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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1903-06-26 · Played 1926–1945 · Career WAR 39.6 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=hermaba01, LAHMAN=hermaba01, MLBAM=115808, RETROSHEET=hermb102

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1926	BRO	NL	137	496	64	158	35	11	11	81	8		44	53	.319	.375	.500	.875	3.0
1927	BRO	NL	130	412	65	112	26	9	14	73	4		39	41	.272	.336	.481	.817	2.0
1928	BRO	NL	134	486	64	165	37	6	12	91	1		38	36	.340	.390	.514	.904	3.2
1929	BRO	NL	146	569	105	217	42	13	21	113	21		55	45	.381	.436	.612	1.048	4.6
1930	BRO	NL	153	614	143	241	48	11	35	130	18		66	56	.393	.455	.678	1.133	6.9
1931	BRO	NL	151	610	93	191	43	16	18	97	17		50	65	.313	.365	.525	.890	3.5
1932	CIN	NL	148	577	87	188	38	19	16	87	7		60	45	.326	.389	.541	.930	6.3
1933	CHN	NL	137	508	77	147	36	12	16	93	6		50	57	.289	.353	.502	.855	3.8
1934	CHN	NL	125	467	65	142	34	5	14	84	1		35	71	.304	.353	.488	.841	1.5
1935	PIT	NL	26	81	8	19	8	1	0	7	0		3	10	.235	.271	.358	.629	2.6
1935	CIN	NL	92	349	44	117	23	5	10	58	5		35	25	.335	.396	.516	.912
1936	CIN	NL	119	380	59	106	25	2	13	71	4		39	36	.279	.348	.458	.806	2.0
1937	DET	AL	17	20	2	6	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	6	.300	.364	.450	.814	0.1
1945	BRO	NL	37	34	6	9	1	0	1	9	0		5	7	.265	.359	.382	.741	0.1
Total			1552	5603	882	1818	399	110	181	997	94	0	520	553	.324	.382	.532	.914	39.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1926	BRO	NL	1B	101	918	60	14	55
1926	BRO	NL	OF	35	56	4	3	0
1927	BRO	NL	1B	105	968	68	21	64
1927	BRO	NL	OF	1	1	0	0	0
1928	BRO	NL	OF	127	225	12	16	2
1929	BRO	NL	1B	2	16	1	1	1
1929	BRO	NL	OF	141	244	10	16	2
1930	BRO	NL	OF	153	260	10	6	1
1931	BRO	NL	OF	150	287	24	13	7
1932	CIN	NL	OF	146	392	18	13	6
1933	CHN	NL	OF	131	252	12	12	1
1934	CHN	NL	1B	7	59	3	1	5
1934	CHN	NL	OF	113	192	7	6	2
1935	PIT	NL	1B	3	18	0	2	1
1935	PIT	NL	OF	15	22	1	1	0
1935	CIN	NL	1B	14	123	9	2	11
1935	CIN	NL	OF	76	156	5	4	0
1936	CIN	NL	1B	4	9	1	0	1
1936	CIN	NL	OF	92	175	3	6	0
1937	DET	AL	OF	2	3	0	0	0
1945	BRO	NL	OF	3	0	0	0	0
Total				1421	4376	248	137	159

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1942	BBWAA	1	175	No
1948	BBWAA	2	91	No
1949	BBWAA	5	115	No
1950	BBWAA	2	126	No
1951	BBWAA	1	170	No
1952	BBWAA	3	176	No
1953	BBWAA	2	198	No
1954	BBWAA	1	189	No
1955	BBWAA	5	189	No
1956	BBWAA	11	145	No
1958	BBWAA	13	200	No
1960	BBWAA	7	202	No
1979	Veterans			No
1980	Veterans			No
1981	Veterans			No
1982	Veterans			No
1983	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans			No
1985	Veterans			No
1986	Veterans			No
1987	Veterans			No
1988	Veterans		14	No
1989	Veterans			No
1995	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No
2007	Veterans - Players			No

Ejections (7)

Date	As	Reason
1927-09-10	Player	Call at 1B (Threw cap)
1928-07-24	Player	Call at 1B
1928-07-30	Player	Called third strike (Threw cap)
1929-04-30	Player	Called third strike
1932-05-07	Player	Called third strike
1932-05-27	Player	Called third strike
1932-07-17	Player	Called third strike

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Babe HermanWWikipedia↗

Batting

Fielding

Hall of Fame ballots

Ejections (7)