Herm Wehmeier Notable

b. February 18, 1927 · Cincinnati Reds 1945, 1947–1953, Cincinnati Redlegs 1954, Philadelphia Phillies 1954–1956, St. Louis Cardinals 1956–1958, Detroit Tigers 1958

Herm Wehmeier played for five clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cincinnati Reds in 1945 and closing with the Detroit Tigers in 1958.

He went 92 and 108 with a 4.80 earned run average, pitching 1,803 innings in 361 games. He struck out 794, completed 79 of his 240 starts and threw 9 shutouts. Across 413 games he batted .196, with 124 hits and 67 runs. He finished with 3 home runs and 13 doubles.

He was born in Cincinnati, OH, USA on February 18, 1927, and died on May 21, 1973. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1945	CIN	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1947	CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1948	CIN	36	55	4	5	1	0	0	2	1	13	.091
1949	CIN	36	78	9	20	1	0	0	4	1	17	.256
1950	CIN	54	92	8	14	3	0	0	3	1	19	.152
1951	CIN	46	59	8	17	2	0	0	6	1	8	.288
1952	CIN	41	64	10	12	1	0	1	5	4	16	.188
1953	CIN	29	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200
1954	CIN/PHI	38	59	2	6	0	1	0	2	2	24	.102
1955	PHI	34	72	10	20	1	1	0	7	2	26	.278
1956	PHI/STL	45	66	6	13	3	0	2	8	2	20	.197
1957	STL	40	59	9	12	0	1	0	3	0	14	.203
1958	DET/STL	10	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.125
Career	—	413	633	67	124	13	3	3	40	16	166	.196

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1945	CIN	0	1	2	2	0	5.0	10	7	4	0	12.60
1947	CIN	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1948	CIN	11	8	33	24	0	147.1	179	96	75	56	5.86
1949	CIN	11	12	33	29	0	213.1	202	111	117	80	4.68
1950	CIN	10	18	41	32	4	230.0	255	145	135	121	5.67
1951	CIN	7	10	39	22	2	184.2	167	76	89	93	3.70
1952	CIN	9	11	33	26	0	190.1	197	109	103	83	5.15
1953	CIN	1	6	28	10	0	81.2	100	65	47	32	7.16
1954	CIN/PHI	10	11	37	20	2	171.2	153	84	72	62	4.40
1955	PHI	10	12	31	29	0	193.2	176	95	67	85	4.41
1956	PHI/STL	12	11	37	22	1	190.2	168	79	82	76	3.73
1957	STL	10	7	36	18	0	165.0	165	79	54	91	4.31
1958	DET/STL	1	1	10	6	0	28.2	34	15	7	15	4.71
Career	—	92	108	361	240	9	1803.0	1806	961	852	794	4.80

On this day & linked events

1927

Born February 18, 1927

Cincinnati, OH, USA

1973

Died May 21, 1973

1945

Major-league debut: Herm Wehmeier

Herm Wehmeier made a major-league debut on September 7, 1945.

1958

Final major-league game: Herm Wehmeier

Herm Wehmeier played a final major-league game on July 23, 1958.

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain