J.P.
Herring
 
Nickname: Mirrors
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 18, 1899 in St. Augustine, FL
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD 1925    1933   
All-Star Selections 1933    1934    1935    1936    1937   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won ARCH MURTAUGH AWARD or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1920 20 AA   0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 7 3 0 4 4 3.38 .250 .344 .321 .665  
    A   14 10 .583 27 27 11 3 0 209.7 183 69 6 62 91 2.96 .232 .288 .296 .584  
1921 21 AA   7 7 .500 16 16 6 2 0 120.3 104 44 9 38 92 3.29 .230 .289 .331 .620  
    A   6 4 .600 11 11 7 1 0 93.0 68 25 1 20 79 2.42 .201 .245 .251 .496  
1922 22 PHA AL 7 11 .389 20 20 13 1 0 160.0 160 63 5 63 59 3.54 .261 .332 .362 .695 11.2
    AAA   3 4 .429 12 12 4 2 0 86.7 82 32 4 27 57 3.32 .248 .304 .341 .646  
    AA   2 2 .500 4 4 2 0 0 33.0 32 9 0 7 16 2.45 .254 .293 .302 .595  
1923 23 PHA AL 23 16 .590 40 40 34 1 0 341.7 345 141 7 96 147 3.71 .258 .310 .357 .668 26.7
1924 24 PHA AL 26 13 .667 41 41 38 1 0 354.7 366 151 6 87 133 3.83 .269 .311 .365 .676 29.7
1925 25 PHA AL 23 17 .575 42 42 30 4 0 348.3 340 132 6 87 135 3.41 .253 .297 .349 .646 30.9
1926 26 PHA AL 17 20 .459 40 40 26 2 0 336.0 351 145 9 105 151 3.88 .270 .324 .387 .711 20.2
1927 27 PHA AL 18 22 .450 42 42 35 0 0 352.0 369 157 6 82 174 4.01 .267 .308 .370 .678 22.1
1928 28 PHA AL 28 11 .718 42 42 31 4 0 350.3 328 119 4 88 132 3.06 .248 .294 .349 .643 37.6
1929 29 PHA AL 26 12 .684 42 42 26 1 0 351.3 367 141 2 73 152 3.61 .265 .300 .369 .669 38.1
1930 30 PHA AL 20 17 .541 41 41 29 3 0 343.7 340 148 8 77 178 3.88 .258 .301 .390 .690 24.5
1931 31 PHA AL 20 19 .513 41 41 34 1 0 361.7 346 133 9 77 157 3.31 .248 .288 .364 .652 28.3
1932 32 PHA AL 22 18 .550 40 40 38 6 0 353.7 312 126 14 69 169 3.21 .233 .274 .349 .623 33.4
1933 33 BOS AL 25 9 .735 39 39 31 6 0 347.0 319 99 4 47 153 2.57 .245 .270 .331 .601 33.1
1934 34 BOS AL 26 9 .743 38 38 31 6 0 330.3 315 113 4 48 158 3.08 .252 .283 .325 .608 33.8
1935 35 BOS AL 21 16 .568 41 41 32 2 0 339.3 330 118 10 50 149 3.13 .253 .284 .356 .640 29.7
1936 36 BOS AL 18 15 .545 40 40 28 3 0 335.7 327 121 6 78 137 3.24 .256 .303 .350 .653 27.4
1937 37 BOS AL 22 14 .611 41 41 29 1 0 343.7 348 147 10 115 164 3.85 .264 .321 .370 .691 24.3
1938 38 BOS AL 19 12 .613 37 37 25 1 0 318.7 316 133 16 113 133 3.76 .260 .324 .377 .701 23.7
1939 39 BOS AL 1 5 .167 7 5 3 0 0 53.7 65 38 3 18 18 6.37 .298 .354 .436 .790 0.0
  WSH AL 8 8 .500 25 19 12 0 0 158.0 178 74 7 46 61 4.22 .284 .337 .411 .747 9.6
  TOT   9 13 .409 32 24 15 0 0 211.7 243 112 10 64 79 4.76 .288 .341 .417 .758 9.6
1940 40 WSH AL 9 4 .692 25 6 5 0 1 70.3 78 41 5 31 25 5.25 .291 .359 .425 .785 4.4
19 Years Sim 379 268 .586 724 697 530 43 1 5950.1 5900 2340 141 1450 2585 3.54 .258 .303 .363 .666 488.7
1 Years AAA 3 4 .429 12 12 4 2 0 86.7 82 32 4 27 57 3.32 .248 .304 .341 .646  
