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Billy Herman
Billy Herman
Full name William Jennings Bryan Herman
Born July 7, 1909, New Albany, Indiana
Died September 5, 1992, West Palm Beach, Florida
Buried at Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, Florida (Heritage Hall Mausoleum- Wall G- Level 2- Unit B)
First Game: August 29, 1931 ; Final Game: August 1, 1947
Managed First Game: April 15, 1947 ; Managed Final Game: September 7, 1966
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1975
Named second baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1943)
Ejections as player: 1937 (1) Ejections as coach: 1953 (1) Ejections as manager: 1947 (3), 1966 (1). Total: 4 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1931 CHI N Daily Splits 25 98 14 32 7 0 0 16 13 0 6 0 4 0 3 5 2 1 .327 .405 .398 0.8 1931 CHI N
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 154 656 102 206 42 7 1 51 40 0 33 5 22 0 26 15 14 18 .314 .358 .404 2.8 1932 CHI N
1933 CHI N Daily Splits 153 619 82 173 35 2 0 44 45 0 34 4 13 0 19 21 5 7 .279 .332 .342 3.7 1933 CHI N
1934 CHI N Daily Splits 113 456 79 138 21 6 3 42 34 0 31 3 8 0 9 8 6 6 .303 .355 .395 2.2 1934 CHI N
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 154 666 113 227 57 6 7 83 42 1 29 3 24 0 19 17 6 5 .341 .383 .476 5.2 1935 CHI N
1936 CHI N Daily Splits 153 632 101 211 57 7 5 93 59 0 30 1 17 0 17 16 5 3 .334 .392 .470 5.2 1936 CHI N
1937 CHI N Daily Splits 138 564 106 189 35 11 8 65 56 1 22 1 11 0 19 7 2 2 .335 .396 .479 4.9 1937 CHI N
1938 CHI N Daily Splits 152 624 86 173 34 7 1 56 59 4 31 2 11 0 12 24 3 1 .277 .342 .359 2.3 1938 CHI N
1939 CHI N Daily Splits 156 623 111 191 34 18 7 70 66 1 31 5 19 0 18 24 9 6 .307 .378 .453 2.3 1939 CHI N
1940 CHI N Daily Splits 135 558 77 163 24 4 5 57 47 3 30 0 11 0 10 16 1 7 .292 .347 .376 3.2 1940 CHI N
1941 CHI N Daily Splits 11 36 4 7 0 1 0 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .194 .356 .250 -0.4 1941 CHI N
1941 BRO N Daily Splits 133 536 77 156 30 4 3 41 58 2 38 1 9 0 6 13 1 1 .291 .361 .379 -1.3 1941 BRO N
1941 TOT N 144 572 81 163 30 5 3 41 67 2 43 1 9 0 6 13 1 3 .285 .361 .371 -1.7 1941 TOT N
1942 BRO N Daily Splits 155 571 76 146 34 2 2 65 72 5 52 0 4 0 17 9 6 4 .256 .339 .333 -0.3 1942 BRO N
1943 BRO N Daily Splits 153 585 76 193 41 2 2 100 66 11 26 0 12 0 19 19 4 8 .330 .398 .417 2.6 1943 BRO N
1946 BRO N Daily Splits 47 184 24 53 8 4 0 28 26 2 10 0 1 0 5 6 2 0 .288 .376 .375 0.4 1946 BRO N
1946 BOS N Daily Splits 75 252 32 77 23 1 3 22 43 4 13 1 5 0 6 8 1 1 .306 .409 .440 0.6 1946 BOS N
1946 TOT N 122 436 56 130 31 5 3 50 69 6 23 1 6 0 11 14 3 1 .298 .395 .413 1.0 1946 TOT N
1947 PIT N Daily Splits 15 47 3 10 4 0 0 6 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .213 .245 .298 -1.1 1947 PIT N
Total (15 Years) Splits 1922 7707 1163 2345 486 82 47 839 737 34 428 26 171 0 205 211 67 72 .304 .367 .407 33.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 4 18 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .263 .278 1932 CHI N
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 6 24 3 8 2 1 1 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .625 1935 CHI N
1938 CHI N Daily Splits 4 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 1938 CHI N
1941 BRO N Daily Splits 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .300 .125 1941 BRO N
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 18 66 9 16 3 1 1 7 4 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .242 .286 .364 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1934 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1934 NL
1935 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1935 NL
1936 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1936 NL
1937 NL Daily Splits 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 1937 NL
1938 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1938 NL
1939 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1939 NL
1940 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1940 NL
1941 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1941 NL
1942 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1942 NL
1943 NL Daily Splits 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 1943 NL
Total (10 Years) Splits 10 30 3 13 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .433 .452 .500 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1931 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 25 25 24 219.1 76 79 10 17 0 .939
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 154 154 152 1387.2 401 527 38 102 0 .961
1933 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 153 153 152 1351.1 466 512 45 114 0 .956
1934 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 111 111 104 960 278 385 17 64 0 .975
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 154 154 153 1392.1 416 520 35 109 0 .964
