Herman Besse
1940–1946 · bats L / throws L · Philadelphia Athletics
71G
.200AVG
.273OBP
.222SLG
More career statistics
18H
0HR
15RBI
0SB
5–15W–L
242.2IP
118K
6.79ERA
25GS
2SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,145 | 1,146 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 728 | 729 |
| Pitching · p k | 118 | 119 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 99 | 90 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .200 | .273 | .222 | .495 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242.7 | 65 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 298 | 195 | 183 | 24 | 128 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 1.755 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1942-08-21 to 1942-09-02
3longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1942-09-02 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1940-05-19 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 17 | 19 | 5 | – | 7 | – | .263 | 53 | 19 |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 19 | 8 |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 53 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .226 | 133 | 79 |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Athletics | 7 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 3 |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Athletics | 7 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 10 |