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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 23	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
4	4	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 26	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
7	7	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
8	8	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
9	9	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
12	12	May 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
13	13	May 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	4	6	0	10	2
14	14	May 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	1	7	2
15	15	May 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	16	May 7	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	17	May 8	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 9	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
19	19	May 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
20	20	May 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
21	21	May 13	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	22	May 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
24	24	May 16	CHC		BRO	L,2-12	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
25	25	May 17	CHC		BRO	T,9-9	CG	84	19.0	3	4	1	8	1
26	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 19	CHC		NYG	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 20	CHC		NYG	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
29	29	May 21	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	30	May 22	CHC		BSN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
31	31	May 23	CHC		BSN	W,15-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
32	32	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	33	May 25	CHC		PHI	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	34	May 26	CHC		PIT	L,5-14	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	35	May 27	CHC		PIT	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	May 28	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 29	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
38	38	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
39	39	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	50	13.1	0	4	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 3	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	2	9	1
42	42	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
43	43	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
44	44	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	46	8.1	4	2	0	6	0
45	45	Jun 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
46	46	Jun 8	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 9	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	2	3	0	5	0
48	48	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 11 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 11 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	6.0	1	4	0	5	1
51	51	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	53	Jun 16	CHC		NYG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 17	CHC		BRO	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 18 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
56	56	Jun 18 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	T,3-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
58	58	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 21	CHC		BSN	W,3-0	CG	32	8.1	2	2	1	5	2
60	60	Jun 22	CHC		BSN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 23	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
62	62	Jun 24	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
63	63	Jun 25	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	65	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
67	67	Jun 30	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	L,6-8	CG	48	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	69	Jul 2 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 2 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
71	71	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
74	74	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
75	75	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	76	Jul 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
77	77	Jul 8	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-13	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
79	79	Jul 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
80	80	Jul 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
81	81	Jul 16 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
82	82	Jul 16 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
84	84	Jul 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
85	85	Jul 19	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	2	0	3	1
86	86	Jul 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	88	Jul 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
89	89	Jul 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	90	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
91	91	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
92	92	Jul 26	CHC		BRO	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
93	93	Jul 27	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
94	94	Jul 28	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
95	95	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	96	Jul 30	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 1	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
98	98	Aug 3	CHC		PHI	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
99	99	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	100	Aug 5	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
101	101	Aug 6	CHC		BSN	L,8-9	CG	54	12.0	1	1	2	4	1
102	102	Aug 8 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
103	103	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	CG	43	10.0	4	2	0	6	2
104	104	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	105	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
106	106	Aug 10	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
107	107	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
108	108	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
109	109	Aug 13	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
110	110	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
111	111	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
112	112	Aug 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
113	113	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	50	9.0	5	6	1	12	0
114	114	Aug 19	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
115	115	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
116	116	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	29	5.1	5	3	0	8	1
117	117	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	118	Aug 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
119	119	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
120	120	Aug 24	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
121	121	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
122	122	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
123	123	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	124	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
125	125	Aug 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
127	127	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
128	128	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
129	129	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
130	130	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
131	131	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
132	132	Sep 6	CHC		STL	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
133	133	Sep 7	CHC		STL	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	3	3	1	7	1
134	134	Sep 8	CHC		STL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
135	135	Sep 9	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	136	Sep 10	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
137	137	Sep 12	CHC		BSN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	138	Sep 13	CHC		BSN	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
139	139	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
140	140	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
141	141	Sep 15 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	142	Sep 15 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
143	143	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
144	144	Sep 17 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-10	CG	50	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
145	145	Sep 17 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
146	146	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
147	147	Sep 20	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
148	148	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
149	149	Sep 22	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
150	150	Sep 23	CHC	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
151	151	Sep 24	CHC	@	STL	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
152	152	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	42	10.0	4	6	0	10	1
153	153	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	48	10.0	1	2	1	4	1
154	154	Sep 30 (1)	CHC		STL	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	4	2	10	1
155	155	Sep 30 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
156	156	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							156gm		1385.0	377	485	29	891	95