Billy Herman was born on Wednesday, July 7, 1909, in New Albany, Indiana. Herman was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 29, 1931, with the Chicago Cubs. 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 Billy Herman baseball stats page.
"The game has changed in that the players now are not so hungry as we were. They don't put as much into the game as we did. In those days, you had to go all out just to stay in the big leagues and the minors too!" - Billy Herman
Billy HermanBilly Herman Autograph on a 1980 Crame Sports Promotions (#23) |
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Billy HermanBilly 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 |
Billy HermanBilly 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 |
1931 | 22 | Cubs | 25 | 98 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .327 | .405 | .398 |
1932 | 23 | Cubs | 154 | 656 | 102 | 206 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .314 | .358 | .404 |
1933 | 24 | Cubs | 153 | 619 | 82 | 173 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 45 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .279 | .332 | .342 |
1934 | 25 | Cubs | 113 | 456 | 79 | 138 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 34 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .303 | .355 | .395 |
1935 | 26 | Cubs | 154 | 666 | 113 | 227 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 83 | 42 | 1 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .341 | .383 | .476 |
1936 | 27 | Cubs | 153 | 632 | 101 | 211 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 59 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .334 | .392 | .470 |
1937 | 28 | Cubs | 138 | 564 | 106 | 189 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 56 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .335 | .396 | .479 |
1938 | 29 | Cubs | 152 | 624 | 86 | 173 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 59 | 4 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .277 | .342 | .359 |
1939 | 30 | Cubs | 156 | 623 | 111 | 191 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 66 | 1 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .307 | .378 | .453 |
1940 | 31 | Cubs | 135 | 558 | 77 | 163 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 47 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .292 | .347 | .376 |
1941 | 32 | Cubs | 11 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .356 | .250 |
1941 | 32 | Dodgers | 133 | 536 | 77 | 156 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 58 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .291 | .361 | .379 |
1942 | 33 | Dodgers | 155 | 571 | 76 | 146 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 72 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .256 | .339 | .333 |
1943 | 34 | Dodgers | 153 | 585 | 76 | 193 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 66 | 11 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .330 | .398 | .417 |
1946 | 37 | Dodgers | 47 | 184 | 24 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .288 | .376 | .375 |
1946 | 37 | Braves | 75 | 252 | 32 | 77 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 43 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .306 | .409 | .440 |
1947 | 38 | Pirates | 15 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .213 | .245 | .298 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
15 Years | 1,922 | 7,707 | 1,163 | 2,345 | 486 | 82 | 47 | 1 | 839 | 737 | 34 | 428 | 171 | 0 | 26 | 211 | .304 | .367 | .407 |
Billy HermanBilly 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 |
1931 Cubs | 2B | 25 | 25 | 648 | 165 | 6.6 | 155 | 76 | 79 | 10 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 6.46 |
1932 Cubs | 2B | 154 | 154 | 456 | 966 | 6.3 | 928 | 401 | 527 | 38 | 102 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 54.95 |
1933 Cubs | 2B | 153 | 153 | 456 | 1,023 | 6.7 | 978 | 466 | 512 | 45 | 114 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 57.91 |
1934 Cubs | 2B | 111 | 111 | 2,799 | 680 | 6.1 | 663 | 278 | 385 | 17 | 64 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 6.40 |
1935 Cubs | 2B | 154 | 153 | 459 | 971 | 6.3 | 936 | 416 | 520 | 35 | 109 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 55.06 |
1936 Cubs | 2B | 153 | 153 | 459 | 973 | 6.4 | 949 | 457 | 492 | 24 | 110 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 55.82 |
1937 Cubs | 2B | 137 | 137 | 3,621 | 893 | 6.5 | 852 | 384 | 468 | 41 | 97 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .954 | 6.35 |
1938 Cubs | 2B | 151 | 151 | 450 | 939 | 6.2 | 921 | 404 | 517 | 18 | 111 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .981 | 55.26 |
1939 Cubs | 2B | 156 | 155 | 465 | 891 | 5.7 | 862 | 377 | 485 | 29 | 95 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 50.05 |
1940 Cubs | 2B | 135 | 135 | 3,606 | 836 | 6.2 | 814 | 366 | 448 | 22 | 94 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .974 | 6.09 |
1941 Cubs | 2B | 11 | 11 | 270 | 59 | 5.4 | 53 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .898 | 5.30 |
