Tom Herr
St. Louis Cardinals 1979–1987; Minnesota Twins 1988; St. Louis Cardinals 1988; Philadelphia Phillies 1989; New York Mets 1990; Philadelphia Phillies 1990; New York Mets 1991; San Francisco Giants 1991
Percentile snapshot
1990 season — qualified batters
of 129 qualified 1990 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 61.7 | 49.0 | .280 | 0.0 |
| 1980 | 76 | 242 | 222 | 29 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | .248 | .299 | .347 | .646 | 71.5 | 77.8 | .292 | 0.1 |
| 1981 | 103 | 462 | 411 | 50 | 110 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 39 | 30 | 23 | 7 | .268 | .329 | .345 | .674 | 91.2 | 90.1 | .319 | 1.2 |
| 1982 | 135 | 560 | 493 | 83 | 131 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 57 | 56 | 25 | 12 | .266 | .341 | .320 | .662 | 91.3 | 86.3 | .317 | 1.5 |
| 1983 | 89 | 368 | 313 | 43 | 101 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 43 | 27 | 6 | 8 | .323 | .403 | .412 | .815 | 134.8 | 127.5 | .382 | 2.9 |
| 1984 | 145 | 622 | 558 | 67 | 154 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 49 | 56 | 13 | 7 | .276 | .335 | .346 | .681 | 97.9 | 94.9 | .321 | 2.2 |
| 1985 | 159 | 696 | 596 | 97 | 180 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 110 | 80 | 55 | 31 | 3 | .302 | .379 | .416 | .795 | 128.8 | 125.1 | .367 | 5.1 |
| 1986 | 152 | 647 | 559 | 48 | 141 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 73 | 75 | 22 | 8 | .252 | .342 | .331 | .673 | 90.8 | 88.9 | .315 | 1.7 |
| 1987 | 141 | 597 | 510 | 73 | 134 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 68 | 62 | 19 | 4 | .263 | .346 | .331 | .677 | 83.8 | 80.5 | .315 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 101 | 408 | 354 | 46 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 51 | 51 | 13 | 3 | .263 | .356 | .325 | .680 | 96.7 | 91.9 | .321 | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 151 | 626 | 561 | 65 | 161 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 54 | 63 | 10 | 7 | .287 | .352 | .364 | .715 | 109.8 | 104.5 | .337 | 3.1 |
| 1990 | 146 | 607 | 547 | 48 | 143 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 50 | 58 | 7 | 1 | .261 | .324 | .347 | .672 | 87.1 | 85.4 | .312 | 1.3 |
| 1991 | 102 | 264 | 215 | 23 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 45 | 28 | 9 | 2 | .209 | .344 | .270 | .613 | 82.4 | 76.8 | .298 | 0.4 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-08-08 | STL @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1990-05-02 | HOU @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 1991-05-11 | NYM @ SF Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1989-07-28 | PIT @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1985-08-15 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.