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Ron
Herbel		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 16, 1938 in Usa, CO, DENVER
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 25 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1964 26 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 6
1965 27 LAD NL $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 7 7 7 6 7 6
1966 28 LAD NL $ 350,000 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 6 6 6
1967 29 LAD NL $ 350,000 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 6 6 6
1968 30 LAD NL $ 350,000 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 6 6 6
1969 31 LAD NL $ 350,000 6 3 4 3 7 7 7 6 6 6
1972 34 BSN NL   6 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 3 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 27 LAD NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 28 LAD NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 29 LAD NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 30 LAD NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 31 LAD NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 34 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1963 25 BRK NL 5 5 .500 50 0 0 0 3 64.3 75 38 5 25 30 5.32 .286 .349 .397 .746 0.4
1964 26 BRK NL 5 4 .556 99 0 0 0 4 135.3 158 66 9 44 56 4.39 .300 .352 .408 .760 7.9
1965 27 LAD NL 5 12 .294 55 14 3 0 1 155.3 160 77 19 42 64 4.46 .269 .319 .402 .721 4.5
1966 28 LAD NL 1 3 .250 36 0 0 0 1 37.3 38 20 6 6 16 4.82 .266 .291 .420 .711 0.8
1967 29 AAA   8 4 .667 76 0 0 0 5 108.0 111 52 4 29 76 4.33 .269 .317 .337 .655  
1968 30 AAA   6 2 .750 72 0 0 0 5 92.0 92 30 6 37 48 2.93 .261 .331 .365 .696  
1969 31 AAA   6 4 .600 69 0 0 0 3 99.3 114 53 13 35 51 4.80 .286 .344 .447 .791  
1970 32 AAA   7 4 .636 41 5 1 0 0 105.7 118 45 7 27 57 3.83 .282 .325 .389 .714  
4 Years Sim 16 24 .400 240 14 3 0 9 392.3 431 201 39 117 166 4.61 .282 .333 .405 .738 13.6
4 Years AAA 27 14 .659 258 5 1 0 13 405.0 435 180 30 128 232 4.00 .275 .329 .385 .714  
Season Average 4 6 .400 60 3 0 0 2 98.1 107 50 9 29 41 4.61 .282 .333 .405 .738  
Career Highs 5 12 .556 99 14 3 0 4 155.3 160 77 19 44 64 5.32 .300 .352 .420 .760  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   226 93 20 50 97   .275 .316 .383 .699
vs LH   205 108 19 67 69   .291 .353 .430 .783
Home 9 7 .563 131 6 2 0 4 224.0 222 87 17 63 96 3.50 .262 .313 .362 .675
Away 7 17 .292 109 8 1 0 5 168.3 209 114 22 54 70 6.10 .308 .359 .458 .817
Mar/Apr 4 3 .571 36 0 0 0 1 48.0 51 27 2 12 20 5.06 .277 .321 .353 .675
May 4 6 .400 43 7 3 0 2 89.7 92 39 8 19 43 3.91 .268 .307 .379 .686
June 2 5 .286 40 7 0 0 1 89.0 104 46 13 29 41 4.65 .297 .351 .437 .788
July 0 2 .000 36 0 0 0 1 53.3 61 32 5 16 21 5.40 .280 .329 .413 .742
August 2 6 .250 42 0 0 0 0 62.0 64 29 7 23 24 4.21 .272 .337 .404 .741
Sep/Oct 4 2 .667 43 0 0 0 4 50.3 59 28 4 18 17 5.01 .299 .358 .431 .790
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 25 BRK NL 50 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1964 26 BRK NL 99 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0
1965 27 LAD NL 55 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .000 .029 .000 .029 -3.0 0.0
1966 28 LAD NL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 240 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .000 .038 .000 .038 -4.3 0.0
162 Game Average 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .038 .000 .038 -2.9  
Career Highs 99 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.8
vs LH   25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.4
Home 131 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -3.0
Away 94 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .000 .091 .000 .091 -1.2
RISP   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 26 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
June 33 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .091 .000 .091 -1.2
July 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
August 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Sep/Oct 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1963 25 BRK NL P 50 0 64.3 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.24    
1964 26 BRK NL P 99 0 135.3 7 24 1 3 .969 2.06    
1965 27 LAD NL P 55 14 155.3 12 25 4 1 .902 2.14    
1966 28 LAD NL P 36 0 37.3 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.17    
Career Totals   240 14 392.3 26 67 5 5 .949 2.13    
Career Highs   99 14 155.3 12 25 4 3 1.000 2.24    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1964-1-99
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 73rd overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1963
Earned first career win on 5/10/1963
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Los Angeles on 9/22/1970
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/10/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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