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Herm
Holshouser		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 20, 1907 in Usa, NC, ROCKWELL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1931   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 NYA AL $ 300,000 77 57 66 62 39 48 44 20 20 20
1931 24 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 7 4 5 5 3 3 3
1932 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1933 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1934 27 NYA AL $ 350,000 8 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1935 28 NYA AL $ 350,000 8 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1936 29 NYA AL $ 350,000 9 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1937 30 NYA AL $ 350,000 9 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 4 3
1938 31 DET AL $ 350,000 9 5 6 6 4 5 4 3 4 3
1939 32 CIN NL $ 350,000 9 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1940 33 MON NL $ 350,000 8 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 77 57 66 62 39 48 44 20 20 20
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   16 16 17 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 23 23 23
1931 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1932 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1933 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1934 27 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 28 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 29 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 30 NYA AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 31 DET AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 32 CIN NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 33 MON NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   16 16 17 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 23 23 23
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 23 NYA AL 12 4 .750 19 19 3 0 0 145.0 137 58 5 54 34 3.60 .254 .326 .333 .659 11.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 32.0 32 12 4 13 20 3.38 .258 .328 .379 .707  
    AA   1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 21.7 19 7 1 3 30 2.91 .235 .262 .321 .583  
1931 24 NYA AL 17 12 .586 35 35 12 0 0 275.7 269 113 15 96 90 3.69 .256 .318 .362 .680 20.7
1932 25 NYA AL 6 4 .600 34 8 1 0 0 101.0 112 45 5 41 34 4.01 .283 .349 .374 .723 6.7
1933 26 NYA AL 2 2 .500 36 0 0 0 1 40.7 43 20 5 18 13 4.43 .272 .341 .424 .765 2.5
1934 27 NYA AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 4 0 2 0 7.73 .235 .350 .412 .762 0.0
    AA   14 9 .609 29 29 0 0 0 200.0 166 64 6 79 210 2.88 .225 .300 .289 .588  
1935 28 NYA AL 5 4 .556 19 11 2 0 0 77.0 102 49 10 36 23 5.73 .320 .389 .483 .872 2.5
    AA   2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 0 1 7 1.80 .200 .238 .200 .438  
1936 29 AAA   1 2 .333 53 0 0 0 6 45.7 56 22 4 28 29 4.34 .313 .406 .408 .814  
1937 30 AAA   2 2 .500 19 0 0 0 0 27.3 28 21 4 10 19 6.92 .267 .330 .448 .778  
1938 31 DET AL 1 4 .200 23 5 1 0 0 59.3 73 43 5 29 22 6.52 .302 .377 .421 .799 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 0 26.7 28 17 4 10 21 5.74 .272 .336 .466 .802  
1939 32 CIN NL 1 2 .333 28 0 0 0 0 33.0 38 13 3 15 13 3.55 .290 .363 .443 .806 1.7
    AAA   0 2 .000 10 0 0 0 2 13.3 18 10 2 7 9 6.75 .327 .403 .491 .894  
1940 33 AA   12 9 .571 27 27 2 0 0 189.0 190 80 17 68 203 3.81 .260 .323 .380 .702  
8 Years Sim 44 32 .579 197 78 19 0 1 736.3 778 345 48 291 229 4.22 .273 .341 .384 .725 45.2
5 Years AAA 5 6 .455 100 5 0 0 8 145.0 162 82 18 68 98 5.09 .286 .363 .428 .790  
4 Years AA 29 19 .604 68 59 2 0 0 415.7 379 152 24 151 450 3.29 .241 .308 .332 .639  
9 Years Minors 34 25 .576 168 64 2 0 8 560.6 541 234 42 219 548 3.76 .253 .323 .357 .680  
Season Average 5 4 .556 24 9 2 0 0 92.0 97 43 6 36 28 4.22 .273 .341 .384 .725  
Career Highs 17 12 .750 36 35 12 0 1 275.7 269 113 15 96 90 7.73 .320 .389 .483 .872  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   377 186 24 134 148   .241 .301 .347 .648
vs LH   401 159 24 157 81   .310 .385 .430 .815
Home 19 20 .487 115 39 6 0 1 391.3 411 187 28 160 116 4.30 .270 .340 .388 .728
Away 25 12 .676 82 39 13 0 0 345.0 367 158 20 131 113 4.12 .275 .340 .380 .720
Mar/Apr 7 8 .467 24 19 6 0 0 139.3 167 74 5 58 45 4.78 .299 .365 .380 .745
May 9 4 .692 28 14 2 0 0 124.6 130 58 6 59 41 4.19 .271 .351 .361 .712
June 8 9 .471 49 13 4 0 0 153.0 151 67 15 53 49 3.94 .257 .318 .398 .716
July 5 5 .500 36 9 3 0 0 92.0 95 55 11 40 35 5.38 .269 .344 .419 .763
August 7 4 .636 28 10 2 0 1 100.3 117 48 7 36 33 4.31 .292 .350 .401 .752
Sep/Oct 8 2 .800 32 13 3 0 0 127.0 118 43 4 45 26 3.05 .248 .313 .355 .668
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
