Herman Besse - Game Log
Career: 1940 - 1946
Career Summary
Batting
- Games
- 71
- At Bats
- 90
- Hits
- 18
- Home Runs
- 0
- RBI
- 15
- Career AVG
- .200
Pitching
- Games
- 65
- Wins
- 5
- Losses
- 15
- Saves
- 2
- Innings Pitched
- 243.0
- Career ERA
- 6.78
Batting Game Log
Showing all 71 batting games
| Date | Opp | Team | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940-04-19 | BOS | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1940-04-24 | NYA | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1940-04-26 | WS1 | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1940-04-30 | CLE | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1940-05-09 | SLA | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1940-05-14 | CLE | PHA | W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| 1940-05-19 | SLA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| 1940-05-30 | WS1 | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 |
| 1940-06-05 | DET | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| 1940-06-09 | SLA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| 1940-06-14 | CLE | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| 1940-06-24 | SLA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 |
| 1940-07-03 | BOS | PHA | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| 1940-07-15 | DET | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 1940-07-20 | CHA | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| 1940-07-24 | CLE | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| 1940-07-27 | DET | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| 1941-04-20 | NYA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| 1941-04-29 | CLE | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1941-05-01 | CLE | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1941-09-11 | CHA | PHA | W | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| 1941-09-16 | SLA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 |
| 1941-09-23 | NYA | PHA | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1942-04-17 | WS1 | PHA | W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| 1942-04-25 | WS1 | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1942-04-30 | CLE | PHA | L | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| 1942-05-04 | DET | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| 1942-05-13 | SLA | PHA | W | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| 1942-05-14 | CHA | PHA | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| 1942-05-18 | CLE | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| 1942-05-25 | WS1 | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| 1942-05-26 | WS1 | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| 1942-05-30 | BOS | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| 1942-05-31 | NYA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| 1942-06-06 | SLA | PHA | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| 1942-06-14 | CLE | PHA | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| 1942-06-18 | CHA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| 1942-06-19 | SLA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| 1942-06-20 | SLA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| 1942-06-24 | CLE | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| 1942-06-30 | NYA | PHA | W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| 1942-07-04 | WS1 | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 |
| 1942-07-05 | NYA | PHA | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .241 |
| 1942-07-10 | CLE | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| 1942-07-17 | SLA | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .224 |
| 1942-07-22 | SLA | PHA | W | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| 1942-07-30 | DET | PHA | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1942-08-02 | CLE | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1942-08-05 | BOS | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 |
| 1942-08-15 | NYA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .215 |
| 1942-08-16 | NYA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 |
| 1942-08-21 | BOS | PHA | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| 1942-08-28 | SLA | PHA | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| 1942-09-02 | CLE | PHA | L | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| 1942-09-07 | NYA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .237 |
| 1942-09-13 | SLA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| 1942-09-13 | SLA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| 1943-07-04 | CHA | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
| 1943-07-08 | DET | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
| 1943-07-09 | DET | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
| 1943-07-11 | DET | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1943-07-16 | NYA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1943-07-22 | CLE | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| 1943-07-24 | DET | PHA | W | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| 1946-04-18 | NYA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| 1946-04-24 | WS1 | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .207 |
| 1946-04-30 | SLA | PHA | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| 1946-05-02 | SLA | PHA | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| 1946-05-10 | WS1 | PHA | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| 1946-05-15 | CLE | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 1946-05-22 | CHA | PHA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
Pitching Game Log
Showing all 65 pitching games
| Date | Opp | Team | Result | Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940-04-19 | BOS | PHA | L | - | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| 1940-04-24 | NYA | PHA | L | L | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7.11 |
| 1940-04-26 | WS1 | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 |
| 1940-04-30 | CLE | PHA | L | L | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10.61 |
| 1940-05-09 | SLA | PHA | L | - | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.06 |
| 1940-05-14 | CLE | PHA | W | - | 3.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7.45 |
| 1940-05-19 | SLA | PHA | L | L | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.38 |
