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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1908	NYG	NL	22	2B	42				202	61	125	16	19	.921		4.43	.954		5.13
1908	NYG	NL	22	SS	12				61	22	33	6	2	.902		4.58	.930		5.30
1908	NYG	NL	22	3B	4				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		0.25	.930		3.30
1908	NYG	NL	22	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.00	1-0-0
1909	NYG	NL	23	OF	29				58	49	4	5	1	.914		1.83	.961		2.07	26-0-4
1909	NYG	NL	23	2B	6				4	2	1	1	1	.750		0.50	.938		4.87
1909	NYG	NL	23	3B	4				4	1	3	0	0	1.000		1.00	.930		3.30
1909	NYG	NL	23	SS	1				2	1	1	0	1	1.000		2.00	.925		5.30
1910	BSN	NL	24	3B	105				364	110	223	31	17	.915		3.17	.932		3.17
1911	TOT	NL	25	SS	75				428	151	249	28	31	.935		5.33	.925		5.12
1911	TOT	NL	25	3B	69				259	92	149	18	9	.931		3.49	.936		3.14
1911	BSN	NL	25	SS	74				426	149	249	28	31	.934		5.38	.925		5.12
1911	BSN	NL	25	3B	4				17	6	11	0	2	1.000		4.25	.936		3.15
1911	NYG	NL	25	3B	65				242	86	138	18	7	.926		3.45	.936		3.14
1911	NYG	NL	25	2B	3				12	6	6	0	0	1.000		4.00	.952		5.20
1911	NYG	NL	25	SS	1				2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.925		5.10
1912	NYG	NL	26	3B	140				496	159	308	29	21	.942		3.34	.935		3.15
1913	NYG	NL	27	3B	84				247	95	139	13	18	.947		2.79	.935		3.12
1913	NYG	NL	27	2B	2				5	2	3	0	0	1.000		2.50	.956		5.25
1914	CIN	NL	28	SS	137				850	324	474	52	58	.939		5.82	.925		5.38
1914	CIN	NL	28	1B	2				22	20	1	1	2	.955		10.50	.988		10.60
1915	CIN	NL	29	SS	153				957	391	513	53	90	.945		5.91	.931		5.44
1915	CIN	NL	29	1B	2				11	9	2	0	0	1.000		5.50	.990		10.60
1916	TOT	NL	30	SS	74				460	183	243	34	36	.926		5.76	.926		5.52
1916	TOT	NL	30	3B	39				140	44	91	5	5	.964		3.46	.938		3.18
1916	CIN	NL	30	SS	65				392	162	203	27	30	.931		5.62	.926		5.52
1916	CIN	NL	30	3B	12				36	15	21	0	1	1.000		3.00	.938		3.18
1916	CIN	NL	30	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20	1-0-0
1916	NYG	NL	30	2B	44				223	90	128	5	18	.978		4.95	.951		5.12
1916	NYG	NL	30	3B	27				104	29	70	5	4	.952		3.67	.938		3.18
1916	NYG	NL	30	SS	9				68	21	40	7	6	.897		6.78	.926		5.52
1917	NYG	NL	31	2B	113				610	251	327	32	60	.948		5.12	.956		5.33
1918	BSN	NL	32	2B	99	99	94		585	240	322	23	49	.961		5.68	.957		5.45
1918	BSN	NL	32	1B	12	12	11		123	115	6	2	4	.984		10.08	.987		11.24
1918	BSN	NL	32	SS	7	7	7		38	19	14	5	1	.868		4.71	.934		5.80
1919	TOT	NL	33	2B	122	123	114		572	211	342	19	42	.967		4.53	.960		5.43
1919	BSN	NL	33	2B	70	71	64		337	130	191	16	25	.953		4.59	.960		5.43
1919	BSN	NL	33	1B	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.990		11.20
1919	CHC	NL	33	2B	52	52	50		235	81	151	3	17	.987		4.46	.960		5.43
1920	CHC	NL	34	2B	59	55	53		323	128	175	20	25	.938		5.14	.963		5.73
1920	CHC	NL	34	3B	28	26	26		100	25	66	9	7	.910		3.25	.947		3.16
1920	CHC	NL	34	1B	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.990		11.10
	9 Seasons			2B	490	277	261		2536	991	1429	116	214	.954		4.94	.957		5.38
	8 Seasons			3B	473	26	26		1611	526	980	105	77	.935		3.18	.935		3.15
	7 Seasons			SS	459	7	7		2796	1091	1527	178	219	.936		5.70	.927		5.38
	3 Seasons			OF	31				58	49	4	5	1	.914		1.71	.961		2.07	28-0-4
	5 Seasons			1B	18	12	11		159	147	9	3	6	.981		8.67	.987		11.09
	13 Seasons			TOT	1471	322	305		7160	2804	3949	407	517	.943		4.59	.941		4.67	28-0-4
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1908	NYG	NL	22	64		64		0	42	4	12	1	0	1
1909	NYG	NL	23	42		42		0	6	4	1	26	4	29
1910	BSN	NL	24	106		106		0	0	105	0	0	0	0
1911	BSN	NL	25	79		79		0	0	4	74	0	0	0
1911	NYG	NL	25	69		69		0	3	65	1	0	0	0
1912	NYG	NL	26	140		140		0	0	140	0	0	0	0
1913	NYG	NL	27	96		96		0	2	84	0	0	0	0
1914	CIN	NL	28	138		138		2	0	0	137	0	0	0
1915	CIN	NL	29	155		155		2	0	0	153	0	0	0
1916	CIN	NL	30	79		79		0	0	12	65	1	0	1
1916	NYG	NL	30	77		77		0	44	27	9	0	0	0
1917	NYG	NL	31	114		114		0	113	0	0	0	0	0
1918	BSN	NL	32	118		118		12	99	0	7	0	0	0
1919	BSN	NL	33	73	71	73	71	1	71	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1919	CHC	NL	33	52	52	52	52	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1920	CHC	NL	34	91	81	91	88	1	59	28	0	0	0	0	2	1
	13 Seasons			1493	204	1493	211	18	491	473	459	28	4	31	4	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	Assists† s c a p y 1914 NL 475 (2nd) 1915 NL 515 (2nd) 1916 NL 462 (5th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1914 NL 53 (4th) 1915 NL 53 (5th)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1917 NL 113 (4th) 1918 NL 99 (3rd) 1919 NL 122 (3rd)
Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1917 NL 251 (5th) 1918 NL 240 (3rd) 1919 NL 211 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1917 NL 327 (4th) 1918 NL 322 (3rd) 1919 NL 342 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1917 NL 32 (2nd) 1918 NL 23 (3rd) 1919 NL 19 (4th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 140 (1st)
Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 159 (1st)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL 308 (1st)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1910 NL 31 (4th) 1911 NL 18 (5th) 1912 NL 29 (3rd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1914 NL 137 (2nd) 1915 NL 153 (1st)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1914 NL 324 (2nd) 1915 NL 391 (1st)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1914 NL 474 (2nd) 1915 NL 513 (2nd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1914 NL 52 (3rd) 1915 NL 53 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1918 NL 5.68 (1st)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1918 NL .961 (4th) 1919 NL .967 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1910 NL 3.17 (3rd) 1912 NL 3.34 (1st)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1912 NL .942 (2nd) 1913 NL .947 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1914 NL 5.82 (2nd) 1915 NL 5.91 (1st)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1914 NL .939 (2nd) 1915 NL .945 (2nd)	Oldest s c a p y 1920 NL born 1885-07-09 (10th)

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