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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 WSH AL 24 OF 103 96 851.2 254 240 9 5 0 .980 -13.4 -18.9 -12.4 -6.3 -6.3 -1 2.63 2.42 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 WSH AL 24 CF 82 79 684.1 213 200 8 5 0 .977 -13.3 -23.3 -13.3 -9.0 -4.4 0 2.74 2.54 .984 2.79 2.50
1956 WSH AL 24 LF 17 13 129.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.4 22.3 2.4 3.3 -0.9 0 2.58 2.18 .976 2.10 1.69
1956 WSH AL 24 RF 7 4 38.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -78.3 -1.5 -0.6 -1.0 -1 1.41 0.86 .967 2.09 1.80
1956 WSH AL 24 1B 5 3 31.0 37 34 1 2 3 .946 0.4 15.5 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 10.16 7.00 .989 9.44 8.00
1957 WSH AL 25 OF 28 20 172.1 54 53 0 1 0 .981 -6.2 -43.2 -2.2 -0.7 -1.5 -4 2.77 1.89 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 WSH AL 25 CF 26 20 169.1 53 52 0 1 0 .981 -6.4 -45.4 -2.4 -0.9 -1.5 -4 2.76 2.00 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 WSH AL 25 LF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.70
1958 TOT AL 26 OF 44 8 116.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 1.5 15.5 2.5 -0.3 2.8 -1 2.72 0.80 .983 2.27 1.94
1958 TOT AL 26 CF 12 5 42.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -2.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.57 1.00 .983 2.68 2.28
1958 TOT AL 26 RF 3 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -25.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.93 0.33 1.000 2.12 1.70
1958 WSH AL 26 OF 7 2 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -16.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 3.00 0.71 .980 2.28 1.94
1958 WSH AL 26 CF 5 2 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 3.00 0.80 .975 2.70 2.28
1958 WSH AL 26 RF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.70
1958 KCA AL 26 OF 37 6 101.0 31 30 0 1 0 .968 1.7 20.2 2.7 -0.2 2.9 -1 2.67 0.81 .984 2.27 1.94
1958 KCA AL 26 LF 29 3 69.1 24 23 0 1 0 .958 1.7 29.4 2.7 -0.2 2.9 -1 2.99 0.79 .979 2.09 1.62
1958 KCA AL 26 1B 22 9 111.0 119 111 6 2 9 .983 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 9.49 5.32 .991 9.60 8.47
1958 KCA AL 26 CF 7 3 30.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.40 1.14 .988 2.67 2.29
1958 KCA AL 26 RF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.70
1959 KCA AL 27 OF 34 32 271.0 82 77 2 3 1 .963 5.5 24.4 3.5 0.2 3.4 2 2.62 2.32 .980 2.22 1.96
1959 KCA AL 27 RF 20 20 174.1 43 40 2 1 1 .977 3.1 21.3 1.1 0.1 1.0 2 2.17 2.10 .977 1.89 1.64
1959 KCA AL 27 CF 12 11 79.2 34 32 0 2 0 .941 3.1 46.7 3.1 0.6 2.6 0 3.62 2.67 .982 2.72 2.44
1959 KCA AL 27 LF 2 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -49.4 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.59 1.50 .967 2.06 1.70
1959 KCA AL 27 1B 1 1 9.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 10.00 10.00 .990 9.80 8.30
1960 KCA AL 28 OF 69 65 579.0 134 128 4 2 1 .985 2.2 4.6 1.2 -3.8 5.0 1 2.05 1.91 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 KCA AL 28 RF 48 43 372.0 80 75 3 2 1 .975 -1.5 -4.8 -1.5 -3.3 1.8 0 1.89 1.63 .974 1.95 1.68
1960 KCA AL 28 LF 23 22 207.0 54 53 1 0 0 1.000 3.7 21.4 2.7 -0.5 3.2 1 2.35 2.35 .983 2.14 1.67
1960 KCA AL 28 1B 2 1 9.1 13 9 2 2 2 .846 -0.1 -12.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 10.61 5.50 .992 9.55 8.05
1961 BAL AL 29 OF 98 86 739.1 145 143 2 0 0 1.000 2.1 3.4 4.1 5.8 -1.7 -2 1.77 1.48 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 BAL AL 29 RF 73 66 549.0 110 108 2 0 0 1.000 1.4 3.1 3.4 3.7 -0.3 -2 1.80 1.51 .975 2.06 1.75
1961 BAL AL 29 LF 27 20 190.1 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 4.4 0.7 2.1 -1.4 0 1.56 1.22 .967 2.00 1.62
1962 BAL AL 30 OF 70 64 564.1 139 132 4 3 0 .978 2.1 4.5 3.1 1.0 2.0 -1 2.17 1.94 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 BAL AL 30 RF 59 56 488.0 126 118 5 3 0 .976 4.7 11.6 4.7 3.4 1.2 0 2.27 2.08 .979 2.00 1.71
1962 BAL AL 30 LF 13 7 70.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -42.7 -1.5 -2.3 0.8 -1 1.66 1.00 .977 2.01 1.61
1962 BAL AL 30 CF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.55 2.20
1963 DET AL 31 1B 7 3 42.0 42 40 1 1 2 .976 -1.1 -31.4 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 0 8.79 5.86 .990 9.47 8.59
1963 DET AL 31 OF 4 2 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 18.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 1.89 1.00 .975 2.18 1.90
1963 DET AL 31 RF 2 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.00 1.70
1963 DET AL 31 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1963 DET AL 31 LF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 3.00 .967 1.90 1.60
8 Seasons OF 450 373 3312.2 848 812 21 15 2 .982 -5.9 -2.1 0.1 -4.0 3.9 -6 2.26 1.85 .980 2.26 1.97
7 Seasons RF 212 190 1635.1 367 349 12 6 2 .984 5.2 3.8 6.2 3.4 2.6 -1 1.99 1.70 .977 2.00 1.71
6 Seasons CF 134 116 982.1 312 296 8 8 0 .974 -16.8 -20.5 -12.8 -9.5 -3.3 -4 2.79 2.27 .984 2.77 2.45
8 Seasons LF 114 67 695.0 168 165 2 1 0 .994 5.7 9.8 6.7 2.1 4.6 -1 2.16 1.46 .977 2.07 1.64
