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Babe
Herman		  
Nickname: The Pig
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 26, 1903 in Usa, NY, BUFFALO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1933   
Gold Glove 1934   
All-Star Selections 1930    1931    1932    1933    1934    1936    1937   
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
1930 27 BRK NL $ 5,000,000   89 89 85 50 52 51 91 99 97 42 47 46 84 87 86
1931 28 BRK NL $ 8,500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9
1932 29 BRK NL $ 8,500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
1933 30 BRK NL $ 8,500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 10 10 3 4 4 7 8 8
1934 31 BRK NL $ 8,500,000   9 9 9 6 7 7 9 10 10 3 4 4 7 8 8
1935 32 BRK NL $ 8,500,000   9 9 9 6 7 7 9 9 9 3 4 4 7 7 7
1936 33 SDP NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 9 9 9 3 4 3 6 6 6
1937 34 PIT NL $ 9,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
1938 35 PIT NL $ 9,200,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 5,000,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,200,000   89 89 85 50 52 51 91 99 97 42 47 46 84 87 86
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 27 BRK NL 157 607 113 198 50 9 17 112 10 7 74 26 .326 .397 .522 .920 114.7 27.9
1931 28 BRK NL 155 599 106 203 44 9 12 111 11 5 71 27 .339 .407 .503 .909 108.5 24.1
1932 29 BRK NL 150 571 105 209 38 14 15 102 7 9 44 34 .366 .409 .560 .970 110.3 22.9
1933 30 BRK NL 144 581 124 207 39 16 21 122 11 13 58 54 .356 .412 .587 .999 119.5 30.9
1934 31 BRK NL 149 584 97 215 46 9 16 107 25 7 49 63 .368 .416 .560 .976 115.0 26.8
1935 32 BRK NL 153 561 112 183 39 9 25 108 10 7 56 63 .326 .387 .561 .948 105.4 22.8
1936 33 BRK NL 77 309 61 111 20 3 11 50 6 1 21 46 .359 .397 .550 .947 59.9 12.3
  SDP NL 74 308 53 101 23 7 12 61 5 1 12 44 .328 .350 .565 .915 54.3 11.0
  TOT   151 617 114 212 43 10 23 111 11 2 33 90 .344 .374 .558 .931 114.2 23.4
1937 34 DET AL 101 394 61 121 27 5 7 77 0 0 23 59 .307 .344 .454 .799 55.7 10.5
    AAA   31 122 14 41 7 0 4 16 1 0 13 20 .336 .400 .492 .892 22.6  
1938 35 AAA   134 449 34 97 22 3 1 38 4 1 44 107 .216 .286 .285 .571 37.5  
8 Years Sim 1160 4514 832 1548 326 81 136 850 85 50 408 416 .343 .396 .541 .937 843.4 189.4
2 Years AAA 165 571 48 138 29 3 5 54 5 1 57 127 .242 .310 .329 .639 60.1  
162 Game Average 630 116 216 45 11 18 118 11 6 56 58 .343 .396 .541 .937 117.8  
Career Highs 157 617 124 215 50 16 25 122 25 13 74 90 .368 .416 .587 .999 119.5  
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   3187 594 1119 225 54 102 609 54 36 307 271 .351 .407 .552 .958 638.1
vs LH   1327 238 429 101 27 34 241 31 14 101 145 .323 .369 .517 .886 232.5
Home 579 2204 396 744 149 36 66 408 46 26 190 196 .338 .387 .528 .915 410.7
Away 581 2310 436 804 177 45 70 442 39 24 218 220 .348 .404 .555 .958 459.9
RISP   1257 0 452 87 22 42 635 0 0 186 112 .360 .433 .564 .997 282.5
Pinch Hitting   86 13 35 10 3 1 27 1 2 11 10 .407 .480 .628 1.107 20.6
Close/Late   520 107 172 38 7 11 83 0 0 75 49 .331 .414 .494 .908 100.6
Mar/Apr 194 755 153 258 57 9 20 145 17 7 77 71 .342 .401 .521 .921 144.5
May 216 847 161 295 61 23 27 164 16 9 75 79 .348 .399 .570 .970 171.2
June 200 794 141 290 50 10 27 151 16 9 60 65 .365 .409 .555 .965 158.8
July 200 786 132 245 59 13 21 135 14 8 77 81 .312 .372 .500 .872 136.4
August 183 698 125 231 62 9 22 123 7 8 67 69 .331 .387 .540 .927 131.3
Sep/Oct 167 634 120 229 37 17 19 132 15 9 52 51 .361 .407 .563 .970 128.3
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
1930 27 BRK NL LF 148 147 1319.3 251 10 9 4 .967 1.78   3.3
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60   0.0
1931 28 BRK NL LF 144 144 1285.3 278 4 16 1 .946 1.97   2.8
    RF 5 0 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
    1B 5 0 11.7 14 0 0 2 1.000 10.81   0.0
1932 29 BRK NL LF 95 94 833.3 185 1 11 0 .944 2.01   2.1
    RF 41 37 336.0 84 0 1 0 .988 2.25    
    1B 12 0 29.0 36 4 0 3 1.000 12.41   0.1
1933 30 BRK NL LF 81 78 709.0 146 9 7 1 .957 1.97   1.5
    RF 57 57 516.0 88 0 6 0 .936 1.53    
    1B 6 0 16.3 16 4 0 2 1.000 11.02   0.0
1934 31 BRK NL LF 140 135 1202.0 250 2 17 0 .937 1.89   2.3
    RF 6 2 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    1B 1 0 8.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.0
1935 32 BRK NL 1B 69 57 540.3 737 45 16 69 .980 13.03   0.7
    LF 54 49 450.7 87 2 2 1 .978 1.78   1.2
    RF 25 21 195.7 39 0 3 0 .929 1.79    
1936 33 BRK NL 1B 56 54 490.7 685 50 6 68 .992 13.48   0.3
    LF 18 14 130.7 20 1 1 0 .955 1.45   0.1
    RF 3 3 18.8 3 0 1 0 .750 1.44   0.0
  SDP NL 1B 53 52 473.3 660 49 6 65 .992 13.48   1.5
    LF 17 13 126.0 20 0 1 0 .952 1.43   0.1
    RF 3 2 18.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.99   0.0
  TOT   1B 109 106 964.0 1345 99 12 133 .992 13.48   1.8
      LF 35 27 256.7 40 1 2 0 .953 1.44   0.3
      RF 6 5 37.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.22   0.0
1937 34 DET AL RF 101 96 864.3 204 6 18 3 .921 2.19   2.2