| 1940-05-30 | WS1 | PHA | L | - | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.24 |
| 1940-06-05 | DET | PHA | L | - | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8.72 |
| 1940-06-09 | SLA | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.34 |
| 1940-06-14 | CLE | PHA | L | - | 4.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.67 |
| 1940-06-24 | SLA | PHA | L | - | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8.10 |
| 1940-07-03 | BOS | PHA | L | - | 8.1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8.45 |
| 1940-07-15 | DET | PHA | L | - | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.57 |
| 1940-07-20 | CHA | PHA | L | - | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.63 |
| 1940-07-24 | CLE | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.03 |
| 1940-07-27 | DET | PHA | L | - | 3.2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8.83 |
| 1941-04-20 | NYA | PHA | L | - | 3.2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9.69 |
| 1941-04-29 | CLE | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9.68 |
| 1941-05-01 | CLE | PHA | L | - | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.96 |
| 1941-09-11 | CHA | PHA | W | W | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8.78 |
| 1941-09-16 | SLA | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.30 |
| 1941-09-23 | NYA | PHA | W | W | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.17 |
| 1942-04-17 | WS1 | PHA | W | - | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8.70 |
| 1942-04-25 | WS1 | PHA | L | L | 1.1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
| 1942-04-30 | CLE | PHA | L | L | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8.51 |
| 1942-05-04 | DET | PHA | L | L | 6.1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8.51 |
| 1942-05-13 | SLA | PHA | W | - | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.28 |
| 1942-05-14 | CHA | PHA | L | - | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8.13 |
| 1942-05-18 | CLE | PHA | L | L | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.24 |
| 1942-05-25 | WS1 | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.17 |
| 1942-05-26 | WS1 | PHA | L | - | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.11 |
| 1942-05-30 | BOS | PHA | L | - | 3.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.95 |
| 1942-05-31 | NYA | PHA | L | - | 2.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.92 |
| 1942-06-06 | SLA | PHA | W | SV | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.75 |
| 1942-06-14 | CLE | PHA | L | - | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7.60 |
| 1942-06-18 | CHA | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.61 |
| 1942-06-19 | SLA | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.69 |
| 1942-06-24 | CLE | PHA | L | - | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.78 |
| 1942-06-30 | NYA | PHA | W | W | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7.60 |
| 1942-07-05 | NYA | PHA | L | L | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7.31 |
| 1942-07-10 | CLE | PHA | L | L | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.17 |
| 1942-07-17 | SLA | PHA | L | L | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7.08 |
| 1942-07-22 | SLA | PHA | W | W | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7.19 |
| 1942-07-30 | DET | PHA | L | - | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7.20 |
| 1942-08-02 | CLE | PHA | L | L | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7.22 |
| 1942-08-15 | NYA | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.18 |
| 1942-08-16 | NYA | PHA | L | - | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.12 |
| 1942-08-21 | BOS | PHA | L | - | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.98 |
| 1942-08-28 | SLA | PHA | L | - | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6.88 |
| 1942-09-02 | CLE | PHA | L | L | 9.0 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7.10 |
| 1942-09-07 | NYA | PHA | L | - | 0.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.21 |
| 1942-09-13 | SLA | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.22 |
| 1943-07-04 | CHA | PHA | L | - | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.13 |
| 1943-07-09 | DET | PHA | L | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.09 |
| 1943-07-11 | DET | PHA | L | - | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.05 |
| 1943-07-16 | NYA | PHA | L | L | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.02 |
| 1943-07-24 | DET | PHA | W | W | 8.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6.93 |
| 1946-04-18 | NYA | PHA | L | - | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.95 |
| 1946-04-24 | WS1 | PHA | L | L | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6.86 |
| 1946-04-30 | SLA | PHA | W | SV | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.81 |
| 1946-05-02 | SLA | PHA | L | L | 3.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.87 |
| 1946-05-10 | WS1 | PHA | L | - | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.80 |
| 1946-05-15 | CLE | PHA | L | - | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 |
| 1946-05-22 | CHA | PHA | L | - | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 |
About Herman Besse's game log
This page lists Herman Besse's whole game log from Retrosheet box scores, 1940 to 1946. Batting games on this page start on April 19, 1940 and end on May 22, 1946. In these games Besse played for the Philadelphia Athletics. For hits, no game here beats July 3, 1940, a 2 for 4 with 1 double and 3 RBI day against the Boston Red Sox. Besse saw the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees most often on this page. At the bottom of the batting table sits May 22, 1946: 0 for 0 against the Chicago White Sox. Besse's log begins on April 19, 1940 with a 0-for-1 game against the Boston Red Sox. Besse was credited with a win on July 24, 1943, the last one listed here. On the mound, this page runs from April 19, 1940 to May 22, 1946. Besse struck out 8 on July 5, 1942, the most on this page. The longest outing lasted 9.0 innings, on September 11, 1941. On September 2, 1942, Besse allowed 12 earned runs, the most on the page. Game by game, the running ERA moves from 9.00 to 6.78 over this page. Each game on this page is drawn from Retrosheet's box-score data, and each date opens the full slate for that day.
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