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{{short description|American baseball player and manager (1909-1992)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Billy Herman
|image=Billy Herman 1965.jpg
|position=[[Second baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|birth_date={{Birth date|1909|7|7}}
|birth_place=[[New Albany, Indiana]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1992|9|5|1909|7|7}}
|death_place=[[West Palm Beach, Florida]], U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague=MLB
|debutdate=August 29
|debutyear=1931
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague=MLB
|finaldate=August 1
|finalyear=1947
|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|statleague=MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.304
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,345
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=47
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=839
|stat5label=Managerial record
|stat5value=189–274
|stat6label=Winning %
|stat6value={{Winning percentage|189|274}}
|teams=
'''As player'''
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1931}}–{{mlby|1941}})
* [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1941}}–{{mlby|1943}}, {{mlby|1946}})
* [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] ({{mlby|1946}})
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|1947}})
'''As manager'''
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|1947}})
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1964}}–{{mlby|1966}})
|highlights=
* 10× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1934]]–[[1943 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1943]])
* [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1955}})
* [[Chicago Cubs#Cubs Hall of Fame|Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype=National
|hofdate=[[1975 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1975]]
|hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}
'''William Jennings Bryan Herman''' (July 7, 1909 – September 5, 1992) was an American [[second baseman]] and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) during the 1930s and 1940s. Known for his stellar defense and consistent batting, Herman still holds many [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) defensive records for second basemen and was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1975.

==Biography==
{{Citations needed section|date=October 2021}}

===Early life===
Born in [[New Albany, Indiana]], in 1909, and named after [[William Jennings Bryan]], the three-time Presidential candidate and statesman of the turn of the 20th century,<ref>[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/d6297ffd Joseph Wancho, ''Billy Herman.''] [[Society for American Baseball Research]] Biography Project</ref> Herman attended [[New Albany High School (Indiana)|New Albany High School]].

===Baseball career===
Herman broke into the majors in {{Baseball year|1931}} with the [[Chicago Cubs]] and asserted himself as a star the following season, {{Baseball year|1932}}, by hitting .314 and scoring 102 runs. His first [[at-bat]] was memorable. Facing [[Cincinnati Reds]] pitcher [[Si Johnson]], Herman chopped a pitch into the back of home plate, which then bounced up and hit Herman in the back of the head, knocking him out.<ref>Mackin, Bob, "The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records", Greystone Books, 2004.</ref> A fixture in the Chicago lineup over the next decade, Herman was a consistent hitter and solid producer. He regularly hit .300 or higher (and as high as .341 in {{Baseball year|1935}}) and drove in a high of 93 [[run batted in|runs]] in {{Baseball year|1936}}. He also hit 57 doubles in both {{Baseball year|1935}} and {{Baseball year|1936}}.

[[File:BillyHermanGoudeycard.jpg|thumb|left|160px|A 1933 Goudey [[baseball card]] of Herman.]]
After a sub-standard offensive year in {{Baseball year|1940}}, Herman was traded to the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] in {{Baseball year|1941}}. He had one of his finest offensive season in {{Baseball year|1943}}, when he batted .330 with a .398 [[on-base percentage]] and 100 runs driven in.

Herman missed the {{Baseball year|1944}} and {{Baseball year|1945}} seasons to serve in World War II, but returned to play in {{Baseball year|1946}} with the Dodgers and [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] (after being traded mid-season). At 37, he was considered prime [[manager (baseball)|managerial]] material by the new owners of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]. On September 30, 1946, Herman was traded to Pittsburgh with three marginal players ([[outfielder]] [[Stan Wentzel]], [[pitcher]] [[Elmer Singleton]] and [[infielder]] [[Whitey Wietelmann]]) for [[third baseman]] [[Bob Elliott (baseball)|Bob Elliott]] and [[catcher]] [[Hank Camelli]]. Herman was promptly named playing manager of the [[1947 Pittsburgh Pirates season|1947 Pirates]], but he was aghast at the cost—Elliott—the Pirates had paid for him. "Why, they've gone and traded the whole team on me", he said.<ref>Boston Braves Historical Association Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 3, Autumn 2010</ref> Elliott won the {{baseball year|1947}} [[National League Most Valuable Player|NL Most Valuable Player]] award and led Boston to the [[1948 in baseball|1948 National League pennant]]. Herman's 1947 Pirates lost 92 games and finished tied for seventh in the NL, and he resigned before the season's final game. (His last appearance as a Major League player was on August 1 of that year.)

