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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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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

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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 2.29
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 1.93 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 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

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

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

April 2, 1956: Sent by the New York Yankees to the Washington Senators to complete an earlier deal made on February 8, 1956. The New York Yankees sent a player to be named later, Lou Berberet, Herb Plews, Dick Tettelbach and Bob Wiesler to the Washington Senators for Bobby Kline and Mickey McDermott.

May 14, 1958: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Washington Senators.

January 24, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Russ Snyder to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Archer, Bob Boyd, Wayne Causey, Clint Courtney and Al Pilarcik. Clint Courtney returned to original team on April 14, 1961.

November 26, 1962: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Gus Triandos to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Brown.

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