Ray Herbert
Raymond Ernest Herbert
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 15, 1929 in Detroit, MI
High School: Central Catholic (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1950
Final Game: September 17, 1966
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 DET AL 20 P 8 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.13 .944 0.96
1951 DET AL 21 P 5 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.20 1.000 1.00
1953 DET AL 23 P 43 39 9 28 2 2 .949 0.86 .956 0.88
1954 DET AL 24 P 42 4 84.1 32 7 24 1 2 .969 3.31 0.74 .959 2.01 0.93
1955 KCA AL 25 P 23 11 88.0 32 8 24 0 0 1.000 3.27 1.39 .953 1.99 0.83
1958 KCA AL 28 P 42 16 175.0 49 9 37 3 8 .939 2.37 1.10 .963 1.95 0.82
1959 KCA AL 29 P 37 26 184.2 37 13 23 1 4 .973 1.75 0.97 .954 2.05 0.85
1960 KCA AL 30 P 37 33 252.2 65 8 55 2 6 .969 2.24 1.70 .968 1.96 0.78
1961 TOT AL 31 P 34 32 221.4 61 20 39 2 4 .967 2.40 1.74 .954 2.05 0.83
1961 KCA AL 31 P 13 12 83.2 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 2.26 1.62 .952 2.05 0.83
1961 CHW AL 31 P 21 20 137.2 40 14 24 2 4 .950 2.48 1.81 .955 2.05 0.83
1962 CHW AL 32 P 35 35 236.2 71 21 50 0 8 1.000 2.70 2.03 .956 2.08 0.79 AS,MVP-29
1963 CHW AL 33 P 33 33 224.2 67 18 48 1 1 .985 2.64 2.00 .954 1.99 0.79
1964 CHW AL 34 P 20 19 111.2 21 3 18 0 1 1.000 1.69 1.05 .957 1.90 0.72
1965 PHI NL 35 P 25 19 130.2 33 7 26 0 4 1.000 2.27 1.32 .955 2.08 0.81
1966 PHI NL 36 P 23 2 50.1 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.43 .940 1.97 0.74
14 Seasons P 407 230 1760.0 528 126 389 13 41 .975 2.63 1.27 .957 2.01 0.83
14 Seasons TOT 407 230 1760.0 528 126 389 13 41 .975 2.63 1.27 .933 2.01 0.83

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 DET AL 20 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 DET AL 21 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 DET AL 23 43 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 24 42 4 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 KCA AL 25 24 11 24 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 KCA AL 28 42 16 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 KCA AL 29 37 26 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 KCA AL 30 37 33 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 31 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 31 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHW AL 32 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHW AL 33 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHW AL 34 20 19 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 35 25 19 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI NL 36 23 2 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 408 230 408 408 407 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 24 414 77% 27% 28 96% 0 8 3 3 24 18 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1955 KCA AL 25 405 82% 29% 23 100% 0 8 0 8 23 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1958 KCA AL 28 663 76% 25% 40 88% 2 9 2 5 34 21 6 3 0 3 0 3 7 5 7 0 6 67%
1959 KCA AL 29 797 80% 29% 29 97% 0 13 1 8 26 19 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 7 86%
1960 KCA AL 30 1080 81% 30% 61 92% 2 7 0 7 57 47 7 2 0 1 1 1 6 6 6 0 6 100%
1961 CHW AL 31 597 86% 31% 34 76% 0 14 2 11 24 19 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 4 0 4 75%
1961 KCA AL 31 387 83% 30% 17 94% 1 6 1 5 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1962 CHW AL 32 997 81% 31% 54 98% 1 20 2 15 53 37 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 8 1 7 100%
1963 CHW AL 33 927 85% 31% 52 100% 2 19 1 11 47 40 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1964 CHW AL 34 461 87% 32% 17 94% 0 3 0 3 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1965 PHI NL 35 561 87% 37% 26 92% 1 7 0 7 26 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 3 100%
1966 PHI NL 36 215 86% 35% 9 100% 0 2 1 1 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
11 Seasons 7504 82% 30% 390 94% 9 116 13 84 353 274 45 10 0 5 5 5 39 35 38 1 58 91%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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