Don Ferrarese
Donald Hugh Ferrarese
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 19, 1929 in Oakland, CA
High School: Acalanes (Lafayette, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Final Game: September 22, 1962
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 26 BAL AL 0 0 3.00 6 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 3 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 43 127 2.111 8.0 0.0 11.0 5.0 0.45
1956 27 BAL AL 4 10 .286 5.03 36 14 9 3 1 2 102.0 86 60 57 8 64 0 81 3 0 5 450 78 1.471 7.6 0.7 5.6 7.1 1.27
1957 28 BAL AL 1 1 .500 4.74 8 2 3 0 0 0 19.0 14 13 10 1 12 1 13 0 0 0 83 75 1.368 6.6 0.5 5.7 6.2 1.08
1958 29 CLE AL 3 4 .429 3.71 28 10 4 2 0 1 94.2 91 45 39 5 46 2 62 1 0 2 413 100 1.447 8.7 0.5 4.4 5.9 1.35
1959 30 CLE AL 5 3 .625 3.20 15 10 1 4 0 0 76.0 58 29 27 6 51 2 45 1 0 1 322 116 1.434 6.9 0.7 6.0 5.3 0.88
1960 31 CHW AL 0 1 .000 18.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 8 8 2 9 0 4 0 0 0 29 21 4.250 18.0 4.5 20.3 9.0 0.44
1961 32 PHI NL 5 12 .294 3.76 42 14 10 3 1 1 138.2 120 64 58 14 68 4 89 1 0 2 587 108 1.356 7.8 0.9 4.4 5.8 1.31
1962 33 TOT NL 1 5 .167 3.27 43 0 18 0 0 1 63.1 64 27 23 3 34 4 51 1 0 7 278 130 1.547 9.1 0.4 4.8 7.2 1.50
1962 33 PHI NL 0 1 .000 8.10 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 9 8 6 1 3 0 6 0 0 2 33 48 1.800 12.2 1.4 4.1 8.1 2.00
1962 33 STL NL 1 4 .200 2.70 38 0 16 0 0 1 56.2 55 19 17 2 31 4 45 1 0 5 245 159 1.518 8.7 0.3 4.9 7.1 1.45
8 Seasons 19 36 .345 4.00 183 50 49 12 2 5 506.2 449 249 225 39 295 13 350 7 0 17 2205 98 1.468 8.0 0.7 5.2 6.2 1.19
162 Game Avg. 6 11 .345 4.00 53 15 14 4 1 1 148 131 73 66 11 86 4 102 2 0 5 644 98 1.468 8.0 0.7 5.2 6.2 1.19
BAL (3 yrs) 5 11 .313 4.85 50 16 15 3 1 2 130.0 108 76 70 9 87 1 99 3 0 5 576 79 1.500 7.5 0.6 6.0 6.9 1.14
PHI (2 yrs) 5 13 .278 3.96 47 14 12 3 1 1 145.1 129 72 64 15 71 4 95 1 0 4 620 102 1.376 8.0 0.9 4.4 5.9 1.34
CLE (2 yrs) 8 7 .533 3.48 43 20 5 6 0 1 170.2 149 74 66 11 97 4 107 2 0 3 735 106 1.441 7.9 0.6 5.1 5.6 1.10
STL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 2.70 38 0 16 0 0 1 56.2 55 19 17 2 31 4 45 1 0 5 245 159 1.518 8.7 0.3 4.9 7.1 1.45
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 18.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 8 8 2 9 0 4 0 0 0 29 21 4.250 18.0 4.5 20.3 9.0 0.44
AL (6 yrs) 13 19 .406 4.25 98 36 21 9 1 3 304.2 265 158 144 22 193 5 210 5 0 8 1340 89 1.503 7.8 0.6 5.7 6.2 1.09
NL (2 yrs) 6 17 .261 3.61 85 14 28 3 1 2 202.0 184 91 81 17 102 8 140 2 0 9 865 114 1.416 8.2 0.8 4.5 6.2 1.37

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 26 BAL AL 6 43 29 3 8 1 1 0 1 0 11 5 .276 .463 .379 .843 .320 11 3 0 2 1 0
1956 27 BAL AL 36 447 376 60 86 15 5 8 5 4 64 81 .229 .343 .359 .702 .269 135 11 3 1 3 0
1957 28 BAL AL 8 84 71 13 14 1 0 1 0 0 12 13 .197 .313 .254 .567 .228 18 0 0 1 0 1
1958 29 CLE AL 28 413 358 45 91 16 2 5 2 1 46 62 .254 .340 .352 .692 .295 126 10 1 7 1 2
1959 30 CLE AL 15 322 265 29 58 7 1 6 4 2 51 45 .219 .346 .321 .667 .242 85 13 1 4 1 2
1960 31 CHW AL 5 29 20 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 9 4 .400 .586 .750 1.336 .429 15 0 0 0 0 0
