William Jennings Bryan Herman
Billy Herman made his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs on August 29, 1931. As the All Star second baseman for the Cubs and Dodgers from 1931 to 1946, he earned a place in the Hall of Fame. Best known for his outstanding fielding and mastery of the hit and run, he holds a big league lifetime average of .304. After finishing his major league career with the Pirates in 1947, Billy came out of retirement to join the Oaks' lineup in 1950. As a strong utility player, he hit .315 in 71 games for Oakland.
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1941 1942 1943 1946 1946 1947 |
TM Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Bro Bro Bro Bro Bos Pit |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
POS 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 3B 2B 2B |
G 25 154 153 113 154 153 13 8 152 156 135 11 133 155 153 47 75 15 |
AB 98 656 619 456 666 632 5 64 624 623 558 36 536 571 585 184 252 4 7 |
R 14 102 82 79 113 101 106 86 111 77 4 77 76 76 24 32 3 | H 32 206 173 138 227 211 18 9 173 191 163 7 156 146 193 53 77 10 |
2B 7 42 35 21 57 57 35 34 34 24 0 30 34 41 8 23 4 |
3B 0 7 2 6 6 7 11 7 18 4 1 4 2 2 4 1 0 |
HR 0 1 0 3 7 5 8 1 7 5 0 3 2 2 0 3 0 |
RBI 16 51 44 42 83 93 65 56 70 57 0 41 65 100 28 22 6 |
TB 39 265 212 180 317 297 2 70 224 282 210 9 203 190 244 69 111 14 |
BB 13 40 45 34 42 59 56 59 66 47 9 58 72 66 26 43 2 |
IBB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| Totals | G 1922 |
AB 7707 |
R 1163 |
H 2345 |
2B 486 |
3B 82 |
HR 47 |
RBI 839 |
TB 3136 |
BB 737 |
IBB 0 | |||
| BATTING (CONTINUED) | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1941 1942 1943 1946 1946 1947 |
TM Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Bro Bro Bro Bro Bos Pit |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
K 6 33 34 31 29 30 22 3 1 31 30 5 38 52 26 10 13 7 |
HBP 0 5 4 3 3 1 1 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 |
SH 4 22 13 8 24 17 11 1 1 19 11 0 9 4 12 1 5 0 |
SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
GDP 0 0 21 8 17 16 7 24 24 16 0 13 9 19 6 8 3 |
SB 2 14 5 6 6 5 2 3 9 1 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 |
CS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
SB% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -.--- 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -.--- |
AVG .327 .314 .279 .303 .341 .334 .335 .277 .307 .292 .194 .291 .256 .330 .288 .306 .213 |
OBP .405 .358 .332 .355 .383 .392 .396 .342 .378 .347 .356 .361 .339 .398 .376 .409 .245 |
SLG .398 .404 .342 .395 .476 .470 .479 .359 .453 .376 .250 .379 .333 .417 .375 .440 .298 |
AB/HR --.- 656.0 --.- 152.0 95.1 126.4 70.5 624.0 89.0 111.6 --.- 178.7 285.5 292.5 --.- 84.0 --.- |
AB/K 16.3 19.9 18.2 14.7 23.0 21.1 25.6 20.1 20.1 18.6 7.2 14.1 11.0 22.5 18.4 19.4 6.7 |
| Totals | K 428 |
HBP 26 |
SH 171 |
SF 0 |
GDP 191 |
SB 67 |
CS 0 |
SB% 1.000 |
BAVG .304 |
OBP .367 |
SLG .407 |
AB/HR 164.0 |
AB/K 18.0 | ||
(c) Copyright William B. Shubb, 1998.