Bill Wight
William Robert Wight (Lefty)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 12, 1922 in Rio Vista, CA
High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1946
Final Game: September 21, 1958
Died: May 17, 2007 in Mount Shasta, CA
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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
1946 24 NYY AL 2 2 .500 4.46 14 4 3 1 0 0 40.1 44 22 20 1 30 11 1 0 2 189 78 1.835 9.8 0.2 6.7 2.5 0.37
1947 25 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 35 356 1.111 8.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
1948 26 CHW AL 9 20 .310 4.80 34 32 2 7 1 1 223.1 238 132 119 9 135 68 1 1 5 1010 88 1.670 9.6 0.4 5.4 2.7 0.50
1949 27 CHW AL 15 13 .536 3.31 35 33 1 14 3 1 245.0 254 106 90 9 96 78 0 1 3 1036 126 1.429 9.3 0.3 3.5 2.9 0.81
1950 28 CHW AL 10 16 .385 3.58 30 28 2 13 3 0 206.0 213 89 82 10 79 62 0 0 3 885 125 1.417 9.3 0.4 3.5 2.7 0.78
1951 29 BOS AL 7 7 .500 5.10 34 17 8 4 2 0 118.1 128 77 67 5 63 38 0 0 2 525 87 1.614 9.7 0.4 4.8 2.9 0.60
1952 30 TOT AL 7 10 .412 3.75 33 21 3 8 3 0 168.0 181 82 70 10 69 70 1 4 8 736 101 1.488 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.8 1.01
1952 30 BOS AL 2 1 .667 2.96 10 2 3 0 0 0 24.1 14 11 8 3 14 5 1 1 3 99 133 1.151 5.2 1.1 5.2 1.8 0.36
1952 30 DET AL 5 9 .357 3.88 23 19 0 8 3 0 143.2 167 71 62 7 55 65 0 3 5 637 97 1.545 10.5 0.4 3.4 4.1 1.18
1953 31 TOT AL 2 4 .333 6.23 33 4 9 0 0 1 52.0 64 45 36 5 30 24 0 0 5 245 63 1.808 11.1 0.9 5.2 4.2 0.80
1953 31 DET AL 0 3 .000 8.88 13 4 3 0 0 0 25.1 35 33 25 4 14 10 0 0 4 125 46 1.934 12.4 1.4 5.0 3.6 0.71
1953 31 CLE AL 2 1 .667 3.71 20 0 6 0 0 1 26.2 29 12 11 1 16 14 0 0 1 120 101 1.688 9.8 0.3 5.4 4.7 0.88
1955 33 TOT AL 6 8 .429 2.48 36 14 13 8 2 3 141.1 135 51 39 6 48 2 63 1 0 6 598 154 1.295 8.6 0.4 3.1 4.0 1.31
1955 33 CLE AL 0 0 2.62 17 0 8 0 0 1 24.0 24 8 7 0 9 1 9 0 0 1 102 152 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1955 33 BAL AL 6 8 .429 2.45 19 14 5 8 2 2 117.1 111 43 32 6 39 1 54 1 0 5 496 155 1.278 8.5 0.5 3.0 4.1 1.38
1956 34 BAL AL 9 12 .429 4.02 35 26 2 7 1 0 174.2 198 92 78 7 72 3 84 6 0 5 778 97 1.546 10.2 0.4 3.7 4.3 1.17
1957 35 BAL AL 6 6 .500 3.64 27 17 3 2 0 0 121.0 122 53 49 4 54 1 50 4 1 0 523 98 1.455 9.1 0.3 4.0 3.7 0.93
1958 36 TOT NL 3 1 .750 4.92 35 1 13 1 0 2 64.0 71 39 35 8 36 1 23 0 0 6 291 84 1.672 10.0 1.1 5.1 3.2 0.64
1958 36 CIN NL 0 1 .000 4.05 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 28 102 1.650 9.5 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.25
1958 36 STL NL 3 0 1.000 5.02 28 1 11 1 0 2 57.1 64 35 32 7 32 1 18 0 0 6 263 83 1.674 10.0 1.1 5.0 2.8 0.56
12 Seasons 77 99 .438 3.95 347 198 59 66 15 8 1563.0 1656 791 686 74 714 7 574 14 7 45 6851 103 1.516 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .438 3.95 43 25 7 8 2 1 195 207 99 86 9 89 72 2 1 6 855 103 1.516 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80
