Whitey Herzog stats
Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 1963
Bio
- Debut
- 1956
- NL Manager of the Year
- 1985
Bio
- Debut
- 1956
- NL Manager of the Year
- 1985
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 634
- AB
- 1,614
- R
- 213
- H
- 414
- HR
- 25
- RBI
- 172
- SB
- 13
- AVG
- .257
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | MIN | 117 | 421 | 49 | 103 | 4 | 35 | 8 | .245 |
| 1957 | MIN | 36 | 78 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .167 |
| 1958 |  MIN/ATH | 96 | 101 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .228 |
| 1959 | ATH | 38 | 123 | 25 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .293 |
| 1960 | ATH | 83 | 252 | 43 | 67 | 8 | 38 | 0 | .266 |
| 1961 | BAL | 113 | 323 | 39 | 94 | 5 | 35 | 1 | .291 |
| 1962 | BAL | 99 | 263 | 34 | 70 | 7 | 35 | 2 | .266 |
| 1963 | DET | 52 | 53 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .151 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,885
- TB
- 589
- XBH
- 105
- HBP
- 7
- IBB
- 8
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | MIN | 465 | 142 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | MIN | 93 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | MIN/ATH | 119 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | 158 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATH | 295 | 105 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | BAL | 377 | 132 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | BAL | 312 | 106 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | DET | 66 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 2.4
- RC
- 229.1
- RC/27
- 5.00
- ISOP
- .108
- SECA
- .255
- BB/K
- 0.92
- AB/HR
- 64.6
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | MIN | -1.8 | 45.2 | 3.7 | .093 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 105.3 | 0 |
| 1957 | MIN | -1.0 | 5.4 | 2.2 | .038 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | MIN/ATH | -0.3 | 10.1 | 3.3 | .050 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATH | 1.8 | 25.6 | 7.9 | .098 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 123 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATH | 1.3 | 41.4 | 5.9 | .151 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 31.5 | 0 |
| 1961 | BAL | 1.6 | 54.4 | 6.2 | .118 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 64.6 | 0 |
| 1962 | BAL | 1.3 | 42.6 | 5.7 | .137 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 37.6 | 0 |
| 1963 | DET | -0.5 | 4.6 | 2.7 | .075 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Whitey Herzog's career stats?
Whitey Herzog played 8 seasons for the Twins, the Athletics, the Orioles and the Tigers. He was a career .257 hitter with 414 hits, 25 home runs and 172 RBI. His best season was 1959: a .293 batting average, 1 home run and 9 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1956 to 1963