 17 $ *5
1913 27 NYG NL 96 324 4 0 0 2 3 9 1.0 9 18 2.0 .511 .506 1.7 0.6 16 $ 5/4
1914 28 CIN NL 138 564 4 4 0 14 9 31 3.5 16 47 5.1 .526 .522 3.5 2.6 33 $ *6/3
1915 29 CIN NL 155 641 -4 3 0 17 10 27 3.1 18 45 4.9 .521 .520 3.0 3.2 28 $ *6/3
1916 30 CIN NL 79 319 4 -0 0 -4 5 4 0.5 9 13 1.4 .506 .503 1.9 0.1 17 $ 65/O
1916 30 NYG NL 77 319 2 -1 0 4 2 7 0.9 9 16 1.8 .511 .505 1.2 0.7 12 $10,000 45/6
1917 31 NYG NL 114 477 -2 -0 0 2 0 0 0.0 13 14 1.3 .500 .500 1.1 0.3 11 $10,000 *4
1918 32 BSN NL 118 525 -12 -1 0 -6 1 -18 -2.3 15 -3 -0.8 .481 .486 0.0 -0.6 3 $10,000 *43/6
1919 33 BSN NL 73 307 4 0 0 -5 1 0 -0.1 8 9 0.8 .501 .500 1.5 -0.6 14 $ 4/3
1919 33 CHC NL 52 218 1 0 0 6 1 8 0.9 6 14 1.5 .519 .506 0.9 0.8 8 $ 4
1920 34 CHC NL 91 351 -21 -1 0 -6 2 -26 -3.1 10 -16 -2.0 .467 .481 -1.3 -0.5 -10 $ 45/3
13 Seasons 1493 6047 -10 11 0 29 48 79 8.1 170 248 25.4 .506 .503 22.4 8.6 219 $35,500
NYG (7 yrs) 602 2321 1 5 0 18 11 35 3.8 65 100 10.5 .507 .503 8.4 3.2 82 $22,500
BSN (4 yrs) 376 1633 4 1 0 -16 10 -1 -0.6 45 45 4.0 .499 .499 6.0 -0.8 60 $13,000
CIN (3 yrs) 372 1524 4 7 0 27 24 62 7.1 43 105 11.4 .520 .515 8.4 6.0 78 $
CHC (2 yrs) 143 569 -20 -0 0 0 3 -18 -2.1 16 -2 -0.5 .486 .494 -0.4 0.3 -1 $

