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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1942	20	BOS-min	B	7	7	.500	2.22	21						130.0	94	40	32		53							1.131	6.5		3.7			GBO · PIED
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945	23	BOS	AL	21	10	.677	2.96	35	31	4	26	5	2	264.2	263	101	87	6	85	94	7	1	4	1103	115	1.315	8.9	0.2	2.9	3.2	1.11	MVP-4
1946	24	BOS	AL	25	6	*.806*	3.25	40	35	4	26	6	3	274.0	274	109	99	14	71	106	3	0	1	1141	112	1.259	9.0	0.5	2.3	3.5	1.49	AS,MVP-7
1947	25	BOS	AL	12	11	.522	4.04	33	28	0	14	1	0	218.1	241	106	98	14	92	64	7	1	6	956	96	1.525	9.9	0.6	3.8	2.6	0.70
1948	26	BOS	AL	7	3	.700	5.23	31	9	13	1	0	3	115.1	127	71	67	7	61	30	7	0	0	518	84	1.630	9.9	0.5	4.8	2.3	0.49
1949	27	BOS	AL	0	0		4.05	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	7	3	3	1	4	1	1	0	0	29	113	1.650	9.5	1.4	5.4	1.4	0.25
1950	28	BOS-min	AA	10	7	.588	3.66	19						140.0	139	64	57		52							1.364	8.9		3.3			BIR · SOUA
1950	28	BOS	AL	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	36	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1951	29	BOS-min	AAA	7	7	.500	5.25	21	18		11	1		120.0	145	73	70		40	25	4	0	2			1.542	10.9		3.0	1.9	0.63	LOU · AA
1952	30	BOS-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.71	21	12		8	1		128.0	170	78	67		39	26	6	0	2			1.633	12.0		2.7	1.8	0.67	LOU · AA
6 Yrs				65	30	.684	3.64	144	103	24	67	12	8	880.0	914	392	356	42	314	296	25	2	11	3753	103	1.395	9.3	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.94
162 Game Avg.				18	8	.684	3.64	40	28	7	18	3	2	242	252	108	98	12	86	81	7	1	3	1033	103	1.395	9.3	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1945	23	BOS	AL	264.2	35	31	101	3.43	4.01	0.12	100.7	3.92	15	1.8	1.0	-0.2	3.1	30	.551	.511	$	MVP-4
1946	24	BOS	AL	274.0	40	35	109	3.58	3.98	0.17	103.6	3.95	11	1.2	1.0	-0.2	2.9	32	.531	.508	$	AS,MVP-7
1947	25	BOS	AL	218.1	33	28	106	4.37	4.24	0.06	102.8	4.29	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.3	15	.497	.499	$
1948	26	BOS	AL	115.1	31	9	71	5.54	4.70	0.19	102.9	4.64	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-1	.463	.493	$
1949	27	BOS	AL	6.2	4	0	3	4.05	5.13	0.16	101.8	5.06	1	0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	1	.519	.500	$
1950	28	BOS	AL	1.0	1	0	2	18.00	6.27	-0.07	116.0	7.36	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	-0.1	-1	.397	.499	$
6 Seasons				880.0	144	103	392	4.01	4.16	0.13	102.4	4.13	13	1.8	1.0	-0.6	6.9	77	.512	.502	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1946	24	BOS	AL	WS	L	STL	1	0	1.000	2.03	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.1	13	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	51	1.125	8.8	0.0	1.4	2.7	2.00
1 WS							1	0	1.000	2.03	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.1	13	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	51	1.125	8.8	0.0	1.4	2.7	2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1945	BOS	AL	23
1946	BOS	AL	24

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1948	26	BOS	AL	31	410	444	71	127	15	5	7	3	3	61	30	.286	.381	.390	.770	.295	173	11	7	6	0	2
1949	27	BOS	AL	4	29	24	3	7	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	.292	.414	.458	.872	.273	11	1	1	0	0	0
1950	28	BOS	AL	1	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	.667	3	0	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs				36	445	472	76	136	17	5	8	4	3	66	32	.288	.385	.396	.781	.296	187	12	8	7	0	2
162 Game Avg.				54	672	713	115	206	26	8	12	6	5	100	48	.288	.385	.396	.781	.296	283	18	12	11	0	3
MLB Averages																.261	.337	.348	.685	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	26	BOS	AL	-8.9	-0.8	419	0.3	6.7	-6.4	.92	-0.9	1.2	-2.5	-0.2	0.92	-7.3	5	1	10
1949	27	BOS	AL	0.6	0.0	30	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	.72	-0.0	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.72	0.3	1	1	2
1950	28	BOS	AL	-1.1	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.23	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.23	-1.5	0	0	1
6 Yrs				17.8	2.1	455	0.0	7.1	-7.1	.90	-1.0	1.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.90	-8.5	6	2	13

