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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
2	2	Apr 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 16	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
4	4	Apr 17	BRO		PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 18	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	3
6	6	Apr 19	BRO		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 20	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
8	8	Apr 21	BRO		BSN	W,13-2	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 22	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	48	12.0	8	4	0	12	3
10	10	Apr 23	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 26 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	13	2	1	16	1
14	14	Apr 26 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
15	15	Apr 28	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
16	16	Apr 29	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	17	Apr 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,11-8	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	2	2	1	5	1
19	19	May 2	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	20	May 3 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,10-14	CG	46	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
21	21	May 3 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 5	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	40	11.0	0	4	1	5	0
23	23	May 8	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
24	24	May 10	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
25	25	May 12	BRO		CIN	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
26	26	May 13	BRO		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	27	May 14	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	28	May 15	BRO		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	29	May 16	BRO		PIT	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	30	May 17 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
31	31	May 17 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
32	32	May 18	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
33	33	May 19	BRO		CHC	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
34	34	May 20	BRO		STL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	May 22	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
36	36	May 23	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
37	37	May 24	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
38	38	May 25	BRO		PHI	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	39	May 27	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
40	40	May 28	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
41	41	May 29	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	CG	36	10.0	1	3	1	5	0
42	42	May 30 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
43	43	May 30 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
44	44	May 31 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,10-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	May 31 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 2	BRO	@	PIT	W,17-2	GS	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 5 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
48	48	Jun 5 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	4	1	0	5	0
49	49	Jun 6	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS	29	7.0	6	5	0	11	0
50	50	Jun 7 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
51	51	Jun 7 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	2
52	52	Jun 14 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 14 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 15	BRO		CHC	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 17	BRO		CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 18	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
57	57	Jun 19	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 20	BRO		STL	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
59	59	Jun 21 (1)	BRO		STL	L,0-11	GS	23	4.0	1	1	1	3	0
60	60	Jun 21 (2)	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
61	61	Jun 23	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
62	62	Jun 25	BRO		CIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 26	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
64	64	Jun 27	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	65	Jun 28 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	66	Jun 28 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
67	67	Jun 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	68	Jun 30	BRO		BSN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 3	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,14-0	GS	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
73	73	Jul 5 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
74	74	Jul 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
75	75	Jul 10	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	5	1	0	6	0
76	76	Jul 11 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
77	77	Jul 11 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	61	15.0	6	3	0	9	2
78	78	Jul 12 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
79	79	Jul 12 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
80	80	Jul 14	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
81	81	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
82	82	Jul 16 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
83	83	Jul 16 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
85	85	Jul 18 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
86	86	Jul 18 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
87	87	Jul 19 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,5-8	GS	23	4.0	1	3	0	4	1
88	88	Jul 19 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
89	89	Jul 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	4
90	90	Jul 21	BRO		CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	91	Jul 22	BRO		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
92	92	Jul 24	BRO		PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
93	93	Jul 25	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
94	94	Jul 26 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
95	95	Jul 26 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
96	96	Jul 28 (1)	BRO		STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
97	97	Jul 28 (2)	BRO		STL	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	7	0	11	0
98	98	Jul 29	BRO		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
99	99	Jul 30	BRO		CHC	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	6	6	0	12	3
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	BRO		CHC	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
101	101	Aug 2 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
102	102	Aug 2 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
103	103	Aug 3	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
104	104	Aug 4	BRO	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	38	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
105	105	Aug 5	BRO		NYG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
106	106	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
107	107	Aug 7	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	5	7	0	12	2
108	108	Aug 8	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	109	Aug 10	BRO		PHI	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
110	110	Aug 12	BRO		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
112	112	Aug 14 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
113	113	Aug 15	BRO		BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	114	Aug 16	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	CG	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	115	Aug 18	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
116	116	Aug 19	BRO		BSN	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
117	117	Aug 20	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
118	118	Aug 22	BRO		NYG	W,10-5	CG	36	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
119	119	Aug 23 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
120	120	Aug 23 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	CG	24	5.0	1	5	0	6	1
121	121	Aug 24	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
122	122	Aug 25	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	56	13.1	2	5	0	7	1
123	123	Aug 26	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	3	7	0	10	2
124	124	Aug 27	BRO	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
125	125	Aug 28	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
126	126	Aug 29	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	5	3	0	8	0
127	127	Aug 30 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	128	Aug 30 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
129	129	Aug 31	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	131	Sep 2	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	4	4	0	8	2
132	132	Sep 3	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
133	133	Sep 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
134	134	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
135	135	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	136	Sep 7 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,11-4	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
137	137	Sep 7 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
138	138	Sep 8	BRO		PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	1	10	3
139	139	Sep 10	BRO		CHC	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	140	Sep 11	BRO		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
141	141	Sep 12	BRO		STL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
142	142	Sep 13 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	143	Sep 13 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
144	144	Sep 16	BRO		PIT	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
145	145	Sep 17	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
146	146	Sep 19	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	51	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
147	147	Sep 20 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
148	148	Sep 20 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
149	149	Sep 21	BRO		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	150	Sep 22	BRO		NYG	W,9-8	GS	43	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
151	151	Sep 23	BRO		PHI	W,6-0	CG	27	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
152	152	Sep 24	BRO		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
153	153	Sep 25	BRO		BSN	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	3	2	1	6	1
154	154	Sep 26	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
155	155	Sep 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
							156gm		1363.0	412	404	23	839	99