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Gene
Hermanski		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 11, 1920 in Usa, MA, PITTSFIELD
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1944 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1945 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1946 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1947 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1948 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1949 29 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1950 30 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1951 31 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1952 32 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1953 33 NYG NL $ 500,500   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
1954 34 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,500   5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 23 AAA   91 303 52 90 22 0 10 56 5 5 42 35 .297 .383 .469 .851 52.4  
1944 24 AAA   137 486 82 130 17 6 24 80 13 8 67 54 .267 .356 .475 .832 82.9  
1945 25 AAA   137 484 89 132 36 6 24 89 12 5 78 54 .273 .374 .521 .894 93.0  
1946 26 NYG NL 24 22 9 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .318 .348 .409 .757 2.9 0.5
1947 27 NYG NL 29 30 7 8 1 0 1 9 0 0 9 6 .267 .425 .400 .825 6.2 1.1
1948 28 NYG NL 38 36 12 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 5 .250 .325 .389 .714 4.9 0.6
1949 29 DET AL 35 43 6 8 0 0 3 9 0 0 7 9 .186 .288 .395 .684 6.4 0.5
    AAA   79 279 45 79 13 1 13 46 6 7 45 35 .283 .383 .477 .859 50.1  
1950 30 DET AL 65 98 21 32 8 1 2 20 5 0 12 12 .327 .404 .490 .893 19.4 3.7
1951 31 DET AL 95 205 28 47 11 0 2 33 1 0 26 26 .229 .313 .312 .625 22.4 2.2
1952 32 DET AL 20 9 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .300 .444 .744 1.1 0.1
1953 33 NYG NL 156 549 83 125 21 4 14 53 15 3 93 105 .228 .340 .357 .697 78.5 9.5
1954 34 NYG NL 89 176 19 37 4 3 9 27 0 0 25 32 .210 .310 .420 .731 23.1 2.1
9 Years Sim 551 1168 190 275 51 8 32 162 21 3 178 202 .235 .336 .375 .711 165.1 20.2
4 Years AAA 444 1552 268 431 88 13 71 271 36 25 232 178 .278 .373 .488 .862 278.4  
162 Game Average 343 55 80 14 2 9 47 6 0 52 59 .235 .336 .375 .711 48.5  
Career Highs 156 549 83 125 21 4 14 53 15 3 93 105 .327 .425 .490 .893 78.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   831 139 193 35 5 25 122 16 2 131 124 .232 .336 .377 .712 115.9
vs LH   337 51 82 16 3 7 40 5 1 47 78 .243 .338 .371 .709 44.8
Home 270 574 105 139 30 5 22 85 9 1 84 112 .242 .340 .427 .767 87.6
Away 281 594 85 136 21 3 10 77 12 2 94 90 .229 .333 .325 .658 73.2
RISP   321 0 73 10 1 10 125 0 0 52 55 .227 .324 .358 .682 42.5
Pinch Hitting   167 28 43 12 3 8 45 0 0 20 23 .257 .333 .509 .842 28.2
Close/Late   158 38 35 8 0 5 13 0 0 17 22 .222 .302 .367 .669 17.9
Mar/Apr 96 223 37 45 7 3 7 28 5 1 44 44 .202 .337 .354 .691 30.7
May 93 214 26 37 8 1 4 32 2 0 31 35 .173 .279 .276 .555 18.5
June 86 171 37 50 12 0 3 10 3 1 20 30 .292 .365 .415 .780 25.9
July 79 169 24 42 6 2 2 19 3 0 19 25 .249 .319 .343 .663 20.1
August 95 199 37 52 9 1 9 37 5 1 32 38 .261 .364 .452 .817 34.3
Sep/Oct 97 192 29 49 9 1 7 36 3 0 32 30 .255 .360 .422 .782 31.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1946 26 NYG NL 1B 7 4 36.0 60 4 1 3 .985 16.00   0.1
    LF 4 2 19.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.93   0.0
1947 27 NYG NL 1B 13 8 79.0 82 7 0 10 1.000 10.14   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 28 NYG NL 1B 11 7 67.3 81 6 0 8 1.000 11.63   0.2
    RF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 29 DET AL 1B 5 4 36.0 46 3 0 6 1.000 12.25   0.0
    RF 3 2 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.1
    LF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1950 30 DET AL LF 10 8 67.3 20 1 0 1 1.000 2.81   0.4
    1B 7 7 60.0 64 4 0 7 1.000 10.20   0.1
    RF 5 4 34.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.85    
1951 31 DET AL 1B 55 42 399.0 491 39 2 47 .996 11.95   1.2
    RF 13 0 29.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
1952 32 DET AL RF 4 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 33 NYG NL 1B 153 147 1306.3 1496 114 18 170 .989 11.09   1.9
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1954 34 NYG NL RF 33 25 248.7 50 1 1 0 .981 1.85   0.7
    1B 10 9 75.0 86 4 1 6 .989 10.80   0.2
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  1B 262 228 2060.7 2408 181 22 257 .992 11.31   3.9
  RF 61 31 343.7 69 1 2 0 .972 1.83   0.9
  LF 20 11 106.7 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.11   0.4
Career Totals   343 270 2511.0 2501 183 24 258 .991 9.62   5.2
Career Highs   154 147 1310.3 1497 114 18 170 1.000 11.22    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 28 NYG NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1949 29 DET AL 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
1950 30 DET AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1951 31 DET AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 11 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .455 .636
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1953-3-156
 Stolen Bases
1953-7-15
 Walks
1953-8-93
 Strikeouts
1953-10-105
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1943
Injured on 5/15/1943 with a Broken Finger, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/27/1946, off Ralph Branca (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 8/10/1947, off Bob Kuzava (MON)
4/2/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/1/1949 (Going to NYG: LF Paul O'dea, 3B Eddie Bockman. Going to DET: 2B Eddie Stanky, 1B Gene Hermanski)
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Detroit in 1951
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/23/1953 to a 3-year deal worth $500,500 per year
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Released by New York (N) on 10/13/1954
 
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