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Ray
Herbert		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 15, 1929 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Gold Glove 1953    1958    1962    1963    1964    1965   
All-Star Selections 1954    1955    1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 20 PIT NL   8 3 4 4 7 8 7 7 8 7
1951 21 PIT NL   8 3 4 4 7 8 7 8 8 8
1952 22 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 8 8 8
1953 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1954 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 8 8 8
1955 25 PIT NL $ 2,078,571 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 7 8 7
1956 26 PIT NL $ 2,178,571 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 6
1957 27 PIT NL $ 2,178,571 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 6 6 6
1958 28 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 6 7 6
1959 29 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 6
1960 30 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 6 6
1961 31 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 7
1962 32 PIT NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 7
1963 33 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 7 7
1964 34 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6
1965 35 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 5 5
1966 36 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 7 1 2 2 7 8 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 1 2 2 7 8 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000 8 3 4 4 8 9 8 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 20 PIT NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 21 PIT NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 25 PIT NL $ 2,078,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 26 PIT NL $ 2,178,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 27 PIT NL $ 2,178,571   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 28 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 29 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 30 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1961 31 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1962 32 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1963 33 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1964 34 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1965 35 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1966 36 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
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
1950 20 AAA   11 8 .579 26 26 2 0 0 170.0 190 78 14 68 90 4.13 .281 .347 .399 .746  
1951 21 AAA   10 5 .667 19 19 2 0 0 137.0 143 60 7 38 77 3.94 .272 .321 .365 .686  
1952 22 PIT NL 12 6 .667 72 14 9 1 15 187.3 208 73 17 50 62 3.51 .282 .327 .407 .734 18.9
1953 23 PIT NL 17 14 .548 41 36 15 0 0 293.3 319 140 20 82 97 4.30 .277 .325 .386 .711 17.9
1954 24 PIT NL 19 15 .559 44 44 14 2 0 344.7 403 178 29 87 101 4.65 .294 .335 .416 .751 17.9
1955 25 PIT NL 21 13 .618 43 43 12 1 0 324.7 313 137 37 83 104 3.80 .254 .301 .386 .687 23.7
1956 26 PIT NL 19 14 .576 35 35 14 0 0 268.0 292 123 31 66 69 4.13 .280 .321 .429 .750 15.7
1957 27 PIT NL 14 13 .519 36 36 15 1 0 285.3 283 133 32 63 101 4.20 .258 .299 .407 .706 13.8
1958 28 PIT NL 14 16 .467 35 35 11 0 0 264.7 315 125 31 79 101 4.25 .298 .347 .443 .790 15.9
1959 29 PIT NL 8 11 .421 30 20 6 1 0 148.3 180 112 29 50 62 6.80 .294 .348 .510 .858 0.0
1960 30 AAA   9 15 .375 29 29 5 2 0 210.3 223 75 24 37 135 3.21 .271 .302 .401 .703  
1961 31 AAA   13 12 .520 29 29 0 0 0 194.3 220 98 23 47 129 4.54 .283 .324 .436 .759  
1962 32 PIT NL 14 9 .609 32 32 9 3 0 245.7 251 100 35 37 96 3.66 .264 .292 .419 .711 12.1
1963 33 PIT NL 17 16 .515 43 43 13 0 0 328.7 330 119 19 67 111 3.26 .263 .298 .354 .652 21.6
1964 34 PIT NL 7 22 .241 39 39 2 0 0 282.3 326 156 37 79 79 4.97 .294 .341 .450 .791 4.1
1965 35 PIT NL 8 24 .250 38 38 5 0 0 267.3 325 148 45 68 86 4.98 .303 .344 .483 .827 1.6
