Babe Herman

Right Field

1926—1945

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#64

Player Detail

Floyd Caves
GIVEN NAME
Herman
SURNAME
June 26, 1903, in Buffalo, NY
BORN
November 27, 1987, in Glendale, CA, USA
DIED
1926—1945
Playing Career
Played from 23-42
PLAYING AGE
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Brooklyn Dodgers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
32
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-4 / 190
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 14, 1926
Major League Debut
September 16, 1945
FINAL GAME

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60

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1552
1818
181
997
.324

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
36.0
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.915
.823
111.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.324
.383
.532

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Paul Waner
Mel Ott
Chuck Klein

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.326
.385
.532

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Ernie Lombardi
Charlie Grimm
Charlie Gehringer
Billy Jurges
Pie Traynor
Zack Wheat
Frank Demaree
Babe Herman
Dazzy Vance
Lon Warneke
Wilbert Robinson

Babe Herman Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Herman
540
175
85
38
11
17
96
50
53
9
287
226
.324
.383
.532
915
AVG RF
536
163
85
29
8
12
51
42
9
244
217
.304
.368
.455
.823

Babe Herman Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
64
53
48
48
50
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
45
49
38
44
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Babe Herman PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
40.3
31.7
25.5
18.2
4.20
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Babe Herman
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
230.6
171.4
132.7
85.2
24.0
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Babe Herman
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF