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Herm Wehmeier
Herman Ralph Wehmeier

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 7, 1945
Final Game July 23, 1958
Born February 18, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH
Died May 21, 1973 in Dallas, TX

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 18 CIN NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    5.0   10    7    7   0    4    0   0   0    27       0 12.60  3.76   30 2.800
 1947 20 CIN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3       0  0.00  4.10  inf 0.000
 1948 21 CIN NL  11   8  33  24   6   0   3  0  147.3  179  105   96  21   75   56   2   5   680       1  5.86  3.92   67 1.724
 1949 22 CIN NL  11  12  33  29  11   1   1  0  213.3  202  119  111  20  117   80   7   7   937       0  4.68  4.16   89 1.495
 1950 23 CIN NL  10  18  41  32  12   0   7  4  230.0  255  157  145  27  135  121   4  11  1058       1  5.67  4.22   74 1.696
 1951 24 CIN NL   7  10  39  22  10   2   8  2  184.7  167   82   76  15   89   93   4   3   796       1  3.70  4.08  110 1.386
 1952 25 CIN NL   9  11  33  26   6   1   2  0  190.3  197  115  109  23  103   83   7   3   850       0  5.15  3.77   73 1.576
 1953 26 CIN NL   1   6  28  10   2   0   6  0   81.7  100   71   65  20   47   32   0   3   389       0  7.16  4.32   60 1.800
 1954 27 TOT NL  10  11  37  20  10   2   6  2  171.7  153   90   84  16   72   62   2   6   730       0  4.40  4.06   92 1.311
         CIN NL   0   3  12   3   0   0   3  2   33.7   36   29   25   6   21   13   1   1   157       0  6.68  4.19   63 1.693
         PHI NL  10   8  25  17  10   2   3  0  138.0  117   61   59  10   51   49   1   5   573       0  3.85  4.03  105 1.217
 1955 28 PHI NL  10  12  31  29  10   1   1  0  193.7  176  101   95  21   67   85   2   4   812   7   0  4.41  3.96   90 1.255
 1956 29 TOT NL  12  11  37  22   7   2   6  1  190.7  168   89   79  18   82   76   1   2   803   8   0  3.73  3.77  101 1.311
         PHI NL   0   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   20.0   18    9    9   2   11    8   0   0    88   0   0  4.05  3.73   92 1.450
         STL NL  12   9  34  19   7   2   6  1  170.7  150   80   70  16   71   68   1   2   715   8   0  3.69  3.77  102 1.295
 1957 30 STL NL  10   7  36  18   5   0   5  0  165.0  165   91   79  25   54   91   2   4   716   7   0  4.31  3.99   93 1.327
 1958 31 TOT      1   1  10   6   0   0   2  0   28.7   34   17   15   4    7   15   0   0   124   0   0  4.71  4.06   86 1.430
         STL NL   0   1   3   3   0   0   0  0    6.0   13    9    9   2    2    4   0   0    31   0   0 13.50  4.15   31 2.500
         DET AL   1   0   7   3   0   0   2  0   22.7   21    8    6   2    5   11   0   0    93   0   0  2.38  4.03  169 1.147
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .460  92 108 361 240  79   9  48  9 1803.0 1806 1044  961 210  852  794  31  48  7925  22   3  4.80  4.02   84 1.474
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  40  27   8   1   5  1  204.0  204  118  108  23   96   89   3   5   896   2   0  4.80  4.02   84 1.474
 Career High     12  18  41  32  12   2   8  4  230.0  255  157  145  27  135  121   7  11  1058   8   1  3.70  4.32  110 1.255
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 18 CIN NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1948 21 CIN NL  36   55    4    5   1  0   0    2   0      1  13  .091  .107  .109  -41    6   3           0   1
 1949 22 CIN NL  36   78    9   20   1  0   0    4   0      1  17  .256  .275  .269   46   21   5           1   0
 1950 23 CIN NL  54   92    8   14   3  0   0    3   0      1  19  .152  .161  .185   -9   17   1           0   3
 1951 24 CIN NL  46   59    8   17   2  0   0    6   0  0   1   8  .288  .300  .322   66   19   2           0   2
 1952 25 CIN NL  41   64   10   12   1  0   1    5   0  0   4  16  .188  .235  .250   35   16   2           0   0
 1953 26 CIN NL  29   20    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .200  .238  .200   16    4   0           0   1
 1954 27 TOT NL  38   59    2    6   0  1   0    2   0  0   2  24  .102  .131  .136  -30    8   6   0       0   1
         CIN NL  13    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0       0   0
         PHI NL  25   50    2    6   0  1   0    2   0  0   2  21  .120  .154  .160  -17    8   5   0       0   1