Herman then managed in the minor leagues and became a Major League [[coach (baseball)|coach]] with the Dodgers (1952–57) and Braves (now based in Milwaukee) (1958–59)—serving on five National League pennant winners in eight seasons. Then he moved to the [[American League]] (AL) as the third-base coach of the [[Boston Red Sox]] for five years (1960–64), before managing the Red Sox to lackluster records in {{Baseball year|1965}} and {{Baseball year|1966}}; his 1965 Boston club lost 100 games. After his firing by the Red Sox in September 1966, he coached for the [[California Angels]] (1967) and [[San Diego Padres]] (1978–79) and served in player development roles with the Padres and [[Oakland Athletics]].

Herman finished his 1,922-game big-league career with a .304 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]], 1,163 [[runs scored]], 2,345 [[hit (baseball)|hits]], 486 [[double (baseball)|doubles]], 82 [[triple (baseball)|triples]], 47 [[home run]]s, 839 [[runs batted in]], 737 [[bases on balls]] and 428 [[strikeout]]s. Defensively, he recorded an overall .968 [[fielding percentage]]. He won four NL pennants ({{Baseball year|1932}}, {{Baseball year|1935}}, {{Baseball year|1938}}, and {{Baseball year|1941}}) but no [[World Series]] championships as a player (although he was a coach on the [[1955 World Series]] champion Brooklyn Dodgers). His record as a Major League manager was 189-274 (.408). Herman holds the NL records for most [[putout]]s in a season by a second baseman and led the league in putouts seven times. He also shares the Major League record for most hits on opening day, with five, set April 14, 1936.

===Later life===
[[File:Billy Herman - San Diego Padres - 1978.jpg|thumb|180px|Herman in 1978]]
Herman moved to [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]] in 1968. He was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in {{Baseball year|1975}}. He died of cancer in 1992.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Billy Herman, 83; Ex-Cub and Dodger Was Hall of Famer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/07/sports/billy-herman-83-ex-cub-and-dodger-was-hall-of-famer.html|access-date=October 30, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 7, 1992}}</ref>

In 2013, the [[Bob Feller Act of Valor Award]] honored Herman as one of 37 Baseball Hall of Fame members for his service in the [[United States Navy]] during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/|title=WWII HOF Players – Act of Valor Award|access-date=2021-08-11|archive-date=2021-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008204152/https://actofvaloraward.org/hof-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Personal===
Herman's granddaughter is [[Cheri Daniels]], wife of former Indiana Governor [[Mitch Daniels]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/gov/firstlady/|title=First Lady Janet Holcomb: Home|website=www.in.gov|date=7 October 2020}}</ref>

==Managerial record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
|-
![[1947 Pittsburgh Pirates season|PIT]]|| {{mlby|1947}}
||153||61||92||{{Winning percentage|61|92}}|| resigned || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|PIT total || 153 || 61 || 92 || {{Winning percentage|61|92}} || || 0 || 0 || – ||
|-
![[1964 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]|| {{mlby|1964}}
||2||2||0||{{Winning percentage|2|0}}|| 8th in AL || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1965 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]|| {{mlby|1965}}
||162||62||100||{{Winning percentage|62|100}}|| 9th in AL || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1966 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]]|| {{mlby|1966}}
||146||64||82||{{Winning percentage|64|82}}|| fired || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|BOS total || 310 || 128 || 182 || {{Winning percentage|128|182}} || || 0 || 0 || – ||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total || 463 || 189 || 274 || {{Winning percentage|189|274}} || || 0 || 0 || – || 
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball doubles records]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball player-managers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Honig, Donald (1975) [https://archive.org/details/baseballwhengras00honi/page/134 ''Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball from the Twenties to the Forties Told by the Men Who Played It'']. New York: Coward, McGann & Geoghegan. pp.&nbsp;134–163. {{SBN|698-10660-1}}.

==External links==
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*{{baseballstats|mlb=|espn=|br=h/hermabi01|fangraphs=1005692|brm=herman002wil}}
*{{baseball-reference manager|hermabi01}}
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*[https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/billy-herman-oral-history-interview-1990-august-08-3 Billy Herman Oral History Interview (1 of 3) - National Baseball Hall of Fame Digital Collection]
*[https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/billy-herman-oral-history-interview-1990-august-08-0 Billy Herman Oral History Interview (2 of 3) - National Baseball Hall of Fame Digital Collection]
*[https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/billy-herman-oral-history-interview-1990-august-08-2 Billy Herman Oral History Interview (3 of 3) - National Baseball Hall of Fame Digital Collection]

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