Herbert Gay - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Herbert Gay

Herbert Wimble Gay
(Ruff)

Born: January 25, 1909 in Fort Gaines, GA
Died: May 1979 in Hempstead, NY
(70 years old)

Bats:

Throws:

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 152

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Notes:

• Relatives: Willie Gay (Brother)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1929	CAG	NNL	20	SP	1	1	.500	10	5		1	0	0	31.2	23	21	30	3	24	9	1	0	2	145	5.97	55
1930	BBB/BBS	IND/NNL	21	SP	1	2	.333	6	5		2	0	0	25.1	20	17	39	2	10	5	0	0	0	121	6.04	85
2	3			RP	2	3	.400	16	10		3	0	0	57.0	43	38	69	5	34	14	1	0	2	266	6.00	65
162 Game Average					5	8	.400	42	26		8	0	0	149.0	112	99	180	13	89	37	3	0	5	696	6.00	65

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Chicago American Giants			-	1	1	.500	10	5		1	0	0	31.2	23	21	30	3	24	9	1	0	2	145	5.97	55
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	1	0	1.000	3	3		1	0	0	13.2	11	8	18	0	4	1	0	0	0	63	5.27	84
1	Baltimore Black Sox			RP	0	2	.000	3	2		1	0	0	11.2	9	9	21	2	6	4	0	0	0	58	6.94	86

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1929	CAG	NNL	20	SP	31.2		1.71	1.17		6.2%	11.3%		16.6%	6.5%		0.38	1.73		2.1%	1.5%
1930	BBB/BBS	IND/NNL	21	SP	25.1		1.93	1.49		4.1%	11.1%		8.3%	7.9%		0.50	1.42		1.7%	1.3%
2	3			RP	57.0		1.81	1.31		5.3%	11.2%		12.8%	7.1%		0.41	1.59		1.9%	1.4%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Chicago American Giants			-	31.2		1.71	1.17		6.2%	11.3%		16.6%	6.5%		0.38	1.73		2.1%	1.5%
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	13.2		1.61	1.41		1.6%	12.1%		6.3%	7.6%		0.25	1.58		0.0%	1.2%
1	Baltimore Black Sox			RP	11.2		2.31	1.58		6.9%	10.1%		10.3%	8.1%		0.67	1.24		3.4%	1.5%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1929	CAG	NNL	20	SP	10	145	111	23	30	2	3	3	6		24	9		2	8		3	.270	.409	.423	.832
1930	BBB/BBS	IND/NNL	21	SP	6	121	107	20	39	1	3	2	3		10	5		0	4		3	.364	.419	.486	.905
2	3			RP	16	266	218	43	69	3	6	5	9		34	14		2	12		6	.317	.413	.454	.868

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Chicago American Giants			-	10	145	111	23	30	2	3	3	6		24	9		2	8		3	.270	.409	.423	.832
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	3	63	56	11	18	0	3	0	3		4	1		0	3		1	.321	.367	.429	.795
1	Baltimore Black Sox			RP	3	58	51	9	21	1	0	2	0		6	4		0	1		2	.412	.474	.549	1.023

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