Herman Besse

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Full Name: Herman A. Besse	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: April 19, 1940
Birthdate: August 16, 1911	Final Game: May 22, 1946
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: August 13, 1972
Deathplace: Los Angeles, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on August 16, 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, Herman Besse (Herman A. Besse) played for the Philadelphia Athletics for his entire 5 year career. Besse broke into the bigs on April 19, 1940 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 8.83 ERA in 53 innings pitched in 1940, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1940	PHI	A	17	5	0	3	8.83	19	56	52	0	0	0	53	70	10	34	0	2	3
1941	PHI	A	6	2	2	0	1.07	8	22	22	1	0	0	19.2	28	4	12	0	2	0
1942	PHI	A	30	14	2	9	6.16	78	99	91	4	0	1	133	163	7	69	0	2	4
1943	PHI	A	5	1	1	1	3.31	3	6	6	0	0	0	16.1	18	2	4	0	0	1
1946	PHI	A	7	3	0	2	5.23	10	12	12	0	0	1	20.2	19	1	9	0	0	0
Total			65	25	5	15	6.79	118	195	183	5	0	2	242.2	298	24	128	0	6	8

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1940	PHI	A	P	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1941	PHI	A	P	6	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	PHI	A	P	30	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1943	PHI	A	P	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	PHI	A	P	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	65	0	0	1	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.972

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1940	PHI	A	17	19	1	5	0	7	.263	.391	.316	1	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
1941	PHI	A	6	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1942	PHI	A	34	53	7	12	0	7	.226	.281	.245	1	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0
1943	PHI	A	7	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1946	PHI	A	7	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			71	90	8	18	0	15	.200	.273	.222	2	0	9	20	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Philadelphia Athletics (August 12, 1939).

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