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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 LAD NL 23 OF 11 9 92.1 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -0.7 -9.1 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 1 1.85 1.73 .980 2.01 1.75
1963 LAD NL 23 LF 6 5 53.0 13 11 1 1 0 .923 -0.7 -15.8 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 0 2.04 2.00 .969 1.80 1.38
1963 LAD NL 23 RF 5 4 39.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 1 1.60 1.40 .971 1.83 1.60
1965 LAD NL 25 OF 27 20 188.0 41 38 0 3 0 .927 0.8 5.1 0.8 0.1 0.6 0 1.82 1.41 .976 2.00 1.75
1965 LAD NL 25 RF 19 18 150.1 35 33 0 2 0 .943 1.5 12.0 1.5 1.2 0.2 0 1.98 1.74 .977 1.96 1.73
1965 LAD NL 25 LF 10 2 37.2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.7 -22.3 -0.7 -1.1 0.4 0 1.19 0.50 .967 1.72 1.38
1966 LAD NL 26 OF 32 20 202.2 45 43 0 2 0 .956 -2.7 -16.0 0.3 0.8 -0.5 -3 1.91 1.34 .976 2.03 1.78
1966 LAD NL 26 RF 29 18 183.2 44 42 0 2 0 .955 -2.3 -15.0 0.7 0.8 -0.1 -3 2.06 1.45 .980 1.96 1.68
1966 LAD NL 26 LF 3 2 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.47 0.33 1.000 1.75 1.37
1967 LAD NL 27 OF 94 87 735.2 139 135 1 3 0 .978 -4.5 -7.3 -3.5 -1.5 -1.9 -1 1.66 1.45 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 LAD NL 27 RF 69 62 523.0 96 93 1 2 0 .979 -3.1 -7.1 -3.1 -1.9 -1.2 0 1.62 1.36 .976 2.04 1.76
1967 LAD NL 27 LF 29 25 212.2 45 44 0 1 0 .978 -1.4 -7.9 -0.4 0.4 -0.7 -1 1.86 1.52 .969 1.75 1.50
1968 LAD NL 28 LF 2 2 16.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.0 -75.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.56 0.50 1.000 1.63 1.40
1968 LAD NL 28 OF 2 2 16.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.0 -75.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.56 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.80
1969 SDP NL 29 LF 96 95 757.2 126 116 4 6 2 .952 -3.2 -5.1 -3.2 -1.3 -1.9 0 1.43 1.25 .963 1.67 1.30
1969 SDP NL 29 OF 96 95 757.2 142 131 5 6 2 .958 -3.2 -5.1 -3.2 -1.3 -1.9 0 1.62 1.42 .973 2.02 1.75
1970 SDP NL 30 LF 96 94 722.0 118 112 2 4 0 .966 -15.3 -25.4 -7.3 -1.3 -5.9 -8 1.42 1.19 .971 1.75 1.38
1970 SDP NL 30 OF 96 94 722.0 125 119 2 4 0 .968 -15.3 -25.4 -7.3 -1.3 -5.9 -8 1.51 1.26 .976 2.07 1.78
1971 TOT NL 31 LF 7 5 40.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.77 1.14 .975 1.86 1.53
1971 TOT NL 31 OF 7 5 40.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.77 1.14 .975 2.19 1.91
1971 SDP NL 31 LF 2 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -35.3 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 0.53 0.50 1.000 1.85 1.55
1971 SDP NL 31 OF 2 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -35.3 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 0.53 0.50 1.000 2.17 1.90
1971 CIN NL 31 LF 5 3 23.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 35.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 2.66 1.40 .971 1.86 1.52
1971 CIN NL 31 OF 5 3 23.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 35.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 2.66 1.40 .971 2.21 1.92
8 Seasons OF 365 332 2755.0 522 493 9 20 2 .962 -26.4 -11.5 -15.4 -3.4 -11.9 -11 1.64 1.38 .975 2.04 1.78
8 Seasons LF 249 230 1858.2 319 298 7 14 2 .956 -22.5 -14.5 -13.5 -2.5 -10.8 -9 1.48 1.22 .968 1.72 1.37
4 Seasons RF 122 102 896.1 182 175 1 6 0 .967 -3.9 -5.2 -1.9 -0.9 -1.1 -2 1.77 1.44 .977 2.00 1.73
8 Seasons TOT 365 332 2755.0 522 493 9 20 2 .962 -26.4 -11.5 -15.4 -3.4 -11.9 -11 1.64 1.38 .937 2.04 1.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 LAD NL 23 21 9 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 11 10 2
1965 LAD NL 25 41 20 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 19 27 14 2
1966 LAD NL 26 63 20 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 29 32 37 1
1967 LAD NL 27 122 87 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 69 94 32 0
1968 LAD NL 28 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
1969 SDP NL 29 138 95 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 43 0
1970 SDP NL 30 138 94 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 44 0
1971 CIN NL 31 32 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 29 0
1971 SDP NL 31 17 2 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 0
8 Seasons 574 332 574 574 0 0 0 0 0 0 249 0 122 365 224 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 LAD NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 63.6% 3 1 9.1% 0 241 63% 81% 42% 37 32%
1965 LAD NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 150 69% 76% 26% 10 50%
1966 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 73 92% 67% 19% 5 20%
1967 LAD NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 0 6 2 0 4 1 0 5 1 0 3 3 0 31 18 58.1% 13 0 0.0% 0 941 62% 75% 23% 106 42%
1968 LAD NL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 65 62% 82% 17% 7 14%
1969 SDP NL 29 6 0 6 0 3 4 0 1 0 2 26 22 0 20 4 1 12 5 0 6 1 1 4 3 1 68 35 51.5% 30 3 4.4% 1 3186 61% 76% 22% 270 43%
1970 SDP NL 30 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 28 17 1 26 1 0 19 6 0 11 1 0 11 10 0 95 35 36.8% 59 1 1.1% 1 3226 60% 76% 23% 282 40%
1971 CIN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 96 69% 83% 33% 11 64%
1971 SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 56% 79% 13% 4 25%
8 Seasons 14 0 14 0 8 7 0 2 1 3 76 56 1 53 7 1 41 16 1 23 4 1 19 17 1 212 100 47.2% 107 5 2.4% 2 8065 61% 76% 23% 732 41%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.6% 62% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 180 66% 74% 35% 25 28%
1965 LAD NL 25 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 614 72% 78% 27% 55 60%
1966 LAD NL 26 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 22 5 22.7% 17 0 0.0% 0 785 71% 77% 24% 80 53%
1967 LAD NL 27 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19 7 0 14 5 0 7 3 0 3 1 0 6 6 0 49 22 44.9% 27 0 0.0% 1 2188 64% 78% 23% 192 48%
4 Seasons 6 0 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 37 13 0 27 8 0 10 6 0 9 3 0 12 10 0 95 40 42.1% 55 0 0.0% 1 3767 67% 77% 25% 352 50%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 62% 77% 26% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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