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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1958	20	SFG-min	C	12	5	.706	4.35	19	18					124.0	117	79	60	7	104								1.782	8.5	0.5	7.5			FRE · CALL
1959	21	SFG-min	B,A	5	15	.250	4.30	29	21					132.0	102	86	63	6	119								1.674	7.0	0.4	8.1			EUG,SPF · NORW,EL
1960	22	SFG-min	AA	15	4	.789	3.50	35	31		9	1		216.0	184	97	84	9	132	8	159	4	0	11			1.463	7.7	0.4	5.5	6.6	1.20	RGV · TL
1961	23	SFG-min	AAA	16	5	.762	3.57	29	28					184.0	169	86	73	11	86								1.386	8.3	0.5	4.2			TAC · PCL
1962	24	SFG-min	AAA	8	14	.364	3.47	34	30		7	2		184.0	184	93	71	17	41	4	117	3	0	3			1.223	9.0	0.8	2.0	5.7	2.85	TAC · PCL
1963	25	SFG-min	AAA	13	18	.419	3.17	35	32					230.0	209	103	81	14	60		144						1.170	8.2	0.5	2.3	5.6	2.40	TAC · PCL
1963	25	SFG	NL	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	64	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1964	26	SFG	NL	9	9	.500	3.07	40	22	8	7	2	1	161.0	162	65	55	7	61	9	98	3	0	7	698	115	1.385	9.1	0.4	3.4	5.5	1.61
1965	27	SFG	NL	12	9	.571	3.85	47	21	10	1	0	1	170.2	172	80	73	16	47	7	106	3	0	5	718	94	1.283	9.1	0.8	2.5	5.6	2.26
1966	28	SFG	NL	4	5	.444	4.16	32	18	3	0	0	1	129.2	149	70	60	15	39	9	55	2	1	8	562	89	1.450	10.3	1.0	2.7	3.8	1.41
1967	29	SFG	NL	4	5	.444	3.08	42	11	10	1	1	1	125.2	125	54	43	10	35	10	52	2	0	3	516	109	1.273	9.0	0.7	2.5	3.7	1.49
1968	30	SFG	NL	0	0		3.35	28	2	8	0	0	0	43.0	55	26	16	5	15	8	18	1	0	3	196	90	1.628	11.5	1.0	3.1	3.8	1.20
1969	31	SFG	NL	4	1	.800	4.02	39	4	13	2	0	1	87.1	92	43	39	7	23	5	34	1	1	3	369	88	1.317	9.5	0.7	2.4	3.5	1.48
1970	32	TOT	NL	9	7	.563	4.57	76	1	38	0	0	10	124.0	128	72	63	15	41	6	61	4	3	4	535	88	1.363	9.3	1.1	3.0	4.4	1.49
1970	32	SDP	NL	7	5	.583	4.95	64	1	31	0	0	9	111.0	114	69	61	14	39	5	53	4	3	4	481	81	1.378	9.2	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.36
1970	32	NYM	NL	2	2	.500	1.38	12	0	7	0	0	1	13.0	14	3	2	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	54	298	1.231	9.7	0.7	1.4	5.5	4.00
1971	33	ATL	NL	0	1	.000	5.23	25	0	9	0	0	1	51.2	61	31	30	6	23	1	22	4	0	6	236	72	1.626	10.6	1.0	4.0	3.8	0.96
1972	34	MIN-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.41	38	20		3	1	0	151.0	180	86	74	11	45	4	68	4	0	8			1.490	10.7	0.7	2.7	4.1	1.51	TAC · PCL
9 Yrs				42	37	.532	3.82	331	79	100	11	3	16	894.1	945	442	380	81	285	55	447	20	5	40	3836	94	1.375	9.5	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.57
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.532	3.82	55	13	17	2	0	3	148	157	73	63	13	47	9	74	3	1	7	636	94	1.375	9.5	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.57

SFG (7 yrs)				33	29	.532	3.59	230	78	53	11	3	5	718.2	756	339	287	60	221	48	364	12	2	30	3065	98	1.359	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.6	1.65
NYM (1 yr)				2	2	.500	1.38	12	0	7	0	0	1	13.0	14	3	2	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	54	298	1.231	9.7	0.7	1.4	5.5	4.00
