What years did Ray Herbert play?

Ray Herbert played in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1966.

Was Ray Herbert a pitcher?

Yes. Ray Herbert pitched in the major leagues, recording 104 wins and 864 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ray Herbert hit?

Ray Herbert hit 7 career home runs with 109 hits.

What was Ray Herbert's career batting average?

Ray Herbert batted .192 over his career, with 109 hits in 569 at bats.

How many RBI did Ray Herbert have?

Ray Herbert drove in 51 runs in his career.

What was Ray Herbert's career ERA?

Ray Herbert finished with a 4.01 career ERA, going 104-107 with 864 strikeouts.

Ray Herbert

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1950-1966)

Ray Herbert was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1966 for 4 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 17 seasons. Across 407 career appearances, he went 104-107 with a 4.01 ERA and 864 strikeouts. He also batted .192 with 7 home runs. Ray Herbert was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5522.3.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 104–107

ERA 4.01

WHIP 1.37

SO 864

Pitcher PIV 5522.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 185 lb
Born: 12/15/1929 in Detroit, MI, USA
Died: 12/20/2022 in Plymouth, MI, USA
MLB Debut: 1950-08-27
Last Game: 1966-09-17
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Raymond Ernest Herbert

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ray Herbert — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
104	107	407	236	68	13	15	1881.1	2,000	839	167	571	864	4.01	5522.3

Career ERA 4.01 vs. league average 3.84 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ray Herbert Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1950	DET	AL	1	2	8	3	1	0	1	22.1	20	9	12	5	3.63	4.36 (+17%)	15.9
1951	DET	AL	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	12.2	8	2	9	9	1.42	4.04 (+65%)	269.9
1953	DET	AL	4	6	43	3	0	0	6	87.2	109	51	46	37	5.24	4.14 (-27%)	166.8
1954	DET	AL	3	6	42	4	0	0	0	84.1	114	55	50	44	5.87	3.90 (-51%)	-489.1
1955	KC1	AL	1	8	23	11	2	0	0	87.2	99	61	40	30	6.26	4.00 (-57%)	-1251.7
1958	KC1	AL	8	8	42	16	5	0	3	175.0	161	68	55	108	3.50	3.86 (+9%)	555.3
1959	KC1	AL	11	11	37	26	10	2	1	183.2	196	99	62	99	4.85	3.90 (-24%)	-1325.9
1960	KC1	AL	14	15	37	33	14	0	1	252.2	256	92	72	122	3.28	3.82 (+14%)	2952.7
1961	KC1	AL	3	6	13	12	1	0	0	83.2	103	50	30	34	5.38	4.03 (-34%)	-912.1
1961	CHA	AL	9	6	21	20	4	0	0	137.2	142	62	36	50	4.05	4.03 (-1%)	-76.4
1962	CHA	AL	20	9	35	35	12	2	0	236.2	228	86	74	115	3.27	3.96 (+17%)	4002.8
1963	CHA	AL	13	10	33	33	14	7	0	224.2	230	81	35	105	3.24	3.46 (+6%)	4267.5
1964	CHA	AL	6	7	20	19	1	1	0	111.2	117	43	17	40	3.47	3.58 (+3%)	-1251.5
1965	PHI	NL	5	8	25	19	4	1	1	130.2	162	56	19	51	3.86	3.50 (-10%)	32.5
1966	PHI	NL	2	5	23	2	0	0	2	50.1	55	24	14	15	4.29	3.52 (-22%)	-1434.5
Career · 15 seasons			104	107	407	236	68	13	15	1,881.1	2,000	839	571	864	4.01	—	5,522

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ray Herbert — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
408	569	46	109	21	1	7	51	0	42	133	.192	.248	.269	.517	-1,296

Career AVG .192 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 25.1% below league average.

Career OBP .248 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 23.5% below league average.

Career SLG .269 vs. league average .387 across their career seasons — 30.6% below league average.

Career OPS .517 vs. league average .711 across their career seasons — 27.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ray Herbert Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1950	DET	AL	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1951	DET	AL	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1953	DET	AL	43	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	7	.158	—	—	—	—	0.0
1954	DET	AL	42	17	5	3	0	1	1	3	2	4	.176	—	—	—	—	0.0
1955	KC1	AL	24	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	7	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
1958	KC1	AL	42	52	4	10	3	0	0	2	5	12	.192	.257 (-25%)	.324 (-19%)	.394 (-37%)	.719 (-29%)	-231.9
1959	KC1	AL	37	57	5	12	2	0	1	5	3	9	.211	.256 (-18%)	.323 (-23%)	.392 (-24%)	.715 (-23%)	-214.8
1960	KC1	AL	37	76	5	13	3	0	0	7	7	16	.171	.255 (-33%)	.323 (-26%)	.387 (-46%)	.711 (-37%)	-429.2
1961	KC1	AL	13	28	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	5	.107	—	—	—	—	0.0
1961	CHA	AL	21	53	7	12	1	0	2	3	3	8	.226	.258 (-12%)	.328 (-14%)	.399 (-10%)	.727 (-12%)	0.0
1962	CHA	AL	35	82	6	16	5	0	2	9	5	16	.195	.257 (-24%)	.326 (-24%)	.393 (-16%)	.719 (-20%)	-282.4
1963	CHA	AL	33	63	7	14	4	0	1	10	9	18	.222	.246 (-10%)	.308 (+2%)	.371 (-10%)	.680 (-5%)	-34.1
1964	CHA	AL	20	36	2	5	0	0	0	3	1	10	.139	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	PHI	NL	25	41	3	11	1	0	0	3	1	13	.268	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	PHI	NL	23	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			408	569	46	109	21	1	7	51	42	133	.192	—	—	—	—	-1,192

