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Félix Fermín

Felix Jose (Minaya) Fermin

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 9, 1963 in Mao, Valverde, D.R.
High School: U. C. E. College (San Pedro de Macoris, DO)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1987 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners/Pirates/Cubs 1987-1996

Final Game: August 7, 1996 (Age 32)
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1983	19	PIT-min	A-,Rk	68	261	238	28	47	6	1	0	15	5	1	16	30	.197	.256	.231	.487		55		3	3	1	0		WTR,BRD · NYPL,GULF
1984	20	PIT-min	A	119	423	382	34	94	13	1	0	41	32	10	29	32	.246	.306	.285	.592		109		5	5	2	0		PRW · CARL
1985	21	PIT-min	AA	137	495	443	32	100	10	2	0	27	29	15	37	30	.226	.289	.257	.546		114		3	10	2	0		NAS · EL
1986	22	PIT-min	A,AAA	123	488	447	71	122	15	1	0	35	41	13	32	32	.273	.326	.311	.637		139		4	4	1	0		PRW,HAW · CARL,PCL
1987	23	PIT-min	AA	100	438	399	62	107	9	5	0	35	22	13	27	22	.268	.316	.316	.631		126		2	7	3	1		HRB · EL
1987	23	PIT	NL	23	75	68	6	17	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.250	.301	.250	.551	49	17	3	1	2	0	1	6
1988	24	PIT-min	AAA	87	375	352	38	92	11	1	0	31	8	6	17	18	.261	.296	.298	.595		105		1	4	1	0		BFL · AA
1988	24	PIT	NL	43	100	87	9	24	0	2	0	2	3	1	8	10	.276	.354	.322	.675	98	28	3	3	1	1	1	6
1989	25	CLE	AL	156	562	484	50	115	9	1	0	21	6	4	41	27	.238	.302	.260	.562	60	126	15	4	32	1	0	*6/4
1990	26	CLE	AL	148	458	414	47	106	13	2	1	40	3	3	26	22	.256	.297	.304	.601	70	126	13	0	13	5	0	*6/4
1991	27	CLE-min	AAA	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500		2	0	0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
1991	27	CLE	AL	129	469	424	30	111	13	2	0	31	5	4	26	27	.262	.307	.302	.609	69	128	17	3	13	3	0	*6
1992	28	CLE	AL	79	245	215	27	58	7	2	0	13	0	0	18	10	.270	.326	.321	.647	84	69	7	1	9	2	1	65/43
1993	29	CLE	AL	140	514	480	48	126	16	2	2	45	4	5	24	14	.263	.303	.317	.619	67	152	12	4	5	1	1	*6
1994	30	SEA	AL	101	411	379	52	120	21	0	1	35	4	4	11	22	.317	.338	.380	.718	85	144	9	4	12	5	0	*64
1995	31	SEA-min	AAA	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667		1	0	0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1995	31	SEA	AL	73	219	200	21	39	6	0	0	15	2	0	6	6	.195	.232	.225	.457	20	45	7	4	8	1	0	64
1996	32	CHC-NYY-min	AAA	46	148	138	11	38	4	1	0	11	1	0	6	8	.275	.313	.319	.632		44	6	2	1	1	0		IWA,CLB · AA,IL
1996	32	CHC	NL	11	19	16	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.125	.222	.188	.410	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	/46
10 Yrs				903	3072	2767	294	718	86	11	4	207	27	21	166	147	.259	.305	.303	.608	67	838	88	24	96	19	4
162 Game Avg.				162	551	496	53	129	15	2	1	37	5	4	30	26	.259	.305	.303	.608	67	150	16	4	17	3	1