3 Years AA 9 10 .474 21 21 9 2 0 161.3 143 56 9 49 112 3.12 .236 .293 .325 .617  
2 Years A 20 14 .588 38 38 18 4 0 302.7 251 94 7 82 170 2.80 .223 .275 .282 .558  
6 Years Minors 32 28 .533 71 71 31 8 0 550.7 476 182 20 158 339 2.97 .231 .285 .304 .589  
Season Average 19 14 .576 38 36 27 2 0 313.2 310 123 7 76 136 3.54 .258 .303 .363 .666  
Career Highs 28 22 .743 42 42 38 6 1 361.7 369 157 16 115 178 5.25 .291 .359 .425 .785  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3986 1539 76 784 1623   .258 .294 .358 .652
vs LH   1914 801 65 666 962   .257 .318 .373 .692
Home 193 135 .588 367 353 273 19 1 3072.6 3089 1260 75 740 1335 3.69 .260 .304 .368 .672
Away 186 133 .583 357 344 257 24 0 2877.3 2811 1080 66 710 1250 3.38 .255 .300 .357 .657
Mar/Apr 43 27 .614 77 77 61 4 0 654.3 633 259 20 134 276 3.56 .253 .291 .365 .656
May 73 48 .603 132 129 97 8 0 1099.3 1081 433 25 296 473 3.55 .257 .306 .366 .672
June 50 50 .500 121 113 81 4 1 962.3 995 400 31 225 441 3.74 .266 .308 .377 .685
July 69 53 .566 134 131 104 10 0 1119.0 1102 432 19 267 470 3.47 .257 .300 .358 .658
August 77 41 .653 132 126 98 10 0 1096.6 1057 402 23 249 498 3.30 .252 .294 .356 .650
Sep/Oct 67 49 .578 128 121 91 7 0 1018.3 1032 414 23 279 427 3.66 .262 .310 .358 .668
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 22 PHA AL 20 57 4 8 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 6 .140 .183 .193 .376 1.3 0.0
1923 23 PHA AL 40 138 8 19 2 1 1 13 1 0 2 29 .138 .154 .188 .342 1.1 0.0
1924 24 PHA AL 41 145 10 21 1 1 0 11 0 0 4 31 .145 .170 .166 .335 2.3 0.0
1925 25 PHA AL 42 140 14 22 4 0 0 15 0 0 6 30 .157 .190 .186 .376 2.5 0.0
1926 26 PHA AL 40 123 8 16 2 1 0 8 0 1 2 25 .130 .144 .163 .307 -1.7 0.0
1927 27 PHA AL 42 129 10 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 28 .054 .101 .054 .156 -5.0 0.0
1928 28 PHA AL 42 126 10 12 1 0 0 4 0 1 4 24 .095 .121 .103 .224 -3.5 0.0
1929 29 PHA AL 42 130 13 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 32 .131 .156 .146 .302 0.6 0.0
1930 30 PHA AL 41 125 11 16 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 22 .128 .174 .136 .310 0.7 0.0
1931 31 PHA AL 41 126 3 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 31 .111 .131 .143 .274 -0.4 0.0
1932 32 PHA AL 40 129 8 13 1 0 0 6 1 1 4 30 .101 .151 .109 .260 -0.6 0.0
1933 33 BOS AL 39 121 5 8 1 1 0 3 0 2 7 26 .066 .116 .091 .207 -3.3 0.0
1934 34 BOS AL 38 120 9 13 2 0 0 10 0 1 6 28 .108 .148 .125 .273 -0.5 0.0
1935 35 BOS AL 41 118 11 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 17 .127 .163 .153 .315 0.5 0.0
1936 36 BOS AL 40 116 8 13 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 23 .112 .161 .112 .273 -0.1 0.0
1937 37 BOS AL 41 125 10 15 1 0 2 9 0 0 5 24 .120 .152 .176 .328 1.9 0.0
1938 38 BOS AL 37 121 13 13 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 34 .107 .143 .132 .275 -0.8 0.0
1939 39 BOS AL 7 18 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .056 .105 .111 .216 -0.4 0.0
  WSH AL 25 54 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .130 .161 .130 .290 0.1 0.0
