Buck Herzog

Buck Herzog

1908–1920 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'11", 160 lb · b. 1885 Baltimore, MD

Career 1,493 G · 1,370 H · 20 HR · 445 RBI · .259 AVG

Seasons leading his league

7

3 best in baseball 4 league only

41 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

7 Categories led

1912 Best season

Spanning 1912–1918, peaking at 3 titles in 1912.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

808th League titles 7
898th Best in baseball 3
572nd Top-5 finishes 41

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

151st Stolen Bases 320
230th Shortstop Putouts 1,091
238th Third Base Putouts 526
282nd Shortstop Assists 1,527
283rd Third Base Assists 980
289th Second Base Assists 1,429
305th Third Base Double Plays 77
311th Second Base Putouts 991
330th Triples 75
341st Shortstop Double Plays 219
389th Second Base Double Plays 203

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1912 NL 3.34 1910 #2
Third Base Putouts	1	1st	—	1912 NL 159
Third Base Assists	1	1st	—	1912 NL 308
Second Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1918 NL 5.68
Shortstop Range Factor	1	1st	—	1915 5.91 1914 #2
Shortstop Double Plays	1	1st	—	1915 90 1914 #2
Shortstop Putouts	1	1st	—	1915 391 1914 #2
Third Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1912 #2
Third Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1912 #2 1913 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1918 #3 1919 #3
Second Base Double Plays	—	#2	—	1917 #2 1918 #3
Second Base Putouts	—	#3	—	1918 #3
Second Base Assists	—	#3	—	1918 #3 1919 #3
Stolen Bases	—	#2	—	1914 #2 1915 #2
Shortstop Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1914 #2 1915 #2
Shortstop Assists	—	#2	—	1914 #2 1915 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1918	1	2B RF 5.68
1915	3	SS PO 391 SS DP 90 SS RF 5.91
1912	3	3B A 308 3B PO 159 3B RF 3.34

Batting

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1908	NY1	NL	64	160	38	48	6	2	0	11	36	14	16	.300	.448	.363	.811
1909	NY1	NL	42	130	16	24	2	0	0	8	13	10	10	.185	.264	.200	.464
1910	BSN	NL	106	380	51	95	20	3	3	32	30	34	13	.250	.329	.342	.672
1911	BSN +1	NL	148	541	90	157	33	9	6	67	47	40	48	.290	.365	.418	.783
1912	NY1	NL	140	482	72	127	20	9	2	47	57	34	37	.264	.350	.355	.705
1913	NY1	NL	96	290	46	83	15	3	3	31	22	12	23	.286	.349	.390	.739
1914	CIN	NL	138	498	54	140	14	8	1	40	42	27	46	.281	.348	.347	.695
1915	CIN	NL	155	579	61	153	14	10	1	42	34	21	35	.264	.314	.328	.642
1916	CIN +1	NL	156	561	70	148	24	6	1	49	43	36	34	.264	.327	.333	.661
1917	NY1	NL	114	417	69	98	10	8	2	31	31	36	12	.235	.308	.312	.620
1918	BSN	NL	118	473	57	108	12	6	0	26	29	28	10	.228	.280	.279	.559
1919	BSN +1	NL	125	468	42	130	12	9	1	42	23	18	28	.278	.331	.348	.679
1920	CHN	NL	91	305	39	59	9	2	0	19	20	21	8	.193	.261	.236	.497
Career	—	—	1,493	5,284	705	1,370	191	75	20	445	427	331	320	.259	.329	.335	.664

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1908	NY1	NL	2B	42	40	366.0	61	125	16	19	202	.921	4.43
			SS	12	8	78.0	22	33	6	2	61	.902	4.58
			3B	4	0	9.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.25
			OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1909	NY1	NL	OF	29	29	261.0	49	4	5	1	58	.914	1.83
			2B	6	2	22.0	2	1	1	1	4	.750	0.50
			3B	4	1	20.0	1	3	0	0	4	1.000	1.00
			SS	1	0	4.0	1	1	0	1	2	1.000	2.00
1910	BSN	NL	3B	105	105	915.0	110	223	31	17	364	.915	3.17
1911	BSN	NL	SS	75	—	—	151	249	28	31	428	.935	5.33
			3B	69	—	—	92	149	18	9	259	.931	3.49
			2B	3	—	—	6	6	0	0	12	1.000	4.00
1912	NY1	NL	3B	140	—	—	159	308	29	21	496	.942	3.34
1913	NY1	NL	3B	84	—	—	95	139	13	18	247	.947	2.79
			2B	2	—	—	2	3	0	0	5	1.000	2.50
1914	CIN	NL	SS	137	—	—	324	474	52	58	850	.939	5.83
			1B	2	—	—	20	1	1	2	22	.955	10.50
1915	CIN	NL	SS	153	—	—	391	513	53	90	957	.945	5.91
			1B	2	—	—	9	2	0	0	11	1.000	5.50
1916	CIN	NL	SS	74	—	—	183	243	34	36	460	.926	5.76
			2B	44	—	—	90	128	5	18	223	.978	4.96
			3B	39	—	—	44	91	5	5	140	.964	3.46
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1917	NY1	NL	2B	113	—	—	251	327	32	60	610	.948	5.12
1918	BSN	NL	2B	99	—	—	240	322	23	43	585	.961	5.68
			1B	12	—	—	115	6	2	6	123	.984	10.08
			SS	7	—	—	19	14	5	1	38	.868	4.71
1919	BSN	NL	2B	122	—	—	211	342	19	37	572	.967	4.53
			1B	1	—	—	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1920	CHN	NL	2B	59	—	—	128	175	20	25	323	.938	5.14
			3B	28	—	—	25	66	9	7	100	.910	3.25
			1B	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	2B	490	42	388.0	991	1,429	116	203	2,536	.954	4.94
	—	—	3B	473	106	944.0	526	980	105	77	1,611	.935	3.18
	—	—	SS	459	8	82.0	1,091	1,527	178	219	2,796	.936	5.70
	—	—	OF	31	29	263.0	49	4	5	1	58	.914	1.71
	—	—	1B	18	—	—	147	9	3	8	159	.981	8.67