ATL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.23	25	0	9	0	0	1	51.2	61	31	30	6	23	1	22	4	0	6	236	72	1.626	10.6	1.0	4.0	3.8	0.96
SDP (1 yr)				7	5	.583	4.95	64	1	31	0	0	9	111.0	114	69	61	14	39	5	53	4	3	4	481	81	1.378	9.2	1.1	3.2	4.3	1.36

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1963	25	SFG	NL	1.1	2	0	1	6.75	3.09	-0.22	-0.13	107.3	3.42	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.471	.500	$
1964	26	SFG	NL	160.2	40	22	65	3.64	4.01	-0.05	0.02	100.6	4.11	7	0.8	1.7	-0.1	2.2	25	.519	.505	$
1965	27	SFG	NL	170.2	47	21	80	4.22	4.07	-0.03	-0.01	102.3	4.19	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.3	17	.498	.499	$
1966	28	SFG	NL	129.2	32	18	70	4.86	4.08	0.13	0.01	102.6	4.06	-13	-1.4	.9	-0.1	-0.3	2	.456	.491	$
1967	29	SFG	NL	125.2	42	11	54	3.87	3.73	0.12	-0.03	100.8	3.61	-5	-0.6	.7	-0.1	0.4	9	.486	.496	$
1968	30	SFG	NL	43.0	28	2	26	5.44	3.44	-0.17	-0.13	100.8	3.52	-10	-1.2	.5	0.2	-0.6	-5	.457	.493	$
1969	31	SFG	NL	87.1	39	4	43	4.43	4.22	-0.10	-0.10	98.9	4.17	-3	-0.4	.6	-0.0	0.4	7	.491	.498	$
1970	32	SDP	NL	111.0	64	1	69	5.59	4.60	-0.17	-0.18	98.2	4.51	-15	-1.5	1.4	-0.4	-1.1	-2	.476	.491	$
1970	32	NYM	NL	13.0	12	0	3	2.08	4.62	0.30	-0.20	98.6	4.06	3	0.3	1.9	0.1	0.5	4	.524	.502	$
1971	33	ATL	NL	51.2	25	0	31	5.40	4.20	-0.37	-0.18	108.6	4.76	-4	-0.5	.8	-0.1	-0.1	1	.481	.497	$
9 Seasons				894.0	331	79	442	4.45	4.08	-0.03	-0.05	101.2	4.11	-42	-4.7	1.0	-0.7	2.7	56	.486	.497	$

SFG (7 yrs)				718.1	230	78	339	4.25	3.98	0.00	-0.02	101.2	4.00	-26	-3.0	.8	-0.3	3.4	53	.487	.497	$
NYM (1 yr)				13.0	12	0	3	2.08	4.62	0.30	-0.20	98.6	4.06	3	0.3	1.9	0.1	0.5	4	.524	.502	$
ATL (1 yr)				51.2	25	0	31	5.40	4.20	-0.37	-0.18	108.6	4.76	-4	-0.5	.8	-0.1	-0.1	1	.481	.497	$
SDP (1 yr)				111.0	64	1	69	5.59	4.60	-0.17	-0.18	98.2	4.51	-15	-1.5	1.4	-0.4	-1.1	-2	.476	.491	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1963	25	SFG	NL	2	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	.250	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	26	SFG	NL	40	697	623	65	162	25	5	7	7	6	61	98	.260	.328	.350	.678	.298	218	14	3	7	2	9	12
1965	27	SFG	NL	47	719	660	80	172	17	2	16	8	5	47	106	.261	.310	.365	.676	.287	241	14	3	4	5	7	9
1966	28	SFG	NL	32	562	512	70	149	19	2	15	10	3	39	55	.291	.343	.424	.767	.302	217	12	2	8	1	9	5
1967	29	SFG	NL	42	516	466	54	125	20	2	10	7	5	35	52	.268	.320	.384	.704	.283	179	20	2	10	3	10	6
1968	30	SFG	NL	28	196	178	26	55	8	1	5	2	2	15	18	.309	.364	.449	.814	.321	80	4	1	1	1	8	3
1969	31	SFG	NL	39	369	335	43	92	8	3	7	2	2	23	34	.275	.320	.379	.700	.286	127	9	1	7	3	5	6
1970	32	NYM	NL	12	54	51	3	14	3	0	1	0	1	2	8	.275	.302	.392	.694	.310	20	0	0	1	0	1	2
1970	32	SDP	NL	64	468	428	69	114	13	9	14	2	4	39	53	.266	.330	.437	.767	.273	187	8	4	5	5	5	12