5 Seasons 1B 37 17 202.1 221 204 10 7 16 .968 -0.7 -4.2 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 0 9.52 5.78 .990 9.55 8.40
8 Seasons TOT 487 390 3515.0 1069 1016 31 22 18 .979 -6.6 -2.3 -0.6 -5.2 4.4 -6 0 2.68 2.15 .961 2.68 2.46
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 WSH AL 24 117 99 117 117 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 82 7 103 12 1
1957 WSH AL 25 36 20 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 0 28 12 0
1958 KCA AL 26 88 15 88 88 0 0 22 0 0 0 29 7 1 37 36 8
1958 WSH AL 26 8 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 1 0
1959 KCA AL 27 38 33 38 38 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 20 34 4 1
1960 KCA AL 28 83 66 83 83 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 0 48 69 14 0
1961 BAL AL 29 113 86 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 73 98 23 0
1962 BAL AL 30 99 64 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 59 70 31 0
1963 DET AL 31 52 5 52 52 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 40 2
8 Seasons 634 390 634 634 0 0 37 0 0 0 114 134 212 450 173 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 WSH AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 188 68% 76% 20% 18 33%
1958 WSH AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 77% 23% 3 33%
1958 KCA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 33% 56% 22% 0
1959 KCA AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 3 0 17 7 41.2% 8 2 11.8% 0 726 64% 81% 28% 65 58%
1960 KCA AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 17 8 0 4 0 0 7 4 1 7 0 1 9 6 0 44 18 40.9% 24 2 4.5% 1 1650 67% 78% 27% 147 52%
1961 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 23 9 0 10 0 0 10 8 0 3 0 0 9 7 0 55 24 43.6% 31 0 0.0% 2 2331 60% 75% 27% 214 51%
1962 BAL AL 30 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 0 3 12 8 1 10 3 0 8 3 2 3 0 0 7 3 0 40 17 42.5% 20 3 7.5% 2 2156 60% 78% 27% 203 60%
1963 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 47% 72% 31% 1 100%
7 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 12 0 1 2 8 60 27 1 32 4 1 26 16 3 15 1 2 30 20 0 163 68 41.7% 88 7 4.3% 5 7105 62% 77% 27% 651 54%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.0% 61% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 WSH AL 24 5 0 5 0 1 8 0 3 2 1 40 24 1 34 2 0 12 4 1 13 3 0 18 16 0 117 49 41.9% 66 2 1.7% 6 3222 67% 80% 26% 404 51%
1957 WSH AL 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 12 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 1 0 34 5 14.7% 29 0 0.0% 0 795 67% 77% 28% 112 46%
1958 KCA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 133 65% 72% 20% 14 57%
1958 WSH AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 59 69% 78% 22% 8 50%
1959 KCA AL 27 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 347 71% 78% 32% 47 68%
1962 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 61% 74% 22% 0
1963 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 75% 25% 0
6 Seasons 8 0 7 1 2 8 0 3 2 1 50 31 1 52 2 0 16 4 1 22 3 0 25 19 0 165 59 35.8% 104 2 1.2% 6 4583 67% 79% 27% 585 52%
MLB Averages 41.8% 2.0% 61% 78% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 WSH AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 7 0 8 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 24 12 50.0% 12 0 0.0% 1 625 71% 78% 27% 90 41%
1957 WSH AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 54% 85% 31% 2 50%
1958 KCA AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 299 63% 80% 29% 40 60%
1959 KCA AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 96 63% 72% 19% 9 33%
1960 KCA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 6 4 0 3 3 0 4 1 0 6 6 0 23 15 65.2% 8 0 0.0% 1 910 60% 82% 29% 99 55%
1961 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 17 12 70.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 794 67% 73% 26% 66 52%
1962 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 350 55% 74% 21% 32 41%
1963 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 41 85% 56% 22% 5 60%
8 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 25 19 0 26 6 0 15 9 0 11 3 0 11 11 0 88 48 54.5% 40 0 0.0% 2 3128 64% 77% 26% 343 49%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 61% 78% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1956 WSH AL 24 142 60% 78% 27% 15 87% 0 34 4 30 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0
1958 KCA AL 26 380 63% 80% 26% 23 83% 0 93 5 85 3 11 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 0%
1959 KCA AL 27 38 68% 89% 34% 3 100% 0 10 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 KCA AL 28 46 57% 72% 28% 5 80% 0 9 0 9 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1963 DET AL 31 194 78% 83% 25% 7 86% 0 42 1 41 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 800 66% 80% 26% 53 85% 0 188 11 174 3 28 8 4 2 0 0 7 0 6 1 6 14 0 0 0 12 0 2 2 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 85%

* 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.

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