Willard Hershberger

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 167lb (178cm, 75kg)

Born: May 28, 1910 in Lemoncove, CA us

Died: August 3, 1940 in Boston, MA

Buried: Visalia Cemetery, Visalia, CA

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: April 19, 1938 (Age 27-326d, 8,444th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 2, 1940 (Age 30-066d)
vs. BSN 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Willard McKee Hershberger

Nicknames: Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

402

127

.316

RBI

OBP

.356

SLG

.381

OPS

.737

OPS+

100

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-31 / in Starts: 22-16
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 195 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	172 (86-54-32)
Avg. MLBer w/ 195 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	130 (67-41-21)

Most Driven In
I Goodman	12
F McCormick	8
L Frey	6
B Werber	3
E Joost	2
L Gamble	1
N Bongiovanni	0

Most Driven In By
H Craft	8
W Berger	4
B Myers	4
N Bongiovanni	1
L Scarsella	1
F Bordagaray	1
L Riggs	1
D West	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	50	7 (6)	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					5						PR C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	51	9 (1)	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	2.78	-0.078	9.28	-0.16%	-0.23	C
3	52	16 (6)	May 9	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	5	.34	0.073	1.22	0.16%	1.47	C
4	53	17	May 10	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	5	.84	-0.044	3.22	-0.10%	-0.86	C
5	54	18	May 11	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	5						C
6	55	19	May 12	CIN		STL	L,7-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	5						PR C
7	56	35 (15)	May 28 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.733	.667	1.400	5	.69	0.141	4.33	0.53%	2.92	C
8	57	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.500	.579	.500	1.079	5	1.18	-0.152	6.43	-0.50%	-1.50	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	58	39 (1)	Jun 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-4	10-GF(13)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	5	5.26	0.115	24.83	0.33%	0.93	C
10	59	41 (1)	Jun 3	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	5						C
11	60	44 (2)	Jun 6	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.565	.500	1.065	5	.02	0.001	.08	0.00%	0.42	PH C
12	61	49 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,8-9	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	5	.87	0.031	4.96	0.11%	0.31	C
13	62	50	Jun 14	CIN		PHI	W,10-7	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.481	.563	.481	1.044	5	1.27	-0.039	6.12	-0.11%	-0.41	C
14	63	51	Jun 15	CIN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.484	.556	.516	1.072	5	.92	-0.007	4.63	-0.02%	0.55	C
15	64	52	Jun 17	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.564	.529	1.094	5	1.42	0.142	7.41	0.45%	1.36	C
16	65	53	Jun 18 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,12-6	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.513	.568	.590	1.158	5	.24	0.114	1.22	0.35%	2.38	C
17	66	54	Jun 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.476	.532	.548	1.080	5	1.24	-0.095	6.07	-0.28%	-0.72	C
18	67	55	Jun 20	CIN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.478	.529	.543	1.073	5	.87	0.010	4.91	0.03%	-0.74	C
19	68	56	Jun 21	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.440	.491	.500	.991	5	1.27	-0.061	6.96	-0.20%	-0.14	C
20	69	57	Jun 23	CIN		NYG	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.434	.483	.491	.973	5	.43	0.005	2.51	0.02%	0.12	C
21	70	58	Jun 24	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.426	.475	.481	.956	5	.07	-0.002	.43	-0.01%	-0.11	PR C
22	71	61 (2)	Jun 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.418	.467	.473	.939	5	.35	-0.009	2.34	-0.04%	-0.24	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	72	64 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.407	.462	.458	.919	5	1.26	0.059	8.23	0.23%	0.23	C
24	73	66 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.403	.456	.452	.907	5	1.15	-0.044	6.89	-0.16%	-0.34	C
25	74	69 (2)	Jul 8	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.397	.449	.444	.894	9	5.22	-0.120	32.44	-0.45%	-0.48	PH
26	75	72 (2)	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.391	.443	.438	.880	5	.39	-0.012	2.54	-0.05%	-0.23	C
27	76	73	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.437	.431	.867	5	.79	0.030	5.45	0.13%	0.78	C
28	77	76 (2)	Jul 17	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-0	5-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.379	.438	.424	.863	5	1.52	-0.013	8.80	-0.04%	-0.01	C
29	78	77	Jul 18	CIN	@	BSN	W,12-3	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.366	.430	.408	.839	5	.34	0.092	1.85	0.30%	0.44	C