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
BAL (3 yrs) 21 26 .447 3.46 81 57 10 17 3 2 413.0 431 188 159 17 165 5 188 11 1 10 1797 109 1.443 9.4 0.4 3.6 4.1 1.14
CHW (3 yrs) 34 49 .410 3.88 99 93 5 34 7 2 674.1 705 327 291 28 310 208 1 2 11 2931 110 1.505 9.4 0.4 4.1 2.8 0.67
BOS (2 yrs) 9 8 .529 4.73 44 19 11 4 2 0 142.2 142 88 75 8 77 43 1 1 5 624 92 1.535 9.0 0.5 4.9 2.7 0.56
CLE (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.20 37 0 14 0 0 2 50.2 53 20 18 1 25 1 23 0 0 2 222 121 1.539 9.4 0.2 4.4 4.1 0.92
NYY (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.83 15 5 3 2 0 0 49.1 52 25 21 1 32 14 1 0 2 224 91 1.703 9.5 0.2 5.8 2.6 0.44
DET (2 yrs) 5 12 .294 4.63 36 23 3 8 3 0 169.0 202 104 87 11 69 75 0 3 9 762 83 1.604 10.8 0.6 3.7 4.0 1.09
STL (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 5.02 28 1 11 1 0 2 57.1 64 35 32 7 32 1 18 0 0 6 263 83 1.674 10.0 1.1 5.0 2.8 0.56
CIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.05 7 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 28 102 1.650 9.5 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.25
AL (11 yrs) 74 98 .430 3.91 312 197 46 65 15 6 1499.0 1585 752 651 66 678 6 551 14 7 39 6560 104 1.510 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.81
NL (1 yr) 3 1 .750 4.92 35 1 13 1 0 2 64.0 71 39 35 8 36 1 23 0 0 6 291 84 1.672 10.0 1.1 5.1 3.2 0.64

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 33 TOT AL 36 594 529 51 135 14 2 6 2 3 48 63 .255 .315 .323 .638 .277 171 15 1 10 6 2
1955 33 BAL AL 19 492 437 43 111 12 1 6 0 2 39 54 .254 .313 .327 .640 .274 143 14 1 9 6 1
1955 33 CLE AL 17 102 92 8 24 2 1 0 2 1 9 9 .261 .327 .304 .631 .289 28 1 0 1 0 1
1956 34 BAL AL 35 777 683 92 198 21 6 7 13 3 72 84 .290 .362 .369 .731 .322 252 21 6 14 2 3
1957 35 BAL AL 27 523 450 53 122 9 4 4 2 6 54 50 .271 .351 .336 .686 .294 151 12 4 10 5 1
1958 36 TOT NL 35 291 245 39 71 4 1 8 3 0 36 23 .290 .377 .412 .789 .290 101 10 0 7 3 1
1958 36 CIN NL 7 28 24 4 7 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .292 .393 .417 .810 .333 10 2 0 0 0 0
1958 36 STL NL 28 263 221 35 64 4 1 7 3 0 32 18 .290 .375 .412 .787 .286 91 8 0 7 3 1
4 Seasons 133 2185 1907 235 526 48 13 25 20 12 210 220 .276 .348 .354 .702 .299 675 58 11 41 16 7
162 Game Avg. 47 778 679 84 187 17 5 9 7 4 75 78 .276 .348 .354 .702 .299 240 21 4 15 6
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
1955 33 TOT AL 36 14 6 7 1 0 4 6 8 .429 1 0 8 2 11 79% 81 18 12 2 8 4 2.6 3.0 7.9
1955 33 BAL AL 19 14 6 7 1 0 4 6 8 .429 1 0 8 2 11 79% 58 81 18 4 1 8 4 2.6 3.0 7.9
1956 34 BAL AL 35 26 8 12 6 2 4 12 14 .462 0 4 7 1 14 54% 47 79 19 26 8 7 10 4.0 4.3 6.1
1957 35 BAL AL 27 17 6 6 5 0 3 10 6 .625 1 2 2 0 11 65% 53 80 21 23 5 4 12 3.5 3.5 6.3
1958 36 TOT NL 35 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 54 54 12 3 1 0 5.2 4.5 9.0
1958 36 STL NL 28 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 54 54 54 8 2 1 0 5.2 4.5 9.0
