Ron Herbel

Ronald Samuel Herbel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 16, 1938 in Denver, CO
High School: Brighton HS (Brighton, CO)
School: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1963
Teams (by GP): Giants/Padres/Braves/Mets 1963-1971

Final Game: September 19, 1971
Died: January 20, 2000 in Tacoma, WA
Buried: Mountain View Memorial Park, Tacoma, WA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1958	20	SFG-min	C	19	47	47		5	0	0	0						.106	.106	.106	.213		5							FRE · CALL
1959	21	SFG-min	B,A	30	52	52		7	1	0	0						.135	.135	.115	.250		6							EUG,SPF · NORW,EL
1960	22	SFG-min	AA	35	85	82	5	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	30	.110	.131	.122	.253		10		0	1	0			RGV · TL
1961	23	SFG-min	AAA	30	68	64	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	.063	.118	.063	.180		4							TAC · PCL
1962	24	SFG-min	AAA	34	61	54	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	25	.056	.121	.056	.176		3		0	3	0			TAC · PCL
1963	25	SFG-min	AAA	35	76	75	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	40	.067	.079	.093	.172		7							TAC · PCL
1963	25	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	26	SFG	NL	41	54	47	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	30	.000	.041	.000	.041	-87	0	2	0	5	0	0	1
1965	27	SFG	NL	47	52	49	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	31	.020	.040	.020	.060	-83	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1966	28	SFG	NL	32	40	38	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	24	.026	.051	.026	.078	-78	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	29	SFG	NL	42	33	28	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	14	.107	.167	.179	.345	-1	5	0	0	3	0	0	1
1968	30	SFG	NL	28	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1969	31	SFG	NL	39	19	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.056	.000	.056	-83	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1970	32	TOT	NL	76	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	32	SDP	NL	64	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	32	NYM	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	33	ATL	NL	25	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	34	MIN-min	AAA	39	45	38	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	19	.158	.238	.184	.422		7		0	3	0			TAC · PCL
9 Yrs				332	227	206	6	6	2	0	0	3	0	1	8	125	.029	.065	.039	.104	-70	8	2	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	111	101	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	61	.029	.065	.039	.104	-70	4	1	0	5	0	0

SFG (7 yrs)				231	202	182	6	5	2	0	0	3	0	1	7	109	.027	.063	.038	.102	-71	7	2	0	11	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				25	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				64	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1963	25	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1964	26	SFG	NL	41	54	-12	0	-0	0	6	-6	-0.7	2	-5	-0.7	.482	.495	-0.7	0.0	-5	$	1
1965	27	SFG	NL	47	52	-12	0	0	0	6	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.486	.496	-0.6	0.0	-4	$	1
1966	28	SFG	NL	32	40	-8	-0	0	0	4	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.5	.485	.497	-0.5	0.0	-3	$	1
1967	29	SFG	NL	42	33	-4	-1	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1968	30	SFG	NL	28	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1969	31	SFG	NL	39	19	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1970	32	SDP	NL	64	14	-3	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$	1
1970	32	NYM	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1971	33	ATL	NL	25	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
9 Seasons				332	227	-47	-1	1	0	26	-22	-2.4	7	-14	-2.5	.493	.498	-2.5	0.3	-14	$

SFG (7 yrs)				231	202	-42	-1	1	0	23	-19	-2.2	7	-12	-2.2	.490	.498	-2.2	0.2	-12	$
NYM (1 yr)				12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
ATL (1 yr)				25	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
SDP (1 yr)				64	14	-3	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1964	26	SFG	NL	54	54	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.266	.041	.324	.000	.395	.041	.718	-87	.000	-11.9	-1.3	.041	.043	.000
1965	27	SFG	NL	52	50	0	0.0	96	.056	.020	.262	.040	.326	.020	.395	.060	.721	-83	.000	-12.1	-1.3	.042	.020	.000
1966	28	SFG	NL	40	37	0	0.0	100	.071	.026	.269	.051	.329	.026	.406	.078	.734	-78	.000	-9.3	-1.0	.054	.026	.000
1967	29	SFG	NL	33	29	1	0.9	90	.214	.107	.258	.167	.320	.179	.379	.345	.700	-1	.066	-3.7	-0.4	.231	.107	.071
1968	30	SFG	NL	4	3	0	0.0	82		.000	.253	.000	.311	.000	.357	.000	.668	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1969	31	SFG	NL	19	18	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.258	.056	.328	.000	.383	.056	.711	-83	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.059	.059	.000
1970	32	TOT	NL	14	13	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.071	.333	.000	.399	.071	.732	-79	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.077	.077	.000
1970	32	SDP	NL	14	13	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.071	.333	.000	.399	.071	.732	-79	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.077	.077	.000
1971	33	ATL	NL	11	10	0	0.0	97	.333	.091	.267	.091	.334	.091	.390	.182	.724	-49	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
9 Yrs				227	214	1	0.1	96	.074	.029	.263	.065	.326	.039	.393	.104	.719	-70	.002	-47.4	-5.0	.074	.044	.010
162 Game Avg.				111	104	0	0.1	96	.074	.029	.263	.065	.326	.039	.393	.104	.719	-70	.002	-47.4	-5.0	.074	.044	.010