1941 Dodgers | 2B | 133 | 133 | 3,345 | 671 | 5.0 | 651 | 297 | 354 | 20 | 64 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 5.25 |
1942 Dodgers | 1B | 3 | 2 | 54 | 32 | 10.7 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 15.50 |
1942 Dodgers | 2B | 153 | 152 | 426 | 807 | 5.3 | 785 | 383 | 402 | 22 | 97 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 49.75 |
1943 Dodgers | 2B | 117 | 116 | 2,982 | 631 | 5.4 | 613 | 291 | 322 | 18 | 69 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 5.55 |
1943 Dodgers | 3B | 37 | 37 | 942 | 125 | 3.4 | 122 | 54 | 68 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 3.50 |
1946 Dodgers | 2B | 16 | 13 | 348 | 78 | 4.9 | 78 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.05 |
1946 Dodgers | 3B | 29 | 31 | 789 | 91 | 3.1 | 86 | 31 | 55 | 5 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .945 | 2.94 |
1946 Braves | 1B | 22 | 21 | 423 | 186 | 8.5 | 185 | 179 | 6 | 1 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .995 | 11.81 |
1946 Braves | 2B | 44 | 43 | 948 | 205 | 4.7 | 196 | 95 | 101 | 9 | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 5.58 |
1946 Braves | 3B | 5 | 5 | 135 | 15 | 3.0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 2.80 |
1947 Pirates | 1B | 2 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.00 |
1947 Pirates | 2B | 10 | 11 | 174 | 27 | 2.7 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.19 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
2B Totals | 1,813 | 1,806 | 21,912 | 10,815 | 6.0 | 10,461 | 4,780 | 5,681 | 354 | 1,177 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 12.89 | |
3B Totals | 71 | 73 | 1,866 | 231 | 3.3 | 222 | 90 | 132 | 9 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 3.21 | |
1B Totals | 27 | 25 | 513 | 226 | 8.4 | 224 | 214 | 10 | 2 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 11.79 | |
15 Years | 1,911 | 1,904 | 24,291 | 11,272 | 5.9 | 10,907 | 5,084 | 5,823 | 365 | 1,202 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 12.12 |
Billy HermanBilly 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 |
1931 Cubs | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 16.3 | 6.1 | - | - | - |
1932 Cubs | 14 | 18 | .438 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 656.0 | 19.9 | 12.9 | - | - | - |
1933 Cubs | 5 | 7 | .417 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 18.2 | 14.1 | - | - | - |
1934 Cubs | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 152.0 | 14.7 | 10.9 | - | - | - |
1935 Cubs | 6 | 5 | .545 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 95.1 | 23.0 | 8.0 | - | - | - |
1936 Cubs | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 126.4 | 21.1 | 6.8 | - | - | - |
1937 Cubs | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 70.5 | 25.6 | 8.7 | - | - | - |
1938 Cubs | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 624.0 | 20.1 | 11.1 | - | - | - |
1939 Cubs | 9 | 6 | .600 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 89.0 | 20.1 | 8.9 | - | - | - |
1940 Cubs | 1 | 7 | .125 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 111.6 | 18.6 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
1941 Cubs | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1941 Dodgers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 178.7 | 14.1 | 13.1 | - | - | - |
1942 Dodgers | 6 | 4 | .600 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 285.5 | 11.0 | 8.8 | - | - | - |
1943 Dodgers | 4 | 8 | .333 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 292.5 | 22.5 | 5.9 | - | - | - |
1946 Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 18.4 | 6.6 | - | - | - |
1946 Braves | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 84.0 | 19.4 | 11.5 | - | - | - |
1947 Pirates | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.7 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
15 Years | 67 | 72 | .482 | 12 | 0 | n/a | 164.0 | 18.0 | 9.2 | - | - | - |
Billy HermanBilly Herman Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1931 Chicago Cubs | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1932 Chicago Cubs | 2 | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
1933 Chicago Cubs | 2 | Undetermined | - | - |
1934 Chicago Cubs | 2 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1935 Chicago Cubs | 2 | Undetermined | Stats | Stats |
1936 Chicago Cubs | 2 | $21,361.00 | Stats | - |
1937 Chicago Cubs | 4 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1938 Chicago Cubs | 4 | $20,000.00 | Stats | Stats |
1939 Chicago Cubs | 4 | $17,000.00 | Stats | - |
1940 Chicago Cubs | 4 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1941 Chicago Cubs | 4 | Undetermined | Stats | Stats |
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | Undetermined | Stats | Stats |
1942 Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1946 Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | $20,000.00 | - | - |
1946 Boston Braves | 20 | " " | - | - |
1947 Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | Undetermined | - | - |
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