Don Ferrarese

Donald Hugh Ferrarese

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 19, 1929 in Oakland, CA
High School: Acalanes HS (Lafayette, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Phillies/Indians/Cardinals/WhiteSox 1955-1962

Final Game: September 22, 1962
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Standard Batting

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
1948	19	PHI-min	D,C																										KLF,STK · FARW,CALL
1949	20	ABQ,OLD	C,AAA	46	96	96	0	24	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.385	.635		37		0	0				ABQ,OLD · WTNM,PCL
1950	21	WEN	B	48	124	124		38	7	3	1						.306	.306	.435	.742		54							WEN · WINT
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	24	OLD	Opn	28	30	27	4	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	3	.111	.172	.148	.321		4	0	0	1				OLD · PCL
1954	25	OLD	Opn	53	104	93	14	27	6	0	1	7	0		7	11	.290	.347	.387	.734		36	4	1	3	0			OLD · PCL
1955	26	BAL-min	AA,Opn	36	62	54	6	15	2	0	1	10	0	0	5	9	.278	.339	.370	.709		20	1	0	3	0			SAN,OLD · TL,PCL
1955	26	BAL	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	27	BAL	AL	36	30	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.036	.100	.036	.136	-61	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
1957	28	BAL-min	Opn	28	59	49	3	12	2	0	0	4	0		4	6	.245	.302	.286	.588		14	2	0	6	0			VAN · PCL
1957	28	BAL	AL	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	29	CLE	AL	28	27	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.115	.148	.115	.264	-26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	30	CLE	AL	15	28	27	1	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	.259	.259	.407	.667	83	11	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	31	CHW-min	AAA	26	29	29	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.138	.138	.138	.276		4							SDG · PCL
1960	31	CHW	AL	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	32	PHI	NL	43	40	35	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.171	.194	.171	.366	-0	6	1	0	4	0	0	1/8
1962	33	TOT	NL	43	6	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.833	1.167	192	5	1	0	0	0	0	1
1962	33	PHI	NL	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	448	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	33	STL	NL	38	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.800	1.000	143	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
8 Yrs				184	137	128	5	20	4	0	1	8	0	1	3	26	.156	.182	.211	.393	7	27	2	1	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	121	113	4	18	4	0	1	7	0	1	3	23	.156	.182	.211	.393	7	24	2	1	4	0	0

BAL (3 yrs)				50	34	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.031	.088	.031	.119	-66	1	0	1	0	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				48	41	36	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.194	.216	.194	.411	12	7	1	0	4	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				43	55	53	2	10	4	0	0	4	0	1	1	13	.189	.204	.264	.468	29	14	0	0	1	0	0
STL (1 yr)				38	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.800	1.000	143	4	1	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				98	91	87	3	12	4	0	0	5	0	1	2	19	.138	.167	.184	.351	-3	16	0	1	1	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				86	46	41	2	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.195	.214	.268	.483	28	11	2	0	4	0	0

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
1955	26	BAL	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1956	27	BAL	AL	36	30	-6	0	1	0	3	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1957	28	BAL	AL	8	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1958	29	CLE	AL	28	27	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1959	30	CLE	AL	15	28	-1	-0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.513	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1960	31	CHW	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.508	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1961	32	PHI	NL	43	40	-6	-1	-0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1/8
1962	33	PHI	NL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1962	33	STL	NL	38	5	0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
8 Seasons				184	137	-17	-2	1	0	15	-3	-0.3	4	1	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	0.0	1	$

