Ray Herbert
1950–1966 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
408G
.192AVG
.248OBP
.269SLG
More career statistics
109H
7HR
51RBI
0SB
104–107W–L
1,881.1IP
864K
4.01ERA
236GS
15SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 51 | 52 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,010 | 8,013 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,000 | 2,001 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,644 | 5,648 |
| Pitching · p k | 864 | 863 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 408 | 654 | 569 | 46 | 109 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 42 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 153 | .192 | .248 | .269 | .517 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,881.3 | 407 | 236 | 68 | 104 | 107 | 15 | 2,000 | 927 | 839 | 167 | 571 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 4.01 | 1.367 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1962-07-26 to 1962-09-01
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1961-07-26 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1960-07-08 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | 1959-07-09 | 1 in 113 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 213 | 333 | 59 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 53 | .203 | .243 | .271 |
| Away | 195 | 321 | 50 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 80 | .180 | .218 | .266 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | .209 | .271 | .326 |
| May | 73 | 120 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 29 | .217 | .267 | .292 |
| June | 77 | 127 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | .174 | .197 | .220 |
| July | 76 | 130 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 34 | .148 | .192 | .235 |
| August | 84 | 123 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 | .213 | .260 | .259 |
| September | 67 | 103 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 16 | .200 | .223 | .329 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 57 | 95 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 15 | .231 | .263 | .397 |
| new-york-yankees | 53 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | .145 | .187 | .217 |
| cleveland-guardians | 47 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | .115 | .113 | .180 |
| baltimore-orioles | 37 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | .241 | .314 | .310 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 30 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .167 | .156 | .267 |
| chicago-white-sox | 29 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .321 | .375 | .393 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .189 | .241 | .208 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .119 | .200 | .167 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Detroit Tigers | 8 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 22 | 5 |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 10 |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 43 | 19 | 3 | – | – | – | .158 | 87 | 36 |
| 1954 | Detroit Tigers | 42 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | .176 | 84 | 45 |
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 24 | 21 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .190 | 88 | 30 |
| 1958 | Kansas City Athletics | 42 | 52 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .192 | 175 | 106 |
| 1959 | Kansas City Athletics | 37 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – | .211 | 184 | 99 |
| 1960 | Kansas City Athletics | 37 | 76 | 13 | – | 8 | – | .171 | 252 | 122 |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 34 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 7 | – | .185 | 221 | 84 |
| 1962 |  Chicago White Sox | 35 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 9 | – | .195 | 236 | 115 |
| 1963 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 10 | – | .222 | 224 | 105 |
| 1964 | Chicago White Sox | 20 | 36 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .139 | 111 | 40 |
| 1965 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | 41 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .268 | 130 | 51 |
| 1966 | Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 50 | 15 |