 1955 28 PHI NL  34   72   10   20   1  1   0    7   0  0   2  26  .278  .299  .319   66   23   3   2   0   1   1
 1956 29 TOT NL  45   66    6   13   3  0   2    8   0  0   2  20  .197  .221  .333   47   22   1   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL   3    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  42   58    6   13   3  0   2    8   0  0   2  17  .224  .250  .379   67   22   1   0   0   0   0
 1957 30 STL NL  40   59    9   12   0  1   0    3   0  0   0  14  .203  .200  .237   16   14   0   1   0   0   0
 1958 31 TOT     10    8    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .125  .222  .250   26    2   0   0   0   0   1
         STL NL   3    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000  279    2   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL   7    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     413  633   67  124  13  3   3   40   0  0  16 166  .196  .217  .240   22  152  23   3   0   2  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        248   26   49   5  1   1   16   0  0   6  65  .196  .217  .240   22   60   9   1   0   1   4
 Career High     54   92   10   20   3  1   2    8   0  0   4  26                          23   6   2   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 18 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0    95| .000  .271| .000  .340| .000  .374| .000  .714|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1948 21 CIN NL   59   54    1   0.5    99| .091  .265| .107  .339| .109  .393| .216  .732| -41  .017 -10.8  -1.1     
 1949 22 CIN NL   85   63    6   2.6   105| .256  .272| .275  .345| .269  .406| .544  .752|  46  .255  -6.2  -0.6     
 1950 23 CIN NL   94   82    3   1.0   108| .152  .270| .161  .346| .185  .418| .346  .764|  -9  .053 -14.8  -1.5     
 1951 24 CIN NL   62   46    6   3.5   105| .288  .270| .300  .344| .322  .409| .622  .753|  66  .386  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1952 25 CIN NL   70   54    4   2.0    97| .188  .262| .235  .334| .250  .389| .485  .724|  35  .205  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1953 26 CIN NL   21   17    1   1.6   110| .200  .274| .238  .345| .200  .427| .438  .773|  16  .112  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1954 27 TOT NL   67   60    1   0.4   109| .102  .273| .131  .345| .136  .423| .267  .767| -30  .013 -11.6  -1.2   0%
         CIN NL   10   10    0   0.0   111| .000  .276| .000  .348| .000  .427| .000  .775|-100  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
         PHI NL   57   50    1   0.5   108| .120  .273| .154  .344| .160  .422| .314  .766| -17  .018  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1955 28 PHI NL   80   58    7   3.2   104| .278  .263| .299  .334| .319  .417| .618  .750|  66  .337  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1956 29 TOT NL   69   54    6   3.0   103| .197  .264| .221  .331| .333  .416| .554  .747|  47  .321  -5.2  -0.5   0%
         PHI NL    8    8    0   0.0   101| .000  .262| .000  .328| .000  .413| .000  .741|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         STL NL   61   46    6   3.5   103| .224  .264| .250  .331| .379  .417| .629  .748|  67  .387  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1957 30 STL NL   60   48    3   1.7   105| .203  .271| .200  .334| .237  .419| .437  .754|  16  .137  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1958 31 TOT       9    8    1   3.3   105| .125  .271| .222  .340| .250  .414| .472  .754|  26  .379  -0.8   0.0   0%
         STL NL    2    1    1  26.8   110| .500  .274| .500  .343|1.000  .428|1.500  .772| 279  .961   0.6   0.1   0%