BAL (3 yrs)				50	34	-8	0	1	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.4	.493	.499	-0.4	0.0	-2	$
PHI (2 yrs)				48	41	-5	-1	-0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
CLE (2 yrs)				43	55	-5	-1	0	0	6	1	0.1	2	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$
STL (1 yr)				38	5	0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CHW (1 yr)				5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.508	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1955	26	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96		.000	.257	.000	.335	.000	.382	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1956	27	BAL	AL	30	27	0	0.0	98	.038	.036	.256	.100	.336	.036	.391	.136	.728	-61	.000	-6.4	-0.6	.111	.036	.000
1957	28	BAL	AL	3	3	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.255	.000	.326	.000	.385	.000	.710	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1958	29	CLE	AL	27	24	0	0.0	97	.136	.115	.260	.148	.329	.115	.396	.264	.725	-26	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.125	.000	.000
1959	30	CLE	AL	28	21	3	3.8	96	.389	.259	.257	.259	.328	.407	.393	.667	.720	83	.438	-0.6	-0.1	.550	.148	.148
1960	31	CHW	AL	2	1	1	26.9	101	1.000	.500	.264	.500	.337	.500	.403	1.000	.740	172	.964	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1961	32	PHI	NL	40	34	1	0.8	103	.194	.171	.267	.194	.333	.171	.415	.366	.748	-0	.037	-5.1	-0.5	.233	.029	.000
1962	33	TOT	NL	6	5	1	5.4	110	.500	.333	.280	.333	.348	.833	.425	1.167	.773	192	.573	0.7	0.1	1.000	.500	.500	.0
1962	33	PHI	NL	1	0	1		100	1.000	1.000	.266	1.000	.333	1.000	.404	2.000	.737	448	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1962	33	STL	NL	5	5	0	0.0	112	.000	.200	.283	.200	.351	.800	.429	1.000	.780	143	.000	0.2	0.0	.800	.600	.600	.0
8 Yrs				137	116	6	1.4	99	.188	.156	.261	.182	.332	.211	.400	.393	.733	7	.101	-16.8	-1.7	.270	.070	.055	.0
162 Game Avg.				121	102	5	1.4	99	.188	.156	.261	.182	.332	.211	.400	.393	.733	7	.101	-16.8	-1.7	.270	.070	.055