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
1908 22 NYG NL 213 122 25 5.5 75 .329 .300 .252 .448 .315 .363 .325 .811 .639 154 .754 14.2 1.7 1.045 .388 .063 .0
1909 23 NYG NL 146 108 7 1.8 77 .200 .185 .253 .264 .321 .200 .326 .464 .647 43 .245 -8.4 -1.0 .472 .192 .015 .0
1910 24 BSN NL 445 305 40 3.5 90 .268 .250 .266 .329 .341 .342 .353 .672 .694 93 .481 -2.8 -0.3 .660 .205 .092 4.9
1911 25 TOT NL 635 414 79 5.1 99 .305 .290 .273 .365 .351 .418 .376 .783 .727 115 .612 11.2 1.2 .880 .303 .128 10.7
1911 25 BSN NL 356 222 51 6.1 100 .321 .310 .275 .398 .354 .459 .379 .857 .733 134 .689 14.4 1.5 1.005 .350 .150 8.4
1911 25 NYG NL 279 192 28 3.9 97 .286 .267 .270 .325 .348 .368 .373 .693 .721 92 .491 -3.2 -0.3 .740 .247 .101 1.9
1912 26 NYG NL 563 372 58 4.2 103 .280 .263 .285 .350 .356 .355 .388 .705 .744 90 .490 -6.2 -0.6 .766 .286 .091 3.8
1913 27 NYG NL 324 228 36 4.2 92 .291 .286 .271 .349 .336 .390 .368 .739 .704 110 .557 4.0 0.4 .671 .207 .103 5.3
1914 28 CIN NL 564 373 58 4.2 86 .296 .281 .261 .348 .329 .347 .349 .695 .679 105 .578 3.4 0.4 .754 .243 .066 2.0
1915 29 CIN NL 641 462 58 3.4 82 .273 .264 .258 .314 .321 .328 .345 .642 .667 93 .512 -6.3 -0.7 .568 .155 .064 1.9
1916 30 TOT NL 638 465 56 3.3 75 .281 .264 .249 .327 .307 .333 .333 .661 .639 107 .481 6.1 0.7 .558 .157 .070 1.9
1916 30 CIN NL 319 230 29 3.4 76 .276 .267 .251 .329 .309 .342 .335 .671 .644 109 .501 3.7 0.4 .573 .160 .075 1.9
1916 30 NYG NL 319 235 27 3.1 74 .285 .261 .247 .326 .305 .325 .330 .651 .635 105 .459 2.5 0.3 .543 .154 .064 .0
1917 31 NYG NL 477 335 37 3.0 76 .253 .235 .253 .308 .310 .312 .334 .620 .644 93 .448 -3.1 -0.4 .583 .180 .077 3.4
1918 32 BSN NL 525 384 36 2.5 76 .243 .228 .255 .280 .312 .279 .330 .559 .642 74 .365 -14.3 -1.6 .482 .133 .051 .0
1919 33 TOT NL 525 358 51 3.8 79 .287 .278 .260 .331 .314 .348 .342 .679 .656 107 .536 4.1 0.5 .675 .179 .071 1.9
1919 33 BSN NL 307 211 31 4.0 77 .289 .280 .257 .327 .311 .356 .338 .683 .648 111 .550 3.3 0.4 .672 .182 .076 1.9
1919 33 CHC NL 218 147 20 3.7 82 .285 .275 .264 .336 .319 .337 .347 .673 .666 103 .515 0.8 0.1 .679 .176 .062 .0
1920 34 CHC NL 351 272 16 1.6 91 .208 .193 .278 .261 .332 .236 .369 .497 .701 43 .167 -22.2 -2.4 .388 .105 .043 .0
13 Yrs 6047 4198 557 3.6 85 .274 .259 .263 .329 .327 .335 .351 .664 .678 96 .496 -20.1 -2.3 .645 .204 .076 37.6
162 Game Avg. 656 456 60 3.6 85 .274 .259 .263 .329 .327 .335 .351 .664 .678 96 .496 -20.1 -2.3 .645 .204 .076 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
NYG (7 yrs) 2321 1592 218 3.7 87 .276 .259 .265 .338 .330 .339 .355 .677 .685 98 .502 -0.1 0.1 .678 .231 .080 15.1
BSN (4 yrs) 1633 1122 158 3.8 85 .274 .261 .263 .328 .329 .348 .348 .676 .677 100 .519 0.6 -0.1 .667 .207 .087 15.8
CIN (3 yrs) 1524 1065 145 3.7 82 .282 .271 .258 .330 .322 .338 .345 .668 .666 101 .535 0.8 0.1 .635 .189 .067 5.8
CHC (2 yrs) 569 419 36 2.3 88 .238 .225 .273 .290 .326 .275 .361 .566 .687 65 .296 -21.4 -2.4 .491 .133 .050 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1911 25 NYG NL WS PHA L 6 23 21 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 .190 .261 .286 .547 6 0 0 0 0 0
1912 26 NYG NL WS BOS L 8 34 30 6 12 4 1 0 5 2 1 1 3 .400 .412 .600 1.012 18 0 1 0 2 0
1913 27 NYG NL WS PHA L 5 19 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .053 .053 .053 .105 1 1 0 0 0 0
1917 31 NYG NL WS CHW L 6 25 24 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .333 .583 8 0 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 25 101 94 11 23 6 2 0 7 3 2 3 11 .245 .270 .351 .621 33 1 1 1 2 0
4 WS 25 101 94 11 23 6 2 0 7 3 2 3 11 .245 .270 .351 .621 33 1 1 1 2 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1918 32 BSN NL 525 0.0% 5.3% 5.5% 3.4% 17% 0.97 16.9 18.2 85%
1919 33 TOT NL 525 0.2% 3.4% 4.4% 4.2% 17% 0.78 26.0 468.0 11.1 86%
1919 33 BSN NL 307 0.3% 3.6% 4.2% 4.6% 18% 0.85 25.0 275.0 11.0 86%
1919 33 CHC NL 218 0.0% 3.2% 4.6% 3.7% 15% 0.70 27.6 11.4 85%
1920 34 CHC NL 351 0.0% 6.0% 5.7% 3.1% 19% 1.05 14.5 16.1 81%
13 Yrs 1401 1.4% 23.6% 30.5% 20.4% 21% 0.78 16.0 264.2 11.9 352%
MLB Averages 2.2% 48.7% 38.2% 24.9% 22% 1.27 9.1 197.4 10.1 390%

