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Billy Herman
William Jennings Bryan Herman

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut August 29, 1931
Final Game August 1, 1947
Born July 7, 1909 in New Albany, IN
Died September 5, 1992 (age 83)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 23 CHN NL  131  531   70  143  28   4   0   43   4   2   46   38  .269  .329  .337  .666    93   179   7   4   4   3  11  
 1934 24 CHN NL  111  442   48  125  24   6   1   45   4   4   40   35  .283  .344  .371  .715    96   164   3   2   7   2   8  
 1935 25 CHN NL  154  617   95  212  44   9   6   99   5   3   55   26  .344  .395  .473  .868   116   292   3   9   6   3  14  MVP-6
 1936 26 CHN NL  154  648  102  208  54  11   4   87   6   6   60   57  .321  .379  .457  .835   110   296   4   8   3   5  19  MVP-9
 1937 27 CHN NL  151  603   82  187  41  12   7   83   3   2   55   32  .310  .370  .453  .823   107   273   6   3   7   4  19  MVP-7
 1938 28 CHN NL  149  570   64  137  18   4   3   59   5   6   76   28  .240  .332  .302  .634    86   172   2   5  12   5  17  
 1939 29 CHN NL  154  615  101  186  35  19   6   78  14   6   73   41  .302  .375  .450  .826   112   277   0   9   6   4  10  MVP-6
 1940 30 CHN NL  137  542   70  151  20   5   9   79   1   1   58   39  .279  .349  .384  .733   105   208   1   6   2   4  16  
 1941 31 CHN NL  106  456   66  134  24   9   2   38   0   0   44   30  .294  .354  .399  .753   106   182  10   3   1   0   8  
         BRN NL   35  142   19   42  11   2   0   11   0   0   16    8  .296  .365  .401  .766   109    57   1   1   0   0   8  
         TOT     141  598   85  176  35  11   2   49   0   0   60   38  .294  .356  .400  .756         239  11   4   1   0  16 
 1942 32 BRN NL  154  583   64  141  36   1   0   59  10   4   59   58  .242  .312  .307  .619    92   179   6   7   2   4  12  
 1943 33 BRN NL  154  594   75  150  34   1   0   80   9   5   89   41  .253  .350  .313  .663    98   186   2   9   8   5  25  
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 BRN NL   17   28    2    9   4   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .321  .345  .464  .809   118    13   0   0   0   0   0  
         NYN NL  112  454   86  134  27   5   2   42   9   2   72   35  .295  .390  .390  .780   115   177   5   2   6   0   5  
         TOT     129  482   88  143  31   5   2   42   9   2   73   36  .297  .388  .394  .782         190   5   2   6   0   5 
 1947 37 PIN NL    1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1720 6828  944 1959 400  88  40  803  70  41  744  469  .287  .357  .389  .746        2655  50  68  64  39 172
 Per 600 PA           530   73  152  31   7   3   62   5   3   58   36                                 206   4   5   5   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN     1247 5024  698 1483 288  79  38  611  42  30  507  326  .295  .360  .407  .767        2043  36  49  48  30 122
   With BRN      360 1347  160  342  85   4   0  150  19   9  165  108  .254  .336  .323  .658         435   9  17  10   9  45
   With NY2      112  454   86  134  27   5   2   42   9   2   72   35  .295  .390  .390  .780         177   5   2   6   0   5
   With PIN        1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1933 23 CHN NL  26   60   3.9   1   0   0  .000  36  138   81  .587    0    0  .000  2B   2e44       -9   
 1934 24 CHN NL  23   56   4.6   0   0   0  .000  13  111   87  .784    0    0  .000  2B   2e24      -35   
 1935 25 CHN NL  22  115   7.2   0   0   0  .000  36  182  130  .714    0    0  .000  2B   2e34        9   
 1936 26 CHN NL  23  109   6.2   0   0   0  .000  18  157  119  .758    0    0  .000  2B   2e24      -26   
 1937 27 CHN NL  21   98   5.9   1   0   0  .000  46  160   99  .619    0    0  .000  2B   2e45      -52   