1966 36 PIT NL 7 14 .333 22 22 3 0 0 154.7 201 90 12 38 45 5.24 .311 .346 .416 .763 1.0
13 Years Sim 177 187 .486 510 437 128 9 15 3394.9 3746 1634 374 849 1114 4.33 .281 .323 .420 .743 164.1
4 Years AAA 43 40 .518 103 103 9 2 0 711.7 776 311 68 190 431 3.93 .277 .323 .403 .726  
Season Average 13 14 .481 39 33 9 0 1 261.1 288 125 28 65 85 4.33 .281 .323 .420 .743  
Career Highs 21 24 .667 72 44 15 3 15 344.7 403 178 45 87 111 6.80 .311 .348 .510 .858  
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   1970 828 179 378 660   .279 .315 .411 .727
vs LH   1776 806 195 471 454   .284 .334 .429 .762
Home 85 90 .486 248 211 54 2 7 1653.9 1845 826 186 408 546 4.49 .282 .325 .423 .747
Away 92 97 .487 262 226 74 7 8 1741.0 1901 808 188 441 568 4.18 .280 .323 .416 .740
Mar/Apr 22 43 .338 87 77 23 3 4 590.0 643 297 65 171 196 4.53 .278 .328 .420 .748
May 31 30 .508 95 72 23 1 3 567.3 616 261 62 124 179 4.14 .276 .315 .412 .727
June 35 33 .515 97 79 19 2 6 617.3 690 294 70 161 206 4.29 .285 .329 .419 .748
July 28 27 .509 81 65 20 2 2 514.3 553 236 54 109 169 4.13 .275 .313 .414 .727
August 32 27 .542 73 71 24 0 0 550.6 585 255 50 137 184 4.17 .273 .316 .396 .712
Sep/Oct 29 27 .518 77 73 22 1 0 555.3 659 291 73 147 180 4.72 .298 .342 .455 .796
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
1952 22 PIT NL 72 48 6 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .167 .196 .188 .384 1.7 0.0
1953 23 PIT NL 41 102 9 19 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 24 .186 .198 .225 .424 4.3 0.0
1954 24 PIT NL 44 119 6 18 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 44 .151 .165 .176 .342 0.6 0.0
1955 25 PIT NL 43 113 3 26 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 22 .230 .243 .257 .500 6.3 0.0
1956 26 PIT NL 35 83 5 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 21 .120 .131 .169 .300 0.4 0.0
1957 27 PIT NL 36 96 1 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 29 .094 .121 .094 .215 -2.1 0.0
1958 28 PIT NL 35 90 7 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .233 .255 .244 .500 5.6 0.0
1959 29 PIT NL 30 40 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .125 .125 .175 .300 -0.1 0.0
1962 32 PIT NL 32 80 3 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .150 .148 .163 .311 0.6 0.0
1963 33 PIT NL 43 104 3 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 23 .135 .151 .154 .305 -0.8 0.0
1964 34 PIT NL 39 89 2 18 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 26 .202 .220 .247 .467 4.2 0.0
1965 35 PIT NL 38 84 3 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 28 .179 .188 .214 .403 2.0 0.0
1966 36 PIT NL 22 49 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .163 .163 .204 .367 0.8 0.0
13 Years Sim 510 1097 53 183 21 3 1 63 0 0 20 302 .167 .181 .194 .375 23.4 0.0
162 Game Average 348 16 58 6 0 0 20 0 0 6 95 .167 .181 .194 .375 7.4  
Career Highs 72 119 9 26 3 1 1 10 0 0 3 44 .233 .255 .257 .500 6.3  
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   645 28 107 11 2 1 40 0 0 13 175 .166 .182 .194 .375 10.7
vs LH   452 25 76 10 1 0 23 0 0 7 127 .168 .180 .195 .375 7.0
Home 248 484 22 85 10 2 0 27 0 0 15 127 .176 .199 .205 .404 12.6
Away 262 613 31 98 11 1 1 36 0 0 5 175 .160 .166 .186 .352 5.2
RISP   227 0 44 0 1 0 58 0 0 4 61 .194 .203 .203 .406 6.3
Close/Late   83 3 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 17 .193 .212 .241 .453 3.1
Mar/Apr 87 183 10 28 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 56 .153 .162 .180 .342 0.9
May 90 171 2 20 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 53 .117 .127 .123 .250 -3.6
June 79 200 14 41 9 1 1 11 0 0 2 52 .205 .212 .275 .487 9.4
July 77 171 9 25 2 1 0 13 0 0 4 49 .146 .165 .170 .334 0.8
August 73 190 11 35 3 1 0 12 0 0 6 46 .184 .208 .211 .419 5.9
Sep/Oct 72 182 7 34 1 0 0 14 0 0 4 46 .187 .202 .192 .394 4.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 22 PIT NL P 72 14 187.3 19 42 1 1 .984 2.93    
1953 23 PIT NL P 41 36 293.3 24 80 1 8 .990 3.19    
1954 24 PIT NL P 44 44 344.7 26 76 3 10 .971 2.66    
1955 25 PIT NL P 43 43 324.7 30 72 1 2 .990 2.83    