  LF 697 674 6056.4 1237 29 64 7 .952 1.88   13.5
  RF 243 218 1994.7 430 6 29 3 .938 1.97   2.2
  1B 205 163 1574.3 2169 152 28 209 .988 13.27   2.8
Career Totals   1145 1055 9625.3 3836 187 121 219 .971 3.76   18.4
Career Highs   154 147 1329.3 1390 100 21 133 .990 10.66    
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 27 BRK NL 6 24 3 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 .333 .385 .417 .801
1933 30 BRK NL 11 41 6 13 2 0 3 12 4 2 4 1 .317 .362 .585 .947
Career Post-Season Batting 17 65 9 21 4 0 3 15 5 2 6 3 .323 .370 .523 .893
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
1931-7-.339
1932-2-.366
1933-1-.356
1934-1-.368
1935-10-.326
1936-5-.344
CAR-1-.343
 On-Base Pct
1931-8-.407
1932-1-.409
1933-1-.412
1934-3-.416
CAR-25-.396
 Slugging Pct
1930-7-.522
1931-8-.503
1932-2-.560
1933-1-.587
1934-3-.560
1935-4-.561
1936-4-.558
CAR-14-.541
 OPS
1930-7-.920
1931-7-.909
1932-2-.970
1933-1-.999
1934-3-.976
1935-4-.948
1936-5-.931
CAR-10-.937
 XR
1930-5-114.7
1931-5-108.5
1932-2-110.3
1933-1-119.5
1934-2-115.0
1935-5-105.4
1936-4-114.2
 Games
1930-3-157
1932-3-150
1934-7-149
At-Bats
1932-9-571
1933-6-581
1934-7-584
1936-3-617
 Runs
1930-4-113
1932-3-105
1933-1-124
1934-7-97
1935-2-112
1936-3-114
 Hits
1930-8-198
1931-8-203
1932-2-209
1933-1-207
1934-1-215
1935-8-183
1936-3-212
 Total Bases
1930-3-317
1931-10-301
1932-2-320
1933-1-341
1934-2-327
1935-4-315
1936-4-344
 Singles
1932-4-142
1934-3-144
1936-7-136
 Doubles
1930-4-50
1932-8-38
1933-5-39
1934-1-46
1935-6-39
1936-4-43
Triples
1930-4-9
1932-1-14
1933-1-16
1934-4-9
1935-8-9
1936-6-10
CAR-36-81
 Homeruns
1930-8-17
1932-9-15
1933-4-21
1934-9-16
1935-3-25
1936-6-23
 RBIs
1930-5-112
1931-7-111
1932-6-102
1933-1-122
1934-4-107
1935-6-108
1936-6-111
 Stolen Bases
1931-10-11
1932-6-7
1933-5-11
1934-1-25
1935-3-10
1936-4-11
 Caught Stealing
1930-6-7
1932-3-9
1933-2-13
1934-4-7
1935-2-7
 Walks
1930-9-74
Strikeouts
1934-8-63
1935-6-63
1936-3-90
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 175    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  7. Heinie Manush (845)
  8. Johnny Rizzo (843)
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History
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1930, off Lefty Grove (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1930, off Wayland Dean (SLC)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1930, hitting .396 with 2 HR, 20 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/11/1930, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1930, hitting .402 with 4 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
7/16/1930: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $8,500,000 per year, for 6 years
Hit 3 homeruns against Cleveland, driving in 5 runs on 6/15/1931
Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1932, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1932, hitting .396 with 2 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 9/11/1932
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1933, hitting .371 with 4 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1933, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1933, hitting .363 with 5 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1933, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1933, hitting .430 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1933, hitting .356 with 21 HR, 122 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1934, hitting .625 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1934, hitting .466 with 5 HR, 24 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Atlanta on 6/16/1934
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1934, hitting .652 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1934, hitting .457 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1934
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1935, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1935, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1935, hitting .488 with 4 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1936, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 7/1/1936 (Going to SDP: 1B Babe Herman, P Ray Phelps, SS Greg Mulleavy. Going to BRK: P Vito Tamulis, 1B Harry Davis, P Jim Lindsey)
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland on 8/19/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1936, hitting .457 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
10/2/1936: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $9,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 2/13/1937 (Going to SDP: P Ted Lyons. Going to DET: 1B Babe Herman, P Garland Braxton, P Dutch Henry, SS Greg Mulleavy)
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1937 (Going to PIT: RF Babe Herman, 1B Joe Kuhel. Going to DET: CF Johnny Frederick, P Johnny Allen)
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 4/20/1938 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
 
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