Tom Herr

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: April 4, 1956 in Lancaster, PA us

High School: Hempfield HS (Landisville, PA)

School: University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

Debut: August 13, 1979 (Age 23-131d, 14,215th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1991 (Age 35-183d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Steve Comte

Full Name: Thomas Mitchell Herr

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.6

5349

1450

.271

676

RBI

574

188

OBP

.347

SLG

.350

OPS

.697

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 28 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 1 tying, 14 go ahead

4 Tms
STL	19
PHI	6
NYM	2
MIN	1

Platoon
vs RHP	16
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Away	15
Home	13

Outs
1	11
2	10
0	7

12 Opps
NYM	6
MON	5
SFG	3
ATL	3
PHI	2
CHC	2
HOU	2
PIT	1
STL	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
DET	1

27 Pitchers
Tom Gorman	2
Scott Sanderson	1
Wally Ritchie	1
Joe Price	1
Charles Hudson	1
Willie Hernández	1
Bob Knepper	1
Andy McGaffigan	1
Randy O'Neal	1
Kent Mercker	1
Marty Clary	1
Cris Carpenter	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Jack O'Connor	1
Jim Winn	1
Steve Bedrosian	1
Rich Gossage	1
Ron Darling	1
Bryn Smith	1
Bill Dawley	1
Ed Lynch	1
Bert Roberge	1
John Costello	1
Bob Ojeda	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Jesse Orosco	1
Don Robinson	1

10 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	9
Shea Stad (NYC)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1

Where Hit
9	8
7	5
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	18
3	4
2	3
1	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	6
--3	2
123	1
12-	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

44 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	16
1 on	9
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	12

Inning
1	5
2	1
3	1
4	2
5	1
6	4
7	6
8	3
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	7
4-6	7
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	10
-1	4
-2	2
-4..	1

Ahead	11
Tied	10
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	18
1-0	3
0-0	2
1-1	2
2-0	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	28

OrderPos
3rd	12
2nd	10
7th	3
1st	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1983-05-10	STL	@	SFG	Andy McGaffigan	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	1--		2	7	4	0.095	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Oberkfell Scores/unER
2	2	2	1	1983-05-18	STL		HOU	Bill Dawley	ahead 6-3	b 7	2	12-		3	7	4	0.047	99%		Home Run; G. Hendrick Scores; K. Oberkfell Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1984-04-11	STL	@	SDP	Rich Gossage	behind 3-7	t 9	1	1--		2	3	4	0.019	3%		Home Run; L. Smith Scores
4	4	2	1	1984-05-18	STL		CIN	Joe Price	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	4	0.107	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
5	5	3	1	1984-05-31	STL	@	NYM	Tom Gorman	ahead 4-2	t 9	1	---		1	2	4	0.041	97%		Home Run
6	6	4	1	1984-09-08	STL	@	PIT	Jim Winn	ahead 6-1	t 6	1	---		1	2	4	0.019	98%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1985-05-29	STL	@	ATL	Steve Bedrosian	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---		1	3	4	0.122	33%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1985-06-08	STL	@	NYM	Tom Gorman	tied 0-0	t 9	2	---		1	3	4	0.422	83%		Home Run
9	9	3	1	1985-06-28	STL		NYM	Ed Lynch	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---		1	3	4	0.084	84%		Home Run
10	10	4	1	1985-08-18	STL		MON	Bert Roberge	behind 3-4	b 8	1	---		1	3	4	0.333	56%		Home Run
11	11	5	1	1985-09-10	STL	@	NYM	Ron Darling	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	4	0.110	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	6	1	1985-09-22	STL		MON	Jack O'Connor	behind 4-5	b 9	2	1--		2	3	4	0.910	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; W. McGee Scores
13	13	7	1	1985-09-25	STL		PHI	Charles Hudson	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1-3		3	3	4	0.180	65%		Home Run; V. Coleman Scores; W. McGee Scores
14	14	8	1	1985-09-29	STL	@	MON	Dan Schatzeder	behind 1-2	t 6	1	-2-		2	3	4	0.303	66%		Home Run; W. McGee Scores/unER
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1986-05-27	STL		HOU	Bob Knepper	tied 1-1	b 7	1	--3		2	7	4	0.196	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Landrum Scores
16	16	2	1	1986-06-14	STL	@	CHC	Scott Sanderson	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---		1	6	4	0.109	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1987-04-18	STL		NYM	Jesse Orosco	tied 8-8	b 10	2	123		4	3	4	0.340	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; T. Lawless Scores; T. Pagnozzi Scores; O. Smith Scores
18	18	2	1	1987-08-08	STL	@	PHI	Wally Ritchie	ahead 6-4	t 7	0	1--		2	3	4	0.103	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Smith Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1988-04-13	STL		CHC	Jamie Moyer	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	4	0.184	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1988-05-15	MIN	@	DET	Willie Hernández	ahead 8-2	t 8	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1989-06-10	PHI	@	MON	Bryn Smith	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	2	4	0.109	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1989-09-25	PHI	@	NYM	Bob Ojeda	behind 0-1	t 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) 1FB1X	2	2	4	0.570	74%		Home Run; L. Dykstra Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1990-04-14	PHI		STL	Cris Carpenter	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	0.144	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Ruffin Scores
24	24	2	1	1990-04-27	PHI	@	ATL	Marty Clary	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.101	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	3	1	1990-06-12	PHI		MON	John Costello	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	--3	2,(1-0) B.X	2	2	4	0.040	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Howell Scores
26	26	4	1	1990-07-03	PHI		ATL	Kent Mercker	ahead 4-1	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0.031	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
27	27	5	1	1990-09-01	NYM		SFG	Randy O'Neal	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	0.107	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1991-05-11	NYM	@	SFG	Don Robinson	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	2	4	0.137	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Herr Scores