1970	32	TOT	NL	76	522	479	72	128	16	9	15	2	5	41	61	.267	.327	.432	.759	.277	207	8	4	6	5	6	14
1971	33	ATL	NL	25	236	203	31	61	4	1	6	2	3	23	22	.300	.381	.419	.800	.313	85	7	4	5	1	1	6
9 Yrs				331	3823	3461	442	945	118	25	81	40	31	285	447	.273	.330	.392	.722	.292	1356	88	20	48	21	55	61
162 Game Avg.				55	634	574	73	157	20	4	13	7	5	47	74	.273	.330	.392	.722	.292	225	15	3	8	3	9	10
MLB Averages																.247	.313	.368	.681	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1963	25	SFG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.12	-0.4	0	0	2
1964	26	SFG	NL	8.0	0.9	719	0.6	13.6	-13.1	1.15	0.6	-0.1	4.4	0.5	1.15	2.8	7	6	5
1965	27	SFG	NL	-2.9	-0.3	739	0.9	11.1	-10.2	.90	0.6	0.4	-3.4	-0.4	0.90	7.1	5	6	15
1966	28	SFG	NL	-6.9	-0.7	588	-1.0	8.3	-9.3	.90	-1.1	0.0	-10.1	-1.0	0.90	-12.5	3	3	8
1967	29	SFG	NL	1.6	0.2	532	0.2	7.9	-7.7	.87	0.2	0.1	-4.2	-0.5	0.87	-0.7	4	6	21
1968	30	SFG	NL	-4.9	-0.6	203	-0.9	1.4	-2.4	.56	-0.8	-0.9	-10.6	-1.2	0.56	-10.4	3	2	21
1969	31	SFG	NL	-4.1	-0.4	378	-0.7	4.0	-4.8	.67	-0.0	-1.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.67	-3.9	4	9	21
1970	32	TOT	NL	-8.8	-0.9	550	-2.1	9.5	-11.7	1.12	-1.2	-0.7	-11.4	-1.1	1.12	-12.7	26	19	29
1970	32	SDP	NL	-12.4	-1.2	495	-1.3	8.5	-9.8	1.09	-1.3	0.1	-13.3	-1.3	1.09	-14.1	20	18	24
1970	32	NYM	NL	3.7	0.4	55	-0.8	1.0	-1.8	1.42	0.0	-0.6	1.9	0.2	1.42	1.4	6	1	5
1971	33	ATL	NL	-6.8	-0.7	246	0.2	1.8	-1.6	.37	-0.9	1.4	-7.7	-0.8	0.37	-10.4	3	5	16
9 Yrs				-25.1	-2.6	3962	-2.9	57.8	-60.7	.90	-2.7	-0.6	-44.9	-4.7	0.90	-41.2	55	56	138

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1964	26	SFG	NL	40	22	9	8	5	0	3	13	9	.591	0	2	7	2	12	55%	53.1	83	29	27	8	11	2	4.0	4.0	6.0
1965	27	SFG	NL	47	21	8	7	6	1	1	14	7	.667	1	2	1	0	10	48%	50.4	79	24	36	9	13	2	4.5	3.8	5.5
1966	28	SFG	NL	32	18	4	4	10	1	2	11	7	.611	1	3	0	0	7	39%	47.2	70	31	22	6	6	6	5.0	4.3	5.3
1967	29	SFG	NL	42	11	2	4	5	0	2	5	6	.455	0	4	1	1	8	73%	56.5	74	34	16	4	3	4	2.1	1.7	6.6
1968	30	SFG	NL	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	2	0	0	0	0%	34.5	41	28	5	0	0	2	3.5	3.6	2.7
1969	31	SFG	NL	39	4	2	0	2	1	0	3	1	.750	0	0	2	0	2	50%	48.0	56	30	13	3	1	1	8.1	8.7	7.1
1970	32	TOT	NL	76	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		48	48	26	15	1	0	1.0	1.3	7.0
1970	32	SDP	NL	64	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	48.0	48	48	22	14	1	0	1.0	1.3	7.0
7 Yrs				292	79	25	24	30	3	8	47	32	.595	2	13	11	3	39	49%	51	83	24	141	44	35	17	4.2	3.9	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						56%	54	116	0					4.0	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1963	25	SFG	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	4	.116	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.0
1964	26	SFG	NL	40	18	8	0	1	3	1	2	33%	4	1	17	7	41%	8	1.147	7	6	5	5	3	10	9	9	7	6	9	5	4.8
1965	27	SFG	NL	47	26	10	4	2	1	1	0	100%	1	0	15	8	53%	6	.905	5	6	15	4	4	18	10	16	18	4	19	6	6.3
