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Mike
Hershberger		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 9, 1939 in Usa, OH, MASSILLON
 
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
1961 21 BSN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1962 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9
1963 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1964 24 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1965 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1966 26 BSN NL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 5 5 10 9 9
1967 27 BSN NL $ 1,378,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1968 28 BSN NL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1969 29 KCR AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1970 30 KCR AL     8 8 8 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1971 31 KCR AL     7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
1972 32 KCR AL     6 6 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9
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
1961 21 AAA   83 351 41 90 13 2 7 25 8 1 35 33 .256 .324 .365 .689 43.5  
    AA   54 200 14 58 9 1 3 17 4 1 23 18 .290 .363 .390 .753 28.9  
1962 22 BSN NL 54 214 15 56 8 1 1 17 6 2 10 21 .262 .296 .322 .619 19.6 2.6
    AAA   104 429 60 129 31 2 5 48 11 3 37 24 .301 .356 .417 .773 61.9  
1963 23 BSN NL 147 556 61 130 21 4 4 43 10 3 43 25 .234 .292 .308 .600 49.7 5.0
1964 24 BSN NL 94 147 23 45 7 2 0 16 2 3 4 5 .306 .329 .381 .710 15.9 3.1
1965 25 BSN NL 138 390 39 108 11 2 2 30 5 5 28 17 .277 .327 .331 .658 39.8 6.0
1966 26 BSN NL 156 565 57 146 24 2 7 58 9 2 40 37 .258 .311 .345 .656 57.7 8.9
1967 27 BSN NL 3 9 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 1.7 0.5
1968 28 BSN NL 151 535 40 126 14 7 1 41 8 4 33 31 .236 .281 .293 .575 44.0 3.5
1969 29 BSN NL 70 156 20 44 7 3 3 29 2 1 10 9 .282 .329 .423 .752 21.0 3.1
  KCR AL 9 24 6 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 .292 .414 .292 .705 3.3 0.8
  TOT   79 180 26 51 7 3 3 33 2 1 15 9 .283 .342 .406 .747 24.3 3.9
1970 30 AAA   137 581 81 172 30 0 13 56 5 6 55 41 .296 .357 .415 .772 83.2  
1971 31 AAA   136 557 53 179 25 4 1 52 10 4 44 32 .321 .371 .386 .757 77.3  
1972 32 AAA   17 68 9 26 2 0 1 7 4 0 5 6 .382 .425 .456 .881 12.8  
8 Years Sim 822 2596 263 665 93 22 18 238 42 20 173 146 .256 .305 .330 .635 252.7 33.3
5 Years AAA 477 1986 244 596 101 8 27 188 38 14 176 136 .300 .361 .400 .761 278.7  
1 Years AA 54 200 14 58 9 1 3 17 4 1 23 18 .290 .372 .390 .762 28.9  
6 Years Minors 531 2186 258 654 110 9 30 205 42 15 199 154 .299 .362 .399 .761 307.6  
162 Game Average 511 51 131 18 4 3 46 8 3 34 28 .256 .305 .330 .635 49.8  
Career Highs 156 565 61 146 24 7 7 58 10 5 43 37 .333 .342 .667 1.000 57.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1594 161 414 53 14 8 144 26 12 97 96 .260 .305 .326 .631 154.3
vs LH   1002 102 251 40 8 10 94 16 8 76 50 .250 .306 .336 .642 102.1
Home 393 1241 136 327 42 14 13 124 22 10 78 61 .263 .311 .351 .662 132.1
Away 429 1355 127 338 51 8 5 114 20 10 95 85 .249 .300 .310 .610 124.3
RISP   540 0 140 22 8 2 200 0 0 43 37 .259 .313 .341 .654 57.3
Pinch Hitting   164 19 47 6 4 2 30 0 2 8 11 .287 .322 .409 .730 19.7
Close/Late   351 38 109 13 5 5 53 0 0 29 27 .311 .368 .419 .787 51.4
Mar/Apr 126 390 40 114 18 7 2 45 11 4 22 14 .292 .333 .390 .722 48.3
May 148 403 44 87 12 3 4 44 7 0 42 25 .216 .297 .290 .588 36.7
June 128 393 35 94 14 5 5 40 2 4 22 20 .239 .281 .338 .619 35.3
July 127 381 44 105 13 2 2 29 8 4 16 23 .276 .307 .336 .643 37.4
August 146 528 51 135 21 5 5 43 8 4 38 38 .256 .309 .343 .652 54.9
Sep/Oct 146 501 49 130 15 0 0 37 6 4 33 26 .259 .305 .289 .595 43.7
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
1962 22 BSN NL CF 51 48 438.7 129 1 2 1 .985 2.67   2.5
1963 23 BSN NL CF 133 127 1118.7 255 8 9 1 .967 2.12   2.6
    LF 5 3 29.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84    
    RF 3 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1964 24 BSN NL CF 9 8 70.0 16 0 3 0 .842 2.06   0.3
    LF 14 6 60.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.79    
    RF 10 7 60.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.10    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 25 BSN NL CF 64 61 536.3 130 1 5 0 .963 2.20   2.0
    LF 20 13 119.3 24 0 1 0 .960 1.81    
    RF 13 10 84.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.02    
    SS 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 26 BSN NL CF 153 141 1249.3 320 10 5 1 .985 2.38   2.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1967 27 BSN NL CF 3 3 16.0 4 1 1 1 .833 2.81   0.1
1968 28 BSN NL CF 150 149 1275.0 335 6 4 1 .988 2.41   8.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 29 BSN NL LF 13 12 95.8 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.7
    CF 15 12 95.5 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.07   0.0
    RF 12 12 92.1 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.15   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  KCR AL CF 2 1 16.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.0
    LF 2 1 16.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.2
    RF 1 1 15.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 580 550 4816.0 1214 28 29 6 .977 2.32   18.6
  LF 55 35 322.3 64 1 1 0 .985 1.82   0.9
  RF 40 31 265.7 61 1 1 1 .984 2.10   0.0
  SS 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   679 616 5408.6 1339 30 31 7 .978 2.28   19.5
Career Highs   154 149 1276.0 335 10 9 2 1.000 2.81    
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
1966-9-156
 Triples
1968-2-7
 Stolen Bases
1962-6-6
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Gene Locklear (962)
  5. Si Rosenthal (961)
  6. Larry Herndon (959)
  7. Boots Day (953)
  8. Jim Norris (951)
  9. Bobby Mitchell (951)
  10. Jose Zardon (940)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 54th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1961
Had first career hit on 7/31/1962, off Moe Drabowsky (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 8/31/1962, off Frank Baumann (WAS)
Injured on 6/24/1963 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/19/1966 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/4/1967 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: LF Mike Hershberger, LF Dave Nicholson, 2B Johnny Goryl. Going to BSN: RF Rocky Colavito, 2B Julio Gotay, P Ed Rakow, CF Willie Davis)
Injured on 9/1/1971 with a Broken Ulna, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 4/20/1972 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
 
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