Willard Hershberger

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 167lb (178cm, 75kg)

Born: May 28, 1910 in Lemoncove, CA us

Died: August 3, 1940 in Boston, MA

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: April 19, 1938 (Age 27-326d, 8,444th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 2, 1940 (Age 30-066d)
vs. BSN 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Willard McKee Hershberger

Nicknames: Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

402

127

.316

RBI

OBP

.356

SLG

.381

OPS

.737

OPS+

100

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	8 (7)	Apr 26	CIN		STL	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	10 (1)	Apr 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-12	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	19 (8)	May 7	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	20	May 8	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	GF	32	7.2	8	1	0	9	0
5	21	May 9	CIN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	22	May 10	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	23	May 12	CIN		BSN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	24	May 14	CIN	@	STL	T,7-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
9	25	May 15	CIN	@	STL	L,11-12	CG	45	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	44 (18)	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
11	50 (5)	Jun 17 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
12	51	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	57 (5)	Jun 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	58	Jun 25	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	15	3.2	2	0	0	2	0
15	60 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	67 (6)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	69 (1)	Jul 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-0	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	75 (5)	Jul 15	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	76	Jul 16	CIN		BRO	L,5-12	GF	23	4.0	1	1	1	3	0
20	78 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
21	79	Jul 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	83 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,10-11	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	84	Jul 23	CIN		PHI	W,10-9	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	1
24	85	Jul 24 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,7-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	88 (2)	Jul 27 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	91 (2)	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	GF	11	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	95 (3)	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	99 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	101 (1)	Aug 10	CIN		CHC	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	105 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	8	1	2	11	0
31	107 (1)	Aug 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-10	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	110 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	112 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
34	113	Aug 21 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	118 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	120 (1)	Aug 27	CIN		BSN	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	124 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	128 (3)	Sep 4	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	136 (7)	Sep 14 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
40	144 (7)	Sep 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
							40gm		227.0	108	13	6	127	2