Billy Herman stats
Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1947
Bio
- Debut
- 1931
Bio
- Debut
- 1931
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,922
- AB
- 7,707
- R
- 1,163
- H
- 2,345
- HR
- 47
- RBI
- 839
- SB
- 67
- AVG
- .304
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | CHC | 25 | 98 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 2 | .327 |
| 1932 | CHC | 154 | 656 | 102 | 206 | 1 | 51 | 14 | .314 |
| 1933 | CHC | 153 | 619 | 82 | 173 | 0 | 44 | 5 | .279 |
| 1934 | CHC | 113 | 456 | 79 | 138 | 3 | 42 | 6 | .303 |
| 1935 | CHC | 154 | 666 | 113 | 227 | 7 | 83 | 6 | .341 |
| 1936 | CHC | 153 | 632 | 101 | 211 | 5 | 93 | 5 | .334 |
| 1937 | CHC | 138 | 564 | 106 | 189 | 8 | 65 | 2 | .335 |
| 1938 | CHC | 152 | 624 | 86 | 173 | 1 | 56 | 3 | .277 |
| 1939 | CHC | 156 | 623 | 111 | 191 | 7 | 70 | 9 | .307 |
| 1940 | CHC | 135 | 558 | 77 | 163 | 5 | 57 | 1 | .292 |
| 1941 |  CHC/LAD | 144 | 572 | 81 | 163 | 3 | 41 | 1 | .285 |
| 1942 | LAD | 155 | 571 | 76 | 146 | 2 | 65 | 6 | .256 |
| 1943 | LAD | 153 | 585 | 76 | 193 | 2 | 100 | 4 | .330 |
| 1946 |  LAD/ATL | 122 | 436 | 56 | 130 | 3 | 50 | 3 | .298 |
| 1947 | PIT | 15 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .213 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 18
- AB
- 66
- R
- 9
- H
- 16
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 7
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .242
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,641
- TB
- 3,136
- XBH
- 615
- HBP
- 26
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | CHC | 115 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHC | 723 | 265 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHC | 681 | 212 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHC | 501 | 180 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHC | 735 | 317 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHC | 709 | 297 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHC | 632 | 270 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHC | 696 | 224 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHC | 713 | 282 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHC | 616 | 210 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHC/LAD | 649 | 212 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | LAD | 647 | 190 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | LAD | 663 | 244 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | LAD/ATL | 512 | 180 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | PIT | 49 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 52.5
- RC
- 1231.3
- RC/27
- 6.00
- ISOP
- .103
- SECA
- .207
- BB/K
- 1.72
- AB/HR
- 164.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | CHC | 0.3 | 17.6 | 6.8 | .071 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHC | 3.4 | 101.8 | 5.8 | .090 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 656 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHC | 2.7 | 76.7 | 4.5 | .063 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHC | 2.7 | 68.3 | 5.7 | .092 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 152 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHC | 6.8 | 123.2 | 7.2 | .135 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 95.1 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHC | 6.4 | 119.6 | 7.4 | .136 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 126.4 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHC | 5.4 | 109.1 | 7.6 | .144 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 70.5 | 0 |
| 1938 | CHC | 3.3 | 83.4 | 4.9 | .082 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 624 | 0 |
| 1939 | CHC | 3.8 | 113 | 6.8 | .146 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 89 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHC | 3.4 | 77.8 | 5.2 | .084 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 111.6 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHC/LAD | 3.4 | 83.7 | 5.4 | .086 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 190.7 | 0 |
| 1942 | LAD | 2.9 | 72.8 | 4.6 | .077 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 285.5 | 0 |
| 1943 | LAD | 4.6 | 103.5 | 6.9 | .087 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 292.5 | 0 |
| 1946 | LAD/ATL | 3.6 | 78.3 | 6.8 | .115 | 0.3 | 3 | 145.3 | 0 |
| 1947 | PIT | -0.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | .085 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Billy Herman's career stats?
Billy Herman played 15 seasons for the Cubs, the Dodgers and the Pirates. He was a career .304 hitter with 2,345 hits, 47 home runs and 839 RBI. His best season was 1935: a .341 batting average, 7 home runs and 83 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1931 to 1947
All-time career rank
- 139th in hits (2,345)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.