Ron
Herbel
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 16, 1938 in Usa, CO, DENVER
 
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  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
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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