Tom Herr

Infobox MLB retired
name=Tom Herr


position=Second baseman
bats=Both
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1956|4|4
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
debutdate=August 13
debutyear=by|1979
debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals
finaldate=October 4
finalyear=by|1991
finalteam=San Francisco Giants
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.271
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=1,450
stat3label=Stolen bases
stat3value=188
teams=
* St. Louis Cardinals (by|1979-by|1988)
* Minnesota Twins (by|1988)
* Philadelphia Phillies (by|1989-by|1990)
* New York Mets (by|1990-by|1991)
* San Francisco Giants (by|1991)
highlights=
* All-Star selection (1985)
* World Series champion (1982)

Thomas Mitchell Herr (born April 4, 1956 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1979 to 1991 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets. Herr played in the 1982, 1985, and 1987 World Series - all with Cardinals, finishing fifth in the MVP voting and making his only appearance in the All-Star Game in 1985. During the '85 season, he set career highs in nearly every statistical category, including an amazing 110 RBI which came along with only 8 home runs. A rare feat in the modern era of baseball, Herr remains the last NL player to drive in 100 or more runs in a season while hitting fewer than 10 home runs. Paul Molitor is the most recent AL and MLB player to drive in 100 or more runs in a season while hitting less than 10 home runs (9 home runs, 113 RBI in 1996).

Early in the 1988 season he was traded to the Twins for Tom Brunansky.

In a 13-season career, he batted .271 with 28 home runs and 574 RBIs in 1514 games. He had 1450 career hits in 5349 at bats. He is best remembered for hitting a walk-off grand slam in extra innings against the New York Mets on April 18, 1987. After Herr hit the grand slam many fans at Busch Stadium threw their seat cushions onto the field in celebration, alluding to Seat Cushion Night. On the June 28, 2006 game vs the Cleveland Indians at the new Busch Stadium, seat cushions were given as a promotion for the 1st time since the 1987 game. The Cardinals snapped an 8 game losing streak,when in the bottom of the 9th, they to score two runs for a come from behind victory after which many fans again threw their cushions on the field.

His son Aaron Herr was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round during the 2001 season. The younger Herr played the 2005 season with the Springfield Cardinals, the AA farm team of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Hoping to capitalize on his fame in the 90's, Tommy Herr opened "Tommy Herr's Second Base," a baseball apparel store in his hometown in Lancaster, Pa. The store lasted less than a year before it went out of business.

Herr was hired in November 2004 as the first manager of his hometown Lancaster Barnstormers, a team in the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, and managed the team to an Atlantic League championship in the 2006 season.

In 2006, the Washington Nationals hired Tom Herr to be the manager of the Hagerstown Suns. He lasted only one season and is currently unemployed.

The Lancaster Barnstormers decided not to take him back when they had a 2007 managerial vacancy.

External links

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* [http://lancasterbarnstormers.com/coaches.cfm Lancaster Barnstormers]
* [http://www.ford-mobley.com/cards.htm 100 RBIs with less than 10 HR]