Mike Ferraro

Michael Dennis Ferraro

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 18, 1944 in Kingston, NY
High School: Kingston HS (Kingston, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1966
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Yankees/Pilots 1966-1972

Final Game: October 4, 1972
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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
1962	17	NYY-min	D	18	61	50	4	10	3	1	0	3	0		10	16	.200	.328	.300	.628		15		0	0	1	2		FTL · FLOR
1963	18	NYY-min	A	122	447	447		111	16	10	8						.248	.248	.383	.631		171							SHL · WCRS
1964	19	NYY-min	A	139	498	498		158	19	10	1						.317	.317	.402	.719		200							FTL · FLOR
1965	20	NYY-min	AA	124	490	451	48	114	18	2	4	54	2	1	39	58	.253	.312	.328	.640		148							CBS · SOUL
1966	21	NYY-min	AAA	143	562	525	54	129	14	5	9	50	2	2	33	65	.246	.289	.343	.632		180		0	1	3			TOL · IL
1966	21	NYY	AL	10	32	28	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.179	.281	.179	.460	39	5	1	1	0	0	0	5

1967	22	NYY-LAD-min	AAA	137	560	496	46	129	27	5	6	59	4	3	59	74	.260	.339	.371	.710		184		1	2	2			SYR,SPO · IL,PCL
1968	23	NYY-min	AAA	118	481	440	58	129	20	2	4	41	1	3	35	59	.293	.345	.375	.720		165		0	6	0			SYR · IL
1968	23	NYY	AL	23	89	87	5	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	17	.161	.180	.184	.364	13	16	3	0	0	0	1	5
1969	24	BAL-min	AAA	115	478	438	66	122	19	5	4	40	3	5	29	55	.279	.322	.372	.694		163		1	6	4			ROC · IL
1969	24	SEP	AL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0	0	0	0	0	0

1970	25	BAL-min	AAA	135	546	474	57	144	29	1	6	70	2	6	62	47	.304	.381	.407	.788		193		1	2	7			ROC · IL
1971	26	BAL-min	AAA	120	463	408	59	111	20	5	7	65	1	1	47	74	.272	.343	.397	.740		162		0	2	6			ROC · IL
1972	27	MIL	AL	124	406	381	19	97	18	1	2	29	0	5	17	41	.255	.284	.323	.606	83	123	18	0	4	4	1	*5/6
1973	28	NYY-MIN-min	AAA	81	281	249	20	51	8	2	1	27	0	0	24	41	.205	.279	.265	.544		66		2	5	1			SYR,TAC · IL,PCL
4 Yrs				162	532	500	28	116	18	2	2	30	0	5	23	61	.232	.265	.288	.553	68	144	22	1	4	4	2
162 Game Avg.				162	532	500	28	116	18	2	2	30	0	5	23	61	.232	.265	.288	.553	68	144	22	1	4	4	2

NYY (2 yrs)				33	121	115	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	20	.165	.207	.183	.389	20	21	4	1	0	0	1
MIL (2 yrs)				129	411	385	19	97	18	1	2	29	0	5	18	41	.252	.283	.319	.602	82	123	18	0	4	4	1

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
1966	21	NYY	AL	10	32	-1	-0	-0	3	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.513	.501	-0.1	0.3	-1	$	5

1968	23	NYY	AL	23	89	-7	-0	-0	5	0	-2	-0.3	2	0	-0.1	.488	.498	-0.7	0.7	-5	$10,000	5
1969	24	SEP	AL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

1972	27	MIL	AL	124	406	-9	-3	-1	-5	2	-17	-2.2	13	-4	-0.9	.483	.487	-0.1	-0.5	2	$7,200	*5/6
4 Seasons				162	532	-19	-4	-2	3	3	-18	-2.5	17	-2	-0.9	.486	.496	-1.0	0.6	-4	$17,200

NYY (2 yrs)				33	121	-8	-1	-0	8	1	-1	-0.2	3	2	0.1	.496	.500	-0.8	1.1	-6	$10,000
MIL (2 yrs)				129	411	-10	-3	-1	-5	2	-18	-2.3	13	-4	-1.0	.483	.493	-0.2	-0.5	1	$7,200

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
1966	21	NYY	AL	32	24	2	2.2	86	.200	.179	.242	.281	.308	.179	.374	.460	.682	39	.267	-2.1	-0.2	.375	.107	.000

1968	23	NYY	AL	89	76	2	0.7	76	.200	.161	.232	.180	.301	.184	.344	.364	.645	13	.051	-9.3	-1.1	.237	.046	.023
1969	24	SEP	AL	5	4	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.251	.200	.327	.000	.378	.200	.706	-39	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