CLE (5 yrs)				652	2248	2017	202	516	58	9	3	150	18	16	135	100	.256	.305	.298	.603	68	601	64	12	72	12	2
PIT (2 yrs)				66	175	155	15	41	0	2	0	6	3	1	12	19	.265	.331	.290	.622	75	45	6	4	3	1	2
SEA (2 yrs)				174	630	579	73	159	27	0	1	50	6	4	17	28	.275	.302	.326	.628	62	189	16	8	20	6	0
CHC (1 yr)				11	19	16	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.125	.222	.188	.410	9	3	2	0	1	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				826	2878	2596	275	675	85	9	4	200	24	20	152	128	.260	.304	.304	.608	67	790	80	20	92	18	2
NL (3 yrs)				77	194	171	19	43	1	2	0	7	3	1	14	19	.251	.321	.281	.602	69	48	8	4	4	1	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1987	23	PIT	NL	23	75	-5	-0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.4	-2		6
1988	24	PIT	NL	43	100	1	-0	-0	-2	2	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.5	-0.1	5	$67,500	6
1989	25	CLE	AL	156	562	-22	1	0	11	8	-2	0.1	17	16	1.7	.499	.499	0.5	2.2	5	$85,000	*6/4
1990	26	CLE	AL	148	458	-17	0	-0	2	8	-7	-0.7	16	8	0.7	.495	.495	0.6	1.1	6	$190,000	*6/4
1991	27	CLE	AL	129	469	-19	-1	-1	3	7	-12	-1.1	16	4	0.4	.490	.492	0.1	1.1	1	$575,000	*6
1992	28	CLE	AL	79	245	-5	-0	0	-1	3	-4	-0.3	8	4	0.4	.495	.498	0.6	0.2	6	$950,000	65/43
1993	29	CLE	AL	140	514	-18	0	0	-20	8	-30	-2.9	17	-12	-1.3	.479	.482	0.8	-1.2	7	$975,000	*6
1994	30	SEA	AL	101	411	-6	-1	1	-11	5	-12	-1.0	13	1	0.2	.489	.493	1.2	-0.5	12	$1,000,000	*64
1995	31	SEA	AL	73	219	-24	0	1	-6	3	-26	-2.5	7	-19	-1.8	.466	.484	-1.2	-0.2	-13	$900,000	64
1996	32	CHC	NL	11	19	-2	0	-0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.469	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2		/46
10 Seasons				903	3072	-119	-2	1	-22	45	-97	-8.8	100	3	0.4	.489	.494	2.7	3.1	25	$4,742,500