30	79	78	Jul 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.373	.440	.413	.854	5	2.33	0.333	13.04	1.12%	2.05	C
31	80	80 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.416	.388	.803	5	2.16	-0.279	9.80	-0.76%	-1.62	C
32	81	82 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.407	.378	.785	6	2.87	-0.137	12.50	-0.36%	-0.57	PH C
33	82	86 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,9-8	CG(11)	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.349	.411	.407	.818	5	.79	-0.044	2.73	-0.09%	0.71	C
34	83	88 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.408	.404	.813	5	.80	-0.062	2.15	-0.10%	-0.93	C
35	84	90 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.355	.412	.409	.820	5	1.57	0.147	3.26	0.18%	0.44	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	85	94 (3)	Aug 5	CIN		BRO	L,4-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.408	.404	.812	9	.97	-0.024	2.50	-0.04%	-0.30	PH
37	86	96 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,8-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.351	.406	.423	.828	5	1.68	0.067	6.23	0.15%	0.68	C
38	87	98 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.337	.391	.406	.797	5	1.79	-0.143	8.59	-0.41%	-0.95	C
39	88	100 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.391	.415	.806	5	.43	0.126	1.30	0.23%	1.33	C
40	89	104 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.395	.427	.822	5	1.29	-0.029	5.67	-0.08%	-0.18	C
41	90	105	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,9-8	5-GF	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.351	.398	.430	.828	5	2.25	0.098	7.35	0.19%	1.19	C
42	91	106	Aug 15	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.345	.392	.422	.814	5	.88	-0.036	2.47	-0.06%	-0.57	C
43	92	108 (1)	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	W,7-6	9-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.345	.397	.422	.819	9	4.38	0.047	18.53	0.12%	0.34	PH C
44	93	109	Aug 19	CIN		STL	T,3-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.397	.422	.819	5						C
45	94	111 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	CIN		STL	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.397	.421	.818	5	1.41	-0.007	11.97	-0.03%	-0.04	C
46	95	112	Aug 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.404	.437	.841	5	.97	0.106	4.96	0.33%	1.77	C
47	96	113	Aug 22	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.362	.407	.438	.846	5	.52	0.001	2.45	0.00%	-0.07	C
48	97	117 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.366	.410	.440	.850	5	.46	0.021	1.64	0.05%	-0.24	C
49	98	119 (1)	Aug 28	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.370	.414	.444	.858	5	.96	0.046	3.96	0.11%	0.39	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	99	120	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.368	.411	.441	.852	9	.44	-0.016	2.40	-0.05%	-0.92	PH C
51	100	123 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	STL	T,6-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.369	.411	.440	.850	5	1.70	0.063	16.41	0.36%	1.01	C
52	101	125 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-10	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.372	.417	.441	.858	5	1.29	0.070	4.54	0.15%	0.27	C
53	102	131 (5)	Sep 12	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.372	.417	.441	.858	5						C
54	103	134 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,9-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.373	.416	.447	.863	5	.79	0.123	3.51	0.33%	0.55	C
55	104	136 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.417	.447	.865	5	1.47	0.007	5.22	0.02%	0.03	C
56	105	139 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.379	.421	.458	.878	5	.57	0.032	2.40	0.08%	1.00	C
57	106	142 (2)	Sep 19	CIN		PHI	L,1-13	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.374	.416	.452	.867	5	.01	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.46	C
58	107	143	Sep 20	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.367	.408	.443	.851	5	1.69	-0.103	11.74	-0.43%	-0.78	C
59	108	148 (4)	Sep 23 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.358	.399	.432	.831	5	.82	-0.073	3.58	-0.19%	-1.13	C
60	109	151 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	CIN		STL	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.355	.395	.434	.829	5	.45	-0.030	.85	-0.03%	-0.63	C
61	110	154 (2)	Sep 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.349	.389	.426	.815	5	.53	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
62	111	155	Oct 1 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.347	.386	.422	.808	5	.81	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
63	112	156	Oct 1 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.345	.384	.420	.803	9	2.79	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-1.12	PH
							30-31		195	174	23	60	9	2	0	32	9	0	4	2	5		4	6	1	0	.345	.384	.420	.803		1.15	0.252	5.51	1.28%	6.57

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