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Herman Besse
Herman A. Besse

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 19, 1940
Final Game May 22, 1946
Born August 16, 1911 in St. Louis, MO
Died August 13, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 28 PHA AL   0   3  17   5   0   0   7  0   53.0   70   56   52  10   34   19   3   2   262       0  8.83  4.42   50 1.962
 1941 29 PHA AL   2   0   6   2   1   0   3  0   19.7   28   22   22   4   12    8   0   2    97       0 10.07  4.19   42 2.034
 1942 30 PHA AL   2   9  30  14   4   0  12  1  133.0  163   99   91   7   69   78   4   2   629       0  6.16  3.77   61 1.744
 1943 31 PHA AL   1   1   5   1   0   0   4  0   16.3   18    6    6   2    4    3   1   0    68       0  3.31  3.39  103 1.347
 1946 34 PHA AL   0   2   7   3   0   0   2  1   20.7   19   12   12   1    9   10   0   0    89       0  5.23  3.54   68 1.355
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .250   5  15  65  25   5   0  28  2  242.7  298  195  183  24  128  118   8   6  1145       0  6.79  3.90   57 1.755
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3  11  49  18   3   0  21  1  183.3  225  147  138  18   96   89   6   4   865   0   0  6.79  3.90   57 1.755
 Career High      2   9  30  14   4   0  12  1  133.0  163   99   91  10   69   78   4   2   629   0   0  6.16  4.42   61 1.744

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 28 PHA AL  17   19    1    5   1  0   0    7   0  0   4   6  .263  .391  .316   87    6   0           0   0
 1941 29 PHA AL   6    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200    7    1   0           0   0
 1942 30 PHA AL  34   53    7   12   1  0   0    7   0  0   4  10  .226  .281  .245   49   13   0           0   0
 1943 31 PHA AL   7    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1946 34 PHA AL   7    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .167  .000  -50    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       71   90    8   18   2  0   0   15   0  0   9  20  .200  .273  .222   38   20   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        205   18   41   5  0   0   34   0  0  21  46  .200  .273  .222   38   46   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     34   53    7   12   1  0   0    7   0  0   4  10                          13   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 28 PHA AL   23   14    2   3.8   109| .263  .277| .391  .349| .316  .419| .707  .769|  87  .379  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1941 29 PHA AL    5    4    0   0.0   105| .200  .273| .200  .349| .200  .402| .400  .752|   7  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1942 30 PHA AL   57   41    4   2.6    94| .226  .265| .281  .339| .245  .370| .526  .709|  49  .304  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1943 31 PHA AL    8    8    0   0.0    86| .000  .255| .000  .329| .000  .352| .000  .681|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1946 34 PHA AL    6    5    0   0.0    95| .000  .262| .167  .337| .000  .378| .167  .714| -50  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        99   72    6   2.2    97| .200  .267| .273  .341| .222  .381| .495  .722|  38  .230  -7.4  -0.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 28 PHA AL P 17 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.29 1.05 0.85 2.04 5 53.0 1941 29 PHA AL P 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 1.17 2.28 2.15 2 19.7 1942 30 PHA AL P 30 0 18 1 0 .947 .957 0.60 1.30 1.22 2.31 14 133.0 1943 31 PHA AL P 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 1.28 2.21 2.26 1 16.3 1946 34 PHA AL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.43 1.01 1.30 2.00 3 20.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 28 PHA AL P 17 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.29 1.05 0.85 2.04 5 53.0 1941 29 PHA AL P 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 1.17 2.28 2.15 2 19.7 1942 30 PHA AL P 30 0 18 1 0 .947 .957 0.60 1.30 1.22 2.31 14 133.0 1943 31 PHA AL P 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.80 1.28 2.21 2.26 1 16.3 1946 34 PHA AL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.43 1.01 1.30 2.00 3 20.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 65 1 34 1 1 .972 .956 0.54 1.19 1.30 2.21 25 242.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 65 1 34 1 1 .972 .956 0.54 1.19 1.30 2.20 25 243
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Earned Runs Allow.
1942 AL-91-7

Hit Batsmen
1940 AL-3-10
1942 AL-4-8

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 12, 1939: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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