1966	28	SFG	NL	32	14	3	0	1	2	1	1	50%	2	0	12	4	33%	4	.896	3	3	8	3	1	10	7	7	11	0	11	2	7.3
1967	29	SFG	NL	42	31	10	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	28	12	43%	4	.874	4	6	21	2	2	27	16	15	17	7	20	7	5.2
1968	30	SFG	NL	28	26	8	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	24	8	33%	8	.556	3	2	21	0	2	24	13	13	16	4	16	4	4.3
1969	31	SFG	NL	39	35	13	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	25	6	24%	4	.674	4	9	21	2	3	30	15	20	20	6	20	4	5.1
1970	32	TOT	NL	76	75	38	9	6	17	10	7	59%	22	4	58	28	48%		1.125	26	19	29	27	8	40	31	44	41	14	44	24	4.7
1970	32	SDP	NL	64	63	31	7	4	15	9	6	60%	19	4	50	26	52%	8	1.091	20	18	24	24	5	34	27	36	37	10	39	22	5.0
1970	32	NYM	NL	12	12	7	2	2	2	1	1	50%	3	0	8	2	25%	9	1.417	6	1	5	3	3	6	4	8	4	4	5	2	3.3
1971	33	ATL	NL	25	25	9	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	20	5	25%	8	.373	3	5	16	1	2	22	11	14	14	5	14	0	6.2
9 Yrs				331	252	100	17	13	26	16	10	62%	32	5	200	78	39%		.899	55	56	138	44	25	183	113	139	144	47	153	52	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	25	SFG	NL	6	83%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	0.50	67%	0	0
1964	26	SFG	NL	697	60%	1.0%	14.1%	8.8%	5.3%	23%	1.09	75%	139	14	10%
1965	27	SFG	NL	719	58%	2.2%	14.7%	6.5%	4.9%	20%	1.24	76%	143	14	10%
1966	28	SFG	NL	562	66%	2.7%	9.8%	6.9%	6.4%	24%	1.21	79%	107	12	11%
1967	29	SFG	NL	516	64%	1.9%	10.1%	6.8%	6.2%	26%	1.77	79%	103	20	19%
1968	30	SFG	NL	196	73%	2.6%	9.2%	7.7%	7.1%	26%	1.18	80%	40	4	10%
1969	31	SFG	NL	369	58%	1.9%	9.2%	6.2%	4.9%	20%	1.08	80%	81	9	11%
1970	32	TOT	NL	535	60%	2.9%	11.7%	7.9%	7.7%	31%	1.11	78%	105	8	8%
1970	32	SDP	NL	481	60%	3.0%	11.3%	8.3%	7.7%	32%	1.03	78%	97	8	8%
1970	32	NYM	NL	54	56%	1.9%	14.8%	3.7%	7.4%	29%	2.22	78%	8	0	0%
1971	33	ATL	NL	236	65%	2.5%	9.3%	9.8%	4.7%	18%	1.45	75%	57	7	12%
9 Yrs				3836	62%	2.1%	11.7%	7.5%	5.9%	24%	1.24	77%	775	88	11%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.4%	8.3%	6.1%	27%	1.10	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1963	25	SFG	NL	6	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1964	26	SFG	NL	697	162			7	0	12	6	1	3	4	39	18	4	46%	12	7	1	281	7	6	54%	7	4	0	1	0	1	2	1	15	0
1965	27	SFG	NL	719	172			16	0	16	8	8	8	8	37	19	8	51%	9	5	3	250	8	5	62%	6	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	17	0
1966	28	SFG	NL	562	149			15	0	9	11	4	5	10	34	19	0	56%	5	8	2	211	10	3	77%	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1967	29	SFG	NL	516	125			10	1	14	7	3	6	4	34	21	2	62%	6	3	1	182	7	5	58%	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
1968	30	SFG	NL	196	55			5	0	10	3	2	1	4	18	7	1	39%	3	3	0	78	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1969	31	SFG	NL	369	92			7	0	6	4	3	4	3	28	14	2	50%	6	3	1	143	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1970	32	TOT	NL	522	128			15	1	18	8	7	4	11	40	25	4	63%	14	4	0	207	2	5	29%	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	13