1961 32 PHI NL 42 587 512 64 120 19 10 14 4 9 68 89 .234 .325 .393 .717 .259 201 14 1 5 1 4
1962 33 TOT NL 43 278 234 27 64 11 3 3 2 2 34 51 .274 .365 .385 .750 .335 90 8 1 7 2 4
1962 33 PHI NL 5 33 29 8 9 1 2 1 0 0 3 6 .310 .364 .586 .950 .348 17 0 0 0 1 0
1962 33 STL NL 38 245 205 19 55 10 1 2 2 2 31 45 .268 .366 .356 .722 .333 73 8 1 7 1 4
8 Seasons 183 2203 1865 249 449 71 22 39 18 18 295 350 .241 .345 .365 .710 .276 681 59 7 27 9 13
162 Game Avg. 53 643 544 73 131 21 6 11 5 5 86 102 .241 .345 .365 .710 .276 199 17 2 8 3 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 27 BAL AL 36 14 2 8 4 0 3 6 8 .429 0 2 3 1 6 43% 49 90 12 27 10 3 8 3.6 2.3 5.5
1957 28 BAL AL 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 43 55 31 4 4 0 1 5.2 5.0 5.0
1958 29 CLE AL 28 10 2 3 5 1 1 5 5 .500 0 4 2 0 4 40% 48 82 17 6 4 3 6 3.5 3.3 6.3
1959 30 CLE AL 15 10 5 3 2 1 2 5 5 .500 0 0 4 0 6 60% 56 79 24 10 5 0 8 4.5 5.1 6.9
1961 32 PHI NL 42 14 3 9 2 0 2 4 10 .286 0 1 3 1 6 43% 48 80 21 25 9 3 6 3.3 3.6 6.0
5 Seasons 129 50 12 24 14 2 8 20 30 .400 1 7 12 2 22 44% 50 90 12 72 32 9 29 3.7 3.6 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 26 BAL AL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 6 0.362 1 0 5 0 1 5 4 2 2 3 2 2 4.5
1956 27 BAL AL 36 22 9 2 2 4 2 2 50% 7 2 19 7 37% 8 1.012 10 3 9 8 3 11 12 10 9 9 11 2 3.5
1957 28 BAL AL 8 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 5 0.764 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 3 0 4.5
1958 29 CLE AL 28 18 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 18 1 6% 7 1.003 5 4 9 3 2 13 9 9 13 2 13 5 5.3
1959 30 CLE AL 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.058 1 2 2 0 1 4 0 5 2 0 2 0 4.2
1960 31 CHW AL 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 2 0.891 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 4 1 3 2 0 2.4
1961 32 PHI NL 42 28 10 2 3 3 1 2 33% 4 1 16 5 31% 8 1.057 9 7 12 5 5 18 12 16 19 5 21 3 5.8
1962 33 TOT NL 43 43 18 1 5 1 1 0 100% 3 2 19 4 21% 0.657 6 6 30 3 4 36 11 32 21 14 21 11 4.4
1962 33 PHI NL 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0.542 0 1 4 0 1 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 4.0
1962 33 STL NL 38 38 16 1 4 1 1 0 100% 3 2 18 4 22% 8 0.673 6 5 26 3 3 32 10 28 19 12 19 9 4.5
8 Seasons 183 133 49 7 12 9 5 4 56% 16 5 86 22 26% 0.961 34 26 72 21 17 95 51 82 69 37 75 23 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 26 BAL AL 43 70% 0.0% 11.6% 25.6% 4.7% 25% 1.00 58% 17 3 18%
1956 27 BAL AL 447 71% 1.8% 18.1% 14.3% 6.3% 33% 1.20 65% 107 11 10%
1957 28 BAL AL 84 69% 1.2% 15.5% 14.3% 2.4% 14% 0.95 68% 16 0 0%
1958 29 CLE AL 413 79% 1.2% 15.0% 11.1% 5.6% 25% 0.89 71% 86 10 12%
1959 30 CLE AL 322 78% 1.9% 14.0% 15.8% 4.4% 24% 0.99 67% 70 13 19%
1960 31 CHW AL 29 72% 6.9% 13.8% 31.0% 10.3% 38% 0.33 48% 10 0 0%
1961 32 PHI NL 587 75% 2.4% 15.2% 11.6% 7.3% 36% 1.05 70% 95 14 15%
1962 33 TOT NL 278 62% 1.1% 18.4% 12.2% 6.1% 27% 1.03 65% 59 8 14%
1962 33 PHI NL 33 64% 3.0% 18.2% 9.1% 12.1% 44% 0.56 70% 5 0 0%
1962 33 STL NL 245 61% 0.8% 18.4% 12.7% 5.3% 24% 1.10 65% 54 8 15%
