Herm Wehmeier

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: February 18, 1927 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: May 21, 1973 in Dallas, TX

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

High School: Western Hills HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: September 7, 1945 (Age 18-201d, 7,820th in MLB history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: July 23, 1958 (Age 31-155d)
vs. NYY 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Herman Ralph Wehmeier

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.0

W

L

108

ERA

4.80

G

361

GS

240

SV

IP

1803.0

SO

794

WHIP

1.474

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1945	18	CIN-min	AA	4	8	.333	4.68	16	14		5	0		102.0	95	63	53		80		30	1	0	2				1.716	8.4		7.1	2.6	0.38	SYR IL
1945	18	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	12.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	7	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	27	32	4.94	2.800	18.0	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.00

1946	19	CIN-min	A	17	6	.739	3.53	30						232.0	225	115	91		100									1.401	8.7		3.9			CLM SALL
1947	20	CIN-min	AAA	15	8	.652	4.12	28	25		15	2		177.0	150	87	81		98		81	1	0	6				1.401	7.6		5.0	4.1	0.83	SYR IL
1947	20	CIN	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		2.50	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	21	CIN	NL	11	8	.579	5.86	33	24	3	6	0	0	147.1	179	105	96	21	75	0	56	2	1	5	680	67	5.32	1.724	10.9	1.3	4.6	3.4	0.75
1949	22	CIN	NL	11	12	.478	4.68	33	29	1	11	1	0	213.1	202	119	111	20	117	0	80	7	0	7	937	90	4.72	1.495	8.5	0.8	4.9	3.4	0.68
1950	23	CIN	NL	10	18	.357	5.67	41	32	7	12	0	4	230.0	255	157	*145*	27	135	0	121	4	1	11	1058	75	4.87	1.696	10.0	1.1	5.3	4.7	0.90
1951	24	CIN	NL	7	10	.412	3.70	39	22	8	10	2	2	184.2	167	82	76	15	89	0	93	4	1	3	796	110	4.04	1.386	8.1	0.7	4.3	4.5	1.04
1952	25	CIN	NL	9	11	.450	5.15	33	26	2	6	1	0	190.1	197	115	109	23	103	0	83	7	0	3	850	73	4.82	1.576	9.3	1.1	4.9	3.9	0.81
1953	26	CIN	NL	1	6	.143	7.16	28	10	6	2	0	0	81.2	100	71	65	20	47	0	32	0	0	3	389	61	6.72	1.800	11.0	2.2	5.2	3.5	0.68
1954	27	TOT	NL	10	11	.476	4.40	37	20	6	10	2	2	171.2	153	90	84	16	72	0	62	2	0	6	730	93	4.18	1.311	8.0	0.8	3.8	3.3	0.86
1954	27	CIN	NL	0	3	.000	6.68	12	3	3	0	0	2	33.2	36	29	25	6	21	0	13	1	0	1	157	63	5.90	1.693	9.6	1.6	5.6	3.5	0.62
1954	27	PHI	NL	10	8	.556	3.85	25	17	3	10	2	0	138.0	117	61	59	10	51	0	49	1	0	5	573	105	3.76	1.217	7.6	0.7	3.3	3.2	0.96
1955	28	PHI	NL	10	12	.455	4.41	31	29	1	10	1	0	193.2	176	101	95	21	67	7	85	2	0	4	812	90	3.97	1.255	8.2	1.0	3.1	4.0	1.27
1956	29	TOT	NL	12	11	.522	3.73	37	22	6	7	2	1	190.2	168	89	79	18	82	8	76	1	0	2	803	100	4.11	1.311	7.9	0.8	3.9	3.6	0.93
1956	29	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	4.05	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	18	9	9	2	11	0	8	0	0	0	88	93	4.52	1.450	8.1	0.9	5.0	3.6	0.73
1956	29	STL	NL	12	9	.571	3.69	34	19	6	7	2	1	170.2	150	80	70	16	71	8	68	1	0	2	715	101	4.06	1.295	7.9	0.8	3.7	3.6	0.96
1957	30	STL	NL	10	7	.588	4.31	36	18	5	5	0	0	165.0	165	91	79	25	54	7	91	2	0	4	716	92	4.34	1.327	9.0	1.4	2.9	5.0	1.69
1958	31	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	4.71	10	6	2	0	0	0	28.2	34	17	15	4	7	0	15	0	0	0	124	88	3.98	1.430	10.7	1.3	2.2	4.7	2.14
1958	31	STL	NL	0	1	.000	13.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	9	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	31	33	6.48	2.500	19.5	3.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1958	31	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	2.38	7	3	2	0	0	0	22.2	21	8	6	2	5	0	11	0	0	0	93	172	3.31	1.147	8.3	0.8	2.0	4.4	2.20
13 Yrs				92	108	.460	4.80	361	240	48	79	9	9	1803.0	1806	1044	961	210	852	22	794	31	3	48	7925	84	4.58	1.474	9.0	1.0	4.3	4.0	0.93
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.460	4.80	41	27	5	9	1	1	204	204	118	109	24	96	2	90	4	0	5	897	84	4.58	1.474	9.0	1.0	4.3	4.0	0.93
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CIN (9 yrs)				49	69	.415	5.25	222	148	31	47	4	8	1087.0	1146	685	634	132	591	0	478	25	3	33	4897	78	4.92	1.598	9.5	1.1	4.9	4.0	0.81
PHI (3 yrs)				20	22	.476	4.17	59	49	4	20	3	0	351.2	311	171	163	33	129	7	142	3	0	9	1473	96	3.92	1.251	8.0	0.8	3.3	3.6	1.10
STL (3 yrs)				22	17	.564	4.16	73	40	11	12	2	1	341.2	328	180	158	43	127	15	163	3	0	6	1462	93	4.24	1.332	8.6	1.1	3.3	4.3	1.28
DET (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.38	7	3	2	0	0	0	22.2	21	8	6	2	5	0	11	0	0	0	93	172	3.31	1.147	8.3	0.8	2.0	4.4	2.20

NL (13 yrs)				91	108	.457	4.83	354	237	46	79	9	9	1780.1	1785	1036	955	208	847	22	783	31	3	48	7832	83	4.59	1.478	9.0	1.1	4.3	4.0	0.92
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.38	7	3	2	0	0	0	22.2	21	8	6	2	5	0	11	0	0	0	93	172	3.31	1.147	8.3	0.8	2.0	4.4	2.20

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L

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GS

SV

IP

SO

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