Tom Herr

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Tom Herr

Date of birth	April 4, 1956
Place of birth	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Date of death	Still Living
Place of death	Still Living
Position(s)	Second base
College	University of Delaware
Draft	1974 / Round Undrafted Free Agent
All Stars	1985
Statistics	BaseballAlmanac
Team(s) as a Player
1979–1991	St. Louis Cardinals Minnesota Twins Philadelphia Phillies San Francisco Giants New York Mets

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.

Early in the 1988 season he was traded to the Twins for Tom Brunansky, which is unusual as both teams had met in the World Series the season before.

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, on Seat Cushion Night. After Herr hit the grand slam many fans at Busch Stadium threw their seat cushions onto the field in celebration. 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. In the bottom of the 9th the Cardinals rallied 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.

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 a Atlantic League championship in the 2006 season.

In 2006, the Washington Nationals hired Tom Herr to be the manager of the Hagerstown Suns.