1936 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 153 153 153 1373.1 457 492 24 110 0 .975
1937 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 137 137 134 1228 384 468 41 97 0 .954
1938 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 151 151 150 1359 404 517 18 111 0 .981
1939 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 156 155 155 1383.2 377 485 29 95 0 .967
1940 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 135 135 133 1214.2 366 448 22 94 0 .974
1941 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 11 11 10 94.1 33 20 6 5 0 .898
1941 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 133 133 123 1162.2 297 354 20 64 0 .970
1941 TOT N 2B 144 144 133 1257 330 374 26 69 0 .964
1942 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 153 152 142 1334.2 383 402 22 97 0 .973
1942 BRO N 1B 3 2 2 25.1 29 2 1 2 0 .969
1943 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 117 116 111 1019 291 322 18 69 0 .971
1943 BRO N 3B 38 37 35 329.2 54 68 3 2 0 .976
1946 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 32 31 25 269.2 31 55 5 8 0 .945
1946 BRO N 2B 14 13 11 116 42 36 0 5 0 1.000
1946 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 44 43 33 345 95 101 9 22 0 .956
1946 BOS N 1B 22 21 13 173 179 6 1 12 0 .995
1946 BOS N 3B 5 5 5 45 5 9 1 1 0 .933
1946 TOT N 2B 58 56 44 461 137 137 9 27 0 .968
1946 TOT N 3B 37 36 30 314.2 36 64 6 9 0 .943
1947 PIT N Daily Splits 2B 11 11 3 75.1 14 13 0 2 0 1.000
1947 PIT N 1B 2 2 1 12 6 2 0 0 0 1.000
Total (15 Years) Splits 2B 1812 1807 1743 16016.1 4780 5681 354 1177 0 .967
Total ( 2 Years) 3B 75 73 65 644.1 90 132 9 11 0 .961
Total ( 3 Years) 1B 27 25 16 210.1 214 10 2 14 0 .991
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1932 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 4 4 4 34 5 12 1 6 0 .944
1935 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 6 6 6 54.2 15 19 1 4 0 .971
1938 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 4 4 4 34 5 14 2 2 0 .905
1941 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 4 3 2 23 4 13 0 2 0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits 2B 18 17 16 145.2 29 58 4 14 0 .956
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1934 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1935 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 8 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1936 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 4 4 0 1 0 1.000
1937 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 8 1 3 0 0 0 1.000
1938 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 9 3 4 0 0 0 1.000
1940 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1.000
1941 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1942 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1943 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 1 1 8 3 3 2 3 0 .750
Total ( 9 Years) Splits 2B 9 6 5 57.2 15 21 2 4 0 .947
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1947 PIT N 155 61 92 .399 738 817 9-25 8 7
1964 BOS A 2 2 0 1.000 21 8 10- 3 8 8
1965 BOS A 162 62 100 .383 669 791 9
1966 BOS A 146 64 82 .438 611 694 9- 7 9 9
Total ( 4 Years) 465 189 274 .408 2039 2310
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END
1952 BRO N Coach 4-15 10- 7
1953 BRO N Coach 4-14 10- 5
1954 BRO N Coach 4-13 9-26
1955 BRO N Coach 4-13 10- 4
1956 BRO N Coach 4-17 10-10
1957 BRO N Coach 4-16 9-29
1958 MIL N Coach 4-15 10- 9
1959 MIL N Coach 4-10 9-29
1960 BOS A Third base 4-18 10- 2
1961 BOS A Third base 4-11 10- 1
1962 BOS A Third base 4-10 9-30
1963 BOS A Third base 4- 9 9-28
1964 BOS A Third base 4-16 10- 2
1967 CAL A Coach 4-11 10- 1
1978 SD N Coach 4- 7 10- 1
1979 SD N Coach 4- 5 9-30
Total (16 Years)
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5- 5-1937 BOX CHI N George Magerkurth Call at 3B
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5- 7-1947 BOX PIT N Artie Gore Check swing
6- 5-1947 BOX PIT N Butch Henline Balls and strikes
7-24-1947(2) BOX PIT N George Barr Bench jockeying
7-15-1966 BOX BOS A Red Flaherty Arguing strike 3 was foul ball
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5- 9-1953(1) BOX BRO N Lon Warneke Check swing
Transaction Information
Sold by Louisville (American Association) to Chicago Cubs for $50000 (August 4,
1931 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Johnny Hudson , Charlie
Gilbert and $65000 (May 6, 1941 ).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Braves in exchange for Stew Hofferth (June 15,
1946 ).
Traded by Boston Braves with Elmer Singleton , Stan Wentzel and Whitey Wietelmann to
Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bob Elliott and Hank Camelli (September 30,
1946 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 16, 1947 ).
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