Rick Herrscher

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Rick Herrscher
St. Louis, Missouri
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 1, 1962, for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1962, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics
Batting average.220
Home runs1
Runs batted in6
Teams

Richard Franklin Herrscher (born November 3, 1936) is an American former

St. Louis, Missouri
, he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 187 pounds (85 kg).

Herrscher attended

Frank Thomas
to New York.

Recalled by the Mets after spending four months of the 1962 campaign at

at bats against Denny Lemaster of the Braves, his original team.[3]

In all, Herrscher

of .981. He returned to the minors in 1963 and 1964 before leaving baseball.

Herrscher also played professional basketball for the Long Beach Chiefs/Hawaii Chiefs in 1961–1963.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Philadelphia Phillies 11, New York Mets 9", Retrosheet box score (1 August 1962)
  2. ^ "New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 2", Retrosheet box score (5 August 1962)
  3. ^ "Milwaukee Braves 6, New York Mets 3", Retrosheet box score (26 September 1962)
  4. ^ "1961 Hawaii Chiefs basketball Roster on StatsCrew.com".

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