4 Seasons 109 58 21 25 12 3 11 29 28 .509 2 6 18 3 36 62% 52 81 18 61 16 20 26 3.6 3.7 6.6
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 33 TOT AL 36 22 13 0 1 3 3 0 100% 4 0 8 4 50% 1.116 4 4 13 4 2 16 5 17 9 5 10 2 4.2
1955 33 CLE AL 17 17 8 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 3 60% 7 0.317 1 3 12 1 1 15 3 14 7 2 8 2 4.2
1955 33 BAL AL 19 5 5 0 1 2 2 0 100% 3 0 3 1 33% 7 1.282 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 0 4.2
1956 34 BAL AL 35 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 9 3 33% 8 1.031 4 2 3 2 2 5 6 3 5 3 5 2 5.1
1957 35 BAL AL 27 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 0.994 1 1 8 1 0 9 1 9 5 2 5 1 4.2
1958 36 TOT NL 35 34 13 2 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 36 11 31% 0.926 6 10 18 4 3 27 18 16 19 7 20 9 4.9
1958 36 CIN NL 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 8 0.773 1 1 5 1 1 5 4 3 2 3 3 2 2.9
1958 36 STL NL 28 27 11 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 29 9 31% 8 0.942 5 9 13 3 2 22 14 13 17 4 17 7 5.4
4 Seasons 133 75 31 3 2 6 5 1 83% 9 1 54 18 33% 1.031 15 17 42 11 7 57 30 45 38 17 40 14 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%
1946 24 NYY AL
1947 25 NYY AL
1948 26 CHW AL
1949 27 CHW AL
1950 28 CHW AL
1951 29 BOS AL
1952 30 TOT AL
1952 30 BOS AL
1952 30 DET AL
1953 31 TOT AL
1953 31 DET AL
1953 31 CLE AL
1955 33 TOT AL 594 79% 1.0% 10.6% 8.1% 3.7% 16% 1.55 78% 112 15 13%
1955 33 CLE AL 102 69% 0.0% 8.8% 8.8% 2.9% 13% 1.42 81% 18 1 6%
1955 33 BAL AL 492 82% 1.2% 11.0% 7.9% 3.9% 17% 1.58 78% 94 14 15%
1956 34 BAL AL 777 76% 0.9% 10.8% 9.3% 4.4% 17% 1.57 76% 164 21 13%
1957 35 BAL AL 523 75% 0.8% 9.6% 10.3% 3.3% 14% 2.05 77% 101 12 12%
1958 36 TOT NL 291 65% 2.8% 7.9% 12.4% 4.5% 18% 2.15 75% 63 10 16%
1958 36 CIN NL 28 64% 3.6% 17.9% 14.3% 3.6% 14% 2.50 64% 8 2 25%
1958 36 STL NL 263 65% 2.7% 6.8% 12.2% 4.6% 19% 2.12 76% 55 8 15%
12 Seasons 2185 75% 3.4% 26.3% 32.7% 3.9% 5% 1.74 77% 440 58 13%
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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
1946 24 NYY AL 44 1 2
1947 25 NYY AL 8 0 0
1948 26 CHW AL 238 9 5
1949 27 CHW AL 254 9 3
1950 28 CHW AL 213 10 3
1951 29 BOS AL 128 5 2
1952 30 TOT AL 181 10 8
1952 30 BOS AL 14 3 3
1952 30 DET AL 167 7 5
1953 31 TOT AL 64 5 5
1953 31 DET AL 35 4 4
1953 31 CLE AL 29 1 1
1955 33 TOT AL 594 135 6 0 9 4 2 3 3 29 17 1 59% 15 6 1 229 2 3 40% 1 3 1 0 0 0 9 0 16 0
1955 33 CLE AL 102 24 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 3 1 0 35 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
1955 33 BAL AL 492 111 6 0 6 4 2 3 3 25 16 1 64% 12 5 1 194 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 15 0
1956 34 BAL AL 777 198 7 0 19 6 1 4 3 47 26 9 55% 12 5 0 311 13 3 81% 9 3 3 0 1 0 11 0 7 0
1957 35 BAL AL 523 122 4 0 9 3 1 1 3 23 12 1 52% 6 0 0 198 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 0