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ray Herbert — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	213	291	17	59	2	27	.203
Away	195	278	29	50	5	25	.180

Pitching — Home / Away

Ray Herbert — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	212	1017.2	1040	442	280	465	3.91
Away	195	865.0	961	397	291	398	4.13

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ray Herbert — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
1966-09-17	PHI	HOU	L	0	0	0
1966-08-27	PHI	CIN	L	1	0	0
1966-08-27	PHI	CIN	L	0	0	0
1966-08-22	PHI	PIT	L	0	0	0
1966-08-21	PHI	NYN	L	0	0	0
1966-08-05	PHI	ATL	L	0	0	0
1966-07-31	PHI	PIT	W	0	0	0
1966-07-20	PHI	HOU	W	1	0	0
1966-07-17	PHI	LAD	L	3	0	3
1966-07-07	PHI	NYN	L	1	1	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ray Herbert — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1966-09-17	PHI	HOU	—	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	0
1966-08-27	PHI	CIN	L	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1
1966-08-27	PHI	CIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1966-08-22	PHI	PIT	—	0.2	4	1	1	0	0	0
1966-08-21	PHI	NYN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1966-08-05	PHI	ATL	—	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	2
1966-07-31	PHI	PIT	SV	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1966-07-20	PHI	HOU	W	3.0	2	3	2	0	2	1
1966-07-17	PHI	LAD	L	7.1	4	2	1	1	2	0
1966-07-07	PHI	NYN	L	2.1	3	3	3	2	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ray Herbert — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	407	230	126	389	13	41

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ray Herbert — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1950	DET	P	8	0	1	8	0	0
1951	DET	P	5	0	0	1	1	0
1953	DET	P	43	0	9	28	2	2
1954	DET	P	42	4	7	24	1	2
1955	KC1	P	23	11	8	24	0	0
1958	KC1	P	42	16	9	37	3	8
1959	KC1	P	37	26	13	23	1	4
1960	KC1	P	37	33	8	55	2	6
1961	KC1	P	13	12	6	15	0	0
1961	CHA	P	21	20	14	24	2	4
1962	CHA	P	35	35	21	50	0	8
1963	CHA	P	33	33	18	48	1	1
1964	CHA	P	20	19	3	18	0	1
1965	PHI	P	25	19	7	26	0	4
1966	PHI	P	23	2	2	8	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Ray Herbert Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	407

Award Voting History

Ray Herbert — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1962	Most Valuable Player	AL	29th	5.0	280	0

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Career Spans

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Ray Herbert: the record in brief

Between the debut on August 27, 1950 and the final game on September 17, 1966, Ray Herbert built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the Detroit Tigers (1950 to 1954), the Kansas City Athletics (1955 to 1961), the Chicago White Sox (1961 to 1964), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1965 to 1966). The bio lists Herbert as a pitcher who threw and hit right-handed. The recorded size is 5'11" and 185 pounds. Herbert was born on December 15, 1929, in Detroit, MI, USA. The bio records the death on December 20, 2022, in Plymouth, MI, USA. Ray Herbert was the playing name; the full given name is Raymond Ernest.

Herbert's career pitching line is 104 wins, 107 losses and a 4.01 ERA over 407 appearances. Herbert had 864 strikeouts, 68 complete games, 13 shutouts, and 15 saves. Herbert's 4.01 ERA was close to the 3.84 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 20 wins of 1962.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ray Herbert

What years did Ray Herbert play?: Ray Herbert played in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1966.
Was Ray Herbert a pitcher?: Yes. Ray Herbert pitched in the major leagues, recording 104 wins and 864 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ray Herbert hit?: Ray Herbert hit 7 career home runs with 109 hits.
What was Ray Herbert's career batting average?: Ray Herbert batted .192 over his career, with 109 hits in 569 at bats.
How many RBI did Ray Herbert have?: Ray Herbert drove in 51 runs in his career.
What was Ray Herbert's career ERA?: Ray Herbert finished with a 4.01 career ERA, going 104-107 with 864 strikeouts.