Willard Hershberger stats

Last played for the Cincinnati Reds, 1940

Age 116

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Willard Hershberger played 3 MLB seasons, 1938 to 1940.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
160
AB
402
R
41
H
127
HR
0
RBI
70
SB
2
AVG
.316
Standard by season
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.
1938CIN4910512290121.276
1939CIN6317423600321.345
1940CIN481236380260.309

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
3
AB
2
R
0
H
1
HR
0
RBI
1
SB
0
AVG
.500

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
440
TB
153
XBH
21
HBP
5
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1938CIN1123441000
1939CIN19573112000
1940CIN1334662000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
1.8
RC
57.7
RC/27
5.40
ISOP
.065
SECA
.119
BB/K
1.25
AB/HR
0.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1938CIN0.111.54.0480.10.800
1939CIN1.129.36.4.0750.12.300
1940CIN0.6175.3.0650.1100

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
116 yearsMay 28, 1910
Debut
1938

What were Willard Hershberger's career stats?

Willard Hershberger played 3 seasons for the Reds. He was a career .316 hitter with 127 hits, 0 home runs and 70 RBI. His best season was 1939: a .345 batting average, 0 home runs and 32 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

3 seasons, 1 postseason, 1938 to 1940

Championships

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