Al Ferrara
Alfred John Ferrara Jr. (The Bull)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 203 lb.

Born: December 22, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn, NY)
School: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1963
Final Game: September 1, 1971
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Standard Batting

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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
1963 23 LAD NL 21 52 44 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 9 .159 .275 .227 .502 51 10 0 1 1 0 0 /79
1965 25 LAD NL 41 91 81 5 17 2 1 1 10 0 0 9 20 .210 .297 .296 .593 73 24 1 1 0 0 0 97
1966 26 LAD NL 63 129 115 15 31 4 0 5 23 0 0 9 35 .270 .333 .435 .768 120 50 3 3 0 2 0 9/7
1967 27 LAD NL 122 384 347 41 96 16 1 16 50 0 1 33 73 .277 .345 .467 .812 140 162 5 3 1 0 4 97
1968 28 LAD NL 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -11 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1969 29 SDP NL 138 421 366 39 95 22 1 14 56 0 0 45 69 .260 .349 .440 .789 124 161 7 7 0 3 5 7
1970 30 SDP NL 138 430 372 44 103 15 4 13 51 0 0 46 63 .277 .372 .444 .816 122 165 8 11 0 1 2 7
1971 31 TOT NL 49 59 50 2 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 8 15 .160 .288 .240 .528 55 12 3 1 0 0 1 /7
1971 31 SDP NL 17 22 17 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 .118 .318 .176 .495 48 3 2 0 0 0 1 /7
1971 31 CIN NL 32 37 33 2 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 10 .182 .270 .273 .543 58 9 1 1 0 0 0 /7
8 Seasons 574 1573 1382 148 358 60 7 51 198 0 1 156 286 .259 .344 .423 .768 119 585 27 27 2 6 12
162 Game Avg. 162 444 390 42 101 17 2 14 56 0 0 44 81 .259 .344 .423 .768 119 165 8 8 1 2 3
LAD (5 yrs) 249 663 594 63 152 22 2 23 84 0 1 57 139 .256 .328 .416 .744 119 247 9 8 2 2 4
SDP (3 yrs) 293 873 755 83 200 38 5 27 109 0 0 96 137 .265 .360 .436 .795 121 329 17 18 0 4 8
CIN (1 yr) 32 37 33 2 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 10 .182 .270 .273 .543 58 9 1 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1963 23 LAD NL 52 38 3 2.1 84 .176 .159 .246 .275 .307 .227 .368 .502 .675 51 .246 -2.5 -0.3 .459 .205 .068 .0
1965 25 LAD NL 91 65 8 3.3 88 .267 .210 .250 .297 .312 .296 .378 .593 .690 73 .400 -2.6 -0.3 .523 .198 .086 .0
1966 26 LAD NL 129 89 17 5.2 89 .338 .270 .255 .333 .312 .435 .384 .768 .697 120 .589 3.4 0.4 .713 .243 .165 .0
1967 27 LAD NL 384 258 56 5.9 83 .310 .277 .247 .345 .308 .467 .363 .812 .671 140 .671 17.5 1.8 .767 .282 .190 .0
1968 28 LAD NL 7 6 0 0.0 75 .200 .143 .243 .143 .300 .143 .342 .286 .642 -11 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1969 29 SDP NL 421 281 58 5.5 91 .283 .260 .255 .349 .324 .440 .377 .789 .702 124 .626 13.0 1.3 .766 .303 .180 .0
1970 30 SDP NL 430 278 64 6.2 100 .303 .277 .262 .372 .334 .444 .400 .816 .735 122 .628 12.6 1.2 .801 .290 .167 .0
1971 31 TOT NL 59 45 3 1.8 88 .206 .160 .253 .288 .318 .240 .370 .528 .689 55 .183 -2.7 -0.3 .467 .240 .080 .0
1971 31 SDP NL 22 17 1 1.6 87 .167 .118 .252 .318 .316 .176 .368 .495 .685 48 .151 -0.8 -0.1 .471 .353 .059
1971 31 CIN NL 37 28 2 1.9 88 .227 .182 .254 .270 .319 .273 .372 .543 .691 58 .203 -1.8 -0.2 .464 .182 .091 .0
8 Seasons 1573 1060 209 5.3 91 .292 .259 .254 .344 .321 .423 .380 .768 .700 119 .602 37.8 3.8 .729 .276 .164 .0
162 Game Avg. 444 299 59 5.3 91 .292 .259 .254 .344 .321 .423 .380 .768 .700 119 .602 11 1 .729 .276 .164
LAD (5 yrs) 663 456 84 5.0 85 .297 .256 .249 .328 .309 .416 .369 .744 .679 119 .594 14.8 1.5 .688 .254 .160 .0
SDP (3 yrs) 873 576 123 5.7 95 .291 .265 .258 .360 .329 .436 .389 .795 .718 121 .618 24.8 2.5 .774 .298 .171 .0
CIN (1 yr) 37 28 2 1.9 88 .227 .182 .254 .270 .319 .273 .372 .543 .691 58 .202 -1.8 -0.2 .464 .182 .091 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 26 LAD NL WS BAL L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1963 23 LAD NL 52 1.9% 17.3% 11.5% 1.9% 14% 1.50 4.9 44.0 44.0 0.36 65%
1965 25 LAD NL 91 1.1% 22.0% 9.9% 4.4% 24% 2.22 4.1 81.0 8.1 0.83 66%
1966 26 LAD NL 129 3.9% 27.1% 7.0% 7.0% 29% 3.89 3.3 23.0 5.0 1.08 60%
1967 27 LAD NL 384 4.2% 19.0% 8.6% 8.6% 34% 2.21 4.8 21.7 6.9 0.48 67%
1968 28 LAD NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 3.00 71%
1969 29 SDP NL 421 3.3% 16.4% 10.7% 8.8% 39% 1.53 5.3 26.1 6.5 0.66 68%
1970 30 SDP NL 430 3.0% 14.7% 10.7% 7.4% 31% 1.37 5.9 28.6 7.3 0.89 69%
1971 31 TOT NL 59 1.7% 25.4% 13.6% 3.4% 25% 1.88 3.3 50.0 7.1 0.67 58%
1971 31 SDP NL 22 0.0% 22.7% 22.7% 4.6% 50% 1.00 3.4 8.5 0.71 55%
