1970 Topps - Ron Herbel #526 (Pitcher) (b. 16 Jan 1938 - d. 20 Jan 2000 at age 62) - Autographed Baseball Card (San Diego Padres)

Ronald Samuel Herbel (b. January 16, 1938 – d. January 20, 2000 at age 62) 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.

Ron 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.

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.

If it could be said that he had a best season with the bat, it would be 1967. Herbel had three hits, two of which were doubles, two walks, three successful bunts and struck out only fourteen times for a .107 batting average. It was also Herbel's first real season as a reliever. Though he made eleven starts, he made 31 appearances out of the bullpen, earning one save. Over the next two seasons, Herbel made only six starts. Following the 1969 season, Herbel was traded with Bob Barton and Bobby Etheridge to the San Diego Padres for Frank Reberger.

The Padres were 50–82, 34.5 games back of the Cincinnati Reds when they dealt Herbel to the reigning World Series champion New York Mets, who were in the midst of a play-off drive again in 1970 (two games back of the first place Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League East at the time of the trade), and needed to add an arm to their bullpen. Following the season, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Bob Aspromonte.

Herbel spent one season in Atlanta, where he went 0–1 with a 5.23 ERA and one save in 25 appearances for the third place Braves. He signed with the Minnesota Twins in 1972, and spent the entire season with their triple A Pacific Coast League affiliate before retiring.

MLB statistics:
Win–loss record 42–37
Strikeouts - 447
ERA - 3.83

Teams:
San Francisco Giants (1963–1969)
San Diego Padres (1970)
New York Mets (1970)
Atlanta Braves (1971)

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