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Ray Herbert
Raymond Ernest Herbert

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 27, 1950
Final Game September 17, 1966
Born December 15, 1929 in Detroit, MI

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 20 DET AL   1   2   8   3   1   0   3  1   22.3   20   11    9   1   12    5   0   0    96       0  3.63  4.67  129 1.433
 1951 21 DET AL   4   0   5   0   0   0   4  0   12.7    8    2    2   0    9    9   0   3    51       0  1.42  4.16  293 1.342
 1953 23 DET AL   4   6  43   3   0   0  22  6   87.7  109   58   51   5   46   37   0   6   406       0  5.24  4.08   78 1.768
 1954 24 DET AL   3   6  42   4   0   0  15  0   84.3  114   64   55   6   50   44   2   3   402       0  5.87  3.69   63 1.945
 1955 25 KCA AL   1   8  23  11   2   0   4  0   87.7   99   65   61  10   40   30   1   4   396   9   0  6.26  4.16   66 1.586
 1958 28 KCA AL   8   8  42  16   5   0   8  3  175.0  161   76   68  20   55  108   4   4   720   3   0  3.50  3.92  112 1.234
 1959 29 KCA AL  11  11  37  26  10   2   3  1  183.7  196  108   99  24   62   99   1   2   795   4   0  4.85  4.02   83 1.405
 1960 30 KCA AL  14  15  37  33  14   0   3  1  252.7  256  106   92  17   72  122   7   2  1063   6   0  3.28  3.99  122 1.298
 1961 31 TOT AL  12  12  34  32   5   0   1  0  221.3  245  125  112  25   66   84   2   1   967   3   2  4.55  3.99   88 1.405
         KCA AL   3   6  13  12   1   0   0  0   83.7  103   56   50  10   30   34   2   0   381   1   1  5.38  4.15   77 1.590
         CHW AL   9   6  21  20   4   0   1  0  137.7  142   69   62  15   36   50   0   1   586   2   1  4.05  3.90   96 1.293
 1962 32 CHW AL  20   9  35  35  12   2   0  0  236.7  228   90   86  13   74  115   1   4   984   4   0  3.27  3.93  120 1.276 MVP-29,AS
 1963 33 CHW AL  13  10  33  33  14   7   0  0  224.7  230   86   81  12   35  105   2   2   915   5   0  3.24  3.48  107 1.180
 1964 34 CHW AL   6   7  20  19   1   1   0  0  111.7  117   50   43  14   17   40   2   2   455   2   0  3.47  3.44   99 1.200
 1965 35 PHI NL   5   8  25  19   4   1   2  1  130.7  162   60   56  13   19   51   1   4   550   2   0  3.86  3.47   90 1.385
 1966 36 PHI NL   2   5  23   2   0   0   9  2   50.3   55   26   24   7   14   15   1   1   210   2   0  4.29  3.57   83 1.371
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .493 104 107 407 236  68  13  74 15 1881.3 2000  927  839 167  571  864  24  38  8010  40   2  4.01  3.85   96 1.367
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  43  24   7   1   7  1  198.7  211   98   88  17   60   91   2   4   847   4   0  4.01  3.85   96 1.367
 Career High     20  15  43  35  14   7  22  6  252.7  256  125  112  25   74  122   7   6  1063   9   2  3.24  4.16  122 1.180
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 20 DET AL   8    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .286  .286  .286   45    2   0           0   2
 1951 21 DET AL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -43    0   0           0   0
 1953 23 DET AL  43   19    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .158  .238  .158    9    3   0           0   1
 1954 24 DET AL  42   17    5    3   0  1   1    3   0  0   2   4  .176  .263  .471  100    8   0   0       0   1
 1955 25 KCA AL  24   21    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   7  .190  .217  .238   22    5   1   1   0   0   1
 1958 28 KCA AL  42   52    4   10   3  0   0    2   0  0   5  12  .192  .263  .250   41   13   2   0   0   0   1
 1959 29 KCA AL  37   57    5   12   2  0   1    5   0  0   3   9  .211  .250  .298   49   17   3   0   0   0   1
 1960 30 KCA AL  37   76    5   13   3  0   0    7   0  0   7  16  .171  .241  .211   24   16   9   0   0   0   1
 1961 31 TOT AL  34   81    8   15   2  0   2    7   0  0   4  13  .185  .233  .284   38   23   3   0   0   1   0
         KCA AL  13   28    1    3   1  0   0    4   0  0   1   5  .107  .138  .143  -25    4   2   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  21   53    7   12   1  0   2    3   0  0   3   8  .226  .281  .358   71   19   1   0   0   1   0
 1962 32 CHW AL  35   82    6   16   5  0   2    9   0  0   5  16  .195  .247  .329   54   27   3   1   0   1   2 MVP-29,AS
 1963 33 CHW AL  33   63    7   14   4  0   1   10   0  0   9  18  .222  .315  .333   84   21  10   1   0   0   1
 1964 34 CHW AL  20   36    2    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   1  10  .139  .158  .139  -15    5   2   1   0   0   1
 1965 35 PHI NL  25   41    3   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   1  13  .268  .286  .293   65   12   4   0   0   0   1
 1966 36 PHI NL  23   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .077  .143  .077  -37    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     408  569   46  109  21  1   7   51   0  0  42 133  .192  .248  .269   42  153  37   4   0   2  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        226   18   43   8  0   3   20   0  0  17  53  .192  .248  .269   42   61  15   2   0   1   5
