Whitey Herzog
Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: November 9, 1931 in New Athens, IL
High School: New Athens (New Athens, IL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Final Game: September 28, 1963
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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
1956 24 WSH AL 117 465 421 49 103 13 7 4 35 8 5 35 74 .245 .302 .337 .639 72 142 5 0 8 1 0 *87/93
1957 25 WSH AL 36 93 78 7 13 3 0 0 4 1 2 13 12 .167 .301 .205 .506 43 16 0 2 0 0 0 8/7
1958 26 TOT AL 96 119 101 11 23 1 2 0 9 0 3 17 26 .228 .336 .277 .613 70 28 0 0 0 1 1 738/9
1958 26 WSH AL 8 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 0 0 0 /89
1958 26 KCA AL 88 113 96 11 23 1 2 0 9 0 3 16 21 .240 .345 .292 .637 76 28 0 0 0 1 1 73/89
1959 27 KCA AL 38 158 123 25 36 7 1 1 9 1 0 34 23 .293 .446 .390 .836 131 48 2 0 1 0 0 98/73
1960 28 KCA AL 83 295 252 43 67 10 2 8 38 0 1 40 32 .266 .364 .417 .781 111 105 6 0 1 2 2 97/3
1961 29 BAL AL 113 377 323 39 94 11 6 5 35 1 4 50 41 .291 .387 .409 .795 117 132 6 1 2 1 1 97
1962 30 BAL AL 99 312 263 34 70 13 1 7 35 2 3 41 36 .266 .369 .403 .772 114 106 6 3 3 2 1 97/8
1963 31 DET AL 52 66 53 5 8 2 1 0 7 0 0 11 17 .151 .303 .226 .529 50 12 0 1 0 1 3 /3987
8 Seasons 634 1885 1614 213 414 60 20 25 172 13 18 241 261 .257 .354 .365 .719 97 589 25 7 15 8 8
162 Game Avg. 162 482 412 54 106 15 5 6 44 3 5 62 67 .257 .354 .365 .719 97 151 6 2 4 2 2
WSH (3 yrs) 161 564 504 56 116 16 7 4 39 9 7 49 91 .230 .300 .313 .614 66 158 5 2 8 1 0
KCA (3 yrs) 209 566 471 79 126 18 5 9 56 1 4 90 76 .268 .383 .384 .767 110 181 8 0 2 3 3
BAL (2 yrs) 212 689 586 73 164 24 7 12 70 3 7 91 77 .280 .379 .406 .785 116 238 12 4 5 3 2
DET (1 yr) 52 66 53 5 8 2 1 0 7 0 0 11 17 .151 .303 .226 .529 50 12 0 1 0 1 3

Advanced Batting

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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
1956 24 WSH AL 465 337 44 3.5 103 .288 .245 .262 .302 .344 .337 .401 .639 .744 72 .358 -18.2 -1.8 .549 .183 .093 5.3
1957 25 WSH AL 93 67 6 2.4 98 .197 .167 .261 .301 .333 .205 .393 .506 .726 43 .252 -5.6 -0.6 .448 .192 .038 .0
1958 26 TOT AL 119 82 10 3.3 99 .303 .228 .264 .336 .333 .277 .401 .613 .733 70 .377 -3.8 -0.4 .519 .188 .050
1958 26 WSH AL 6 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .259 .167 .328 .000 .394 .167 .721 -49 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1958 26 KCA AL 113 77 10 3.5 100 .303 .240 .264 .345 .333 .292 .401 .637 .734 76 .404 -2.7 -0.3 .539 .188 .052
1959 27 KCA AL 158 90 25 7.4 100 .354 .293 .263 .446 .334 .390 .401 .836 .736 131 .725 7.9 0.8 .933 .382 .098 1.0
1960 28 KCA AL 295 195 39 5.4 101 .276 .266 .263 .364 .337 .417 .403 .781 .740 111 .583 4.9 0.5 .750 .306 .151 .0
1961 29 BAL AL 377 242 53 5.8 100 .320 .291 .259 .387 .334 .409 .403 .795 .737 117 .603 9.5 0.9 .753 .263 .118 1.7
1962 30 BAL AL 312 207 41 5.3 97 .284 .266 .256 .369 .327 .403 .399 .772 .726 114 .571 7.2 0.7 .738 .289 .137 3.1
1963 31 DET AL 66 46 5 2.9 97 .216 .151 .259 .303 .325 .226 .399 .529 .725 50 .342 -3.2 -0.3 .533 .283 .075
8 Seasons 1885 1266 223 4.7 100 .291 .257 .261 .354 .335 .365 .401 .719 .736 97 .515 -1.3 -0.2 .669 .255 .108 17.1
162 Game Avg. 482 323 57 4.7 100 .291 .257 .261 .354 .335 .365 .401 .719 .736 97 .515 -1.3 -0.2 .669 .255 .108 4
WSH (3 yrs) 564 409 50 3.3 102 .273 .230 .262 .300 .342 .313 .399 .614 .741 66 .338 -24.9 -2.5 .528 .185 .083 5.5
KCA (3 yrs) 566 362 74 5.5 101 .301 .268 .263 .383 .335 .384 .402 .767 .738 110 .598 10.1 1.0 .751 .301 .117 1.8
BAL (2 yrs) 689 449 94 5.6 99 .304 .280 .258 .379 .331 .406 .401 .785 .732 116 .589 16.6 1.6 .746 .275 .126 4.8
DET (1 yr) 66 46 5 2.9 97 .216 .151 .259 .303 .325 .226 .399 .529 .725 50 .342 -3.2 -0.3 .533 .283 .075

