Whitey
Herzog
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 192
 
Born: November 9, 1931 in Usa, IL, NEW ATHENS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1962    1963   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 24 BOS AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
1957 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7
1958 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7
1959 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1960 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1961 29 BOS AL $ 2,442,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 6 6 8 9 8 5 5 5
1962 30 BOS AL $ 3,207,143   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5
1963 31 BOS AL $ 4,300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1964 32 BOS AL $ 4,300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4
1965 33 BOS AL $ 710,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 5 4
1966 34 BOS AL $ 710,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 4
1967 35 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 4
1968 36 CLN NL $ 323,987   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 7 8 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 9 10 10 6 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
1956 24 AAA   55 140 20 43 6 2 4 12 3 4 12 13 .307 .362 .464 .826 21.7  
    AA   50 186 30 52 8 5 4 26 4 2 32 26 .280 .385 .441 .826 32.3  
1957 25 BOS AL 83 234 29 63 17 4 1 12 0 0 20 44 .269 .327 .389 .716 27.8 4.0
    AAA   26 102 18 30 6 2 4 11 2 2 14 13 .294 .379 .510 .889 18.7  
1958 26 BOS AL 38 58 10 14 4 0 1 5 0 0 6 10 .241 .308 .362 .670 6.1 0.6
1959 27 BOS AL 63 117 18 27 4 1 1 9 0 0 13 21 .231 .308 .308 .615 10.6 1.1
1960 28 BOS AL 125 351 68 105 16 5 3 35 0 0 47 64 .299 .382 .399 .781 52.4 10.7
1961 29 BOS AL 145 487 82 158 23 4 7 53 0 0 63 86 .324 .401 .431 .832 81.5 19.6
1962 30 BOS AL 157 557 56 138 17 3 10 59 0 0 63 106 .248 .323 .343 .666 63.9 10.7
1963 31 BOS AL 147 538 75 135 19 5 5 53 8 3 75 131 .251 .343 .333 .675 66.0 12.9
1964 32 BOS AL 116 297 34 74 14 1 1 18 0 2 33 76 .249 .326 .313 .639 30.4 5.1
1965 33 BOS AL 97 234 20 50 7 4 0 17 2 1 36 69 .214 .321 .278 .599 22.4 2.7
1966 34 BOS AL 117 264 23 52 7 4 1 23 2 0 38 73 .197 .296 .265 .561 22.5 1.4
1967 35 MON NL 24 41 8 14 1 0 0 6 0 1 4 12 .341 .400 .366 .766 5.8 1.4
    AAA   29 96 19 31 6 1 1 10 0 1 22 16 .323 .449 .438 .887 19.2  
1968 36 AA   137 518 60 111 14 4 4 36 6 5 83 148 .214 .323 .280 .603 53.1  
11 Years Sim 1112 3178 423 830 129 31 30 290 12 7 398 692 .261 .343 .350 .693 389.4 70.1
3 Years AAA 110 338 57 104 18 5 9 33 5 7 48 42 .308 .393 .470 .863 59.6  
2 Years AA 187 704 90 163 22 9 8 62 10 7 115 174 .232 .341 .322 .663 85.4  
5 Years Minors 297 1042 147 267 40 14 17 95 15 14 163 216 .256 .358 .370 .728 145.1  
162 Game Average 462 61 120 18 4 4 42 1 1 57 100 .261 .343 .350 .693 56.7  
Career Highs 157 557 82 158 23 5 10 59 8 3 75 131 .341 .401 .431 .832 81.5  
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   2189 328 617 91 17 16 195 9 5 282 412 .282 .364 .361 .724 297.7
vs LH   989 95 213 38 14 14 95 3 2 116 280 .215 .297 .325 .622 100.4
Home 559 1492 195 387 67 15 11 125 7 3 191 335 .259 .344 .347 .690 185.8
Away 553 1686 228 443 62 16 19 165 5 4 207 357 .263 .343 .352 .695 212.3
RISP   700 0 183 25 3 5 229 0 0 87 145 .261 .339 .327 .666 83.3
Pinch Hitting   201 29 61 5 3 4 31 0 1 26 40 .303 .382 .418 .799 32.1
Close/Late   372 52 104 12 4 7 42 0 0 50 72 .280 .365 .390 .754 54.7
Mar/Apr 155 457 61 119 13 6 5 40 6 1 56 97 .260 .341 .348 .689 57.7
May 182 553 76 144 31 6 1 44 0 1 59 123 .260 .331 .344 .675 63.5
June 199 523 72 113 14 2 9 52 3 2 84 122 .216 .325 .302 .627 58.2
July 175 528 82 160 30 6 5 55 1 0 56 115 .303 .368 .411 .779 78.4
August 203 557 67 151 25 7 6 51 1 0 72 105 .271 .353 .373 .727 76.1
Sep/Oct 198 560 65 143 16 4 4 48 1 3 71 130 .255 .340 .320 .660 64.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1957 25 BOS AL CF 69 68 529.0 150 2 0 2 1.000 2.59 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 4 4 31.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 26 BOS AL RF 17 12 99.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 2 2 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 27 BOS AL RF 18 15 132.7 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 13 10 83.3 20 0 1 0 .952 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 1 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1960 28 BOS AL LF 62 55 483.0 102 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 28 22 209.0 40 0 1 0 .976 1.72 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 12 8 72.3 20 1 0 1 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
