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Herb Plews
Herbert Eugene Plews

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 160 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut April 18, 1956
Final Game July 26, 1959
Born June 14, 1928 in Helena, MT

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 28 WSH AL  91  256   24   69  10  7   1   25   1  2  26  40  .270  .337  .375   92   96   0   2   3   1   6
 1957 29 WSH AL 104  329   51   89  19  4   1   26   0  3  28  39  .271  .326  .362   90  119   1   6   1   2  10
 1958 30 WSH AL 111  380   46   98  12  6   2   29   2  3  17  45  .258  .291  .337   74  128   3   0   1   1   7
 1959 31 TOT AL  40   52    4   10   1  0   0    2   0  1   3   9  .192  .236  .212   24   11   0   0   0   0   3
         WSH AL  27   40    4    9   0  0   0    2   0  1   3   5  .225  .279  .225   41    9   0   0   0   0   2
         BOS AL  13   12    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .083  .083  .167  -34    2   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      346 1017  125  266  42 17   4   82   3  9  74 133  .262  .312  .348   81  354   4   8   5   4  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        476   59  125  20  8   2   38   1  4  35  62  .262  .312  .348   81  166   2   4   2   2  12
 Career High    111  380   51   98  19  7   2   29   2  3  28  45  .271  .337  .375   92  128   3   6   3   2  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 28 WSH AL  285  197   32   4.4   103| .270  .262| .337  .344| .375  .401| .712  .744|  92  .454  -3.3  -0.3  33%
 1957 29 WSH AL  366  260   38   4.0    98| .271  .261| .326  .333| .362  .393| .688  .726|  90  .452  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1958 30 WSH AL  401  295   36   3.3    96| .258  .259| .291  .328| .337  .394| .628  .722|  74  .377 -14.7  -1.5  40%
 1959 31 TOT AL   55   46    2   1.2    99| .192  .261| .236  .333| .212  .400| .448  .732|  24  .082  -5.6  -0.5   0%
         WSH AL   43   34    2   1.6    98| .225  .260| .279  .332| .225  .398| .504  .730|  41  .134  -3.3  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL   12   12    0   0.0   102| .083  .265| .083  .337| .167  .405| .250  .742| -34  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1107  798  108   3.6    99| .262  .261| .312  .334| .348  .396| .660  .729|  81  .407 -27.3  -2.7  25%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 28 WSH AL 2B 66 137 166 17 38 .947 .973 4.59 4.74 5.32 5.44 56 513.0 SS 5 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 0.80 4.10 4.50 4.95 0 8.0 3B 2 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.80 2.96 3.22 2 24.3 1957 29 WSH AL 2B 79 199 175 8 42 .979 .980 4.73 4.84 5.59 5.39 67 602.3 3B 11 4 11 3 1 .833 .949 1.36 2.77 1.72 3.22 8 78.7 SS 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 4.42 4.50 5.17 0 4.0 1958 30 WSH AL 2B 64 133 153 7 41 .976 .978 4.47 4.68 5.38 5.26 53 478.0 3B 36 23 55 9 4 .897 .951 2.17 2.59 2.40 3.11 33 292.3 1959 31 TOT AL 2B 8 21 18 2 3 .951 .977 4.88 4.74 7.16 5.29 5 49.0 WSH AL 2B 6 18 16 1 2 .971 .977 5.67 4.73 6.65 5.28 5 46.0 BOS AL 2B 2 3 2 1 1 .833 .980 2.50 4.75 15.00 5.40 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 28 WSH AL 2B 66 137 166 17 38 .947 .973 4.59 4.74 5.32 5.44 56 513.0 1957 29 WSH AL 2B 79 199 175 8 42 .979 .980 4.73 4.84 5.59 5.39 67 602.3 1958 30 WSH AL 2B 64 133 153 7 41 .976 .978 4.47 4.68 5.38 5.26 53 478.0 1959 31 TOT AL 2B 8 21 18 2 3 .951 .977 4.88 4.74 7.16 5.29 5 49.0 WSH AL 2B 6 18 16 1 2 .971 .977 5.67 4.73 6.65 5.28 5 46.0 BOS AL 2B 2 3 2 1 1 .833 .980 2.50 4.75 15.00 5.40 0 3.0 1956 28 WSH AL 3B 2 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.80 2.96 3.22 2 24.3 1957 29 WSH AL 3B 11 4 11 3 1 .833 .949 1.36 2.77 1.72 3.22 8 78.7 1958 30 WSH AL 3B 36 23 55 9 4 .897 .951 2.17 2.59 2.40 3.11 33 292.3 1956 28 WSH AL SS 5 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 0.80 4.10 4.50 4.95 0 8.0 1957 29 WSH AL SS 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 4.42 4.50 5.17 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 217 490 512 34 124 .967 .977 4.62 4.76 5.49 5.37 181 1642.3 3B* 49 29 72 12 5 .894 .951 2.06 2.64 2.30 3.14 43 395.3 SS* 9 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.67 4.24 4.50 5.03 0 12.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 275 520 589 47 130 .959 .975 4.03 4.36 4.87 4.93 224 2050
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1956 AL-7-9
1958 AL-6-10

Sac. Flies
1957 AL-6-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

February 8, 1956: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later, Lou Berberet, Dick Tettelbach, and Bob Wiesler to the Washington Senators for Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline. The New York Yankees sent Whitey Herzog (April 2, 1956) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

June 11, 1959: Traded by the Washington Senators with Dick Hyde to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Consolo and Murray Wall. Dick Hyde and Murray Wall returned to original teams on June 14, 1959.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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