 1938 28 CHN NL  23   58   3.4   0   0   0  .000  17  150  107  .713    0    0  .000  2B   2e19      -67   
 1939 29 CHN NL  16  108   6.4   0   0   0  .000  16  144  114  .792    0    0  .000  2B   2e28       -5   
 1940 30 CHN NL  20   73   4.8   0   0   0  .000  16  141  110  .780    0    0  .000  2B   2e24        9   
 1941 31 CHN NL  23   66   5.2   0   0   0  .000  15  114   90  .789    0    0  .000  2B   2e29       21   
         BRN NL  27   19   4.8   0   0   0  .000   3   49   40  .816    0    0  .000  2B   2e29       35   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  18  163  130  .798    0    0  .000
 1942 32 BRN NL  19   59   3.4   0   0   0  .000   9  146  115  .788    0    0  .000  2B   2e22      -52   
 1943 33 BRN NL  21   66   3.7   0   0   0  .000  17  170  133  .782    0    0  .000  2B   2e23     -152   
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 BRN NL  34    4   6.5  12   5   0  .417   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  UT               1   
         NYN NL  30   75   6.1   0   0   0  .000  20  116   79  .681    0    0  .000  2B   2e25      -28   
         TOT                    12   5   0  .417  20  118   80  .678    0    0  .000
 1947 37 PIN NL   0    0    .0   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e13     -543   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          971   5.0  14   5   0  .357 262 1780 1305  .733    0    0  .000                 -32   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 32.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 41.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1933 23 CHN NL  2B   131   388   398   36  109   .956   128  1148.0   6.16
 1934 24 CHN NL  2B   111   280   375   13   92   .981   111   985.1   5.98
 1935 25 CHN NL  2B     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?  GG
 1936 26 CHN NL  2B   154   403   516   18  147   .981   154  1394.2   5.93  GG
 1937 27 CHN NL  2B     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1938 28 CHN NL  2B   149   412   481   17  119   .981   149  1315.0   6.11
 1939 29 CHN NL  2B   154   361   475   16  129   .981   154  1378.2   5.46  GG
 1940 30 CHN NL  2B   137   330   434   16  122   .979   134  1206.1   5.70  GG
 1941 31 TOT     2B   141   444   489   18  120   .981   140  1257.2   6.68
 1942 32 BRN NL  2B   154   405   422    9  131   .989   154  1383.2   5.38
 1943 33 BRN NL  2B   154   444   511   17  107   .983   154  1413.2   6.08
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 BRN NL  2B     4     7     3    0    0  1.000     2    20.0   4.50
                 1B     3    16     1    0    3  1.000     1    13.1  11.48
         NYN NL  2B   112   245   370   20  100   .969   112  1007.1   5.49
 1947 37 PIN NL  1B     1     6     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B  1401  3719  4474  180 1176   .979  1392 12510.1   5.89
                 1B     4    22     1    0    3  1.000     2    19.1  10.71
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1942 WS    BRN BOA   L    7  25  1  9  2  0  0   2  2  2  .360  .407  .440  0
 1946 WS    BRN DEA   L    5  17  2  1  1  0  0   0  3  5  .059  .238  .118  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1933  CHN   52-102  Billy Vanson
 1934  CHN   73-81   Billy Vanson
 1935  CHN   77-77   Billy Vanson
 1936  CHN   72-82   Billy Vanson
 1937  CHN   59-95   Billy Vanson
 1938  CHN   78-76   Billy Vanson
 1939  CHN   78-76   Billy Vanson
 1940  CHN   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1941  CHN   69-85   Billy Vanson
 1941  BRN  102-52   Robert Rescigno
 1942  BRN  102-52   Robert Rescigno
 1943  BRN   90-64   Robert Rescigno
 1946  BRN   91-63   Robert Rescigno
 1946  NYN   60-94   Rick Field
 1947  PIN   86-68   Mike Tomeo

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