NL Player of the Week - Billy Herman

NL Player of the Week

William Jennings Bryan "Billy" Herman

A mainstay with the Cubs from 1931 through 1941, Herman played a few more years, mainly with Brooklyn, before retiring in 1947. Herman was inconsistent, with some more mediocre years mixed in, but he was in his prime from 1935 through 1937. With the Cubs, Herman was a second baseman, but shifted around the infield later in his career.

Herman was a 12 time All Star. Despite his less than steller lifetime OPS+ of 112, Herman had other interesting features at a time when less was expected of infielders at the plate (Cal Ripken is widely credited with the notion that one could be an excellent middle infielder AND yield a strong bat).

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975.