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Whitey Herzog Whitey Herzog

Full name: Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog Born: November 9, 1931, New Athens, Illinois First Game: April 17, 1956; Final Game: September 28, 1963 Managed First Game: April 7, 1973; Managed Final Game: July 5, 1990 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 182 NL Manager of the Year (1985) TSN Manager of the Year (1982) Whitey Herzog Collectibles! Whitey Herzog Memorabilia! Whitey Herzog Cards! Whitey Herzog Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Glenn Trout, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1956 WAS A               117   421   49  103  13   7   4   35   35   0   74   0   8   1           5    8   5  .245  .302  .337  -3.0 1956 WAS A
1957 WAS A                36    78    7   13   3   0   0    4   13   0   12   2   0   0           0    1   2  .167  .301  .205  -0.9 1957 WAS A
1958 WAS A                 8     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    5   0   0   0           0    0   0  .000  .167  .000  -0.1 1958 WAS A
1958 KC  A                88    96   11   23   1   2   0    9   16   1   21   0   0   1           0    0   3  .240  .345  .292  -0.5 1958 KC  A
1958 TOT A                96   101   11   23   1   2   0    9   17   1   26   0   0   1           0    0   3  .228  .336  .277  -0.6 1958 TOT A
1959 KC  A                38   123   25   36   7   1   1    9   34   0   23   0   1   0           2    1   0  .293  .446  .390   0.7 1959 KC  A
1960 KC  A Daily Splits   83   252   43   67  10   2   8   38   40   2   32   0   1   2   0   8   6    0   1  .266  .364  .417   0.1 1960 KC  A
1961 BAL A Daily Splits  113   323   39   94  11   6   5   35   50   1   41   1   2   1   0   4   6    1   4  .291  .387  .409  -0.3 1961 BAL A
1962 BAL A Daily Splits   99   263   34   70  13   1   7   35   41   1   36   3   3   2   0   5   6    2   3  .266  .369  .403   0.3 1962 BAL A
1963 DET A Daily Splits   52    53    5    8   2   1   0    7   11   3   17   1   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .151  .303  .226  -0.5 1963 DET A
Total            Splits  634  1614  213  414  60  20  25  172  241   8  261   7  15   8   0i 17i 25   13  18  .257  .354  .365  -4.2 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1956 WAS A        OF  103                     240    9    5    0      .980    15   84    7 
1956 WAS A        1B    5                      34    1    2    3      .946
1957 WAS A        OF   28                      53    0    1    0      .981     2   26    0 
1958 WAS A        OF    7                       5    0    0    0     1.000     0    5    2 
1958 KC  A        OF   37                      30    0    1    0      .968    29    7    1 
1958 KC  A        1B   22                     111    6    2    9      .983
1958 TOT A        CF                                                     -
1958 TOT A        RF                                                     -
1958 TOT A        OF   44                      35    0    1    0      .972    29   12    3 
1959 KC  A        OF   34                      77    2    3    1      .963     1   13   20 
1959 KC  A        1B    1                      10    0    0    0     1.000
1960 KC  A Daily  OF   69   65   54   579     128    4    2    1   0  .985    23    0   48 
1960 KC  A        RF   48   43   34   372      75    3    2    1   0  .975
1960 KC  A        LF   23   22   20   207      53    1    0    0   0 1.000
1960 KC  A        1B    2    1    1     9.1     9    2    2    2   0  .846
1961 BAL A Daily  OF   98   86   50   739.1   143    2    0    0   0 1.000    27    0   73 
1961 BAL A        RF   73   66   36   549     108    2    0    0   0 1.000
1961 BAL A        LF   27   20   14   190.1    33    0    0    0   0 1.000
1962 BAL A Daily  OF   70   64   51   564.1   132    4    3    0   0  .978    13    1   59 
1962 BAL A        RF   59   56   45   488     118    5    3    0   0  .976
1962 BAL A        LF   13    7    6    70.1    13    0    0    0   0 1.000
1962 BAL A        CF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
1963 DET A Daily  1B    7    3    3    42      40    1    1    2   0  .976
1963 DET A        OF    4    2    2    19       4    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    1    2 
1963 DET A        RF    2    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1963 DET A        CF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1963 DET A        LF    1    1    1     9       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF  450  217i 157i 1901.2i  812   21   15    2   0i .982   111  137  212 
Total             RF  182i 166i 116i 1418  i  302i  10i   5i   1i  0i .984
Total             LF   64i  50i  41i  476.2i  102i   1i   0i   0i  0i1.000
Total             1B   37    4i   4i   51.1i  204   10    7   16   0i .968
Total             CF    2i   1i   0i    7  i    0i   0i   0i   0i  0i    -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1973 TEX A  138   47   91  .341   513   726          9- 4    6  6
1974 CAL A    4    2    2  .500    18    17   6-27   6-30    6  6  6
1975 KC  A   66   41   25  .621   289   242   7-25           2  2
1976 KC  A  162   90   72  .556   713   611                  1
1977 KC  A  162  102   60  .630   822   651                  1
1978 KC  A  162   92   70  .568   743   634                  1
1979 KC  A  162   85   77  .525   851   816                  2
1980 STL N   73   38   35  .521   344   293   6- 9   8-28    6  5  4
1981 STL N  103   59   43  .578   464   417                  1
1982 STL N  162   92   70  .568   685   609                  1
1983 STL N  162   79   83  .488   679   710                  4
1984 STL N  162   84   78  .519   652   645                  3
1985 STL N  162  101   61  .623   747   572                  1
1986 STL N  161   79   82  .491   601   611                  3
1987 STL N  162   95   67  .586   798   693                  1
1988 STL N  162   76   86  .469   578   633                  5
1989 STL N  164   86   76  .531   632   608                  3
1990 STL N   80   33   47  .412   302   366          7- 5    6  6
Total      2409 1281 1125  .532 10431  9854
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

League Championship Series Managerial RecordLeague Championship Series Managerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1976 KC  A    5    2    3  .400    24    23
1977 KC  A    5    2    3  .400    22    21
1978 KC  A    4    1    3  .250    17    19
1982 STL N    3    3    0 1.000    17     5
1985 STL N    6    4    2  .667    29    23
1987 STL N    7    4    3  .571    23    23
Total        30   16   14  .533   132   114
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

World Series Managerial RecordWorld Series Managerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1982 STL N    7    4    3  .571    39    33
1985 STL N    7    3    4  .429    13    28
1987 STL N    7    3    4  .429    26    38
Total        21   10   11  .476    78    99
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

All-Star Game Managerial RecordAll-Star Game Managerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1983 NL       1    0    1  .000     3    13
1986 NL       1    0    1  .000     2     3
1988 NL       1    0    1  .000     1     2
Total         3    0    3  .000     6    18
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1949).

Traded by New York Yankees to Washington Senators (April 2, 1956) completing trade
in which Washington Senators traded Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline to New York
Yankees in exchange for Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Herb Plews, Dick Tettelbach and a
player to be named later (February 8, 1956).

Sold by Washington Senators to Kansas City Athletics (May 14, 1958).

Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Russ Snyder to Baltimore Orioles in exchange
for Bob Boyd, Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer, Wayne Causey and Clint Courtney (January 24,
1961); Clint Courtney returned to Baltimore Orioles (April 14, 1961).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Gus Triandos to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dick
Brown (November 26, 1962).

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