Ratio Batting*

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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
1956 24 WSH AL 465 0.9% 15.9% 7.5% 5.2% 23% 2.11 5.7 105.3 12.0 0.90 74%
1957 25 WSH AL 93 0.0% 12.9% 14.0% 3.2% 23% 0.92 6.5 19.5 0.89 71%
1958 26 TOT AL 119 0.0% 21.9% 14.3% 2.5% 13% 1.53 3.9 11.2 0.75 64%
1958 26 WSH AL 6 0.0% 83.3% 16.7% 0.0% 5.00 1.0 0%
1958 26 KCA AL 113 0.0% 18.6% 14.2% 2.7% 13% 1.31 4.6 10.7 0.75 67%
1959 27 KCA AL 158 0.6% 14.6% 21.5% 5.7% 25% 0.68 5.3 123.0 13.7 0.94 63%
1960 28 KCA AL 295 2.7% 10.9% 13.6% 6.8% 30% 0.80 7.9 31.5 6.6 0.74 73%
1961 29 BAL AL 377 1.3% 10.9% 13.3% 5.8% 23% 0.82 7.9 64.6 9.2 0.91 74%
1962 30 BAL AL 312 2.2% 11.5% 13.1% 6.7% 30% 0.88 7.3 37.6 7.5 1.25 71%
1963 31 DET AL 66 0.0% 25.8% 16.7% 4.6% 38% 1.55 3.1 7.6 0.45 56%
8 Seasons 1885 1.3% 13.9% 12.8% 5.6% 25% 1.08 6.2 64.6 9.4 0.90 71%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 24 WSH AL 6 0 34% 153 8 5 62% 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 7 54% 22 12 8 6 2 2 15 2 13
1957 25 WSH AL 2 0 25% 34 1 2 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 8 3 4 0 0 0 4 2 2
1958 26 TOT AL 1 0 28% 58 0 3 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 5 5 0 2 0 2 3 1 2
1958 26 WSH AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 KCA AL 1 0 28% 57 0 3 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 5 5 0 2 0 2 3 1 2
1959 27 KCA AL 2 0 35% 83 1 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 53% 11 6 4 3 1 2 3 0 3
1960 28 KCA AL 6 0 35% 125 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 41% 20 14 6 5 4 1 9 1 7
1961 29 BAL AL 4 0 24% 151 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 54% 20 12 8 5 2 2 12 2 10
1962 30 BAL AL 5 0 25% 132 2 3 40% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 62% 20 6 13 3 2 1 11 3 7
1963 31 DET AL 0 0 25% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 26 0 30% 751 13 18 42% 12 22 1 0 1 0 2 0 38 30 51% 108 60 43 25 12 10 58 11 45
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 24 WSH AL 465 87% 103 12 6 0 2 0.85 4 0 14 3 1 2 2 0 10 8 80% 128 5 4% 63 17 27% 297 31 10% 19 10 53% 22 7 32% 0
1957 25 WSH AL 93 95% 13 10 0 0 0 0.86 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0% 9 1 11% 53 5 9% 6 2 33% 6 2 33% 0
1958 26 TOT AL 111 96% 23 32 7 0 2 1.17 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0% 10 2 20% 67 11 16% 7 4 57% 7 3 43% 8
1958 26 WSH AL 6 67% 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1958 26 KCA AL 105 97% 23 31 7 0 2 1.21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0% 8 2 25% 61 11 18% 5 4 80% 7 3 43% 8
1959 27 KCA AL 152 87% 36 2 1 0 0 2.64 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 33 2 6% 11 3 27% 81 7 9% 4 2 50% 6 1 17% 5
