Ron Herbel
American baseball player
Died when: 62 years 4 days (744 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Ronald Samuel Herbel (January 16, 1938 – January 20, 2000) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in 331 games, all but 79 in relief, for the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves.
A right-hander born in Denver, he was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg).Herbel's .029 career batting average is the lowest batting average in Major League history for a player with a minimum of 100 at-bats.
Herbel set another record for batting futility, he accumulated the fewest hits of any pitcher or position player in major league history reaching his first 100 at-bats with one.
He got his second hit on June 9, 1966 at the Houston Astrodome, a fifth-inning single RBI single off of Larry Dierker.
He was 1-for-108 (.009) in the majors up to that point and 0-for-12 beginning the 1966 season.It was his only safety of the season, going 1-for-38 (.026) overall.
After his second hit, he went 4-for-97 (.041) thereafter, completing his major league career in 1971 to finish 6-for-206.
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