8 Seasons 2203 73% 1.8% 15.9% 13.4% 6.0% 29% 1.02 67% 460 59 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 26 BAL AL 43 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 20% 0 0 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 27 BAL AL 447 86 8 1 7 6 2 5 3 26 17 3 65% 5 5 0 182 5 4 56% 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 11 0
1957 28 BAL AL 84 14 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0% 2 0 1 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1958 29 CLE AL 413 91 5 0 13 4 0 2 2 24 10 4 42% 2 2 1 170 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1959 30 CLE AL 322 58 6 0 10 5 1 3 3 10 6 2 60% 2 1 0 119 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 31 CHW AL 29 8 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 32 PHI NL 587 120 14 1 6 13 1 9 5 25 10 6 40% 10 2 2 207 4 9 31% 3 8 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 0
1962 33 TOT NL 278 64 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 16 7 0 44% 1 7 2 119 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
1962 33 PHI NL 33 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 50% 1 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1962 33 STL NL 245 55 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 12 5 0 42% 0 5 2 107 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
8 Seasons 2203 449 39 3 54 33 5 22 16 116 54 18 47% 22 17 6 862 18 18 50% 15 15 3 3 0 0 8 1 39 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 26 0 0 3.00 6 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 3 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 43 127 2.111 8.0 0.0 11.0 5.0 0.45 127
1956 27 4 10 .286 4.86 42 14 12 3 1 2 111.0 94 63 60 8 75 0 86 3 0 5 493 80 1.523 7.6 0.6 6.1 7.0 1.15 80
1957 28 5 11 .313 4.85 50 16 15 3 1 2 130.0 108 76 70 9 87 1 99 3 0 5 576 79 1.500 7.5 0.6 6.0 6.9 1.14 79
1958 29 8 15 .348 4.37 78 26 19 5 1 3 224.2 199 121 109 14 133 3 161 4 0 7 989 87 1.478 8.0 0.6 5.3 6.4 1.21 87
1959 30 13 18 .419 4.07 93 36 20 9 1 3 300.2 257 150 136 20 184 5 206 5 0 8 1311 92 1.467 7.7 0.6 5.5 6.2 1.12 92
1960 31 13 19 .406 4.25 98 36 21 9 1 3 304.2 265 158 144 22 193 5 210 5 0 8 1340 89 1.503 7.8 0.6 5.7 6.2 1.09 89
1961 32 18 31 .367 4.10 140 50 31 12 2 4 443.1 385 222 202 36 261 9 299 6 0 10 1927 94 1.457 7.8 0.7 5.3 6.1 1.15 94
1962 33 19 36 .345 4.00 183 50 49 12 2 5 506.2 449 249 225 39 295 13 350 7 0 17 2205 98 1.468 8.0 0.7 5.2 6.2 1.19 98

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 26 0 0 3.00 9.0 8 3 3 0 11 5 0 2.111 8.0 11.0 5.0 0.45 0.0 6
1956 27 4 7 .364 5.24 103.0 91 67 60 8 68 82 3 1.544 8.0 5.9 7.2 1.21 0.7 36
1957 28 1 1 .500 4.95 20.0 15 12 11 1 13 14 0 1.400 6.8 5.9 6.3 1.08 0.5 8
1958 29 5 5 .500 4.21 94.0 99 49 44 5 50 62 1 1.585 9.5 4.8 5.9 1.24 0.5 28
1959 30 4 4 .500 3.70 73.0 62 33 30 6 55 43 1 1.603 7.6 6.8 5.3 0.78 0.7 15
1960 31 0 0 20.25 4.0 9 10 9 2 10 4 0 4.750 20.3 22.5 9.0 0.40 4.5 5
1961 32 8 7 .533 3.79 140.0 124 66 59 14 70 90 1 1.386 8.0 4.5 5.8 1.29 0.9 42
1962 33 4 2 .667 3.05 62.0 60 23 21 3 32 50 1 1.484 8.7 4.6 7.3 1.56 0.4 43
8 Seasons 26 26 .500 4.22 505.0 468 263 237 39 309 350 7 1.539 8.3 6.2 1.13 0.7 183

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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