Babe Herman stats
Last played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1945
Bio
- Debut
- 1926
Bio
- Debut
- 1926
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,552
- AB
- 5,603
- R
- 882
- H
- 1,818
- HR
- 181
- RBI
- 997
- SB
- 94
- AVG
- .324
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | LAD | 137 | 496 | 64 | 158 | 11 | 81 | 8 | .319 |
| 1927 | LAD | 130 | 412 | 65 | 112 | 14 | 73 | 4 | .272 |
| 1928 | LAD | 134 | 486 | 64 | 165 | 12 | 91 | 1 | .340 |
| 1929 | LAD | 146 | 569 | 105 | 217 | 21 | 113 | 21 | .381 |
| 1930 | LAD | 153 | 614 | 143 | 241 | 35 | 130 | 18 | .393 |
| 1931 | LAD | 151 | 610 | 93 | 191 | 18 | 97 | 17 | .313 |
| 1932 | CIN | 148 | 577 | 87 | 188 | 16 | 87 | 7 | .326 |
| 1933 | CHC | 137 | 508 | 77 | 147 | 16 | 93 | 6 | .289 |
| 1934 | CHC | 125 | 467 | 65 | 142 | 14 | 84 | 1 | .304 |
| 1935 |  PIT/CIN | 118 | 430 | 52 | 136 | 10 | 65 | 5 | .316 |
| 1936 | CIN | 119 | 380 | 59 | 106 | 13 | 71 | 4 | .279 |
| 1937 | DET | 17 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .300 |
| 1945 | LAD | 37 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .265 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,226
- TB
- 2,980
- XBH
- 690
- HBP
- 11
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | LAD | 554 | 248 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | LAD | 466 | 198 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | LAD | 542 | 250 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | LAD | 637 | 348 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | LAD | 699 | 416 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | LAD | 661 | 320 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CIN | 642 | 312 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHC | 565 | 255 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHC | 507 | 228 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | PIT/CIN | 471 | 209 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CIN | 421 | 174 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | DET | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | LAD | 39 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 38.3
- RC
- 1151.1
- RC/27
- 8.00
- ISOP
- .207
- SECA
- .317
- BB/K
- 0.94
- AB/HR
- 31.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | LAD | 2.8 | 95.3 | 7.3 | .181 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 45.1 | 0 |
| 1927 | LAD | 1.7 | 69.8 | 6 | .209 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 29.4 | 0 |
| 1928 | LAD | 3.2 | 97 | 7.8 | .175 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 40.5 | 0 |
| 1929 | LAD | 4.6 | 146.7 | 10.9 | .230 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 27.1 | 0 |
| 1930 | LAD | 6.8 | 176.6 | 12.3 | .285 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 1931 | LAD | 3.1 | 119.4 | 7.7 | .211 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 33.9 | 0 |
| 1932 | CIN | 6.3 | 121.7 | 8.3 | .215 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 36.1 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHC | 3.7 | 92.8 | 6.8 | .213 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 31.8 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHC | 1.7 | 81.1 | 6.6 | .184 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 33.4 | 0 |
| 1935 | PIT/CIN | 2.7 | 79.7 | 7.3 | .170 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 43 | 0 |
| 1936 | CIN | 1.6 | 63.5 | 6.2 | .179 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 29.2 | 0 |
| 1937 | DET | 0.1 | 3.7 | 7.2 | .150 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | LAD | 0.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | .118 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 34 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Babe Herman's career stats?
Babe Herman played 13 seasons for the Dodgers, the Reds, the Cubs and the Tigers. He was a career .324 hitter with 1,818 hits, 181 home runs and 997 RBI. His best season was 1930: a .393 batting average, 35 home runs and 130 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1926 to 1945
All-time career rank
- 271st in rbi (997)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.