Read Me Whitey Herzog
Whitey Herzog
Full name Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog Born November 9, 1931, New Athens, Illinois Died April 15, 2024, Sunset Hills, Missouri 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 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2010 Named NL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1985) Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1982) Ejections as coach: 1975 (1) Ejections as manager: 1973 (6), 1975 (1), 1976 (3), 1977 (2), 1978 (4), 1979 (3), 1981 (3), 1982 (3), 1983 (6), 1984 (1), 1985 (2), 1986 (3), 1987 (3), 1988 (1), 1989 (1), 1990 (1). Total: 43 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting 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 Team
1956 WAS A Daily Splits 117 421 49 103 13 7 4 35 35 0 74 0 8 1 0 8 5 8 5 .245 .302 .337 -2.6 1956 WAS A
1957 WAS A Daily Splits 36 78 7 13 3 0 0 4 13 0 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .167 .301 .205 -0.8 1957 WAS A
1958 WAS A Daily Splits 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 -0.1 1958 WAS A
1958 KC A Daily Splits 88 96 11 23 1 2 0 9 16 1 21 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 .240 .345 .292 -0.6 1958 KC A
1958 TOT A 96 101 11 23 1 2 0 9 17 1 26 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 .228 .336 .277 -0.7 1958 TOT A
1959 KC A Daily Splits 38 123 25 36 7 1 1 9 34 0 23 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 .293 .446 .390 0.9 1959 KC A
1960 KC A Daily Splits 83 252 43 67 10 2 8 38 40 2 32 0 1 2 0 9 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 -0.4 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 0.5 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 ( 8 Years) Splits 634 1614 213 414 60 20 25 172 241 8 261 7 15 8 0 33 25 13 18 .257 .354 .365 -3.5 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 Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1956 WAS A Daily Splits OF 103 96 84 851.2 240 9 5 0 0 .980 17 82 7
1956 WAS A CF 82 79 68 684.1 200 8 5 0 0 .977
1956 WAS A LF 17 13 12 129 36 1 0 0 0 1.000
1956 WAS A RF 7 4 4 38.1 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 WAS A 1B 5 3 3 31 34 1 2 3 0 .946
1957 WAS A Daily Splits OF 28 20 17 172.1 53 0 1 0 0 .981 2 26 0
1957 WAS A CF 26 20 17 169.1 52 0 1 0 0 .981
1957 WAS A LF 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 WAS A Daily Splits OF 7 2 0 15 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 2
1958 WAS A CF 5 2 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 WAS A RF 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 KC A Daily Splits OF 37 6 4 101 30 0 1 0 0 .968 29 7 1
1958 KC A LF 29 3 2 69.1 24 0 1 0 0 .960
1958 KC A 1B 22 9 9 111 111 6 2 9 0 .983
1958 KC A CF 7 3 2 30 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 KC A RF 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -
1958 TOT A CF 12 5 2 42 12 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 TOT A RF 3 0 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 TOT A OF 44 8 4 116 35 0 1 0 0 .972 29 12 3
1959 KC A Daily Splits OF 34 32 24 271 77 2 3 1 0 .963 2 12 20
1959 KC A RF 20 20 19 174.1 40 2 1 1 0 .977
1959 KC A CF 12 11 4 79.2 32 0 2 0 0 .941
1959 KC A LF 2 1 1 17 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 KC A 1B 1 1 1 9 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 KC A Daily Splits 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 Splits 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 Splits 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 Splits 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 ( 8 Years) Splits OF 450 373 286 3312.2 812 21 15 2 0 .982 114 134 212
Total ( 7 Years) RF 212 190 139 1635.1 349 12 6 2 0 .984
Total ( 6 Years) CF 134 116 91 982.1 296 8 8 0 0 .974
Total ( 8 Years) LF 114 67 56 695 166 2 1 0 0 .994
Total ( 5 Years) 1B 37 17 17 202.1 204 10 7 16 0 .968
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial 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 .413 302 366 7- 5 6 6
Total (18 Years) 2409 1281 1125 .532 10431 9854
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
League 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 ( 6 Years) 30 16 14 .533 132 114
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World 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 ( 3 Years) 21 10 11 .476 78 99
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
All-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 Years) 3 0 3 .000 6 18
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1965 KC A 4-12 10- 3
1966 NY N 4-15 10- 2
1974 CAL A 4- 5 6-26
1974 CAL A 7- 1 10- 2
1975 CAL A 4- 7 7-24
Total ( 4 Years)
Ejection Information
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-25-1973 BOX TEX A Red Flaherty Call at 1B
5-30-1973 BOX TEX A Art Frantz Claim pitcher was throwing spitball
6-13-1973 BOX TEX A Larry Napp Balls and strikes
7-29-1973(2) BOX TEX A Larry Barnett Call at HP
8-12-1973 BOX TEX A Hank Morgenweck Call at 2B
8-31-1973 BOX TEX A Jim Odom Called third strike
8-27-1975 BOX KC A George Maloney Call at 2B
4-14-1976 BOX KC A Bill Haller Fair/foul call
9-10-1976 BOX KC A Russ Goetz Call at 3B
9-15-1976 BOX KC A Nick Bremigan Call at 1B
4-15-1977 BOX KC A Al Clark Interference call
6- 7-1977 BOX KC A Lou DiMuro Fan interference (Placement of runner)
5-18-1978 BOX KC A Rich Garcia Bench jockeying
6-23-1978(2) BOX KC A Ken Kaiser Interference call
9-10-1978 BOX KC A Bill Deegan Interference non-call
9-13-1978 BOX KC A Marty Springstead Claim field was unplayable
5- 5-1979 BOX KC A Bob Rice Call at 1B
6-23-1979 BOX KC A Derryl Cousins Arguing pitcher was doctoring ball
9-10-1979(1) BOX KC A Derryl Cousins Interference non-call
5- 2-1981 BOX STL N Ed Montague Call at 2B
Date Team Umpire Reason
8-27-1981 BOX STL N Bob Engel Call at 1B
9-11-1981 BOX STL N Dick Stello Call at HP
6-18-1982(2) BOX STL N Satch Davidson Appeal play
6-20-1982 BOX STL N Terry Tata Balk non-call
8- 1-1982 BOX STL N Gerry Davis Balk call
5- 9-1983 BOX STL N Jim Quick Balk call
5-13-1983 BOX STL N Ed Montague Fan interference
6- 5-1983 BOX STL N Harry Wendelstedt Balk non-call
9- 6-1983 BOX STL N Charlie Williams Call at 1B
9-20-1983 BOX STL N John Kibler Call at HP
9-23-1983 BOX STL N Jim Quick Balls and strikes
5-23-1984 BOX STL N Bruce Froemming HBP call
6-26-1985 BOX STL N Jim Quick Interference call
10-27-1985 BOX STL N Don Denkinger Balls and strikes
4-30-1986 BOX STL N Harry Wendelstedt Balls and strikes
7- 5-1986 BOX STL N Tom Hallion Arguing ejection
7-22-1986 BOX STL N Bob Davidson Brawl
7- 1-1987 BOX STL N Doug Harvey Condition of field
7-28-1987 BOX STL N Joe West Interference non-call
9- 5-1987 BOX STL N Doug Harvey Fair/foul call
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-11-1988 BOX STL N Eric Gregg Balk call
6-17-1989 BOX STL N Tom Hallion Balls and strikes
6-30-1990 BOX STL N Mike Winters Call at 1B
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-21-1975(2) BOX CAL A George Maloney Call at 2B
Transaction Information
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 15, 1961 ).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Gus Triandos to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dick
Brown (November 26, 1962 ).
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