Ron Herbel
Ronald Samuel Herbel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 16, 1938 in Denver, CO
High School: Brighton (Brighton, CO)
School: University of Northern Colorado
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1963
Final Game: September 19, 1971
Died: January 20, 2000 in Tacoma, WA
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 47 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 7 698 116 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 3.38 28 2 8 0 0 0 42.2 55 26 16 5 15 8 18 1 0 3 196 88 1.641 11.6 1.1 3.2 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 87 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 80 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 54 290 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 71 1.626 10.6 1.0 4.0 3.8 0.96
9 Seasons 42 37 .532 3.83 331 79 100 11 3 16 894.0 945 442 380 81 285 55 447 20 5 40 3836 94 1.376 9.5 0.8 2.9 4.5 1.57
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .532 3.83 55 13 17 2 0 3 148 157 73 63 13 47 9 74 3 1 7 636 94 1.376 9.5 0.8 2.9 4.5 1.57
SFG (7 yrs) 33 29 .532 3.60 230 78 53 11 3 5 718.1 756 339 287 60 221 48 364 12 2 30 3065 98 1.360 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 54 290 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 71 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 80 1.378 9.2 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.36

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
1964 26 SFG NL 40 696 623 65 162 25 5 7 7 6 61 98 .260 .328 .350 .678 .298 218 14 3 7 2 9
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
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
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
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
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
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
1970 32 SDP NL 64 481 428 69 114 13 9 14 2 4 39 53 .266 .330 .437 .767 .273 187 8 4 5 5 5
1970 32 TOT NL 76 535 479 72 128 16 9 15 2 5 41 61 .267 .327 .432 .759 .277 207 8 4 6 5 6
1971 33 ATL NL 25 236 203 31 61 4 1 6 2 3 23 22 .300 .381 .419 .800 .313 85 6 4 5 1 1
9 Seasons 331 3835 3461 442 945 118 25 81 40 31 285 447 .273 .330 .392 .722 .292 1356 87 20 48 21 55
162 Game Avg. 55 636 574 73 157 20 4 13 7 5 47 74 .273 .330 .392 .722 .292 225 14 3 8 3 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 26 SFG NL 40 22 9 8 5 0 3 13 9 .591 0 2 7 2 12 55% 53 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 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 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 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% 35 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 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 48 48 22 14 1 0 1.0 1.3 7.0
7 Seasons 292 79 25 24 30 3 8 47 32 .595 2 13 11 3 39 49% 50 83 24 141 44 35 17 4.2 3.9 5.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1963 25 SFG NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.163 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 1.154 8 6 4 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 0.928 5 9 12 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 0.910 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 0.910 4 8 19 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 0.596 3 4 19 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 0.717 4 10 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% 1.157 27 20 27 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 1.123 21 19 22 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 1.454 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 0.425 4 5 15 1 2 21 11 13 14 5 14 0 6.2
9 Seasons 331 252 100 17 13 26 16 10 62% 32 5 200 78 39% 0.926 58 65 127 44 25 182 113 138 144 47 153 52 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1963 25 SFG NL 6 17% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 100% 0.50 67% 0 0
1964 26 SFG NL 697 40% 1.0% 14.1% 8.8% 5.3% 23% 1.09 75% 139 14 10%
1965 27 SFG NL 719 42% 2.2% 14.7% 6.5% 4.9% 20% 1.24 76% 143 14 10%
1966 28 SFG NL 562 34% 2.7% 9.8% 6.9% 6.4% 24% 1.21 79% 107 12 11%
1967 29 SFG NL 516 36% 1.9% 10.1% 6.8% 6.2% 26% 1.77 79% 103 20 19%
1968 30 SFG NL 196 27% 2.6% 9.2% 7.7% 7.1% 26% 1.18 80% 40 4 10%
1969 31 SFG NL 369 42% 1.9% 9.2% 6.2% 4.9% 20% 1.08 80% 81 9 11%
1970 32 TOT NL 535 40% 2.8% 11.4% 7.7% 7.5% 31% 1.11 76% 105 8 8%
1970 32 SDP NL 481 40% 2.9% 11.0% 8.1% 7.5% 32% 1.03 76% 97 8 8%
1970 32 NYM NL 54 44% 1.9% 14.8% 3.7% 7.4% 29% 2.22 78% 8 0 0%
1971 33 ATL NL 236 35% 2.5% 9.3% 9.8% 4.7% 18% 1.40 75% 56 6 11%
9 Seasons 3836 38% 2.1% 11.7% 7.4% 5.8% 24% 1.24 77% 774 87 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 233 61 6 0 12 4 2 4 2 14 9 1 64% 6 6 0 100 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
9 Seasons 3820 945 81 2 97 51 30 35 46 244 132 22 54% 61 40 8 1454 40 31 56% 37 28 2 2 1 1 6 1 94 16
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 47 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00 47
1964 26 9 9 .500 3.10 42 22 9 7 2 1 162.1 163 66 56 7 62 9 99 3 0 8 704 115 1.386 9.0 0.4 3.4 5.5 1.60 115
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 100 1.346 9.3 0.7 2.8 4.8 1.70 100
1968 30 29 28 .509 3.54 191 74 40 9 3 4 631.0 664 296 248 53 198 43 330 11 1 27 2696 100 1.366 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.7 1.67 100
1969 31 33 29 .532 3.60 230 78 53 11 3 5 718.1 756 339 287 60 221 48 364 12 2 30 3065 98 1.360 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.6 1.65 98
1970 32 42 36 .538 3.74 306 79 91 11 3 15 842.1 884 411 350 75 262 54 425 16 5 34 3600 96 1.361 9.4 0.8 2.8 4.5 1.62 96
1971 33 42 37 .532 3.83 331 79 100 11 3 16 894.0 945 442 380 81 285 55 447 20 5 40 3836 94 1.376 9.5 0.8 2.9 4.5 1.57 94

Neutralized Pitching

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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 2 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 2
1964 26 10 7 .588 3.51 154.0 169 67 60 7 64 94 3 1.513 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 3.95 114.0 134 56 50 11 38 47 2 1.509 10.6 3.0 3.7 1.24 0.9 42
1968 30 2 2 .500 4.97 38.0 63 23 21 6 17 16 1 2.105 14.9 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 4.72 120.0 129 70 63 15 41 59 4 1.417 9.7 3.1 4.4 1.44 1.1 76
1971 33 2 3 .400 6.00 48.0 63 36 32 6 24 20 4 1.813 11.8 4.5 3.8 0.83 1.1 25
9 Seasons 43 48 .473 4.38 842.0 985 457 410 83 297 423 20 1.523 10.5 4.5 1.42 0.9 331

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1970 NL--76--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob Miller (967)
  6. Cal Koonce (964)
  7. Don Lee (964)
  8. Mark Williamson (963)
  9. Casey Cox (962)
  10. Les Lancaster (962)
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  4. Luis Aquino (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Luis Aquino (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Luis Aquino (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Miller (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harry Dorish (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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