Herman Besse

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: August 16, 1911 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: August 13, 1972 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

Debut: April 19, 1940 (Age 28-247d, 8,870th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: May 22, 1946 (Age 34-279d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Herman Anthony Besse

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.0

ERA

6.79

242.2

118

WHIP

1.755

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Team Record in Appearances: 1-5 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 4, Entered with runners on base: 2

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	59	3	Apr 18	PHA		NYY	L,1-8	3-3		99	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	13.50	19.08	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.152	2.48	-0.24%	-2.15	3t 12- 1 out d2	3t 3 out d5
2	60	9	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-	L(0-1)	5	7.0	5	3	3	5	4	0	0	4.70	4.93	30						54						24					0
3	61	13	Apr 30	PHA		SLB	W,12-8	8-GF	S(1)	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	4.30	4	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.033	.25	0.02%	0.92	8t 1-- 1 out a4	9t end a 4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	62	15	May 2	PHA		SLB	L,3-10	GS-4	L(0-2)	1	3.1	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.68	3.93	17	3	6	0	1	6	32			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.247	.95	-0.16%	-2.85	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d4
5	63	23	May 10	PHA		WSH	T,5-5	GS-7		7	6.1	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	5.21	3.32	26	6	11	1	6	5	51			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.087	.40	-0.02%	-0.35	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
6	64	27	May 15(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.14	3.25	7	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.036	.06	-0.01%	-0.15	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
7	65	34	May 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5			6	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.14	3.54	2												0					0
							1-5		W-L:0-2,Sv:1	4.7	21.0	19	12	12	9	10	1	0	5.14	3.54	89	0.64		3%	19%	13	46	3	67%	0	0	0	78	3	2	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.489	.62	-0.41%	-4.58

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