Babe Herman of the Reds hit the first ever "night game" home run on July 10, 1935 at Crosley Field. Babe played in the major leagues from 1926 through 1937 and 1945. He played for Cincinnati in 1932 and 1935-1936. He finished his career with Detroit in 1937, but came back in 1945 for one season (37 games) with Brooklyn. Babe hit nine regular home runs for the Reds in 1935 and one historic home run... the first home run ever, "under the lights".
Babe Herman
(Floyd Caves Herman)
Born: Jun 26, 1903
Died: Nov 27, 1987
The "Headless Horseman of Ebbets Field"
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Herman, once "tripled" into a double play (Herman got a double on the play), as three Dodgers wound up on third base. You see, Herman, having doubled with the bases loaded looked and noticed a runner trapped in a run-down between home and third. He decided to go to third figuring the trapped runner would be out. The problem was that there was already a runner at third. Then the trapped runner made it back to third and there were three players on third! Two of the runners were called out and from that incident we get: "The Dodgers have three men on base." "Oh yeah, which base?"
Although Babe played both outfield and first base throughout his career, his primary position with the 1935 Reds was as first-baseman.
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH
1926 23 BRO NL 137 496 64 158 35 11 11 81 8 44 53 .319 .375 .500 248 13
1927 24 BRO NL 130 412 65 112 26 9 14 73 4 39 41 .272 .336 .481 198 14
1928 25 BRO NL 134 486 64 165 37 6 12 91 1 38 36 .340 .390 .514 250 16
1929 26 BRO NL 146 569 105 217 42 13 21 113 21 55 45 .381 .436 .612 348 13
1930 27 BRO NL 153 614 143 241 48 11 35 130 18 66 56 .393 .455 .678 416 15
1931 28 BRO NL 151 610 93 191 43 16 18 97 17 50 65 .313 .365 .525 320 1
1932 29 CIN NL 148 577 87 188 38 19 16 87 7 60 45 .326 .389 .541 312 5
1933 30 CHC NL 137 508 77 147 36 12 16 93 6 50 57 .289 .353 .502 255 7
1934 31 CHC NL 125 467 65 142 34 5 14 84 1 35 71 .304 .353 .488 228 5
1935 32 CIN NL 92 349 44 117 23 5 10 58 5 35 25 .335 .396 .516 180 2
PIT NL 26 81 8 19 8 1 0 7 0 3 10 .235 .271 .358 29 0
TOT NL 118 430 52 136 31 6 10 65 5 0 38 35 .316 .373 .486 209 2
1936 33 CIN NL 119 380 59 106 25 2 13 71 4 39 36 .279 .348 .458 174 1
1937 34 DET AL 17 20 2 6 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 6 .300 .364 .450 9 0
1945 42 BRO NL 37 34 6 9 1 0 1 9 0 5 7 .265 .359 .382 13 0
Thanks to Robert Emmes for putting me on the search for this information!
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