Billy Herman Marquee Hall of Fame 1975

b. July 7, 1909 · Chicago Cubs 1931–1941, Brooklyn Dodgers 1941–1943, 1946, Boston Braves 1946, Pittsburgh Pirates 1947

In 1935 he had 227 hits and 57 doubles, both National League highs, and the Cubs won the pennant. He hit 57 doubles again the following year. He led the league in triples with 18 in 1939, and he was an All-Star in every season from 1934 through 1943, ten in a row.

Chicago traded him to Brooklyn early in 1941 and the Dodgers won the pennant that season. He played on four pennant winners, the Cubs of 1932, 1935 and 1938 and those Dodgers, and none of them won the World Series. Navy service then took 1944 and 1945 out of his career.

He returned in 1946 at thirty-six, played parts of two more seasons for Brooklyn, Boston and Pittsburgh, and finished with 2,345 hits, 486 doubles, 1,163 runs and a .304 average in fifteen seasons. He played 1,812 games at second base. The veterans committee elected him in 1975.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	10	1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
Baseball Magazine All-Star	7	1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1943
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1943

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1931	CHC	25	98	14	32	7	0	0	16	13	6	2	.327
1932	CHC	154	656	102	206	42	7	1	51	40	33	14	.314
1933	CHC	153	619	82	173	35	2	0	44	45	34	5	.279
1934	CHC	113	456	79	138	21	6	3	42	34	31	6	.303
1935	CHC	154	666	113	227	57	6	7	83	42	29	6	.341
1936	CHC	153	632	101	211	57	7	5	93	59	30	5	.334
1937	CHC	138	564	106	189	35	11	8	65	56	22	2	.335
1938	CHC	152	624	86	173	34	7	1	56	59	31	3	.277
1939	CHC	156	623	111	191	34	18	7	70	66	31	9	.307
1940	CHC	135	558	77	163	24	4	5	57	47	30	1	.292
1941	BRO/CHC	144	572	81	163	30	5	3	41	67	43	1	.285
1942	BRO	155	571	76	146	34	2	2	65	72	52	6	.256
1943	BRO	153	585	76	193	41	2	2	100	66	26	4	.330
1946	BRO/BSN	122	436	56	130	31	5	3	50	69	23	3	.298
1947	PIT	15	47	3	10	4	0	0	6	2	7	0	.213
Career	—	1922	7707	1163	2345	486	82	47	839	737	428	67	.304

On this day & linked events

1909

Born July 7, 1909

New Albany, IN, USA

1992

Died September 5, 1992

1931

Major-league debut: Billy Herman

Billy Herman made a major-league debut on August 29, 1931.

1947

Final major-league game: Billy Herman

Billy Herman played a final major-league game on August 1, 1947.

Image: Goudey, public domain