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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 18	BRO		NYG	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 20	BRO		NYG	W,9-8	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 21	BRO		NYG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 22	BRO		BSN	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	4	4	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 23	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
8	8	Apr 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
9	9	Apr 26	BRO	@	NYG	W,11-3	GS	20	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	15 (5)	May 5 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	17 (1)	May 8	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
12	18	May 9	BRO	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	19	May 10	BRO		BSN	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	20	May 11	BRO		PHI	W,12-11	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	21	May 12	BRO		PHI	W,13-4	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	22	May 13	BRO		PHI	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
17	23	May 14	BRO		STL	L,5-7	CG	54	11.0	4	2	0	6	0
18	24	May 15	BRO		STL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
19	25	May 17	BRO		PIT	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
20	26	May 19	BRO		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	27	May 20	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	28	May 22	BRO		CHC	W,2-1	GS	54	13.0	3	4	1	8	1
23	29	May 23	BRO		CHC	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	30	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	31	May 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	32	May 26 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	33	May 26 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	34	May 28	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	35	May 29	BRO		NYG	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
30	36	May 30 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
31	37	May 30 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	38	Jun 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	44	9.2	2	2	1	5	0
33	39	Jun 2 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
34	40	Jun 2 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	41	Jun 4 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
36	42	Jun 4 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS	46	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	43	Jun 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	44	Jun 6	BRO	@	PIT	W,13-8	GS	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	45	Jun 7	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
40	46	Jun 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	47	Jun 9	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
42	48	Jun 10	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
43	49	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
44	50	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	51	Jun 14	BRO		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Braves
46	51	Jun 16 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
47	52	Jun 16 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	53	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		STL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
49	54	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 19	BSN		STL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
51	56	Jun 20	BSN		STL	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
52	57	Jun 21	BSN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	58	Jun 22	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	5	0	7	2
54	59	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
55	60	Jun 23 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
56	61	Jun 24	BSN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	62	Jun 25	BSN		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
58	63	Jun 26	BSN		CHC	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
59	64	Jun 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	65	Jun 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
61	66	Jun 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-12	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	67	Jun 30	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	68	Jul 2	BSN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	69	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	70	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
66	71	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
67	72	Jul 6	BSN		BRO	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	73	Jul 7 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
69	74	Jul 7 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	75	Jul 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
71	76	Jul 12	BSN	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
72	77	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	82 (4)	Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
74	83	Jul 17	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS	12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	84	Jul 18	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
76	85	Jul 19	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	92 (6)	Jul 28	BSN		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	95 (2)	Aug 3	BSN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
79	96	Aug 4 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
80	97	Aug 4 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
81	98	Aug 5	BSN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
82	99	Aug 6	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	46	12.0	5	1	0	6	1
83	100	Aug 8 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	101	Aug 8 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
85	102	Aug 9	BSN		NYG	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	4	0	1	5	0
86	103	Aug 11 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,10-2	GS	21	5.0	2	4	0	6	2
87	104	Aug 11 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
88	112 (7)	Aug 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	20	6.0	9	1	0	10	1
89	113	Aug 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
90	114	Aug 24	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-8	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	115	Aug 25 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	116	Aug 25 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-5	GS	30	7.0	1	3	1	5	1
93	117	Aug 26	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
94	118	Aug 27	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-1	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	1
95	119	Aug 28 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-4	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
96	120	Aug 28 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
97	121	Aug 29	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	122	Aug 31 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS	32	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	123	Aug 31 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,14-2	GS	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	125 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	126	Sep 2 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-2	GS	14	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	129 (2)	Sep 4	BSN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
103	131 (1)	Sep 7	BSN		PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
104	132	Sep 8 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
105	134 (1)	Sep 10	BSN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
106	135	Sep 11	BSN		CHC	T,3-3	GS	0		15	0	0	15	1
107	136	Sep 12 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
108	137	Sep 12 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
109	138	Sep 13 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	54	14.0	10	2	0	12	1
110	139	Sep 13 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
111	148 (8)	Sep 22 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	149	Sep 22 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
113	150	Sep 25	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
114	151	Sep 26 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
115	153 (1)	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
116	154	Sep 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
							116gm		967.0	352	207	16	575	48