         DET AL    7    7    0   0.0   104| .000  .270| .143  .339| .000  .410| .143  .749| -58  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      677  545   39   1.9   104| .196  .268| .217  .340| .240  .411| .457  .751|  22  .170 -71.9  -7.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 18 CIN NL P 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 1.05 3.60 2.16 2 5.0 1947 20 CIN NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1948 21 CIN NL P 33 4 29 3 1 .917 .962 1.00 0.91 2.02 2.11 24 147.3 1949 22 CIN NL P 33 3 31 2 3 .944 .952 1.03 0.91 1.43 2.04 29 213.3 1950 23 CIN NL P 41 9 27 5 1 .878 .960 0.88 0.97 1.41 2.12 32 230.0 1951 24 CIN NL P 39 14 23 4 3 .902 .961 0.95 0.96 1.80 2.14 22 184.7 1952 25 CIN NL P 33 8 18 3 2 .897 .952 0.79 0.98 1.23 2.18 26 190.3 1953 26 CIN NL P 28 2 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.87 1.32 2.06 10 81.7 1954 27 TOT NL P 37 7 37 3 2 .936 .959 1.19 0.87 2.31 2.07 20 171.7 CIN NL P 12 2 12 1 0 .933 .959 1.17 0.87 3.74 2.08 3 33.7 PHI NL P 25 5 25 2 2 .938 .958 1.20 0.87 1.96 2.07 17 138.0 1955 28 PHI NL P 31 6 29 3 2 .921 .951 1.13 0.83 1.63 2.04 29 193.7 1956 29 TOT NL P 37 16 24 2 1 .952 .966 1.08 0.83 1.89 2.05 22 190.7 PHI NL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.83 0.45 2.07 3 20.0 STL NL P 34 15 24 2 1 .951 .965 1.15 0.83 2.06 2.05 19 170.7 1957 30 STL NL P 36 18 24 1 0 .977 .961 1.17 0.82 2.29 2.06 18 165.0 1958 31 TOT P 10 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.80 1.57 1.94 6 28.7 STL NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.77 1.50 1.95 3 6.0 DET AL P 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.81 1.59 1.94 3 22.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 18 CIN NL P 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 1.05 3.60 2.16 2 5.0 1947 20 CIN NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1948 21 CIN NL P 33 4 29 3 1 .917 .962 1.00 0.91 2.02 2.11 24 147.3 1949 22 CIN NL P 33 3 31 2 3 .944 .952 1.03 0.91 1.43 2.04 29 213.3 1950 23 CIN NL P 41 9 27 5 1 .878 .960 0.88 0.97 1.41 2.12 32 230.0 1951 24 CIN NL P 39 14 23 4 3 .902 .961 0.95 0.96 1.80 2.14 22 184.7 1952 25 CIN NL P 33 8 18 3 2 .897 .952 0.79 0.98 1.23 2.18 26 190.3 1953 26 CIN NL P 28 2 10 0 0 1.000 .952 0.43 0.87 1.32 2.06 10 81.7 1954 27 TOT NL P 37 7 37 3 2 .936 .959 1.19 0.87 2.31 2.07 20 171.7 CIN NL P 12 2 12 1 0 .933 .959 1.17 0.87 3.74 2.08 3 33.7 PHI NL P 25 5 25 2 2 .938 .958 1.20 0.87 1.96 2.07 17 138.0 1955 28 PHI NL P 31 6 29 3 2 .921 .951 1.13 0.83 1.63 2.04 29 193.7 1956 29 TOT NL P 37 16 24 2 1 .952 .966 1.08 0.83 1.89 2.05 22 190.7 PHI NL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.83 0.45 2.07 3 20.0 STL NL P 34 15 24 2 1 .951 .965 1.15 0.83 2.06 2.05 19 170.7 1957 30 STL NL P 36 18 24 1 0 .977 .961 1.17 0.82 2.29 2.06 18 165.0 1958 31 TOT P 10 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.80 1.57 1.94 6 28.7 STL NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.77 1.50 1.95 3 6.0 DET AL P 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.81 1.59 1.94 3 22.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 361 87 259 26 16 .930 .958 0.96 0.89 1.73 2.09 240 1803.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 361 87 259 26 16 .930 .958 0.96 0.89 1.73 2.09 240 1803
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1957 NL-.588-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1954 NL-1.311-10
1955 NL-1.255-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1949 NL-8.52-8
1951 NL-8.14-10
1954 NL-8.02-5
1955 NL-8.18-7
1956 NL-7.93-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1950 NL-4.73-6
1951 NL-4.53-8
1957 NL-4.96-10

Games
1950 NL-41-9

Saves
1950 NL-4-7

Strikeouts
1950 NL-121-10

Games Started
1950 NL-32-10

Shutouts
1956 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1948 NL-21-4
1949 NL-20-7
1950 NL-27-6
1952 NL-23-2
1957 NL-25-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1949 NL-117-1
1950 NL-135-1
1951 NL-89-8
1952 NL-103-1
1956 NL-82-7

Hits Allowed
1950 NL-255-8

Losses
1950 NL-18-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1948 NL-96-4
1949 NL-111-2
1950 NL-145-1
1952 NL-109-3
1955 NL-95-8

Wild Pitches
1948 NL-5-8
1949 NL-7-1
1950 NL-11-1
1954 NL-6-4

Hit Batsmen
1949 NL-7-3
1952 NL-7-1

Batters Faced
1950 NL-1058-10

Youngest Player
1945 NL-18-6
1947 NL-20-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 23 (953) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1626) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

June 12, 1954: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

May 11, 1956: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Murry Dickson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Harvey Haddix, Ben Flowers, and Stu Miller.

May 9, 1958: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 12, 1959: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


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