BAL (3 yrs)				34	31	0	0.0	98	.037	.031	.256	.088	.336	.031	.390	.119	.726	-66	.000	-7.5	-0.7	.097	.031	.000
PHI (2 yrs)				41	34	2	1.6	103	.219	.194	.266	.216	.333	.194	.415	.411	.747	12	.120	-4.6	-0.4	.267	.028	.000
CLE (2 yrs)				55	45	3	1.8	97	.250	.189	.259	.204	.328	.264	.394	.468	.722	29	.164	-5.1	-0.5	.318	.075	.075
STL (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	112	.000	.200	.283	.200	.351	.800	.429	1.000	.780	143	.000	0.2	0.0	.800	.600	.600	.0
CHW (1 yr)				2	1	1	26.9	101	1.000	.500	.264	.500	.337	.500	.403	1.000	.740	172	.964	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				91	77	4	1.4	97	.176	.138	.258	.167	.331	.184	.393	.351	.724	-3	.104	-12.4	-1.2	.237	.057	.046
NL (2 yrs)				46	39	2	1.4	104	.212	.195	.268	.214	.335	.268	.417	.483	.751	28	.097	-4.4	-0.4	.343	.098	.073	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	26	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1956	27	BAL	AL	30	0.0%	6.7%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	14.0		28.0	1.17	87%
1957	28	BAL	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	33%
1958	29	CLE	AL	27	0.0%	14.8%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	4.00	6.5			0.80	81%
1959	30	CLE	AL	28	0.0%	32.1%	0.0%	14.3%	57%		3.0		6.8	0.33	64%
1960	31	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%
1961	32	PHI	NL	40	0.0%	10.0%	2.5%	0.0%	0%	4.00	8.8		35.0	2.00	78%
1962	33	TOT	NL	6	16.7%	50.0%	0.0%	16.7%	50%		2.0	6.0	3.0		33%
1962	33	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1962	33	STL	NL	5	20.0%	60.0%	0.0%	20.0%	100%		1.7	5.0	2.5		20%
8 Yrs				137	0.7%	19.0%	2.2%	3.7%	25%	8.67	4.9	128.0	16.0	1.12	74%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.0%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.46	6.8	37.3	8.2	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	26	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.13	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.2		0
1956	27	BAL	AL	-6.4	-0.6	30	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	.83	-0.6	0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.88	-6.4		0
1957	28	BAL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.44	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.63	-0.7		0
1958	29	CLE	AL	-4.5	-0.5	28	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.02	-0.4	-0.1	-5.3	-0.6	0.89	-4.4	3.33	1
1959	30	CLE	AL	-0.6	-0.1	28	0.0	0.5	-0.5	.97	0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.01	-0.3		0
1960	31	CHW	AL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.75	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.68	0.1		0
1961	32	PHI	NL	-5.1	-0.5	40	-0.4	0.3	-0.8	1.02	-0.5	0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.93	-5.8		0
1962	33	TOT	NL	0.7	0.1	6	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.85	0.0	-0.1	1.1	0.1	0.70	0.7		0
1962	33	PHI	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.77	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.61	0.4		0
1962	33	STL	NL	0.2	0.0	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.87	0.0	-0.1	0.8	0.1	0.72	0.3		0
8 Yrs				-16.9	-1.7	138	-1.4	1.3	-2.7	.94	-1.5	0.0	-16.2	-1.7	0.90	-17.1	3.33	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1955	26	BAL	AL	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1956	27	BAL	AL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0
1957	28	BAL	AL	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1958	29	CLE	AL	1	25%	5	1	0%	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0
1959	30	CLE	AL	0	14%	10	0		0	2	100%	1	0	1	0	0
1960	31	CHW	AL	0	100%	2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1961	32	PHI	NL	0	14%	10	0		0	2	0%	1	1	0	1	1
1962	33	TOT	NL	0	0%	2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1962	33	PHI	NL	0	0%	2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1962	33	STL	NL	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				1	17%	32	1	0%	1	4	50%	5	2	3	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1955	26	BAL	AL	1	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
1956	27	BAL	AL	30	37%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	5	0	0%	15	1	7%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1957	28	BAL	AL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	29	CLE	AL	27	15%	3			1	0	0	0	3.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	11	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1959	30	CLE	AL	28	4%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	7	0	0%	22	4	18%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1960	31	CHW	AL	2	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	32	PHI	NL	40	40%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	7	1	14%	7	4	57%	20	1	5%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1962	33	TOT	NL	6	17%	2			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	33	PHI	NL	1	0%	1			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
1962	33	STL	NL	5	20%	1			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				137	24%	20			1	0	0	0	3.33	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	5	83%	21	2	10%	23	5	22%	72	7	10%	3	3	100%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1955	26	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1956	27	42	31	29	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	.034	.097	.034	.131	-62	1	0	1	0
1957	28	50	34	32	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.031	.088	.031	.119	-66	1	0	1	0
1958	29	78	61	58	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	9	.069	.115	.069	.184	-48	4	0	1	0
1959	30	93	89	85	2	11	4	0	5	1	2	18	.129	.159	.176	.336	-7	15	0	1	1
1960	31	98	91	87	3	12	4	0	5	1	2	19	.138	.167	.184	.351	-3	16	0	1	1
1961	32	141	131	122	4	18	4	0	6	1	3	23	.148	.175	.180	.355	-2	22	1	1	5
1962	33	184	137	128	5	20	4	1	8	1	3	26	.156	.182	.211	.393	7	27	2	1	5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	26	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1956	27	38	31	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.065	.000	.065	0	36
1957	28	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1958	29	29	28	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.036	.000	.036	0	28
1959	30	16	30	29	1	8	5	0	4	0	9	.276	.276	.448	.724	3	15
1960	31	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	5
1961	32	45	41	36	1	6	0	0	1	1	4	.167	.189	.167	.356	1	43
1962	33	43	6	6	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	.333	.333	.833	1.167	2	43
8 Yrs		190	143	134	5	18	5	1	7	3	26	.134	.159	.194	.353	7	184
162 Game Avg.		162	122	114	4	15	4	1	6	3	22	.134	.159	.194	.353	6	184

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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