#58 Whitey Herzog, Rightfield, 27 yrs, San Francisco Giants Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Whitey Herzog
11/9/1931 27 USA,IL, 5"11 182
Rightfield L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 3 / 6 (Well Known) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1959 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 136 Days (652 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 136 Days (652 total Days) 3 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Talent | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 5 5 6 4 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings LF : 8 (Range), .991 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 6 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 10 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 5 Outfield Arm : 7
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/10 | CHN | L 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/12 | @PHI | L 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/13 | @PHI | W 4-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/15 | @LA | W 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/16 | @LA | L 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/19 | @PIT | L 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/21 | @PIT | W 8-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/22 | CIN | W 2-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/23 | CIN | L 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/24 | CIN | L 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 132 | 421 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 66 | 52 | 39 | .283 | .363 | .437 | .800 | .759 | .154 |
Projected | 139 | 443 | 125 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 69 | 55 | 41 | .283 | .363 | .437 | .800 | .759 | .154 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 103 | 487 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 184 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 67.1 | 5.5 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 66 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .136 | .228 | .227 | .455 |
vs. RHP | 355 | 110 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 58 | 44 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .310 | .386 | .476 | .862 |
Close/Late | 65 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .246 | .338 | .323 | .661 |
Scoring Position | 108 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .357 | .407 | .765 |
Pinch Hitting | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .286 | .333 | .619 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 67 | 211 | 70 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 16 | .332 | .398 | .545 | .943 |
Road | 65 | 210 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 23 | .233 | .311 | .329 | .640 |
March/April | 24 | 84 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | .250 | .333 | .310 | .643 |
May | 21 | 70 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 10 | .343 | .388 | .600 | .988 |
June | 20 | 64 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | .297 | .375 | .500 | .875 |
July | 23 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .227 | .325 | .333 | .658 |
August | 26 | 81 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | .333 | .396 | .568 | .964 |
Sept/Oct | 18 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .232 | .306 | .286 | .592 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1956 | 64 | 91 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .297 | .347 | .538 | .885 | NYN |
1957 | 101 | 140 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .286 | .338 | .436 | .773 | NYN |
1958 | 132 | 451 | 135 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 83 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 2 | .299 | .409 | .446 | .854 | NYN |
1959 | 132 | 421 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 66 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | .283 | .363 | .437 | .800 | SF |
Total | 429 | 1103 | 321 | 69 | 9 | 29 | 144 | 193 | 154 | 2 | 3 | 111 | 18 | 4 | .291 | .378 | .449 | .827 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1956, AAA | 35 | 125 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 1 | .320 | .449 | .496 | .945 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 94 | 91 | 198 | 8 | 0 | 209 | 3 | .986 | 817.1 | 2.30 | | | | |
Centerfield | 18 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1.000 | 106.0 | 2.97 | | | | |
Rightfield | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 42.0 | 2.57 | | | | |
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Transactions Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/10/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $2,790,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/12/1953 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year... Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1956... Had first career hit on 5/15/1956, off Ray Moore (MIL)... Hit first career homerun on 6/9/1956, off Dick Hall (SLN)... Injured on 5/26/1959 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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Doubles 1958 - 34 - 10th
| Triples 1958 - 4 - 10th
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