Babe Herman was born on Friday, June 26, 1903, in Buffalo, New York. Herman was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1926, with the Brooklyn Robins. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Babe Herman baseball stats page.
"Never once did I get hit on the head by a fly ball. Once or twice on the shoulder maybe, but never on the head." - Herman, Babe. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. James, Bill. Author. Free Press Publishing. 100 Greatest Right Fielders. #50. Babe Herman. 13 June 2003. Page 822.
Babe HermanBabe Herman Autograph on a 2008 Upper Deck Legendary Cuts (#HH-BH2) |
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Babe HermanBabe Herman Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Babe HermanBabe Herman Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1926 | 23 | Robins | 137 | 496 | 64 | 158 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 81 | 44 | 0 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .319 | .375 | .500 |
1927 | 24 | Robins | 130 | 412 | 65 | 112 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 73 | 39 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .272 | .336 | .481 |
1928 | 25 | Robins | 134 | 486 | 64 | 165 | 37 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 38 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .340 | .390 | .514 |
1929 | 26 | Robins | 146 | 569 | 105 | 217 | 42 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 113 | 55 | 0 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .381 | .436 | .612 |
1930 | 27 | Robins | 153 | 614 | 143 | 241 | 48 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 130 | 66 | 4 | 56 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .393 | .455 | .678 |
1931 | 28 | Robins | 151 | 610 | 93 | 191 | 43 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 97 | 50 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .313 | .365 | .525 |
1932 | 29 | Reds | 148 | 577 | 87 | 188 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 87 | 60 | 6 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .326 | .389 | .541 |
1933 | 30 | Cubs | 137 | 508 | 77 | 147 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 93 | 50 | 4 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .289 | .353 | .502 |
1934 | 31 | Cubs | 125 | 467 | 65 | 142 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 84 | 35 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .304 | .353 | .488 |
1935 | 32 | Pirates | 26 | 81 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .235 | .271 | .358 |
1935 | 32 | Reds | 92 | 349 | 44 | 117 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 58 | 35 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .335 | .396 | .516 |
1936 | 33 | Reds | 119 | 380 | 59 | 106 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 71 | 39 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .279 | .348 | .458 |
1937 | 34 | Tigers | 17 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .348 | .450 |
1945 | 42 | Dodgers | 37 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .359 | .382 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
13 Years | 1,552 | 5,603 | 882 | 1,818 | 399 | 110 | 181 | 3 | 997 | 520 | 37 | 553 | 92 | 1 | 11 | 107 | .324 | .383 | .532 |
Babe HermanBabe Herman Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1926 Robins | 1B | 101 | 92 | 2,412 | 992 | 9.8 | 978 | 918 | 60 | 14 | 55 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 10.95 |
1926 Robins | LF | 7 | 6 | 102 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.32 |
1926 Robins | RF | 28 | 28 | 471 | 58 | 2.1 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .948 | 3.15 |
1927 Robins | 1B | 105 | 104 | 2,724 | 1,057 | 10.1 | 1,036 | 968 | 68 | 21 | 64 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 10.27 |
1927 Robins | LF | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
1928 Robins | RF | 127 | 126 | 2,583 | 253 | 2.0 | 237 | 225 | 12 | 16 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .937 | 2.48 |
1929 Robins | 1B | 2 | 2 | 54 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 8.50 |
1929 Robins | RF | 141 | 140 | 3,573 | 270 | 1.9 | 254 | 244 | 10 | 16 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 1.92 |
1930 Robins | RF | 153 | 152 | 3,981 | 276 | 1.8 | 270 | 260 | 10 | 6 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 1.83 |
1931 Robins | RF | 150 | 150 | 447 | 324 | 2.2 | 311 | 287 | 24 | 13 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 18.79 |
1932 Reds | RF | 146 | 146 | 3,867 | 423 | 2.9 | 410 | 392 | 18 | 13 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 2.86 |
1933 Cubs | RF | 131 | 129 | 3,375 | 276 | 2.1 | 264 | 252 | 12 | 12 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 2.11 |
1934 Cubs | 1B | 7 | 7 | 174 | 63 | 9.0 | 62 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 9.62 |
1934 Cubs | RF | 114 | 108 | 2,853 | 205 | 1.8 | 199 | 192 | 7 | 6 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 1.88 |
1935 Pirates | 1B | 3 | 2 | 54 | 20 | 6.7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 9.00 |
1935 Pirates | LF | 15 | 15 | 372 | 24 | 1.6 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 1.67 |
1935 Reds | 1B | 14 | 13 | 324 | 134 | 9.6 | 132 | 123 | 9 | 2 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 11.00 |
1935 Reds | LF | 76 | 74 | 1,911 | 165 | 2.2 | 161 | 156 | 5 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.27 |
1936 Reds | 1B | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 10.00 |
1936 Reds | LF | 91 | 88 | 1,998 | 181 | 2.0 | 175 | 172 | 3 | 6 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 2.36 |
