Herb Plews
[edit] Biography
Herb Plews (Herbert Eugene Plews) was born on June 14, 1928 in Helena, Montana. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1956 for the Washington Senators. In 1956, his rookie year, he hit .270 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Plews played for the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 4 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1956
| WAS
| A
| 91
| 256
| 24
| 69
| 1
| 25
| .270
| .337
| .375
| 10
| 7
| 26
| 40
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 6
|
| 1957
| WAS
| A
| 104
| 329
| 51
| 89
| 1
| 26
| .271
| .326
| .362
| 19
| 4
| 28
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
|
| 1958
| WAS
| A
| 111
| 380
| 46
| 98
| 2
| 29
| .258
| .291
| .337
| 12
| 6
| 17
| 45
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 7
|
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| 27
| 40
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .225
| .279
| .225
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| 13
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| 40
| 52
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .192
| .236
| .212
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 346
| 1017
| 125
| 266
| 4
| 82
| .262
| .312
| .348
| 42
| 17
| 74
| 133
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 5
| 26
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1956
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 137
| 166
| 17
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1956
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1956
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 79
| 67
| 602.1
| 199
| 175
| 8
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1957
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 11
| 8
| 78.2
| 4
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1957
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 64
| 53
| 478
| 133
| 153
| 7
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1958
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 36
| 33
| 292.1
| 23
| 55
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1959
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 5
| 46
| 18
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1959
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 8
| 5
| 49
| 21
| 18
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 217
| 125
| 1129.1
| 490
| 512
| 34
| 124
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 49
| 41
| 371
| 29
| 72
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1950).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Lou Berberet, Bob Wiesler, Dick Tettelbach and a player to be named later to Washington Senators in exchange for Mickey McDermott and Bobby Kline (February 8, 1956); Washington Senators received Whitey Herzog (April 2, 1956).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Dick Hyde to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Billy Consolo and Murray Wall (June 11, 1959); Dick Hyde returned to Washington Senators and Murray Wall returned to Boston Red Sox (June 14, 1959).
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