Ron Herbel vs. Bob James — Career Comparison

Ron Herbel
Silent GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Bob James a clear advantage over Ron Herbel across the core pitching metrics. Bob James led in strikeout rate (K%+ 121 vs 67), home run suppression (HR9+ 113 vs 69), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 110 vs 84). Bob James was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ron Herbel and Bob James

Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
3.33
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.42
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.37
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.57
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.16
53.16
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.87
23.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.61
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
3.83
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.8
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2682
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
894
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
945
9.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
8.34
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.34
8.34
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.82
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
2.87
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.55
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
4.5
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
7.52
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
0.819
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.4
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.2
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3836
38.62
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.01
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
4.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.29
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3514
35.38
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1533
33.9
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Ron Herbel and Bob James

Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
3.33
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
6.17
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2683
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
894.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.63
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.62
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.89
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.04
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.64
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.95
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.53
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.66
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.8
95.8
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.758
0.758
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.87
23.87
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Herbel and Bob James

Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332
885.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
7971.43
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
206
549.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
1.12
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
37.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
24
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
-15.81
-42.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
333.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.33
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.33
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA