Rick Herrscher
Appearance
Rick Herrscher | |
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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 runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 6 |
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
total chances for a fielding percentage
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
- ^ "Philadelphia Phillies 11, New York Mets 9", Retrosheet box score (1 August 1962)
- ^ "New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 2", Retrosheet box score (5 August 1962)
- ^ "Milwaukee Braves 6, New York Mets 3", Retrosheet box score (26 September 1962)
- ^ "1961 Hawaii Chiefs basketball Roster on StatsCrew.com".
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)