1956 26 PIT NL P 35 35 268.0 22 61 2 4 .976 2.79    
1957 27 PIT NL P 36 36 285.3 30 64 2 2 .979 2.96    
1958 28 PIT NL P 35 35 264.7 23 68 1 5 .989 3.09    
1959 29 PIT NL P 30 20 148.3 10 31 2 2 .953 2.49    
1962 32 PIT NL P 32 32 245.7 20 64 1 6 .988 3.08    
1963 33 PIT NL P 43 43 328.7 26 82 2 8 .982 2.96    
1964 34 PIT NL P 39 39 282.3 19 77 0 9 1.000 3.06    
1965 35 PIT NL P 38 38 267.3 26 58 2 5 .977 2.83    
1966 36 PIT NL P 22 22 154.7 12 39 1 2 .981 2.97    
Career Totals   510 437 3394.9 287 814 19 64 .983 2.92    
Career Highs   72 44 344.7 30 82 3 10 1.000 3.19    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1952 22 PIT NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 13 4 0 6 6 3.00 .271 .352 .333 .685
1954 24 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 19 10 2 6 5 5.87 .306 .368 .484 .852
1955 25 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 17.7 21 11 4 2 6 5.61 .304 .324 .551 .875
1962 32 PIT NL 2 3 .400 5 5 3 0 0 42.3 45 16 3 6 15 3.40 .274 .300 .360 .660
1963 33 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 19 12 0 7 3 8.53 .333 .406 .386 .792
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 5 .500 13 13 3 0 0 100.0 117 53 9 27 35 4.77 .293 .337 .413 .750
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 22 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1954 24 PIT NL 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833
1955 25 PIT NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1962 32 PIT NL 5 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143
1963 33 PIT NL 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 13 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .143 .172 .143 .315
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1952-9-3.51
 Wins
1954-4-19
1955-4-21
1956-9-19
 Losses
1954-10-15
1964-2-22
1965-2-24
CAR-43-187
 Winning Pct
1952-6-.667
 Saves
1952-3-15
 Games Pitched
1952-7-72
Games Started
1954-1-44
1955-5-43
1963-4-43
 Complete Games
1953-6-15
1954-7-14
1955-9-12
1956-6-14
1957-7-15
1958-9-11
1963-9-13
 Shutouts
1954-4-2
1955-8-1
1962-8-3
 Innings Pitched
1954-2-344.7
1955-5-324.7
1963-5-328.7
 Hits Allowed
1953-4-319
1954-1-403
1955-4-313
1956-8-292
1958-6-315
1963-2-330
1964-4-326
1965-6-325
CAR-39-3746
 Homeruns Allowed
1955-6-37
1957-9-32
1962-6-35
1964-5-37
1965-2-45
CAR-33-374
Walks per 9IP
1952-4-2.4
1953-6-2.5
1954-5-2.3
1955-6-2.3
1956-6-2.2
1957-5-2.0
1962-7-1.4
1963-8-1.8
 WHiP
1955-5-1.22
1957-8-1.21
 OOBP
1955-7-.301
1957-9-.299
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  2. Dick Ruthven (917)
  3. Preacher Roe (909)
  4. Claude Passeau (909)
  5. Alan Foster (908)
  6. Dutch Leonard (904)
  7. Bob Chipman (904)
  8. Bert Blyleven (899)
  9. Wes Ferrell (896)
  10. Bobby Shantz (892)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Curt Simmons (991)
  2. Mike Garcia (990)
  3. Claude Passeau (989)
  4. Ed Baecht (989)
  5. Bob Logan (987)
  6. Harvey Haddix (987)
  7. Don Drysdale (986)
  8. Bob Miller (984)
  9. Carl Hubbell (984)
  10. Harry Brecheen (984)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1950
Injured on 6/14/1950 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 4/28/1951 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1951 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/30/1951 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/13/1952
Had first career hit on 7/31/1952, off Al Javery (NYG)
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1953
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1956, off Connie Johnson (BSN)
Injured on 8/29/1956 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1958
4/2/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
9/22/1962: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1962
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1963
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1964
Injured on 8/13/1965 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1965
 
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