1970	32	SDP	NL	468	114			14	1	16	7	7	3	11	38	24	4	63%	12	4	0	188	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	13
1970	32	NYM	NL	54	14			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	2	0	0	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	33	ATL	NL	236	61			6	0	12	4	2	4	2	14	9	1	64%	6	6	0	101	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
9 Yrs				3823	945			81	2	97	51	30	35	46	244	132	22	54%	61	40	8	1455	40	31	56%	37	28	2	2	1	1	5	1	94	13
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1963	25	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	64	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	64
1964	26	9	9	.500	3.10	42	22	9	7	2	1	162.1	163	66	56	7	62	9	99	3	0	8	704	114	1.386	9.0	0.4	3.4	5.5	1.60	114
1965	27	21	18	.538	3.49	89	43	19	8	2	2	333.0	335	146	129	23	109	16	205	6	0	13	1422	103	1.333	9.1	0.6	2.9	5.5	1.88	103
1966	28	25	23	.521	3.68	121	61	22	8	2	3	462.2	484	216	189	38	148	25	260	8	1	21	1984	99	1.366	9.4	0.7	2.9	5.1	1.76	99
1967	29	29	28	.509	3.55	163	72	32	9	3	4	588.1	609	270	232	48	183	35	312	10	1	24	2500	101	1.346	9.3	0.7	2.8	4.8	1.70	101
1968	30	29	28	.509	3.54	191	74	40	9	3	4	631.1	664	296	248	53	198	43	330	11	1	27	2696	100	1.365	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.7	1.67	100
1969	31	33	29	.532	3.59	230	78	53	11	3	5	718.2	756	339	287	60	221	48	364	12	2	30	3065	98	1.359	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.6	1.65	98
1970	32	42	36	.538	3.74	306	79	91	11	3	15	842.2	884	411	350	75	262	54	425	16	5	34	3600	96	1.360	9.4	0.8	2.8	4.5	1.62	96
1971	33	42	37	.532	3.82	331	79	100	11	3	16	894.1	945	442	380	81	285	55	447	20	5	40	3836	94	1.375	9.5	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.57	94

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1963	25	0	0		0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.500	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	2
1964	26	10	7	.588	3.51	154.0	170	67	60	7	64	94	3	1.519	9.9	3.7	5.5	1.47	0.4	40
1965	27	8	10	.444	4.33	162.0	177	87	78	16	48	101	3	1.389	9.8	2.7	5.6	2.10	0.9	47
1966	28	6	7	.462	4.65	122.0	153	70	63	15	40	52	2	1.582	11.3	3.0	3.8	1.30	1.1	32
1967	29	6	6	.500	3.95	114.0	135	56	50	11	38	47	2	1.518	10.7	3.0	3.7	1.24	0.9	42
1968	30	2	2	.500	4.97	38.0	62	23	21	6	17	16	1	2.079	14.7	4.0	3.8	0.94	1.4	28
1969	31	4	5	.444	4.72	82.0	97	48	43	7	24	32	1	1.476	10.6	2.6	3.5	1.33	0.8	39
1970	32	5	8	.385	4.69	121.0	128	70	63	15	41	59	4	1.397	9.5	3.0	4.4	1.44	1.1	76
1971	33	2	3	.400	6.00	48.0	63	36	32	6	24	21	4	1.813	11.8	4.5	3.9	0.88	1.1	25
9 Yrs		43	48	.473	4.38	843.0	985	457	410	83	297	423	20	1.521	10.5		4.5	1.42	0.9	331

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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