1960 28 KCA AL 293 88% 67 12 5 1 3 1.69 8 0 9 7 1 4 4 0 1 1 100% 64 6 9% 28 7 25% 193 31 16% 17 10 59% 20 8 40% 2
1961 29 BAL AL 377 95% 94 18 6 0 3 1.92 5 0 10 5 0 2 3 0 3 2 67% 75 6 8% 28 5 18% 231 31 13% 13 8 62% 13 5 38% 0
1962 30 BAL AL 312 85% 70 26 5 3 3 2.00 7 0 5 7 0 3 4 0 3 3 100% 67 6 9% 33 11 33% 195 30 15% 18 7 39% 19 9 47% 0
1963 31 DET AL 66 97% 8 35 4 0 1 1.56 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0% 7 1 14% 50 8 16% 4 3 75% 8 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 1869 90% 414 147 34 4 14 1.52 25 0 50 23 2 11 14 0 18 15 83% 418 25 6% 189 47 25% 1167 154 13% 88 46 52% 101 35 35% 15
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1956 24 117 465 421 49 103 13 7 4 35 8 5 35 74 .245 .302 .337 .639 72 142 5 0 8 1 0
1957 25 153 558 499 56 116 16 7 4 39 9 7 48 86 .232 .302 .317 .618 68 158 5 2 8 1 0
1958 26 249 677 600 67 139 17 9 4 48 9 10 65 112 .232 .308 .310 .618 68 186 5 2 8 2 1
1959 27 287 835 723 92 175 24 10 5 57 10 10 99 135 .242 .334 .324 .658 79 234 7 2 9 2 1
1960 28 370 1130 975 135 242 34 12 13 95 10 11 139 167 .248 .342 .348 .690 88 339 13 2 10 4 3
1961 29 483 1507 1298 174 336 45 18 18 130 11 15 189 208 .259 .353 .363 .716 95 471 19 3 12 5 4
1962 30 582 1819 1561 208 406 58 19 25 165 13 18 230 244 .260 .356 .370 .726 98 577 25 6 15 7 5
1963 31 634 1885 1614 213 414 60 20 25 172 13 18 241 261 .257 .354 .365 .719 97 589 25 7 15 8 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 24 122 479 441 51 109 14 7 4 37 8 37 77 .247 .305 .338 .643 46 117
1957 25 38 102 84 8 16 4 0 0 4 1 16 13 .190 .333 .238 .571 6 36
1958 26 100 128 108 12 26 1 2 0 10 0 19 27 .241 .352 .287 .639 11 96
1959 27 40 173 133 26 42 8 1 1 9 1 40 24 .316 .474 .414 .888 26 38
1960 28 87 312 267 46 72 11 2 9 41 0 43 34 .270 .369 .427 .796 42 83
1961 29 113 380 326 40 97 11 6 5 36 1 52 41 .298 .395 .414 .809 54 113
1962 30 99 317 268 36 75 14 1 8 37 2 44 36 .280 .385 .429 .814 43 99
1963 31 52 71 55 6 10 2 1 0 8 0 14 17 .182 .352 .255 .607 5 52
8 Seasons 651 1962 1682 225 447 65 20 27 182 13 265 269 .266 .366 .376 .743 233 634
162 Game Avg. 162 488 419 56 111 16 5 7 45 3 66 67 .266 .366 .376 .743 58 634

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1985-NL-Mgr of the year

Triples s c a p y
1956 AL--7--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 AL--74--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1956 AL--8--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL--5--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Joe Christopher (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Paul Lehner (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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