1961 29 BOS AL LF 108 103 906.7 168 4 0 1 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 19 8 92.0 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 6 58.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 30 BOS AL CF 128 121 1083.3 302 3 0 1 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 6.4
    LF 24 23 205.0 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1963 31 BOS AL CF 126 124 1047.7 303 2 0 2 1.000 2.62 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    LF 18 16 139.7 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
1964 32 BOS AL CF 66 64 519.7 140 1 0 1 1.000 2.44 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 7 0 16.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 1 11.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 33 BOS AL CF 60 59 469.7 134 4 0 4 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 4 3 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 0 19.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
1966 34 BOS AL CF 59 56 455.0 144 1 0 1 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 19 12 112.0 22 1 0 1 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 10 7 56.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1967 35 MON NL CF 8 6 55.0 24 1 0 1 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 5 4 31.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 553 524 4388.0 1262 15 1 13 .999 2.62 0 0 .000 0 19.8
  LF 246 212 1883.0 388 6 0 2 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  RF 119 74 711.7 146 2 1 2 .993 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  SS 4 0 9.7 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   926 810 7000.3 1800 24 2 18 .999 2.35 0 0 .000 0 25.2
Career Highs   155 144 1291.3 346 5 1 4 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0  
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
1958 26 BOS AL 10 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929
1960 28 BOS AL 5 18 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .333 .544
1961 29 BOS AL 7 27 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 .111 .226 .185 .411
1963 31 BOS AL 20 71 9 16 4 1 0 8 1 3 9 21 .225 .313 .310 .622
1965 33 BOS AL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
1966 34 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 47 127 15 25 4 2 1 11 1 3 15 30 .197 .287 .283 .570
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.
Batting Average
1961-2-.324
On-Base Pct
1961-2-.401
OPS
1961-10-.832
Games
1962-3-157
Singles
1961-5-124
Walks
1963-9-75
Strikeouts
1963-4-131
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Thad Bosley (972)
  2. Jimmy Rosario (958)
  3. Johnny Lindell (947)
  4. Mitch Webster (943)
  5. Jimmy Outlaw (936)
  6. Leroy Stanton (935)
  7. Bert Haas (935)
  8. Al Pilarcik (934)
  9. Rick Peters (931)
  10. Peanuts Lowrey (931)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1956
Injured on 5/26/1956 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/5/1957, off Lindy Mcdaniel (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1957, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,207,143 through salary arbitration
6/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $4,300,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1962
Injured on 4/27/1963 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Worcester on 7/21/1963
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1963
9/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $710,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1967 to a 1-year deal worth $520,938 per year
Injured on 3/17/1967 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks
Released by Cleveland (N) on 5/1/1967
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 7/1/1967 to a minor league deal
Released by Oakland on 7/1/1967
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 7/1/1967 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/9/1968 to a 1-year deal worth $323,987 per year
Injured on 5/25/1968 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days