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Billy
Herman		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 7, 1909 in Usa, IN, NEW ALBANY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935    1940   
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
1931 21 ATL NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 8 5 4 5 9 9 9
1932 22 ATL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 7 8 6 5 5 10 10 10
1933 23 ATL NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 8 7 8 6 5 5 10 10 10
1934 24 ATL NL $ 300,000   8 8 9 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1935 25 ATL NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 9 1 1 1 8 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1936 26 ATL NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 9 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1937 27 BSN NL $ 2,442,857   7 7 8 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1938 28 BSN NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1939 29 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1940 30 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1941 31 NYG NL $ 6,000,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 5 5 10 10 10
1942 32 SLC NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 7 6 5 5 10 9 10
1943 33 STL NL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 6 6 6 5 5 10 9 9
1944 34 STL NL $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 5 4 5 9 9 9
1945 35 BSN NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8
1946 36 BSN NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,000,000   8 8 9 1 1 1 8 7 8 6 5 5 10 10 10
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
1931 21 AAA   116 313 31 79 18 1 0 35 4 4 37 13 .252 .331 .316 .648 33.6  
1932 22 ATL NL 146 498 70 154 25 6 2 59 1 0 51 13 .309 .373 .396 .768 69.5 14.5
1933 23 ATL NL 147 511 58 157 22 2 1 64 0 1 44 15 .307 .359 .364 .723 63.1 11.1
1934 24 ATL NL 147 488 71 154 30 4 2 66 2 0 43 9 .316 .371 .406 .777 68.9 13.7
1935 25 ATL NL 155 587 88 170 34 5 1 69 5 1 52 8 .290 .346 .370 .715 74.0 12.9
1936 26 ATL NL 136 470 60 148 25 0 2 46 2 3 31 11 .315 .358 .381 .739 57.7 8.2
1937 27 BSN NL 139 483 63 148 24 2 1 44 1 0 53 12 .306 .377 .371 .747 65.0 13.4
1938 28 BSN NL 139 441 40 141 24 5 0 53 2 3 31 13 .320 .367 .397 .764 56.7 10.7
1939 29 BSN NL 76 305 40 100 18 0 2 32 2 2 18 6 .328 .363 .407 .770 40.9 8.6
  TAM AL 73 246 26 78 13 2 1 36 2 1 22 10 .317 .370 .398 .769 34.3 7.1
  TOT   149 551 66 178 31 2 3 68 4 3 40 16 .323 .366 .403 .769 75.1 15.7
1940 30 TAM AL 148 534 78 167 16 7 5 56 0 0 43 23 .313 .363 .397 .760 70.1 12.0
1941 31 TAM AL 63 240 29 76 14 2 0 27 0 0 14 8 .317 .352 .392 .743 29.3 4.7
  NYG NL 69 223 30 60 10 2 0 32 0 0 22 6 .269 .333 .332 .665 23.2 2.6
  TOT   132 463 59 136 24 4 0 59 0 0 36 14 .294 .343 .363 .705 52.5 7.2
1942 32 SLC NL 124 464 55 139 23 2 3 41 1 0 44 25 .300 .359 .377 .736 62.1 12.1
1943 33 STL NL 140 426 52 117 15 7 1 41 5 4 44 25 .275 .340 .350 .690 50.4 7.3
1944 34 STL NL 124 347 35 98 14 1 1 24 5 1 38 13 .282 .352 .337 .690 39.4 4.0
1945 35 BSN NL 89 250 21 74 12 0 0 26 3 2 18 17 .296 .341 .344 .685 28.6 4.7
1946 36 AAA   119 353 39 109 12 3 4 33 7 2 28 38 .309 .360 .394 .753 49.2  
14 Years Sim 1915 6513 816 1981 319 47 22 716 31 18 568 214 .304 .359 .378 .737 833.2 147.7
2 Years AAA 235 666 70 188 30 4 4 68 11 6 65 51 .282 .343 .357 .700 82.8  
162 Game Average 550 69 167 26 3 1 60 2 1 48 18 .304 .359 .378 .737 70.5  
Career Highs 155 587 88 178 34 7 5 69 5 4 53 25 .323 .377 .406 .777 75.1  
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   4090 510 1204 192 27 12 437 16 9 318 131 .294 .345 .363 .708 501.2
vs LH   2423 306 777 127 20 10 279 15 9 250 83 .321 .383 .402 .785 363.4
Home 968 3252 398 979 157 22 14 376 19 7 270 115 .301 .353 .376 .729 423.9
Away 947 3261 418 1002 162 25 8 340 12 11 298 99 .307 .365 .380 .744 440.8
RISP   1584 0 488 77 14 7 652 0 0 149 48 .308 .361 .388 .748 220.5
Pinch Hitting   197 19 61 8 2 0 26 0 1 22 9 .310 .372 .371 .743 27.4
