#63 Pancho Herrera, Leftfield, 35 yrs, Kansas City Royals Saturday, 10/21/1969 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Pancho Herrera
6/16/1934 35 CUBA,, 6"3 220
Leftfield R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Normal Prone 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,000,000 1969 9 Year(s), 52 Days (1600 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 98 Days (1646 total Days) 11 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Versus LHP | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Talent | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 1 1 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 5 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 5 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 4 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 4 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 3 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/24 | @BAL | L 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/25 | @DET | W 3-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/26 | @DET | L 2-7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/28 | NYY | L 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/29 | NYY | W 5-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #3 | | |
10/2 | BAL | W 1-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | #3 | | |
10/4 | @MIN | L 3-7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/5 | CAL | L 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/6 | MIN | W 5-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/7 | @CAL | W 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | #3 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 145 | 550 | 172 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 89 | 86 | 51 | 115 | .313 | .378 | .535 | .913 | .901 | .222 |
Projected | 145 | 550 | 172 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 89 | 86 | 51 | 115 | .313 | .378 | .535 | .913 | .901 | .222 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 139 | 613 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 294 | 67 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 109.8 | 7.5 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 183 | 62 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .339 | .389 | .585 | .974 |
vs. RHP | 367 | 110 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 54 | 37 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .300 | .373 | .510 | .882 |
Close/Late | 62 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .333 | .452 | .785 |
Scoring Position | 110 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .355 | .439 | .582 | 1.021 |
Pinch Hitting | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 75 | 273 | 86 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 48 | 26 | 57 | .315 | .386 | .575 | .961 |
Road | 70 | 277 | 86 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 25 | 58 | .310 | .368 | .495 | .863 |
March/April | 23 | 87 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 21 | .345 | .392 | .713 | 1.104 |
May | 17 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | .270 | .361 | .508 | .869 |
June | 25 | 98 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 22 | .337 | .389 | .592 | .981 |
July | 23 | 86 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 18 | .302 | .388 | .488 | .876 |
August | 27 | 103 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 14 | .359 | .426 | .563 | .989 |
Sept/Oct | 30 | 113 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 25 | .257 | .309 | .372 | .681 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1960 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CIN |
1961 | 98 | 268 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 40 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 1 | .287 | .341 | .500 | .841 | CIN |
1962 | 133 | 426 | 138 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 82 | 86 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .394 | .533 | .927 | WS2 DET |
1963 | 135 | 440 | 122 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 73 | 90 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 2 | .277 | .379 | .473 | .852 | DET |
1964 | 130 | 349 | 99 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 50 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 2 | .284 | .371 | .444 | .815 | DET |
1965 | 153 | 517 | 149 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 94 | 84 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 1 | .288 | .377 | .480 | .857 | DET |
1966 | 154 | 518 | 164 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 107 | 76 | 79 | 10 | 6 | 112 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .413 | .490 | .903 | DET |
1967 | 153 | 585 | 167 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 67 | 91 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 135 | 1 | 0 | .285 | .363 | .417 | .780 | CHN |
1968 | 108 | 261 | 87 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .415 | .536 | .952 | CHN NYY |
1969 | 145 | 550 | 172 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 89 | 86 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 115 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .378 | .535 | .913 | NYY KC |
Total | 1217 | 3928 | 1175 | 240 | 30 | 143 | 666 | 648 | 451 | 82 | 26 | 827 | 7 | 6 | .299 | .381 | .485 | .865 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1958, AAA | 135 | 543 | 173 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 78 | 86 | 40 | 116 | 4 | 7 | .319 | .354 | .486 | .840 |
1959, AAA | 136 | 580 | 160 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 73 | 89 | 43 | 154 | 9 | 5 | .276 | .316 | .421 | .737 |
1960, AAA | 97 | 419 | 124 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 65 | 76 | 33 | 106 | 0 | 1 | .296 | .332 | .453 | .785 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1968 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .308 | .435 | .742 |
Total | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .308 | .435 | .742 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 38 | 37 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1.000 | 327.2 | 1.46 | | | | |
Rightfield | 103 | 102 | 178 | 2 | 1 | 182 | 2 | .989 | 901.1 | 1.82 | | | | |
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Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1966, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 8 RBI... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/6/1967 to a 3-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year... Traded from Chicago (N) to New York (A) on 6/29/1968 (Going to CHN: C Bill Heath. Going to NYY: LF Pancho Herrera)... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1968, hitting .405 with 6 HR, 23 RBI... Won World Series with New York (A) in 1968... Traded from New York (A) to Kansas City on 2/3/1969 (Going to NYY: C Robert AAA. Going to KC: P Steve Barber, P Bill Kunkel, P Howie Koplitz, P Dick Wantz, LF Pancho Herrera)... Injured on 4/29/1969 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week... Drove in 7 runs against Oakland on 6/1/1969...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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OBP 1966 - .413 - 9th
| Doubles 1967 - 38 - 9th
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