  TOT   32 72 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .111 .147 .125 .272 -0.3 0.0
1940 40 WSH AL 25 17 2 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 .176 .300 .235 .535 1.6 0.1
19 Years Sim 724 2178 160 253 31 5 3 127 3 6 85 455 .116 .151 .139 .290 -3.7 0.1
162 Game Average 487 35 56 6 1 0 28 0 1 19 101 .116 .151 .139 .290 -0.8  
Career Highs 42 145 14 22 4 1 2 15 1 2 7 34 .176 .300 .235 .535 2.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1508 113 177 17 3 3 84 2 6 63 299 .117 .154 .139 .293 -11.2
vs LH   670 47 76 14 2 0 43 1 0 22 156 .113 .143 .140 .284 -7.2
Home 367 1061 100 135 19 2 1 76 2 2 42 211 .127 .161 .152 .313 -1.2
Away 357 1117 60 118 12 3 2 51 1 4 43 244 .106 .142 .127 .269 -17.2
RISP   615 0 62 8 1 1 118 0 0 22 156 .101 .128 .122 .250 -11.4
Close/Late   226 16 26 5 0 0 7 0 0 12 39 .115 .158 .137 .296 -1.0
Mar/Apr 77 247 14 28 4 1 0 14 0 0 12 54 .113 .156 .138 .294 -1.5
May 132 407 34 54 7 2 1 21 0 3 21 81 .133 .175 .167 .342 2.9
June 121 347 23 41 10 0 0 22 0 0 16 71 .118 .155 .147 .302 -1.2
July 131 413 25 44 5 2 1 20 1 1 10 90 .107 .128 .136 .264 -7.0
August 126 396 35 50 1 0 0 26 1 0 16 76 .126 .168 .129 .297 -2.4
Sep/Oct 121 368 29 36 4 0 1 24 1 2 10 83 .098 .123 .117 .240 -9.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1922 22 PHA AL P 20 20 160.0 16 23 4 0 .907 2.19    
1923 23 PHA AL P 40 40 341.7 13 36 4 0 .925 1.29    
1924 24 PHA AL P 41 41 354.7 21 60 3 2 .964 2.06    
1925 25 PHA AL P 42 42 348.3 20 49 6 2 .920 1.78    
1926 26 PHA AL P 40 40 336.0 19 37 1 0 .982 1.50    
1927 27 PHA AL P 42 42 352.0 19 38 3 6 .950 1.46    
1928 28 PHA AL P 42 42 350.3 22 64 1 4 .989 2.21    
1929 29 PHA AL P 42 42 351.3 13 43 4 1 .933 1.43    
1930 30 PHA AL P 41 41 343.7 25 53 1 4 .987 2.04    
1931 31 PHA AL P 41 41 361.7 23 40 5 0 .926 1.57    
1932 32 PHA AL P 40 40 353.7 19 51 6 3 .921 1.78    
1933 33 BOS AL P 39 39 347.0 12 55 4 5 .944 1.74    
1934 34 BOS AL P 38 38 330.3 18 39 0 1 1.000 1.55    
1935 35 BOS AL P 41 41 339.3 25 47 3 2 .960 1.91    
1936 36 BOS AL P 40 40 335.7 22 51 1 2 .986 1.96    
1937 37 BOS AL P 41 41 343.7 18 46 0 2 1.000 1.68    
1938 38 BOS AL P 37 37 318.7 8 40 3 1 .941 1.36    
1939 39 BOS AL P 7 5 53.7 3 9 1 1 .923 2.01    
  WSH AL P 25 19 158.0 9 27 2 1 .947 2.05    
  TOT   P 32 24 211.7 12 36 3 2 .941 2.04    
1940 40 WSH AL P 25 6 70.3 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.66    
Career Totals   724 697 5949.9 328 818 52 37 .957 1.73    
Career Highs   42 42 361.7 25 64 6 6 1.000 2.21    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1933 33 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 11 4 0 4 8 2.00 .172 .221 .234 .455
1939 39 WSH AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 3 2 2 0 0 18.3 11 4 0 4 8 1.96 .169 .217 .231 .448
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1933 33 BOS AL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1922-3-3.54