1930 23 NYA AL 19 48 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .229 .260 .229 .489 2.7 0.0
1931 24 NYA AL 35 93 4 18 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 19 .194 .194 .204 .398 2.2 0.0
1932 25 NYA AL 34 33 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .121 .121 .152 .273 -0.4 0.0
1933 26 NYA AL 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
1934 27 NYA AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1935 28 NYA AL 19 24 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .458 .708 2.9 0.2
1936 29 AAA   7 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
1938 31 DET AL 23 15 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .333 .600 0.8 0.0
1939 32 CIN NL 28 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .182 .167 .182 .348 0.6 0.0
8 Years Sim 197 228 20 45 5 0 1 15 0 0 3 55 .197 .207 .232 .439 8.7 0.2
1 Years AAA 7 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 187 16 37 4 0 0 12 0 0 2 45 .197 .207 .232 .439 7.2  
Career Highs 36 93 5 18 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 19 .267 .267 .458 .708 2.9  
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   181 16 36 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 44 .199 .208 .215 .423 5.4
vs LH   47 4 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 11 .191 .204 .298 .502 2.6
Home 113 116 9 23 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .198 .203 .224 .428 3.6
Away 82 112 11 22 2 0 1 9 0 0 2 30 .196 .211 .241 .452 4.4
RISP   67 0 12 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 17 .179 .176 .194 .371 0.9
Close/Late   22 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .227 .227 .227 .455 0.9
Mar/Apr 21 49 7 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .163 .163 .204 .367 0.5
May 16 39 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 10 .179 .179 .282 .462 1.6
June 49 48 4 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 .208 .204 .229 .433 1.6
July 26 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .235 .471 0.8
August 22 30 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .233 .258 .267 .525 1.9
Sep/Oct 32 45 3 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .200 .234 .200 .434 1.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 23 NYA AL P 19 19 145.0 15 30 2 2 .957 2.79    
1931 24 NYA AL P 35 35 275.7 23 59 2 5 .976 2.68    
1932 25 NYA AL P 34 8 101.0 5 20 1 2 .962 2.23    
1933 26 NYA AL P 36 0 40.7 7 11 0 2 1.000 3.98    
1934 27 NYA AL P 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1935 28 NYA AL P 19 11 77.0 8 23 0 2 1.000 3.62    
1938 31 DET AL P 23 5 59.3 3 17 0 0 1.000 3.03    
1939 32 CIN NL P 28 0 33.0 3 9 0 0 1.000 3.27    
Career Totals   197 78 736.3 64 169 5 13 .979 2.85    
Career Highs   36 35 275.7 23 59 2 5 1.000 3.98    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1930 23 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 15 7 0 1 2 11.13 .500 .516 .833 1.349
1932 25 NYA AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 13.0 22 12 2 5 5 8.31 .386 .435 .579 1.014
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 18.7 37 19 2 6 7 9.16 .425 .462 .667 1.129
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
1930 23 NYA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1932 25 NYA AL 2 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1930-1-.750
 Hits per 9IP
1931-8-8.8
 OAVG
1931-9-.256
 OSLG
1931-10-.362
 OOPS
1931-8-.680
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. George Uhle (973)
  2. Pat Clements (972)
  3. Roger Wolff (967)
  4. Nate Andrews (967)
  5. Bill Monbouquette (964)
  6. Reggie Cleveland (963)
  7. Joe Niekro (962)
  8. Jose Guzman (958)
  9. Mike Boddicker (957)
  10. Bruce Ruffin (956)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1930
Injured on 4/28/1930 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/16/1930
Had first career hit on 7/10/1930, off Leon Chagnon (BRK)
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/24/1935 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 5/26/1935, off Lefty Grove (ATL)
Injured on 7/15/1935 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 3/3/1938 (Going to DET: 1B Andy Cohen, P Herm Holshouser, LF Joe Mowry. Going to NYA: P George Blaeholder)
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 6/1/1939 (Going to CIN: P Frank Barrett, P Herm Holshouser, P Roy Parmelee, P Oral Hildebrand, 2B Billy Rogell. Going to DET: 2B Dick Bartell)
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/10/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
10/3/1940: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
 
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