Tom Herr

Tom Herr
Herr with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983
Second baseman
Born: (1956-04-04) April 4, 1956 (age 68)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 13, 1979, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1991, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average.271
Home runs28
Runs batted in574
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Thomas Mitchell Herr (born April 4, 1956) is an American former professional baseball second baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets, from 1979 to 1991. Although he never won a Gold Glove Award, Herr retired with the highest all-time career fielding percentage for National League second basemen (.989), a figure that was matched and surpassed a few years later when Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg retired.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Fielding Average Records for Second Basemen". Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Career Leaders & Records for Fielding % as 2B". Retrieved April 24, 2019.