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Babe Herman played 13 major-league seasons (1926-1945) as a OF (1,185), 1B (236). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 23 | BRO | 137 | 496 | 64 | 158 | 11 | 81 | 8 | 44 | 53 | .319 | .875 | 141 |
| 1927 | 24 | BRO | 130 | 412 | 65 | 112 | 14 | 73 | 4 | 39 | 41 | .272 | .817 | 124 |
| 1928 | 25 | BRO | 134 | 486 | 64 | 165 | 12 | 91 | 1 | 38 | 36 | .340 | .904 | 143 |
| 1929 | 26 | BRO | 146 | 569 | 105 | 217 | 21 | 113 | 21 | 55 | 45 | .381 | 1.047 | 166 |
| 1930 | 27 | BRO | 153 | 614 | 143 | 241 | 35 | 130 | 18 | 66 | 56 | .393 | 1.132 | 177 |
| 1931 | 28 | BRO | 151 | 610 | 93 | 191 | 18 | 97 | 17 | 50 | 65 | .313 | .890 | 145 |
| 1932 | 29 | CIN | 148 | 577 | 87 | 188 | 16 | 87 | 7 | 60 | 45 | .326 | .930 | 155 |
| 1933 | 30 | CHN | 137 | 508 | 77 | 147 | 16 | 93 | 6 | 50 | 57 | .289 | .855 | 150 |
| 1934 | 31 | CHN | 125 | 467 | 65 | 142 | 14 | 84 | 1 | 35 | 71 | .304 | .841 | 130 |
| 1935 | 32 | PIT|CIN | 118 | 430 | 52 | 136 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 38 | 35 | .316 | .859 | 137 |
| 1936 | 33 | CIN | 119 | 380 | 59 | 106 | 13 | 71 | 4 | 39 | 36 | .279 | .806 | 122 |
| 1937 | 34 | DET | 17 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .300 | .814 | 111 |
| 1945 | 42 | BRO | 37 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .265 | .741 | 113 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 1B | 101 | 0 | 918 | 60 | 14 | 55 |
| 1926 | OF | 35 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 1927 | 1B | 105 | 0 | 968 | 68 | 21 | 64 |
| 1927 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | OF | 127 | 0 | 225 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
| 1929 | OF | 141 | 0 | 244 | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| 1929 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1930 | OF | 153 | 0 | 260 | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| 1931 | OF | 150 | 0 | 287 | 24 | 13 | 7 |
| 1932 | OF | 146 | 0 | 392 | 18 | 13 | 6 |
| 1933 | OF | 131 | 0 | 252 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 1934 | OF | 113 | 0 | 192 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 1934 | 1B | 7 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1935 | OF | 91 | 0 | 178 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 1935 | 1B | 17 | 0 | 141 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| 1936 | OF | 92 | 0 | 175 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1936 | 1B | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1937 | OF | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1934, 1932, 1929, 1926.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 8 / 80 | 0 |
| 1929 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 24 / 80 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 8 / 80 | 0 |
| 1934 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 4 / 80 | 0 |
Babe Herman ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #70 | right fielders | 1930 | 177 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.