1971 31 CIN NL 37 2.7% 27.0% 8.1% 2.7% 17% 3.33 3.3 33.0 6.6 0.64 59%
8 Seasons 1573 3.2% 18.2% 9.9% 7.5% 33% 1.83 4.8 27.1 7.0 0.69 67%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 23 LAD NL 0 0 8% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1965 25 LAD NL 1 0 15% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25% 7 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 26 LAD NL 0 0 26% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 42% 5 4 1 2 1 1 5 1 3
1967 27 LAD NL 5 0 22% 161 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 42% 12 10 2 3 2 1 11 3 8
1968 28 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 29 SDP NL 7 0 19% 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 6 45% 15 10 5 4 1 1 10 3 7
1970 30 SDP NL 7 0 21% 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 32% 18 14 4 5 3 2 11 4 5
1971 31 TOT NL 1 0 6% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 31 SDP NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 31 CIN NL 1 0 11% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 21 0 20% 537 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 30 38% 58 44 14 16 9 5 37 11 23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 23 LAD NL 52 63% 7 8 1 0 0 1.87 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 2 1 50% 25 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1965 25 LAD NL 91 75% 17 12 3 1 2 2.32 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 5 1 20% 55 9 16% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
1966 26 LAD NL 129 68% 31 31 5 0 7 2.54 5 0 2 2 3 0 5 1 1 0 0% 24 3 13% 14 4 29% 95 18 19% 11 7 64% 11 4 36% 0
1967 27 LAD NL 384 52% 96 28 5 0 3 1.72 16 0 7 6 10 9 7 0 1 1 100% 55 5 9% 20 3 15% 228 38 17% 20 9 45% 27 14 52% 0
1968 28 LAD NL 7 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 29 SDP NL 397 25% 95 36 7 2 6 1.76 14 1 7 10 4 7 7 0 0 0 69 7 10% 28 3 11% 255 42 16% 25 9 36% 17 3 18% 24
1970 30 SDP NL 424 18% 103 35 9 0 3 1.79 13 0 9 12 1 3 10 0 0 0 67 8 12% 24 5 21% 251 41 16% 20 10 50% 25 7 28% 6
1971 31 TOT NL 59 46% 8 37 6 1 4 1.50 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0% 8 3 38% 5 0 0% 41 7 17% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1971 31 SDP NL 22 45% 2 12 2 0 1 1.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 2 0 0% 15 2 13% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1971 31 CIN NL 37 46% 6 25 4 1 3 1.63 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 26 5 19% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
8 Seasons 1543 39% 358 187 36 4 25 1.88 51 1 33 31 20 20 31 1 4 2 50% 243 27 11% 98 17 17% 953 155 16% 87 39 45% 89 32 36% 30
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 23 21 52 44 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 9 .159 .275 .227 .502 51 10 0 1 1 0 0
1964 24 21 52 44 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 9 .159 .275 .227 .502 51 10 0 1 1 0 0
1965 25 62 143 125 7 24 2 1 2 11 0 0 15 29 .192 .289 .272 .561 66 34 1 2 1 0 0
1966 26 125 272 240 22 55 6 1 7 34 0 0 24 64 .229 .310 .350 .660 92 84 4 5 1 2 0
1967 27 247 656 587 63 151 22 2 23 84 0 1 57 137 .257 .330 .419 .749 120 246 9 8 2 2 4
1968 28 249 663 594 63 152 22 2 23 84 0 1 57 139 .256 .328 .416 .744 119 247 9 8 2 2 4
1969 29 387 1084 960 102 247 44 3 37 140 0 1 102 208 .257 .336 .425 .761 121 408 16 15 2 5 9
1970 30 525 1514 1332 146 350 59 7 50 191 0 1 148 271 .263 .347 .430 .777 121 573 24 26 2 6 11
1971 31 574 1573 1382 148 358 60 7 51 198 0 1 156 286 .259 .344 .423 .768 119 585 27 27 2 6 12

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 23 21 55 46 2 9 0 0 1 1 0 8 9 .196 .327 .261 .588 4 21
1965 25 41 96 84 6 20 2 1 1 12 0 11 20 .238 .333 .321 .655 9 41
1966 26 63 134 119 18 35 5 0 6 27 0 10 35 .294 .358 .487 .846 20 63
1967 27 122 405 363 52 112 19 1 19 63 0 38 73 .309 .380 .523 .904 71 122
1968 28 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1969 29 138 438 377 44 106 25 1 16 64 0 50 69 .281 .374 .480 .855 66 138
1970 30 138 440 378 45 109 16 4 14 52 0 49 63 .288 .386 .463 .849 65 138
1971 31 49 61 51 2 9 1 0 1 8 0 9 15 .176 .311 .255 .566 4 49
8 Seasons 574 1636 1425 169 400 68 7 58 227 0 175 286 .281 .370 .460 .830 239 574
162 Game Avg. 162 462 402 48 113 19 2 16 64 0 49 81 .281 .370 .460 .830 67 574

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1970 NL  11 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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