Whitey Herzog

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 182lb (180cm, 82kg)

Born: November 9, 1931 in New Athens, IL us

Died: April 15, 2024 in St. Louis, MO

High School: New Athens HS (New Athens, IL)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 24-160d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 31-323d)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2010. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
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Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

1614

414

.257

213

RBI

172

OBP

.354

SLG

.365

OPS

.719

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-21 / in Starts: 17-16
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 157 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	81 (45-24-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 157 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (51-30-15)

Most Driven In
J DeMaestri	2
B Tuttle	1
F House	1
T Carroll	1
N Garver	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Williams	6
H LÃ³pez	6
B Cerv	3
P Ward	2
Self	1
H Chiti	1
R Maris	1
W Terwilliger	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	250	4 (3)	Apr 15	KCA	@	CHW	W,10-8	GS-6	4	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	2	.37	0.048	.77	0.06%	0.81	CF
2	251	5	Apr 16	KCA	@	CHW	W,6-0	GS-7	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714	.750	1.286	2.036	1	.80	0.120	1.73	0.16%	1.71	CF
3	252	6	Apr 17	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.545	.583	1.182	1.765	2	1.03	0.058	2.53	0.09%	0.55	CF
4	253	10 (3)	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,6-20	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.529	.933	1.463	2	.90	0.049	2.11	0.07%	0.42	LF
5	254	15 (4)	Apr 29	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	GS-8	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.550	.944	1.494	1	.70	0.009	1.59	0.01%	0.16	CF
6	255	16	Apr 30	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.818	1.318	2	1.19	0.024	3.34	0.04%	0.04	1B
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
7	256	17	May 1	KCA		BAL	W,6-3	GS-9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.462	.517	.769	1.286	1	1.03	0.136	3.02	0.24%	1.76	CF
8	257	18	May 2	KCA		BAL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.433	.485	.700	1.185	1	1.13	-0.049	3.45	-0.09%	-0.44	CF
9	258	19	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,7-3	GS-7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.406	.486	.656	1.143	1	.63	0.015	1.65	0.02%	0.25	CF
10	259	20	May 4	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.394	.524	.636	1.160	1	1.11	0.104	3.06	0.17%	1.45	CF
11	260	21	May 5	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.394	.535	.636	1.171	9	7.15	0.202	18.91	0.32%	0.66	PH CF
12	261	24 (2)	May 9	KCA	@	DET	L,4-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.523	.618	1.140	8	1.59	-0.036	3.06	-0.04%	-0.48	PH
13	262	25	May 10	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	1-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.489	.568	1.057	5	1.16	-0.090	2.04	-0.09%	-0.65	PR LF
14	263	27 (1)	May 15	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-7	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.490	.538	1.029	1	1.34	0.007	2.52	0.01%	-0.10	CF
15	264	28	May 16	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.473	.535	1.008	1	.49	-0.049	1.02	-0.06%	-0.15	CF
16	265	29	May 17 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.458	.511	.968	1	1.32	-0.175	2.29	-0.18%	-1.73	CF
17	266	32 (2)	May 21	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.467	.511	.977	9	1.69	0.025	3.14	0.03%	0.14	PH
18	267	33	May 22	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.320	.469	.500	.969	2	1.00	0.086	2.02	0.11%	0.61	RF
19	268	34	May 23	KCA		CHW	W,16-0	CG	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.296	.457	.463	.920	2	.61	-0.024	.96	-0.02%	-1.27	RF
20	269	35	May 24	KCA		CHW	W,8-6	CG	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.480	.474	.954	2	.49	0.060	.94	0.07%	1.25	RF
21	270	36	May 25	KCA		DET	L,3-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.463	.452	.914	2	2.44	-0.272	4.37	-0.29%	-0.91	RF
22	271	37	May 26	KCA		DET	L,5-9	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.482	.470	.952	2	.67	0.145	1.06	0.14%	1.62	RF
23	272	38	May 28	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.478	.457	.935	2	.66	0.011	1.16	0.01%	0.00	RF
24	273	39	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.495	.458	.953	2	.91	0.180	1.97	0.23%	1.94	RF
25	274	40	May 30 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.480	.442	.922	2	.77	-0.107	1.38	-0.12%	-0.83	RF
26	275	41	May 31	KCA	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.486	.444	.930	2	.93	0.225	2.01	0.29%	2.17	RF
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
27	276	42	Jun 1	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.477	.435	.912	2	.63	-0.023	1.54	-0.03%	-0.23	RF
28	277	43	Jun 2	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.337	.478	.438	.916	2	.85	0.017	2.15	0.03%	0.12	RF
29	278	44	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.330	.466	.436	.902	2						RF
30	279	45	Jun 4	KCA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.459	.423	.882	2	1.15	-0.072	3.47	-0.13%	-0.60	RF
31	280	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.449	.406	.855	2	1.24	-0.106	3.90	-0.20%	-1.14	RF
32	281	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	W,5-1	CG	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.462	.423	.885	2	.43	0.084	1.22	0.14%	1.08	RF
33	282	48	Jun 7	KCA		BAL	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.449	.407	.856	2	1.70	-0.173	5.51	-0.34%	-1.40	RF
34	283	49	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG(13)	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.448	.398	.846	2	1.48	-0.071	4.14	-0.12%	-0.28	RF
35	284	50	Jun 10	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.439	.385	.824	2	1.04	-0.072	2.61	-0.11%	-0.53	RF
36	285	51	Jun 11	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-5	GS-4	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.444	.395	.839	2	1.06	0.035	2.40	0.05%	0.27	RF
37	286	53 (1)	Jun 13	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.447	.400	.847	5	.09	0.004	.22	0.01%	0.26	PH
38	287	54	Jun 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.442	.390	.833	2	.63	-0.068	1.38	-0.09%	-0.88	RF
							17-21		157	123	25	36	7	1	1	9	33	0	23	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	.293	.442	.390	.833		1.01	0.257	2.38	0.37%	5.64

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