 Career High     43   82    8   16   5  1   2   10   0  0   9  18                          27  10   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 20 DET AL    7    7    1   3.8   116| .286  .282| .286  .370| .286  .423| .572  .793|  45  .379  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1951 21 DET AL    5    4    0   0.0   102| .000  .268| .200  .349| .000  .392| .200  .741| -43  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1953 23 DET AL   21   17    1   1.6   102| .158  .268| .238  .344| .158  .395| .396  .739|   9  .130  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1954 24 DET AL   19   15    2   3.6    97| .176  .263| .263  .338| .471  .384| .734  .723| 100  .421  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1955 25 KCA AL   24   20    1   1.3   103| .190  .267| .217  .347| .238  .398| .455  .746|  22  .095  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1958 28 KCA AL   59   45    4   2.4   100| .192  .264| .263  .333| .250  .401| .513  .734|  41  .252  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1959 29 KCA AL   63   49    4   2.2   100| .211  .263| .250  .334| .298  .401| .548  .736|  49  .219  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1960 30 KCA AL   92   73    5   1.8   101| .171  .263| .241  .337| .211  .403| .452  .740|  24  .165  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1961 31 TOT AL   89   69    7   2.7   104| .185  .263| .233  .339| .284  .410| .517  .749|  38  .271  -7.6  -0.7   0%
         KCA AL   31   27    1   1.0   105| .107  .265| .138  .340| .143  .412| .281  .753| -25  .056  -5.1  -0.5   0%
         CHW AL   58   42    6   3.8   103| .226  .263| .281  .338| .358  .409| .639  .746|  71  .410  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1962 32 CHW AL   92   72    7   2.6   103| .195  .263| .247  .335| .329  .410| .576  .745|  54  .266  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1963 33 CHW AL   83   61    8   3.5    93| .222  .253| .315  .319| .333  .391| .648  .710|  84  .422  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1964 34 CHW AL   40   35    1   0.8    94| .139  .252| .158  .320| .139  .392| .297  .712| -15  .042  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1965 35 PHI NL   46   35    3   2.3    92| .268  .256| .286  .319| .293  .387| .579  .706|  65  .257  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1966 36 PHI NL   14   12    0   0.0    96| .077  .265| .143  .323| .077  .399| .220  .722| -37  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      654  514   44   2.3    99| .192  .261| .248  .333| .269  .400| .517  .733|  42  .233 -46.9  -4.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 20 DET AL P 8 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 1.12 0.96 3.63 2.02 3 22.3 1951 21 DET AL P 5 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.20 1.00 0.71 2.06 0 12.7 1953 23 DET AL P 43 9 28 2 2 .949 .956 0.86 0.88 3.80 1.95 3 87.7 1954 24 DET AL P 42 7 24 1 2 .969 .960 0.74 0.93 3.31 2.01 4 84.3 1955 25 KCA AL P 23 8 24 0 0 1.000 .955 1.39 0.83 3.28 1.99 11 87.7 1958 28 KCA AL P 42 9 37 3 8 .939 .962 1.10 0.82 2.37 1.95 16 175.0 1959 29 KCA AL P 37 13 23 1 4 .973 .955 0.97 0.85 1.75 2.05 26 184.7 1960 30 KCA AL P 37 8 55 2 6 .969 .968 1.70 0.78 2.24 1.96 33 252.7 1961 31 TOT AL P 34 20 39 2 4 .967 .955 1.74 0.83 2.40 2.05 32 221.4 KCA AL P 13 6 15 0 0 1.000 .955 1.62 0.83 2.26 2.05 12 83.7 CHW AL P 21 14 24 2 4 .950 .955 1.81 0.83 2.48 2.05 20 137.7 1962 32 CHW AL P 35 21 50 0 8 1.000 .958 2.03 0.79 2.70 2.08 35 236.7 AS 1963 33 CHW AL P 33 18 48 1 1 .985 .955 2.00 0.79 2.64 1.99 33 224.7 1964 34 CHW AL P 20 3 18 0 1 1.000 .959 1.05 0.72 1.69 1.90 19 111.7 1965 35 PHI NL P 25 7 26 0 4 1.000 .957 1.32 0.81 2.27 2.08 19 130.7 1966 36 PHI NL P 23 2 8 0 1 1.000 .943 0.43 0.74 1.79 1.97 2 50.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 20 DET AL P 8 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 1.12 0.96 3.63 2.02 3 22.3 1951 21 DET AL P 5 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.20 1.00 0.71 2.06 0 12.7 1953 23 DET AL P 43 9 28 2 2 .949 .956 0.86 0.88 3.80 1.95 3 87.7 1954 24 DET AL P 42 7 24 1 2 .969 .960 0.74 0.93 3.31 2.01 4 84.3 1955 25 KCA AL P 23 8 24 0 0 1.000 .955 1.39 0.83 3.28 1.99 11 87.7 1958 28 KCA AL P 42 9 37 3 8 .939 .962 1.10 0.82 2.37 1.95 16 175.0 1959 29 KCA AL P 37 13 23 1 4 .973 .955 0.97 0.85 1.75 2.05 26 184.7 1960 30 KCA AL P 37 8 55 2 6 .969 .968 1.70 0.78 2.24 1.96 33 252.7 1961 31 TOT AL P 34 20 39 2 4 .967 .955 1.74 0.83 2.40 2.05 32 221.4 KCA AL P 13 6 15 0 0 1.000 .955 1.62 0.83 2.26 2.05 12 83.7 CHW AL P 21 14 24 2 4 .950 .955 1.81 0.83 2.48 2.05 20 137.7 1962 32 CHW AL P 35 21 50 0 8 1.000 .958 2.03 0.79 2.70 2.08 35 236.7 1963 33 CHW AL P 33 18 48 1 1 .985 .955 2.00 0.79 2.64 1.99 33 224.7 1964 34 CHW AL P 20 3 18 0 1 1.000 .959 1.05 0.72 1.69 1.90 19 111.7 1965 35 PHI NL P 25 7 26 0 4 1.000 .957 1.32 0.81 2.27 2.08 19 130.7 1966 36 PHI NL P 23 2 8 0 1 1.000 .943 0.43 0.74 1.79 1.97 2 50.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 407 126 389 13 41 .975 .958 1.27 0.83 2.46 2.01 236 1882.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 407 126 389 13 41 .975 .958 1.27 0.83 2.46 2.01 236 1882
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1962-2 CHW AL      1  0  0   3     3   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1962-2 CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1962-2 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1962-AL-29-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Sac. Hits
1960 AL-9-9
1963 AL-10-3