1923-9-3.71
1924-8-3.83
1925-1-3.41
1928-3-3.06
1929-6-3.61
1930-8-3.88
1931-4-3.31
1932-3-3.21
1933-2-2.57
1934-7-3.08
1935-1-3.13
1936-4-3.24
1937-9-3.85
1938-7-3.76
ERA+
1922-3-130
1923-9-124
1924-8-124
1925-1-150
1928-3-152
1929-6-136
1930-8-131
1931-4-131
1932-3-133
1933-2-157
1934-7-142
1935-1-140
1936-4-142
1937-9-118
1938-7-125
Wins
1923-3-23
1924-2-26
1925-1-23
1926-8-17
1927-9-18
1928-1-28
1929-2-26
1930-4-20
1931-3-20
1932-2-22
1933-3-25
1934-2-26
1935-4-21
1936-9-18
1937-4-22
1938-7-19
Losses
1923-5-16
1925-3-17
1926-1-20
1927-1-22
1930-5-17
1931-5-19
1932-2-18
1935-7-16
1936-9-15
Winning Pct
1924-3-.667
1925-7-.575
1928-2-.718
1929-3-.684
1933-1-.735
1934-4-.743
1937-7-.611
1938-7-.613
Games Pitched
1927-6-42
1928-8-42
1930-7-41
1931-9-41
1932-8-40
1936-10-40
1937-6-41
Games Started
1923-3-40
1924-3-41
1925-2-42
1926-5-40
1927-1-42
1928-1-42
1929-1-42
1930-1-41
1931-1-41
1932-2-40
1933-6-39
1934-9-38
1935-1-41
1936-2-40
1937-2-41
Complete Games
1923-1-34
1924-1-38
1925-1-30
1926-2-26
1927-1-35
1928-1-31
1929-5-26
1930-4-29
1931-1-34
1932-1-38
1933-4-31
1934-2-31
1935-2-32
1936-4-28
1937-3-29
1938-7-25
Shutouts
1924-10-1
1925-1-4
1926-9-2
1928-2-4
1929-9-1
1930-4-3
1932-1-6
1933-1-6
1934-2-6
1935-6-2
1936-3-3
1937-10-1
Innings Pitched
1923-2-341.7
1924-1-354.7
1925-1-348.3
1926-3-336.0
1927-2-352.0
1928-2-350.3
1929-2-351.3
1930-3-343.7
1931-1-361.7
1932-1-353.7
1933-3-347.0
1934-3-330.3
1935-3-339.3
1936-3-335.7
1937-3-343.7
1938-7-318.7
Hits Allowed
1923-5-345
1924-3-366
1926-1-351
1927-2-369
1928-10-328
1929-2-367
1930-7-340
1931-7-346
1935-7-330
1937-6-348
Strikeouts
1923-1-147
1924-2-133
1925-4-135
1926-2-151
1927-4-174
1928-4-132
1929-6-152
1930-3-178
1931-4-157
1932-4-169
1933-3-153
1934-4-158
1935-3-149
1936-7-137
1937-5-164
Walks Allowed
1923-9-96
1926-10-105
1937-5-115
1938-4-113
Walks per 9IP
1924-8-2.2
1925-7-2.2
1927-10-2.1
1929-4-1.9
1932-9-1.8
1933-3-1.2
1934-2-1.3
1935-4-1.3
Hits per 9IP
1922-2-9.0
1923-7-9.1
1924-7-9.3
1925-3-8.8
1928-4-8.4
1929-8-9.4
1930-4-8.9
1931-4-8.6
1932-3-7.9
1933-6-8.3
1934-5-8.6
1935-7-8.8
1936-7-8.8
1937-9-9.1
1938-10-8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
1923-4-3.9
1924-4-3.4
1925-7-3.5
1926-2-4.0
1927-4-4.4
1928-10-3.4
1929-9-3.9
1930-4-4.7
1931-10-3.9
1932-5-4.3
1933-3-4.0
1934-5-4.3
1935-6-4.0
1937-9-4.3
Strikeout to Walk Ratio
1923-7-1.5
1924-5-1.5
1925-5-1.6
1926-6-1.4
1927-5-2.1
1928-8-1.5
1929-4-2.1
1930-7-2.3
1931-10-2
1932-4-2.4
1933-1-3.3
1934-1-3.3
1935-1-3
1936-7-1.8
WHiP
1923-5-1.29
1924-5-1.28
1925-1-1.23
1927-10-1.28
1928-4-1.19
1929-4-1.25
1930-4-1.21
1931-2-1.17
1932-1-1.08
1933-1-1.05
1934-1-1.10
1935-2-1.12
1936-6-1.21
OAVG
1922-2-.261
1923-5-.258
1924-9-.269
1925-1-.253
1928-5-.248
1929-5-.265
1930-5-.258
1931-2-.248
1932-1-.233
1933-6-.245
1934-5-.252
1935-7-.253
1936-7-.256
1937-9-.264
1938-10-.260
OOBP
1923-4-.310
1924-5-.311
1925-1-.297
1927-6-.308
1928-3-.294
1929-2-.300
1930-4-.301
1931-2-.288
1932-1-.274
1933-2-.270
1934-1-.283