Starting Pitching*

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
1945	23	BOS	AL	35	31	20	10	1	3	4	21	10	.677	0	0	26	5	21	68%	55.7	86	9			18	7	4.8		8.4
1946	24	BOS	AL	40	35	24	6	5	6	2	27	8	.771	0	0	26	6	20	57%	54.7	86	13			22	6	6.3		7.7
1947	25	BOS	AL	33	28	12	10	6	3	6	14	12	.538	0	0	14	1	16	57%	49.6	76	24			13	7	5.0		7.6
1948	26	BOS	AL	31	9	2	2	5	0	0	4	5	.444	2	3	1	0	3	33%	35.9	51	19	14	10	2	6	6.9	5.6	5.2
4 Yrs				139	103	58	28	17	12	12	66	35	.653	2	3	67	12	60	58%	52	86	9	14	10	55	26	5.5	5.6	7.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.8	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1945	23	BOS	AL	35	4	4	1	0	0	2		0														2	1		0	3.8
1946	24	BOS	AL	40	5	4	1	0	0	3		0														1	3		0	2.4
1947	25	BOS	AL	33	5	0	0	1	0	0		0														3	2		0	4.0
1948	26	BOS	AL	31	22	13	5	1	2	3	150%	2	19	3	16%		.921	5	1	10	3	1	12	12	4	16	4	13	2	9.3
1949	27	BOS	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	3	2	67%	7	.724	1	1	2	0	0	4	2	2	3	0	3	1	5.0
1950	28	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		9	.230	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
6 Yrs				144	41	24	7	2	2	8	400%	2	22	5	23%		.899	6	2	13	3	1	17	14	7	25	10	16	3	6.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1945	23	BOS	AL	1103		0.5%	8.5%	7.7%	3.6%	15%		81%
1946	24	BOS	AL	1141		1.2%	9.3%	6.2%	4.7%	19%		82%
1947	25	BOS	AL	956		1.5%	6.7%	9.6%	4.2%	17%		80%
1948	26	BOS	AL	518	58%	1.7%	7.3%	14.9%	6.6%	21%	0.87	99%	100	11	11%
1949	27	BOS	AL	29	66%	3.5%	3.5%	13.8%	6.9%	29%	0.42	76%	5	1	20%
1950	28	BOS	AL	6	50%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	16.7%	50%		50%	2	0	0%
6 Yrs				3753	59%	1.2%	8.1%	8.6%	4.5%	18%	0.85	83%	107	12	11%
MLB Averages					49%	1.9%	11.1%	11.5%	4.7%	17%	0.95	91%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1945	23	BOS	AL		263			6												4
1946	24	BOS	AL		274			14												1
1947	25	BOS	AL		241			14												6
1948	26	BOS	AL	410	127			7	0	19	3	3	4	2	28	16	3	57%	2	0	0	177	3	3	50%	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	108
1949	27	BOS	AL	29	7			1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	28	BOS	AL	6	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				445	914			42	0	21	3	4	5	2	28	16	3	57%	2	11	0	195	4	3	57%	3	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	108
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1945	23	21	10	.677	2.96	35	31	4	26	5	2	264.2	263	101	87	6	85	94	7	1	4	1103	115	1.315	8.9	0.2	2.9	3.2	1.11	115
1946	24	46	16	.742	3.11	75	66	8	52	11	5	538.2	537	210	186	20	156	200	10	1	5	2244	114	1.287	9.0	0.3	2.6	3.3	1.28	114
1947	25	58	27	.682	3.38	108	94	8	66	12	5	757.0	778	316	284	34	248	264	17	2	11	3200	107	1.355	9.2	0.4	2.9	3.1	1.06	107
1948	26	65	30	.684	3.62	139	103	21	67	12	8	872.1	905	387	351	41	309	294	24	2	11	3718	103	1.392	9.3	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.95	103
1949	27	65	30	.684	3.62	143	103	23	67	12	8	879.0	912	390	354	42	313	295	25	2	11	3747	103	1.394	9.3	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.94	103
1950	28	65	30	.684	3.64	144	103	24	67	12	8	880.0	914	392	356	42	314	296	25	2	11	3753	103	1.395	9.3	0.4	3.2	3.0	0.94	103

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
1945	23	15	13	.536	3.61	257.0	295	114	103	7	95	91	8	1.518	10.3	3.3	3.2	0.96	0.2	35
1946	24	17	13	.567	3.55	274.0	293	120	108	15	76	106	3	1.347	9.6	2.5	3.5	1.39	0.5	40
1947	25	10	13	.435	4.42	212.0	253	116	104	15	97	62	7	1.651	10.7	4.1	2.6	0.64	0.6	33
1948	26	5	7	.417	5.09	115.0	128	72	65	7	61	30	7	1.643	10.0	4.8	2.3	0.49	0.5	31
1949	27	0	0		4.50	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	1	1.833	10.5	6.0	1.5	0.25	1.5	4
1950	28	0	0		18.00	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1
6 Yrs		47	46	.505	4.01	865.0	978	427	385	45	334	291	26	1.517	10.2		3.0	0.87	0.5	144

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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)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1945 AL 3.1 (7th)
Earned Run Average s c a p y 1945 AL 2.96 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1945 AL 21 (2nd) 1946 AL 25 (3rd)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1945 AL .677 (5th) 1946 AL .806 (1st)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1946 AL 2.332 (5th)
Games Played s c a p y 1945 AL 35 (10th) 1946 AL 40 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1946 AL 3 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1945 AL 264.7 (2nd) 1946 AL 274.0 (5th)	Games Started s c a p y 1945 AL 31 (4th) 1946 AL 35 (2nd) 1947 AL 28 (10th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1945 AL 26 (2nd) 1946 AL 26 (3rd) 1947 AL 14 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1945 AL 5 (2nd) 1946 AL 6 (2nd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1946 AL 14 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1945 AL 85 (8th) 1947 AL 92 (8th)
Hits s c a p y 1945 AL 263 (1st) 1946 AL 274 (2nd) 1947 AL 241 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1945 AL 0.204 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1945 AL 87 (5th) 1946 AL 99 (1st) 1947 AL 98 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1947 AL 6 (5th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1945 AL 7 (3rd) 1947 AL 7 (1st) 1948 AL 7 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1945 AL 1,103 (3rd) 1946 AL 1,141 (4th) 1947 AL 956 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1945 AL 115 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1946 AL 15 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 42 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 32 (418), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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