SFG (7 yrs)				202	191	1	0.1	95	.068	.027	.263	.063	.325	.038	.393	.102	.718	-71	.002	-41.9	-4.4	.072	.044	.011
ATL (1 yr)				11	10	0	0.0	97	.333	.091	.267	.091	.334	.091	.390	.182	.724	-49	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				14	13	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.071	.333	.000	.399	.071	.732	-79	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.077	.077	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	26	SFG	NL	54	0.0%	55.6%	3.7%	0.0%		15.00	1.6			2.00	31%
1965	27	SFG	NL	52	0.0%	59.6%	1.9%	0.0%	0%	31.00	1.6		24.5	1.78	35%
1966	28	SFG	NL	40	0.0%	60.0%	2.5%	0.0%	0%	24.00	1.6		38.0	11.00	35%
1967	29	SFG	NL	33	0.0%	42.4%	6.1%	6.1%	67%	7.00	2.0			13.00	42%
1968	30	SFG	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1969	31	SFG	NL	19	0.0%	36.8%	5.3%	0.0%		7.00	2.4			3.00	53%
1970	32	TOT	NL	14	0.0%	57.1%	7.1%	0.0%		8.00	1.6			4.00	36%
1970	32	SDP	NL	14	0.0%	57.1%	7.1%	0.0%		8.00	1.6			4.00	36%
1971	33	ATL	NL	11	0.0%	72.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.4			1.00	27%
9 Yrs				227	0.0%	55.1%	3.5%	0.9%	33%	15.63	1.6		68.7	2.85	36%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.86	5.8	42.7	9.2	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1963	25	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1964	26	SFG	NL	-11.9	-1.3	55	-1.3	0.0	-1.3	1.00	-1.2	-0.1	-14.6	-1.5	1.03	-12.9	0
1965	27	SFG	NL	-12.1	-1.3	52	-1.0	0.2	-1.1	.95	-1.2	0.1	-12.7	-1.3	1.07	-12.5	0
1966	28	SFG	NL	-9.3	-1.0	40	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.71	-0.8	0.2	-5.6	-0.6	0.80	-7.6	0
1967	29	SFG	NL	-3.7	-0.4	34	-0.5	0.2	-0.8	1.07	-0.6	0.1	-5.4	-0.6	0.90	-5.6	0
1968	30	SFG	NL	-0.7	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.69	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.62	-0.4	0
1969	31	SFG	NL	-4.2	-0.4	19	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.83	-0.4	-0.0	-5.0	-0.5	1.08	-4.3	0
1970	32	TOT	NL	-3.3	-0.3	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.65	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.73	-3.4	0
1970	32	SDP	NL	-3.3	-0.3	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.65	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.73	-3.4	0
1970	32	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1971	33	ATL	NL	-2.2	-0.2	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.61	-0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.82	-2.2	0
9 Yrs				-47.5	-5.0	229	-3.9	0.7	-4.6	.89	-4.6	0.3	-48.0	-5.0	0.95	-48.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1964	26	SFG	NL	0	0	100%	5	0		0	0	0	0	1	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
1965	27	SFG	NL	0	0	100%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1966	28	SFG	NL	1	1	0%	12	0		0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	29	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	8	1	0%	1	1	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	30	SFG	NL	0	1		1	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	31	SFG	NL	0	0	200%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
1970	32	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	32	SDP	NL	0	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	33	ATL	NL	0	0	0%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				1	2	43%	40	1	0%	1	1	1	2	1	25%	9	8	1	2	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1964	26	SFG	NL	54	24%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	5	45%	15	2	13%	18	1	6%	44	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	27	SFG	NL	52	27%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	29%	11	0	0%	14	1	7%	46	2	4%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1966	28	SFG	NL	40	15%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	4	0	0%	21	1	5%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1967	29	SFG	NL	33	24%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	0	0%	7	1	14%	17	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	30	SFG	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1969	31	SFG	NL	19	37%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1970	32	TOT	NL	14	21%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	32	SDP	NL	14	21%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1971	33	ATL	NL	11	64%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				227	26%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	23	11	48%	39	2	5%	50	4	8%	155	3	2%	9	1	11%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1964	26	43	54	47	2	0	0	0	0	2	30	.000	.041	.000	.041	-87	0	2	5
1965	27	90	106	96	4	1	0	2	0	3	61	.010	.040	.010	.051	-85	1	2	7
1966	28	122	146	134	4	2	0	3	0	4	85	.015	.043	.015	.058	-83	2	2	7
1967	29	164	179	162	4	5	2	3	1	6	99	.031	.065	.043	.109	-69	7	2	10
1968	30	192	183	165	4	5	2	3	1	6	102	.030	.064	.042	.107	-69	7	2	10
1969	31	231	202	182	6	5	2	3	1	7	109	.027	.063	.038	.102	-71	7	2	11
1970	32	307	216	195	6	5	2	3	1	8	117	.026	.064	.036	.100	-71	7	2	11
1971	33	332	227	206	6	6	2	3	1	8	125	.029	.065	.039	.104	-70	8	2	11

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	26	41	54	47	2	0	0	2	30	.000	.041	.000	.041	0	41
1965	27	47	52	49	0	0	0	1	31	.000	.020	.000	.020	0	47
1966	28	32	39	38	0	0	0	1	24	.000	.026	.000	.026	0	32
1967	29	42	33	28	0	3	2	2	14	.107	.167	.179	.345	1	42
1968	30	28	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28
1969	31	39	19	17	2	0	0	1	7	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	39
1970	32	76	14	13	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	76
1971	33	25	11	11	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	25
8 Yrs		330	225	206	4	3	2	8	125	.015	.051	.024	.076	1	330
162 Game Avg.		162	110	101	2	1	1	4	61	.015	.051	.024	.076	0	330

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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