ERA
1960 AL-3.28-8
1962 AL-3.27-9

Wins
1960 AL-14-7
1962 AL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1962 AL-.690-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1960 AL-2.56-8
1963 AL-1.40-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1958 AL-5.55-9

Games
1953 AL-43-6
1954 AL-42-9

Saves
1953 AL-6-9

Innings
1960 AL-252.7-4
1962 AL-236.7-9

Strikeouts
1960 AL-122-10

Games Started
1960 AL-33-7
1962 AL-35-4

Comp. Games
1960 AL-14-2
1962 AL-12-5
1963 AL-14-4

Shutouts
1963 AL-7-1

Home Runs Allow.
1959 AL-24-8

Hits Allowed
1960 AL-256-3
1961 AL-245-6
1962 AL-228-10
1963 AL-230-7

SO to Walk
1958 AL-1.96-10
1960 AL-1.69-9
1963 AL-3.00-5

Losses
1960 AL-15-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1959 AL-99-6
1960 AL-92-6
1961 AL-112-4

Wild Pitches
1953 AL-6-9

Hit Batsmen
1960 AL-7-6

Batters Faced
1960 AL-1063-4
1962 AL-984-10

Games Finished
1953 AL-22-8

Adjusted ERA+
1960 AL-122-4
1962 AL-120-10

Youngest Player
1950 AL-20-5
1951 AL-21-8

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (821) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 47 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1326) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (903) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

May 11, 1955: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.

June 10, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Andy Carey, Don Larsen, and Al Pilarcik to the Chicago White Sox for Bob Shaw, Jerry Staley, Wes Covington, and Stan Johnson.

December 1, 1964: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jeoff Long to the Philadelphia Phillies for Danny Cater and Lee Elia.

October 7, 1966: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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