1936 Reds | RF | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
1937 Tigers | LF | 2 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1945 Dodgers | RF | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
RF Totals | 994 | 980 | 21,189 | 2,087 | 2.1 | 2,002 | 1,905 | 97 | 85 | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 2.55 | |
1B Totals | 236 | 221 | 5,769 | 2,294 | 9.7 | 2,253 | 2,111 | 142 | 41 | 138 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 10.54 | |
LF Totals | 192 | 186 | 4,422 | 379 | 2.0 | 368 | 359 | 9 | 11 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 2.25 | |
13 Years | 1,422 | 1,387 | 31,380 | 4,760 | 3.3 | 4,623 | 4,375 | 248 | 137 | 159 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 3.98 |
Babe HermanBabe Herman Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1926 Robins | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 45.1 | 9.4 | 6.1 | - | - | - |
1927 Robins | 4 | 3 | .571 | 24 | 0 | n/a | 29.4 | 10.0 | 5.6 | - | - | - |
1928 Robins | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 40.5 | 13.5 | 5.3 | - | - | - |
1929 Robins | 21 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 27.1 | 12.6 | 5.0 | - | - | - |
1930 Robins | 18 | 12 | .600 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 17.5 | 11.0 | 4.7 | - | - | - |
1931 Robins | 17 | 9 | .654 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 33.9 | 9.4 | 6.3 | - | - | - |
1932 Reds | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 36.1 | 12.8 | 6.6 | - | - | - |
1933 Cubs | 6 | 7 | .462 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 31.8 | 8.9 | 5.5 | - | - | - |
1934 Cubs | 1 | 9 | .100 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 33.4 | 6.6 | 5.6 | - | - | - |
1935 Pirates | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 8.1 | 11.6 | - | - | - |
1935 Reds | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 34.9 | 14.0 | 6.0 | - | - | - |
1936 Reds | 4 | 4 | .500 | 27 | 0 | n/a | 29.2 | 10.6 | 5.4 | - | - | - |
1937 Tigers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 15 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | - | - | - |
1945 Dodgers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 34 | 0 | n/a | 34.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
13 Years | 94 | 62 | .603 | 146 | 0 | n/a | 31.0 | 10.1 | 5.6 | - | - | - |
Babe HermanBabe Herman Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1926 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | $6,000.00 | n/a | - |
1927 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | $8,000.00 | n/a | - |
1928 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | $8,000.00 | n/a | - |
1929 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | $12,000.00 | n/a | - |
1930 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | $15,000.00 | n/a | - |
1931 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | $19,000.00 | n/a | - |
1932 Cincinnati Reds | 5 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1933 Chicago Cubs | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
1934 Chicago Cubs | 4 | Undetermined | - | - |
1935 Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | Undetermined | - | - |
1935 Cincinnati Reds | 11 | Undetermined | - | - |
1936 Cincinnati Reds | 6 | Undetermined | - | - |
1937 Detroit Tigers | 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers | 3, 4, 32 | Undetermined | n/a | - |
Babe Herman Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Hall of Famer Wee Willie Keeler "hit 'em where they ain't" and set a Dodgers franchise record for hits in a season (216) in 1899, their first player with a 200-hit season. In 1929, Babe Herman broke Keeler's record when he finished with year with 217 hits, but The Babe wasn't finished, and a year later The Pride of Flatbush shattered his own record, hitting a still-standing franchise record 241 hits in 1930! The closest any Dodger has ever come to the mark was 230 hits, in 1960. Do you remember who it was? [Answer]
Babe Herman | 1974 Bob Parker 2nd Best Baseball Card | Baseball Almanac Collection
Did you know his nickname had nothing to do with Babe Ruth? Herman explained, "The story (is) that I was called Babe because when I came up to the Big Leagues with Brooklyn, I was supposed to have said that I was going to hit like Babe Ruth. As with so many stories that sound good, it's just not so. The fact is I got the nickname Babe way back when I was playing with Edmonton in the Western Canada League. There was a popular champion flyweight prize fighter at the time named Babe Herman and a fog horn lady fan at Edmonton started calling me Babe after Babe Herman the fighter, not after Babe Ruth. She'd yell 'Go get em Babe' or 'Get a hit, Babe' so loud you could hear her all over the ball park, and somehow the name stuck." [Source = The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It. 6 April 2010. Page 214.]
Did you know that when Babe Herman homered on July 10, 1935, during the seventh inning, off Dutch Leonard, in Crosley Field, it was the first home run hit during a regular season game played at night? [Famous First Home Run Records]
Herman the Great hit for the cycle on May 18, 1931. Herman the Great hit for the cycle on July 24, 1931. This pair of cycles made Herman the Great the first National League player to collect two cycles in the same season! However, he was not done making history; when Herman the Great hit for the cycle on September 30, 1933, he became the first player to hit for the cycle in three different National League games!