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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1909-07-07 · Played 1931–1947 · Career WAR 57.5 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=hermabi01, LAHMAN=hermabi01, MLBAM=115809, RETROSHEET=hermb101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1931	CHN	NL	25	98	14	32	7	0	0	16	2	13	6	.327	.405	.398	.803	0.3
1932	CHN	NL	154	656	102	206	42	7	1	51	14	40	33	.314	.358	.404	.762	3.5
1933	CHN	NL	153	619	82	173	35	2	0	44	5	45	34	.279	.332	.342	.674	3.0
1934	CHN	NL	113	456	79	138	21	6	3	42	6	34	31	.303	.355	.395	.750	3.2
1935	CHN	NL	154	666	113	227	57	6	7	83	6	42	29	.341	.383	.476	.859	7.2
1936	CHN	NL	153	632	101	211	57	7	5	93	5	59	30	.334	.392	.470	.862	7.2
1937	CHN	NL	138	564	106	189	35	11	8	65	2	56	22	.335	.396	.479	.875	6.4
1938	CHN	NL	152	624	86	173	34	7	1	56	3	59	31	.277	.342	.359	.701	4.3
1939	CHN	NL	156	623	111	191	34	18	7	70	9	66	31	.307	.378	.453	.831	4.3
1940	CHN	NL	135	558	77	163	24	4	5	57	1	47	30	.292	.347	.376	.723	3.2
1941	CHN	NL	11	36	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	9	5	.194	.356	.250	.606	3.6
1941	BRO	NL	133	536	77	156	30	4	3	41	1	58	38	.291	.361	.379	.740
1942	BRO	NL	155	571	76	146	34	2	2	65	6	72	52	.256	.339	.333	.672	3.1
1943	BRO	NL	153	585	76	193	41	2	2	100	4	66	26	.330	.398	.417	.815	4.3
1946	BRO	NL	47	184	24	53	8	4	0	28	2	26	10	.288	.376	.375	.751	4.1
1946	BSN	NL	75	252	32	77	23	1	3	22	1	43	13	.306	.409	.440	.849
1947	PIT	NL	15	47	3	10	4	0	0	6	0	2	7	.213	.245	.298	.543	-0.2
Total			1922	7707	1163	2345	486	82	47	839	67	737	428	.304	.365	.407	.772	57.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1931	CHN	NL	2B	25	76	79	10	17
1932	CHN	NL	2B	154	401	527	38	102
1933	CHN	NL	2B	153	466	512	45	114
1934	CHN	NL	2B	111	278	385	17	64
1935	CHN	NL	2B	154	416	520	35	109
1936	CHN	NL	2B	153	457	492	24	110
1937	CHN	NL	2B	137	384	468	41	97
1938	CHN	NL	2B	151	404	517	18	111
1939	CHN	NL	2B	156	377	485	29	95
1940	CHN	NL	2B	135	366	448	22	94
1941	CHN	NL	2B	11	33	20	6	5
1941	BRO	NL	2B	133	297	354	20	64
1942	BRO	NL	1B	3	29	2	1	2
1942	BRO	NL	2B	153	383	402	22	97
1943	BRO	NL	2B	117	291	322	18	69
1943	BRO	NL	3B	37	54	68	3	2
1946	BRO	NL	2B	16	42	36	0	5
1946	BRO	NL	3B	29	31	55	5	8
1946	BSN	NL	1B	22	179	6	1	12
1946	BSN	NL	2B	44	95	101	9	22
1946	BSN	NL	3B	5	5	9	1	1
1947	PIT	NL	1B	2	6	2	0	0
1947	PIT	NL	2B	10	14	13	0	2
Total				1911	5084	5823	365	1202

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1932	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1935	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1936	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1937	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1938	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1940	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	NL
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1943	TSN All-Star	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1948	BBWAA	1	91	No
1956	BBWAA	2	145	No
1958	BBWAA	7	200	No
1962	BBWAA	4	120	No
1964	BBWAA	26	151	No
1964	Run Off	9		No
1966	BBWAA	28	227	No
1967	BBWAA	59	219	No
1967	Run Off	14		No
1968	Veterans			No
1974	Veterans			No
1975	Veterans			Yes

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