Close/Late   725 72 226 43 5 1 82 0 0 61 25 .312 .363 .389 .752 98.9
Mar/Apr 331 1175 138 362 44 8 8 132 9 6 92 36 .308 .357 .380 .736 155.5
May 306 1042 132 323 67 7 0 111 3 1 77 28 .310 .356 .388 .744 137.4
June 315 1094 145 341 53 5 6 127 4 2 108 46 .312 .372 .386 .758 155.0
July 321 1064 132 325 50 6 4 128 4 5 104 36 .305 .367 .375 .742 144.0
August 338 1081 134 311 44 12 2 109 7 3 103 39 .288 .348 .356 .704 134.9
Sep/Oct 304 1057 135 319 61 9 2 109 4 1 84 29 .302 .353 .382 .735 137.8
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
1932 22 ATL NL 2B 146 143 1216.3 339 585 25 127 .974 6.84   5.6
1933 23 ATL NL 2B 144 139 1190.0 288 537 24 105 .972 6.24   3.0
1934 24 ATL NL 2B 145 135 1117.3 290 525 16 113 .981 6.56   3.3
1935 25 ATL NL 2B 154 145 1244.0 315 586 32 138 .966 6.52   4.3
1936 26 ATL NL 2B 118 109 938.7 245 414 19 95 .972 6.32   4.4
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1937 27 BSN NL 2B 135 126 1058.0 288 449 23 115 .970 6.27   2.2
1938 28 BSN NL 2B 117 107 907.0 233 470 20 91 .972 6.98   3.4
1939 29 BSN NL 2B 74 71 655.3 147 268 15 51 .965 5.70   0.8
  TAM AL 2B 71 69 544.4 122 222 13 43 .964 5.69   1.5
  TOT   2B 145 140 1199.7 269 490 28 94 .964 5.69   2.3
1940 30 TAM AL 2B 137 135 1214.3 244 502 15 98 .980 5.53   4.5
1941 31 TAM AL 2B 58 50 494.1 132 208 8 49 .977 6.19   1.4
  NYG NL 2B 64 55 475.0 127 200 7 47 .979 6.20   2.1
  TOT   2B 122 105 969.1 259 408 15 96 .978 6.19   3.5
1942 32 SLC NL 2B 123 119 1024.0 250 455 14 114 .981 6.20   1.8
1943 33 STL NL 2B 130 103 916.3 246 412 16 88 .976 6.46   2.1
1944 34 STL NL 2B 92 85 721.0 169 318 14 68 .972 6.08   1.7
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1945 35 BSN NL 2B 79 60 542.0 128 239 9 60 .976 6.09   1.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1787 1651 14257.8 3563 6390 270 1402 .974 6.28   43.7
  3B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1792 1651 14265.8 3563 6394 270 1402 .974 6.28   43.8
Career Highs   154 145 1244.0 339 586 32 138 .981 6.98    
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
1932 22 ATL NL 7 28 3 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .500 .548 .500 1.048
Career Post-Season Batting 7 28 3 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .500 .548 .500 1.048
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
1940-5-.313
 On-Base Pct
1937-9-.377
 At-Bats
1935-7-587
 Singles
1937-8-121
1940-3-139
 Triples
1943-4-7
 Caught Stealing
1936-9-3
1943-10-4
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Cecil Travis (948)
  2. Pete Runnels (917)
  3. Don Blasingame (909)
  4. Tom Herr (901)
  5. Buddy Myer (892)
  6. Debs Garms (892)
  7. Rick Manning (889)
  8. Woody English (887)
  9. Lee Lacy (886)
  10. Luke Appling (881)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1931
Had first career hit on 4/6/1932, off Johnny Allen (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1932, off Wes Ferrell (BOS)
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 4/8/1936
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/2/1937 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
9/1/1937: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $6,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1939 (Going to TAM: P Spud Chandler, P Lefty Mills, 2B Billy Herman. Going to BSN: 2B Johnny Hodapp, LF Ralph Hodgin)
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 7/1/1941 (Going to NYG: P Lefty Gomez, 2B Billy Herman. Going to TAM: LF Chet Laabs, CF Dom Dimaggio)
Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis on 2/13/1942 (Going to SLC: 2B Billy Herman, C Tom Padden, P Bobo Newsom. Going to NYG: P Charlie Wagner)
Injured on 5/10/1942 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/19/1943 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
9/22/1943: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,400,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from St. Louis to Boston (N) on 2/1/1945 (Going to STL: 3B Don Savage. Going to BSN: 2B Billy Herman)
 
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