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Ron Herbel

Ron Herbel
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Herbel in 1963.
Pitcher
Born: (1938-01-16)January 16, 1938
Denver, Colorado
Died: January 20, 2000(2000-01-20) (aged 62)
Tacoma, Washington
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 1963, for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 19, 1971, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
Win–loss record 42–37
Strikeouts 447
Earned run average 3.83
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Ronald Samuel Herbel (January 16, 1938 – January 20, 2000) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher. His .029 career batting average is the lowest batting average in Major League history for a player with a minimum of 100 at-bats.

Born in Denver, Colorado, Herbel attended the University of Northern Colorado. After two seasons at Northern Colorado, Herbel signed as an amateur free agent with the San Francisco Giants. He spent five seasons in San Francisco's farm system when he received a September call up to the Giants in 1963. He made two relief appearances with the Giants, both against the New York Mets, with his major league debut on September 10 at the Polo Grounds.

Herbel was used both in relief and as a starter in 1963, as he made 22 starts and eighteen appearances out of the bullpen. In his first Major League at-bat on May 6, he struck out against Larry Jackson of the Chicago Cubs. For the season, Herbel made 54 plate appearances without getting a hit, and struck out thirty times.

On the mound, however, he was much better. Herbel went 9–9 with a 3.07 earned run average and 98 strikeouts. His first major league win was a 1–0 complete game shut out of the New York Mets on May 17.

In 1965 Herbel earned a spot in the starting rotation on his way to a 12–9 record for a Giants team that won 14 straight games in September, with Herbel pitching the best ball of his career, only to lose the pennant by two games to a Dodger team that won its last 15 games. He registered his first major league hit and RBI on May 21 in his first major league game on astroturf, while holding the Houston Astros to just five hits themselves in the complete game victory. It was Herbel's only hit of the season, though he was credited with a second run batted in on July 28 when he walked with the bases loaded.


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