CLE (5 yrs)				652	2248	-81	-0	-0	-5	33	-54	-4.8	74	20	1.9	.492	.493	2.6	3.6	25	$2,775,000
PIT (2 yrs)				66	175	-4	-0	-0	0	3	-2	-0.2	5	4	0.4	.497	.499	0.3	0.3	3	$67,500
SEA (2 yrs)				174	630	-31	-1	2	-16	8	-38	-3.5	20	-18	-1.6	.479	.489	0.0	-0.7	-1	$1,900,000
CHC (1 yr)				11	19	-2	0	-0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.469	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1995	31	SEA	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	3	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1995	31	SEA	AL	ALCS	CLE	L	2	0	0	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							5	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 ALDS							3	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 ALCS							2	0	0	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1987	PIT	NL	23	SS	23	19	15	178.2	100	36	62	2	13	.980	2	16	4.94	4.26	.965	4.72	4.69
1988	PIT	NL	24	SS	43	32	10	265.1	133	51	76	6	14	.955	-2	-10	4.31	2.95	.967	4.63	4.64
1989	CLE	AL	25	SS	153	150	124	1311.0	785	247	512	26	84	.967	11	10	5.21	4.96	.971	4.79	4.74
1989	CLE	AL	25	2B	2	2	2	18.0	11	6	5	0	0	1.000	-0	-7	5.50	5.50	.981	5.25	5.20
1990	CLE	AL	26	SS	147	140	99	1179.0	650	213	421	16	81	.975	3	3	4.84	4.31	.973	4.74	4.69
1990	CLE	AL	26	2B	1	0	0	4.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0	-150	6.75	3.00	.983	5.18	5.20
1991	CLE	AL	27	SS	129	127	112	1092.1	598	214	372	12	74	.980	3	3	4.83	4.54	.971	4.67	4.66
1992	CLE	AL	28	SS	55	47	34	420.2	205	64	135	6	36	.971	-2	-5	4.26	3.62	.969	4.71	4.69
1992	CLE	AL	28	3B	17	11	7	105.1	37	10	25	2	3	.946	0	1	2.99	2.06	.950	2.78	2.77
1992	CLE	AL	28	2B	7	2	2	27.0	12	4	8	0	3	1.000	0	13	4.00	1.71	.983	5.27	5.23
1992	CLE	AL	28	1B	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	0.50	.990	9.90	9.65
1993	CLE	AL	29	SS	140	137	114	1186.1	580	211	346	23	87	.960	-20	-20	4.23	3.98	.973	4.69	4.64
1994	SEA	AL	30	SS	77	75	67	640.0	303	116	179	8	43	.974	-9	-17	4.15	3.83	.969	4.64	4.60
1994	SEA	AL	30	2B	25	24	20	212.0	126	53	71	2	19	.984	-2	-8	5.26	4.96	.981	5.10	5.06
1995	SEA	AL	31	SS	46	35	29	310.2	174	75	94	5	31	.971	-5	-19	4.90	3.67	.974	4.71	4.65
1995	SEA	AL	31	2B	29	25	15	207.0	108	32	75	1	12	.991	-1	-5	4.65	3.69	.981	5.11	5.06
1996	CHC	NL	32	2B	6	2	2	25.0	8	2	5	1	1	.875	-1	-43	2.52	1.17	.981	5.08	5.07
1996	CHC	NL	32	SS	2	1	0	8.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	-0	-15	5.62	2.50	.968	4.61	4.55
	10 Seasons			SS	815	763	604	6592.0	3533	1230	2199	104	463	.971	-19	-3	4.68	4.21	.971	4.71	4.67
	6 Seasons			2B	70	55	41	493.0	268	98	166	4	35	.985	-4	-9	4.82	3.77	.981	5.12	5.08
	1 Season			3B	17	11	7	105.1	37	10	25	2	3	.946	0	1	2.99	2.06	.950	2.78	2.77
	1 Season			1B	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.50	0.50	.990	9.90	9.65
	10 Seasons			TOT	904	829	652	7192.1	3839	1339	2390	110	501	.971	-22	-4	4.67	4.13	.972	4.71	4.68
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1989 AL 2.2 (6th)	Singles s c a p y 1994 AL 98 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1989 AL 32 (1st) 1990 AL 13 (4th) 1991 AL 13 (4th) 1994 AL 12 (2nd)	AB per SO s c a p y 1989 AL 17.9 (3rd) 1993 AL 34.3 (1st) 1994 AL 17.2 (2nd) Career 18.8 (143rd)
Assists† s c a p y 1989 AL 517 (2nd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1989 AL 26 (1st) 1993 AL 23 (3rd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 153 (3rd) 1990 AL 147 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 247 (4th) 1991 AL 214 (5th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 512 (2nd) 1990 AL 421 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 26 (1st) 1993 AL 23 (1st)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1989 AL 5.21 (3rd) 1990 AL 4.84 (4th) 1991 AL 4.83 (5th) Career 4.68 (61st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1989 AL 4.96 (5th) 1991 AL 4.54 (5th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1991 AL .980 (4th) Career .971 (79th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1933), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Shortstop (300th), 0.4 career WAR/3.8 7yr-peak WAR/2.1 JAWS Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 11, 1983: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.
March 25, 1989: the Pittsburgh Pirates sent Felix Fermin to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on November 28, 1988. November 28, 1988: The Pittsburgh Pirates sent a player to be named later and Denny Gonzalez to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later.
December 20, 1993: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Reggie Jefferson and cash to the Seattle Mariners for Omar Vizquel.
October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
November 29, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
April 13, 1996: Released by the Seattle Mariners.
May 8, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
May 22, 1996: Released by the New York Yankees.
May 29, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
August 9, 1996: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
1988	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	$67,500	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	25	Cleveland Indians	$85,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	26	Cleveland Indians	$190,000*
1991	27	Cleveland Indians	$575,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1992	28	Cleveland Indians	$950,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	29	Cleveland Indians	$975,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1	Incl $50,000 signing bonus, $25,000 earned bonus
1994	30	Seattle Mariners	$1,000,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	31	Seattle Mariners	$900,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $50,000 earned bonus
1996	32	Seattle Mariners	$850,000	4/10/96 Baseball Weekly survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,592,500

Disputed Salaries
*1990 - $205,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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