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Ray Herbert
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Birthdate: 12/15/1929    
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 185 lbs. Place of Birth: Detroit, MI, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Ray Herbert proudly served in US Military 1951-1952 after having a 4-0 record for Detroit in early 1951

Ray Herbert broke into the majors as a 20-year old, fastballer with the Detroit Tigers in 1950 and was mainly used as a long reliever and spot starter until he was drafted by the expansion Kansas City A's in 1955. In 1958, he started 16 games, completed 5, in 42 appearances, allowed just 161 hits in 175 innings and posted a 8-8 mark, with a 3.50 ERA for the seventh place Athletics. Although, Herbert ranked with the best with his fine control he had the misfortune of pitching for the generally last or next to the last place, Kansas City. In 1960 with KC he struck out 122 batters, walked only 72 in 252.7 innings - finishing with a 15-15 record an a nice 3.28 ERA.

Ray Herbert's big break came when he was traded to the first division Chicago White Sox in mid-year 1961. He responded by winning 20 games (20-9, 3.27 ERA) in 1962 and pitched in the All-Star Game. In 1963 he led the AL with seven shutouts, going 13-10, 3.24 ERA. From then on though, Herbert, already 34-years old, was nagged by arm trouble.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1950 DET (AL) 8 3 1 2 1 1 0 22.1 20 11 9 1 12 0 5 0 0 0 3.63
1951 DET (AL) 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 12.2 8 2 2 0 9 0 9 3 0 0 1.42
1953 DET (AL) 43 3 4 6 6 0 0 87.2 109 58 51 5 46 0 37 6 0 0 5.24
1954 DET (AL) 42 4 3 6 0 0 0 84.1 114 64 55 6 50 0 44 3 2 0 5.87
1955 KCA (AL) 23 11 1 8 0 2 0 87.2 99 65 61 10 40 9 30 4 1 0 6.26
1958 KCA (AL) 42 16 8 8 3 5 0 175.0 161 76 68 20 55 3 108 4 4 0 3.50
1959 KCA (AL) 37 26 11 11 1 10 2 183.2 196 108 99 24 62 4 99 2 1 0 4.85
1960 KCA (AL) 37 33 14 15 1 14 0 252.2 256 106 92 17 72 6 122 2 7 0 3.28
1961 CHW (AL) 21 20 9 6 0 4 0 137.2 142 69 62 15 36 2 50 1 0 1 4.05
1961 KCA (AL) 13 12 3 6 0 1 0 83.2 103 56 50 10 30 1 34 0 2 1 5.38
1962 CHW (AL) 35 35 20 9 0 12 2 236.2 228 90 86 13 74 4 115 4 1 0 3.27
1963 CHW (AL) 33 33 13 10 0 14 7 224.2 230 86 81 12 35 5 105 2 2 0 3.24
1964 CHW (AL) 20 19 6 7 0 1 1 111.2 117 50 43 14 17 2 40 2 2 0 3.47
1965 PHI (NL) 25 19 5 8 1 4 1 130.2 162 60 56 13 19 2 51 4 1 0 3.86
1966 PHI (NL) 23 2 2 5 2 0 0 50.1 55 26 24 7 14 2 15 1 1 0 4.29
15 years   407 236 104 107 15 68 13 1881.1 2000 927 839 167 571 40 864 38 24 2 4.01
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1950 DET (AL) 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 SLG
1951 DET (AL) 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .200 SLG
1953 DET (AL) 43 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .238 SLG
1954 DET (AL) 42 17 5 3 0 1 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .263 SLG
1955 KCA (AL) 24 21 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 .190 .217 SLG
1958 KCA (AL) 42 52 4 10 3 0 0 2 5 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 .192 .263 SLG
1959 KCA (AL) 37 57 5 12 2 0 1 5 3 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 .211 .250 SLG
1960 KCA (AL) 37 76 5 13 3 0 0 7 7 16 0 0 0 0 9 0 .171 .241 SLG
1961 CHW (AL) 21 53 7 12 1 0 2 3 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 .226 .281 SLG
1961 KCA (AL) 13 28 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 .107 .138 SLG
1962 CHW (AL) 35 82 6 16 5 0 2 9 5 16 0 0 0 1 3 1 .195 .247 SLG
1963 CHW (AL) 33 63 7 14 4 0 1 10 9 18 0 0 0 0 10 1 .222 .315 SLG
1964 CHW (AL) 20 36 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 2 1 .139 .158 SLG
1965 PHI (NL) 25 41 3 11 1 0 0 3 1 13 0 0 0 0 4 0 .268 .286 SLG
1966 PHI (NL) 23 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .77 .143 SLG
15 years   408 569 46 109 21 1 7 51 42 133 0 0 0 2 37 4 .192 .248 .SLG



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