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Dave Ferriss

David Meadow Ferriss (Boo)

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 208 lb.

Born: December 5, 1921 in Shaw, MS
High School: Shaw HS (Shaw, MS)
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1945
Team: RedSox 1945-1950

Final Game: April 18, 1950
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All-Star

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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 23 BOS AL 61 140 120 16 32 7 1 1 19 0 0 19 11 .267 .367 .367 .734 111 44 4 0 1 1 MVP-4
1946 24 BOS AL 45 122 115 12 24 6 0 0 7 0 0 5 19 .209 .242 .261 .503 37 30 3 0 2 1 AS,MVP-7
1947 25 BOS AL 52 106 99 11 27 5 3 0 19 0 0 7 10 .273 .321 .384 .705 90 38 5 0 0 1
1948 26 BOS AL 31 45 37 4 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 .243 .349 .270 .619 63 10 0 0 2 1
1949 27 BOS AL 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 659 2 0 0 0 /1
1950 28 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 194 414 372 44 93 20 4 1 52 0 0 37 46 .250 .318 .333 .651 79 124 12 0 5
162 Game Avg. 162 346 311 37 78 17 3 1 43 0 0 31 38 .250 .318 .333 .651 79 104 10 0 4

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 Awards
1945 23 BOS AL 61 140 2 0 0 0 12 15 1.6 3 18 1.6 .527 .510 1.6 -0.0 18 $ 1 MVP-4
1946 24 BOS AL 45 122 -10 0 0 0 12 2 0.3 3 6 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1 AS,MVP-7
1947 25 BOS AL 52 106 -2 0 0 0 11 10 1.0 3 12 1.0 .520 .507 1.0 -0.0 13 $ 1
1948 26 BOS AL 31 45 -2 -0 0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1949 27 BOS AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .522 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1950 28 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
6 Seasons 194 414 -10 0 0 0 41 31 3.3 10 40 3.3 .517 .503 3.3 -0.0 40 $

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
1945 23 BOS AL 140 93 16 4.6 90 .287 .267 .264 .367 .336 .367 .359 .734 .695 111 .580 2.5 0.3 .685 .258 .100 .0
1946 24 BOS AL 122 96 7 2.0 101 .250 .209 .271 .242 .346 .261 .389 .503 .735 37 .200 -10.2 -1.1 .372 .096 .052
1947 25 BOS AL 106 77 12 4.2 102 .303 .273 .271 .321 .352 .384 .389 .705 .741 90 .499 -1.9 -0.2 .584 .182 .111
1948 26 BOS AL 45 30 3 2.7 110 .290 .243 .279 .349 .365 .270 .403 .619 .768 63 .268 -1.8 -0.2 .571 .189 .027
1949 27 BOS AL 1 0 2 113 1.000 1.000 .280 1.000 .374 2.000 .407 3.000 .781 659 .000 0.8 0.1 1.000 1.000
6 Yrs 414 296 40 3.6 99 .283 .250 .269 .318 .346 .333 .381 .651 .727 79 .441 -10.6 -1.1 .553 .183 .083 .0
162 Game Avg. 346 247 33 3.6 99 .283 .250 .269 .318 .346 .333 .381 .651 .727 79 .441 -10.6 -1.1 .553 .183 .083

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1946 24 BOS AL WS STL L 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 BOS AL 23 DNP
1946 BOS AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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
1945 23 BOS AL 140 0.7% 7.9% 13.6% 6.4% 28% 0.58 10.9 120.0 6.3 77%
1946 24 BOS AL 122 0.0% 15.6% 4.1% 4.9% 25% 3.80 6.1 16.4 79%
1947 25 BOS AL 106 0.0% 9.4% 6.6% 7.6% 30% 1.43 9.9 5.2 84%
1948 26 BOS AL 45 0.0% 13.3% 13.3% 2.2% 11% 1.00 6.2 6.2 2.17 69%
1949 27 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100% 1.0 100%
6 Yrs 414 0.2% 11.1% 8.9% 6.0% 27% 1.24 8.1 372.0 7.2 2.17 79%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.5% 9.8% 6.2% 27% 0.97 9.3 55.6 8.3 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1945 23 BOS AL 2.4 0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 24 BOS AL -10.2 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 25 BOS AL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 BOS AL -1.8 -0.2 36 0.1 0.6 -0.5 1.12 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.94 -0.1 0
1949 27 BOS AL 0.8 0.1 1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.07 0.1 -0.0 1.0 0.1 1.11 0.9 0
1950 28 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -10.7 -1.1 37 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.12 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.94 0.8 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 26 BOS AL 1 0 27% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 3
1949 27 BOS AL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 33% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 3

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
1948 26 BOS AL 45 94% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 21 3 14% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1949 27 BOS AL 1 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 46 95% 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 12 240% 3 1 33% 22 4 18% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 51% 244% 27% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1945 23 61 140 120 16 32 7 1 1 19 0 0 19 11 .267 .367 .367 .734 111 44 4 0 1
1946 24 106 262 235 28 56 13 1 1 26 0 0 24 30 .238 .309 .315 .624 75 74 7 0 3
1947 25 158 368 334 39 83 18 4 1 45 0 0 31 40 .249 .312 .335 .648 79 112 12 0 3
1948 26 189 413 371 43 92 19 4 1 51 0 0 37 46 .248 .316 .329 .645 78 122 12 0 5
1949 27 193 414 372 44 93 20 4 1 52 0 0 37 46 .250 .318 .333 .651 79 124 12 0 5
1950 28 194 414 372 44 93 20 4 1 52 0 0 37 46 .250 .318 .333 .651 79 124 12 0 5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1945 23 65 151 129 19 36 8 1 1 22 0 21 12 .279 .380 .380 .760 19 61
1946 24 47 127 120 12 25 6 0 0 7 0 5 20 .208 .240 .258 .498 7 45
1947 25 54 110 103 11 28 5 3 0 19 0 7 10 .272 .318 .379 .697 12 52
1948 26 32 46 38 4 9 1 0 0 5 0 6 6 .237 .341 .263 .604 3 31
1949 27 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 4
5 Yrs 202 435 391 47 99 21 4 1 54 0 39 48 .253 .321 .335 .656 43 193
162 Game Avg. 162 349 314 38 79 17 3 1 43 0 31 38 .253 .321 .335 .656 34 193

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1945--not played
1946

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 AL (4, 44%)
1946 AL (7, 28%)
0.72 Career Shares (334th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1945 AL  4.7 (9th)

             

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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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