Billy Herman

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: July 7, 1909 in New Albany, IN us

Died: September 5, 1992 in West Palm Beach, FL

Buried: Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, FL

High School: New Albany HS (New Albany, IN)

Debut: August 29, 1931 (Age 22-053d, 7,256th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 1, 1947 (Age 38-025d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1975. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Billy Herman's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: William Jennings Bryan Herman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

57.4

7707

2345

.304

1163

RBI

839

OBP

.367

SLG

.407

OPS

.774

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
2	2	Apr 20	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 22	CHC		STL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
5	5	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	44	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
9	9	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 28	CHC		CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
11	11	Apr 29	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
12	12	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
14	14	May 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
15	15	May 3	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
16	16	May 4	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
17	17	May 5	CHC		PHI	W,21-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
18	18	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,13-9	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
19	19	May 7	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 8	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
21	21	May 10	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
22	22	May 11	CHC		BRO	L,0-7	CG	47	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
23	23	May 12	CHC		BRO	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	24	May 13	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG	42	10.0	7	4	0	11	1
25	25	May 15	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	4	6	0	10	1
26	26	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	52	11.1	1	1	0	2	1
27	27	May 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
28	28	May 19	CHC	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
29	29	May 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,16-7	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	30	May 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
31	31	May 22	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	5	2	0	7	0
32	32	May 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
33	33	May 24	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
34	34	May 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
35	35	May 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	36	May 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	37	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
38	38	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
39	39	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 2	CHC		BSN	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 3	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
42	42	Jun 4	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
43	43	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	44	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
45	45	Jun 7	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
46	46	Jun 8 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	2	4	1	7	1
47	47	Jun 8 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 9	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
49	49	Jun 12 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	50	Jun 12 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
51	51	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 15	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
53	53	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
55	55	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
57	57	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
59	59	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
60	60	Jun 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	1	7	2
61	61	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
64	64	Jun 29	CHC		STL	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
66	66	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	69	Jul 8	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
70	70	Jul 9	CHC		CIN	L,0-11	CG	46	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
71	71	Jul 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
72	72	Jul 11	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
73	73	Jul 12	CHC		PIT	L,6-14	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	74	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
75	75	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
76	76	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
77	77	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	2	6	0	8	1
78	78	Jul 17 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
79	79	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 18	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
82	82	Jul 21 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
83	83	Jul 21 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
84	84	Jul 23 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
86	86	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	64	15.0	6	5	0	11	1
87	87	Jul 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
88	88	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
89	89	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	50	11.2	2	3	0	5	2
90	91 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	26	5.1	2	2	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	93 (1)	Aug 2	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
92	94	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
93	95	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
94	96	Aug 6	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
95	97	Aug 7 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
96	98	Aug 7 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
97	99	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
98	100	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	7	0	12	3
99	101	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	59	13.0	2	4	0	6	1
100	102	Aug 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
101	103	Aug 13	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
102	104	Aug 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
103	105	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
104	106	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	3	6	0	9	1
105	107	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	108	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
107	109	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
108	110	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
109	111	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
110	112	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	113	Aug 22	CHC		PIT	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
112	114	Aug 23	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
113	115	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
114	116	Aug 25 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
115	117	Aug 25 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
116	118	Aug 26	CHC		BRO	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
117	119	Aug 27	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
118	120	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	11.0	2	6	0	8	0
119	121	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
120	122	Aug 30	CHC		BSN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
121	123	Aug 31	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	124	Sep 1	CHC		BSN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
123	125	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
124	126	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
125	127	Sep 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	4	0	1	5	0
126	128	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
127	129	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
128	130	Sep 7	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
129	131	Sep 8	CHC	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	39	10.0	4	5	0	9	1
130	132	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
131	133	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
132	134	Sep 11	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
133	135	Sep 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
134	136	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
135	137	Sep 17 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	4	8	0	12	3
136	138	Sep 17 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	139	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
138	140	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	T,3-3	CG	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	1
139	141	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
140	142	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
141	143	Sep 23 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
142	144	Sep 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
143	145	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
144	146	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	4
145	147	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
146	148	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
147	149	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
148	150	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
149	151	Sep 30	CHC	@	STL	T,7-7	CG	49	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
150	152	Oct 1 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
151	153	Oct 1 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
							151gm		1359.0	404	517	18	939	111