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Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1931-11-09 · Played 1956–1963 · Career WAR 2.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=herzowh01, LAHMAN=herzowh01, MLBAM=115865, RETROSHEET=herzw101

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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
1956	WS1	AL	117	421	49	103	13	7	4	35	8	5	35	74	.245	.302	.337	.639	-1.6
1957	WS1	AL	36	78	7	13	3	0	0	4	1	2	13	12	.167	.301	.205	.506	-1.0
1958	WS1	AL	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	-0.4
1958	KC1	AL	88	96	11	23	1	2	0	9	0	3	16	21	.240	.345	.292	.637
1959	KC1	AL	38	123	25	36	7	1	1	9	1	0	34	23	.293	.446	.390	.836	1.8
1960	KC1	AL	83	252	43	67	10	2	8	38	0	1	40	32	.266	.364	.417	.781	1.4
1961	BAL	AL	113	323	39	94	11	6	5	35	1	4	50	41	.291	.387	.409	.796	1.7
1962	BAL	AL	99	263	34	70	13	1	7	35	2	3	41	36	.266	.369	.403	.772	1.4
1963	DET	AL	52	53	5	8	2	1	0	7	0	0	11	17	.151	.303	.226	.529	-0.5
Total			634	1614	213	414	60	20	25	172	13	18	241	261	.257	.353	.365	.718	2.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1956	WS1	AL	1B	5	3	31.0	34	1	2	3
1956	WS1	AL	OF	103	96	851.2	240	9	5	0
1957	WS1	AL	OF	28	20	172.1	53	0	1	0
1958	WS1	AL	OF	7	2	15.0	5	0	0	0
1958	KC1	AL	1B	22	9	111.0	111	6	2	9
1958	KC1	AL	OF	37	6	101.0	30	0	1	0
1959	KC1	AL	1B	1	1	9.0	10	0	0	0
1959	KC1	AL	OF	34	32	271.0	77	2	3	1
1960	KC1	AL	1B	2	1	9.1	9	2	2	2
1960	KC1	AL	OF	69	65	579.0	128	4	2	1
1961	BAL	AL	OF	98	86	739.1	143	2	0	0
1962	BAL	AL	OF	70	64	564.1	132	4	3	0
1963	DET	AL	1B	7	3	42.0	40	1	1	2
1963	DET	AL	OF	4	2	19.0	4	0	0	0
Total				487	390	3515.0	1016	31	22	18

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1999	Veterans			No
2000	Veterans			No
2001	Veterans			No
2003	Veterans - Contributors	25	60	No
2007	Veterans - Contributors	29	61	No
2008	Veterans - Managers and Umpires	11	12	No
2010	Veterans			Yes
2010	Veterans - Managers and Umpires	14	12	Yes

Ejections (44)

Date	As	Reason
1973-04-25	Manager	Call at 1B
1973-05-30	Manager	Claim pitcher was throwing spitball
1973-06-13	Manager	Balls and strikes
1973-07-29	Manager	Call at HP
1973-08-12	Manager	Call at 2B
1973-08-31	Manager	Called strike 3
1975-06-21	Coach	Call at 2B (Threw paper airplane)
1975-08-27	Manager	Call at 2B
1976-04-14	Manager	Fair/foul call
1976-09-10	Manager	Call at 3B
1976-09-15	Manager	Call at 1B
1977-04-15	Manager	Interference call
1977-06-07	Manager	Position of runners aft fan interference
1978-05-18	Manager	Bench jockeying
1978-06-23	Manager	Interference call
1978-09-10	Manager	Interference non-call
1978-09-13	Manager	Claim field was unplayable
1979-05-05	Manager	Call at 1B
1979-06-23	Manager	Arguing pitcher was doctoring ball
1979-09-10	Manager	Interference non-call
1981-05-02	Manager	Call at 2B
1981-08-27	Manager	Call at 1B
1981-09-11	Manager	Call at HP
1982-06-18	Manager	Appeal play
1982-06-20	Manager	Balk non-call
1982-08-01	Manager	Balk
1983-05-09	Manager	Balk call
1983-05-13	Manager	Fan interference
1983-06-05	Manager	Arguing for balk call
1983-09-06	Manager	Call at 1B
1983-09-20	Manager	Call at HP
1983-09-23	Manager	Balls and strikes
1984-05-23	Manager	HBP call
1985-06-26	Manager	Interference call
1985-10-27	Manager	Balls and strikes
1986-04-30	Manager	Balls and strikes
1986-07-05	Manager	Arguing ejection
1986-07-22	Manager	Brawl after HBP
1987-07-01	Manager	Condition of field
1987-07-28	Manager	Interference non-call
1987-09-05	Manager	Fair/foul call
1988-04-11	Manager	Balk call
1989-06-17	Manager	Balls and strikes
1990-06-30	Manager	Call at 1B

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Batting

Fielding

Hall of Fame ballots

Ejections (44)