Cumulative Batting

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
1908 22 64 213 160 38 48 6 2 0 11 16 36 14 .300 .448 .363 .811 154 58 7 10
1909 23 106 359 290 54 72 8 2 0 19 26 49 24 .248 .372 .290 .661 106 84 8 12
1910 24 212 804 670 105 167 28 5 3 51 39 79 58 .249 .348 .319 .668 99 214 23 32
1911 25 360 1439 1211 195 324 61 14 9 118 87 126 98 .268 .356 .363 .719 107 440 40 62
1912 26 500 2002 1693 267 451 81 23 11 165 124 183 132 .266 .354 .361 .715 102 611 47 79
1913 27 596 2326 1983 313 534 96 26 14 196 147 15 205 144 .269 .353 .365 .719 103 724 53 85
1914 28 734 2890 2481 367 674 110 34 15 236 193 15 247 171 .272 .352 .362 .714 103 897 62 100
1915 29 889 3531 3060 428 827 124 44 16 278 228 31 281 192 .270 .345 .355 .701 101 1087 70 120
1916 30 1045 4169 3621 498 975 148 50 17 327 262 59 324 228 .269 .343 .352 .694 102 1274 80 144
1917 31 1159 4646 4038 567 1073 158 58 19 358 274 59 355 264 .266 .339 .348 .687 101 1404 93 160
1918 32 1277 5171 4511 624 1181 170 64 19 384 284 59 384 292 .262 .333 .341 .674 99 1536 98 179
1919 33 1402 5696 4979 666 1311 182 73 20 426 312 59 407 310 .263 .333 .341 .674 99 1699 112 199
1920 34 1493 6047 5284 705 1370 191 75 20 445 320 68 427 331 .259 .329 .335 .664 96 1771 120 216

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1908 22 66 234 173 49 57 7 2 0 14 19 43 15 .329 .482 .393 .875 32 64
1909 23 44 157 139 20 28 2 0 0 10 12 15 10 .201 .284 .216 .500 8 42
1910 24 111 471 401 56 103 22 3 3 35 14 33 36 .257 .338 .349 .687 44 106
1911 25 154 655 559 90 160 34 9 6 67 49 48 42 .286 .361 .411 .772 79 148
1912 26 148 586 504 71 128 20 9 2 46 37 57 36 .254 .338 .341 .679 57 140
1913 27 100 341 305 51 89 16 3 3 34 25 24 13 .292 .355 .393 .749 42 96
1914 28 143 602 529 63 157 16 9 1 47 52 47 28 .297 .365 .367 .732 69 138
1915 29 161 687 618 75 176 16 12 1 52 40 39 22 .285 .336 .354 .691 72 155
1916 30 162 702 612 97 183 30 7 1 68 42 53 37 .299 .366 .376 .742 82 156
1917 31 118 519 449 92 118 12 10 2 41 14 37 37 .263 .341 .347 .688 50 114
1918 32 151 699 625 93 159 18 9 0 42 15 43 36 .254 .310 .312 .622 59 118
1919 33 145 637 564 61 173 16 12 1 61 37 31 21 .307 .363 .383 .746 74 125
1920 34 96 373 324 45 65 10 2 0 22 9 22 22 .201 .270 .244 .514 20 91
13 Yrs 1599 6663 5802 863 1596 219 87 20 539 365 492 355 .275 .346 .353 .699 688 1493
162 Game Avg. 162 675 588 87 162 22 9 2 55 37 50 36 .275 .346 .353 .699 70 1493

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1914 NL  5.1 (9th)
1915 NL  4.9 (10th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1911 NL  3.5 (9th)
1914 NL  5.1 (2nd)
1915 NL  4.9 (5th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1911 NL  4.2 (4th)
1914 NL  3.5 (9th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1912 NL  1.5 (5th)
1914 NL  2.6 (2nd)
1915 NL  3.2 (1st)
1916 NL  0.8 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1915 NL  155 (7th)
1916 NL  156 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1915 NL  579 (6th)
1916 NL  561 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1915 NL  641 (10th)
1916 NL  638 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1911 NL  33 (4th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1911 NL  48 (5th)
1912 NL  37 (5th)
1914 NL  46 (2nd)
1915 NL  35 (2nd)
1916 NL  34 (5th)
1919 NL  28 (5th)
Career  320 (141st)

Singles s c a p y
1914 NL  117 (10th)
1915 NL  128 (5th)
1916 NL  117 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1911 NL  48 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1916 NL  201 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1910 NL  15 (2nd)
1911 NL  17 (2nd)
1912 NL  7 (9th)
1914 NL  9 (5th)
1915 NL  8 (8th)
1916 NL  10 (2nd)
1917 NL  13 (2nd)
1919 NL  14 (1st)
1920 NL  8 (3rd)
Career  120 (46th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1911 NL  30 (3rd)
1916 NL  24 (7th)
Career  216 (69th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1916 NL  28 (1st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 NL  24.2 (3rd)
1914 NL  18.4 (5th)
1915 NL  27.6 (2nd)
1916 NL  15.6 (9th)
1919 NL  26.0 (9th)
Career  16.0 (245th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1915 NL  462 (8th)
1916 NL  465 (5th)
1918 NL  384 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1920 NL  born 1885-07-09 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1085), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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