Billy Herman (William Jennings Bryan Herman) was born on July 7, 1909 in New Albany, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on August 29, 1931 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1932, his rookie year, he hit .314 with 1 home run and 51 RBI. Herman played for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 15 year career.
Most people believe that Billy Herman's best season was 1935, when he hit for a .341 average and knocked in 83 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1931
CHI
N
25
98
14
32
0
16
.327
.405
.398
7
0
13
6
0
4
2
0
0
1932
CHI
N
154
656
102
206
1
51
.314
.358
.404
42
7
40
33
5
22
14
0
0
1933
CHI
N
153
619
82
173
0
44
.279
.332
.342
35
2
45
34
4
13
5
0
21
1934
CHI
N
113
456
79
138
3
42
.303
.355
.395
21
6
34
31
3
8
6
0
8
1935
CHI
N
154
666
113
227
7
83
.341
.383
.476
57
6
42
29
3
24
6
0
17
1936
CHI
N
153
632
101
211
5
93
.334
.392
.470
57
7
59
30
1
17
5
0
16
1937
CHI
N
138
564
106
189
8
65
.335
.396
.479
35
11
56
22
1
11
2
0
7
1938
CHI
N
152
624
86
173
1
56
.277
.342
.359
34
7
59
31
2
11
3
0
24
1939
CHI
N
156
623
111
191
7
70
.307
.378
.453
34
18
66
31
5
19
9
0
24
1940
CHI
N
135
558
77
163
5
57
.292
.347
.376
24
4
47
30
0
11
1
0
16
1941
CHI
N
11
36
4
7
0
0
.194
.356
.250
0
1
9
5
0
0
0
0
0
1941
BRO
N
133
536
77
156
3
41
.291
.361
.379
30
4
58
38
1
9
1
0
13
1941
TOT
N
144
572
81
163
3
41
.285
.361
.371
30
5
67
43
1
9
1
0
13
1942
BRO
N
155
571
76
146
2
65
.256
.339
.333
34
2
72
52
0
4
6
0
9
1943
BRO
N
153
585
76
193
2
100
.330
.398
.417
41
2
66
26
0
12
4
0
19
1946
BRO
N
47
184
24
53
0
28
.288
.376
.375
8
4
26
10
0
1
2
0
6
1946
BOS
N
75
252
32
77
3
22
.306
.409
.440
23
1
43
13
1
5
1
0
8
1946
TOT
N
122
436
56
130
3
50
.298
.395
.413
31
5
69
23
1
6
3
0
14
1947
PIT
N
15
47
3
10
0
6
.213
.245
.298
4
0
2
7
0
0
0
0
3
Total
1922
7707
1163
2345
47
839
.304
.367
.407
486
82
737
428
26
171
67
0
191
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1931
CHI
N
2B
25
0
0
76
79
10
17
0
0
0
0
0
.939
1932
CHI
N
2B
154
0
0
401
527
38
102
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1933
CHI
N
2B
153
0
0
466
512
45
114
0
0
0
0
0
.956
1934
CHI
N
2B
111
0
0
278
385
17
64
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1935
CHI
N
2B
154
0
0
416
520
35
109
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1936
CHI
N
2B
153
0
0
457
492
24
110
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1937
CHI
N
2B
137
0
0
384
468
41
97
0
0
0
0
0
.954
1938
CHI
N
2B
151
0
0
404
517
18
111
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1939
CHI
N
2B
156
0
0
377
485
29
95
0
0
0
0
0
.967
1940
CHI
N
2B
135
0
0
366
448
22
94
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1941
CHI
N
2B
11
0
0
33
20
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
.898
1941
BRO
N
2B
133
0
0
297
354
20
64
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1941
TOT
N
2B
144
0
0
330
374
26
69
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1942
BRO
N
2B
153
0
0
383
402
22
97
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1942
BRO
N
1B
3
0
0
29
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1943
BRO
N
3B
37
0
0
54
68
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1943
BRO
N
2B
117
0
0
291
322
18
69
0
0
0
0
0
.971
1946
BRO
N
3B
29
0
0
31
55
5
8
0
0
0
0
0
.945
1946
BRO
N
2B
16
0
0
42
36
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1946
BOS
N
2B
44
0
0
95
101
9
22
0
0
0
0
0
.956
1946
BOS
N
1B
22
0
0
179
6
1
12
0
0
0
0
0
.995
1946
BOS
N
3B
5
0
0
5
9
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.933
1946
TOT
N
2B
60
0
0
137
137
9
27
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1946
TOT
N
3B
34
0
0
36
64
6
9
0
0
0
0
0
.943
1947
PIT
N
2B
10
0
0
14
13
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1947
PIT
N
1B
2
0
0
6
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
2B
1813
0
0
4780
5681
354
1177
0
0
0
0
0
.967
Total
3B
71
0
0
90
132
9
11
0
0
0
0
0
.961
Total
1B
27
0
0
214
10
2
14
0
0
0
0
0
.991
Transactions[]
Sold by Louisville (American Association) to Chicago Cubs for $50000 (August 4, 1931).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Johnny Hudson, Charlie Gilbert and $65000 (May 6, 1941).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Braves in exchange for Stew Hofferth (June 15, 1946).
Traded by Boston Braves with Elmer Singleton, Stan Wentzel and Whitey Wietelmann to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Bob Elliott and Hank Camelli (September 30, 1946).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 16, 1947).