1972	27	MIL	AL	406	315	29	2.5	81	.278	.255	.243	.284	.312	.323	.351	.606	.663	83	.332	-8.5	-1.0	.440	.100	.068	.0
4 Yrs				532	419	33	2.1	80	.259	.232	.241	.265	.310	.288	.351	.553	.661	68	.272	-20.7	-2.3	.397	.092	.056	.0
162 Game Avg.				532	419	33	2.1	80	.259	.232	.241	.265	.310	.288	.351	.553	.661	68	.272	-20.7	-2.3	.397	.092	.056

NYY (2 yrs)				121	100	4	1.1	78	.200	.165	.235	.207	.303	.183	.351	.389	.654	20	.098	-11.4	-1.3	.270	.061	.017
MIL (2 yrs)				411	319	29	2.4	81	.275	.252	.243	.283	.312	.319	.351	.602	.663	82	.326	-9.3	-1.0	.437	.101	.068	.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%
1966	21	NYY	AL	32	0.0%	9.4%	9.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.3			0.82	78%

1968	23	NYY	AL	89	0.0%	19.1%	2.3%	1.1%	7%	8.50	5.1		87.0	1.80	79%
1969	24	SEP	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.33	80%

1972	27	MIL	AL	406	0.5%	10.1%	4.2%	5.2%	22%	2.41	9.3	190.5	13.1	1.39	84%
4 Yrs				532	0.4%	11.5%	4.3%	4.1%	19%	2.65	8.2	250.0	16.7	1.38	83%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.4%	5.9%	27%	1.81	5.9	44.6	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	21	NYY	AL	-2.1	-0.2	32	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	.96	-0.3	0.1	-2.4	-0.3	0.79	-2.6		0

1968	23	NYY	AL	-9.4	-1.1	89	-0.6	0.9	-1.6	.88	-0.8	0.0	-5.4	-0.6	0.85	-6.9	9.44	1
1969	24	SEP	AL	-0.7	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	2.10	-0.1	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.48	-1.1	2.10	4

1972	27	MIL	AL	-8.5	-1.0	414	-1.3	5.8	-7.1	.97	-1.7	0.4	-18.1	-2.1	0.99	-17.5	0.62	10
4 Yrs				-20.8	-2.4	540	-2.2	7.1	-9.3	.96	-2.9	0.6	-27.7	-3.2	0.96	-28.1	1.60	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	21	NYY	AL	1	0	44%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1968	23	NYY	AL	3	0	31%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	40%	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1969	24	SEP	AL	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

1972	27	MIL	AL	2	0	15%	125	0	5	0%	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	9	5	44%	14	7	7	2	2	0	7	3	3
4 Yrs				6	0	19%	169	0	5	0%	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	12	6	43%	19	9	9	2	2	0	9	4	4

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
1966	21	NYY	AL	32	31%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1968	23	NYY	AL	89	10%	14			1	0	0	0	9.44	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	15	3	20%	4	1	25%	36	1	3%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	0
1969	24	SEP	AL	5	20%	0			4	0	0	0	2.10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1972	27	MIL	AL	406	38%	97			10	2	0	1	0.62	2	0	11	1	1	1	1	0	4	4	100%	90	18	20%	37	17	46%	257	28	11%	22	10	45%	14	10	71%	0
4 Yrs				532	33%	116			15	2	0	1	1.60	2	0	12	1	1	1	1	0	6	4	67%	111	22	20%	44	18	41%	312	29	9%	27	11	41%	18	10	56%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	21	10	32	28	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.179	.281	.179	.460	39	5	1	1	0	0	0
1967	22	10	32	28	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.179	.281	.179	.460	39	5	1	1	0	0	0
1968	23	33	121	115	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	5	20	.165	.207	.183	.389	20	21	4	1	0	0	1
1969	24	38	126	119	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	6	20	.160	.206	.176	.383	18	21	4	1	0	0	1
1970	25	38	126	119	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	6	20	.160	.206	.176	.383	18	21	4	1	0	0	1
1971	26	38	126	119	9	19	0	1	0	1	0	6	20	.160	.206	.176	.383	18	21	4	1	0	0	1
1972	27	162	532	500	28	116	18	2	2	30	5	23	61	.232	.265	.288	.553	68	144	22	1	4	4	2

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
1966	21	10	34	29	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	.207	.324	.207	.530	2	10

1968	23	23	92	90	7	17	0	1	0	1	0	2	17	.189	.207	.211	.418	4	23
1969	24	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	5

1972	27	130	445	416	26	119	22	1	2	40	0	21	43	.286	.317	.358	.676	48	124
4 Yrs		168	576	539	39	142	22	2	2	41	0	28	63	.263	.299	.323	.622	54	162
162 Game Avg.		162	555	520	38	137	21	2	2	40	0	27	61	.263	.299	.323	.622	52	162

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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