1935-2-.284
1936-6-.303
OSLG
1922-7-.362
1923-8-.357
1924-10-.365
1925-4-.349
1927-9-.370
1928-6-.349
1929-4-.369
1930-10-.390
1931-8-.364
1932-4-.349
1933-6-.331
1934-6-.325
1935-8-.356
1936-6-.350
1937-7-.370
1938-9-.377
OOPS
1922-6-.695
1923-6-.668
1924-7-.676
1925-1-.646
1927-7-.678
1928-4-.643
1929-4-.669
1930-8-.690
1931-3-.652
1932-2-.623
1933-4-.601
1934-5-.608
1935-3-.640
1936-5-.653
1937-9-.691
1938-10-.701
DICE
1923-6-3.34
1924-3-3.27
1925-3-3.23
1926-5-3.45
1927-1-2.98
1928-4-3.18
1929-2-2.87
1930-5-3.02
1931-8-3.15
1932-5-3.23
1933-1-2.72
1934-1-2.73
1935-1-3.07
1936-5-3.24
1937-5-3.48
BABIP
1922-1-0.282
1923-7-0.286
1925-3-0.278
1928-8-0.272
1929-9-0.296
1931-2-0.274
1932-1-0.258
1934-10-0.285
1936-9-0.283
Win Shares
1923-4-26.8
1924-4-30
1925-1-31.5
1927-6-22.1
1928-1-36.8
1929-2-38.1
1930-6-24.8
1931-3-28.1
1932-1-33.6
1933-2-33.3
1934-3-33.4
1935-1-30.3
1936-3-27.3
1937-8-24.2
1938-7-23.4
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 58    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 61)
   Gray Ink Test: 396    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 276)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 155    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 117)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1920
Earned first career win on 7/4/1922
Had first career hit (double) on 7/21/1922, off Chris Turk (SLA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/1/1923, off Benjamin Lovecraft (CLE)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1925, going 6-1, 2.61
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1925, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won PITCHER OF THE YEAR in 1925, going 23-17, 3.41 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1928, going 7-0, 1.93
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1928, going 6-1, 2.51
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1928, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1929, going 7-0, 2.43
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1932, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1932, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1932, going 7-0, 1.54
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Boston (A) on 3/1/1933 (Going to PHA: P Donovan Hodge, P Kirby Preuett, C Joseph Grandi, P Rex Loveless. Going to BOS: P J.P. Herring, P Jake Renfro)
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1933, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1933, going 5-1, 2.18
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1933, going 5-1, 1.71
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1933, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won PITCHER OF THE YEAR in 1933, going 25-9, 2.57 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1934, going 4-0, 1.75
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1934, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1934, going 6-1, 1.77