1958 36 TOT NL 291 71 8 0 10 7 1 5 3 23 16 1 70% 6 6 0 122 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
1958 36 CIN NL 28 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1958 36 STL NL 263 64 7 0 9 7 0 5 2 22 16 1 73% 5 6 0 110 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
12 Seasons 2185 1656 74 0 47 20 5 13 12 122 71 12 58% 39 45 1 860 20 12 63% 13 11 6 1 1 0 26 0 44 0
MLB Averages
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

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+
1946 24 2 2 .500 4.46 14 4 3 1 0 0 40.1 44 22 20 1 30 11 1 0 2 189 78 1.835 9.8 0.2 6.7 2.5 0.37 78
1947 25 3 2 .600 3.83 15 5 3 2 0 0 49.1 52 25 21 1 32 14 1 0 2 224 91 1.703 9.5 0.2 5.8 2.6 0.44 91
1948 26 12 22 .353 4.62 49 37 5 9 1 1 272.2 290 157 140 10 167 82 2 1 7 1234 89 1.676 9.6 0.3 5.5 2.7 0.49 89
1949 27 27 35 .435 4.00 84 70 6 23 4 2 517.2 544 263 230 19 263 160 2 2 10 2270 103 1.559 9.5 0.3 4.6 2.8 0.61 103
1950 28 37 51 .420 3.88 114 98 8 36 7 2 723.2 757 352 312 29 342 222 2 2 13 3155 109 1.519 9.4 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.65 109
1951 29 44 58 .431 4.05 148 115 16 40 9 2 842.0 885 429 379 34 405 260 2 2 15 3680 105 1.532 9.5 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.64 105
1952 30 51 68 .429 4.00 181 136 19 48 12 2 1010.0 1066 511 449 44 474 330 3 6 23 4416 105 1.525 9.5 0.4 4.2 2.9 0.70 105
1953 31 53 72 .424 4.11 214 140 28 48 12 3 1062.0 1130 556 485 49 504 354 3 6 28 4661 101 1.539 9.6 0.4 4.3 3.0 0.70 101
1954 32 53 72 .424 4.11 214 140 28 48 12 3 1062.0 1130 556 485 49 504 354 3 6 28 4661 101 1.539 9.6 0.4 4.3 3.0 0.70 101
1955 33 59 80 .424 3.92 250 154 41 56 14 6 1203.1 1265 607 524 55 552 2 417 4 6 34 5259 105 1.510 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.1 0.76 105
1956 34 68 92 .425 3.93 285 180 43 63 15 6 1378.0 1463 699 602 62 624 5 501 10 6 39 6037 104 1.515 9.6 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80 104
1957 35 74 98 .430 3.91 312 197 46 65 15 6 1499.0 1585 752 651 66 678 6 551 14 7 39 6560 104 1.510 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.81 104
1958 36 77 99 .438 3.95 347 198 59 66 15 8 1563.0 1656 791 686 74 714 7 574 14 7 45 6851 103 1.516 9.5 0.4 4.1 3.3 0.80 103

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
1946 24 1 3 .250 5.31 39.0 48 26 23 1 33 11 1 2.077 11.1 7.6 2.5 0.33 0.2 14
1947 25 0 0 1.12 8.0 9 1 1 0 2 3 0 1.375 10.1 2.3 3.4 1.50 0.0 1
1948 26 10 15 .400 4.70 226.0 240 131 118 9 136 69 1 1.664 9.6 5.4 2.7 0.51 0.4 34
1949 27 16 11 .593 3.28 244.0 255 99 89 9 96 78 0 1.439 9.4 3.5 2.9 0.81 0.3 35
1950 28 14 9 .609 3.27 212.0 210 86 77 10 78 64 0 1.358 8.9 3.3 2.7 0.82 0.4 30
1951 29 5 8 .385 4.65 122.0 125 70 63 5 62 39 0 1.533 9.2 4.6 2.9 0.63 0.4 34
1952 30 9 9 .500 3.94 169.0 190 82 74 10 72 70 1 1.550 10.1 3.8 3.7 0.97 0.5 33
1953 31 1 4 .200 6.58 52.0 68 42 38 5 32 24 0 1.923 11.8 5.5 4.2 0.75 0.9 33
1955 33 10 5 .667 2.64 143.0 143 47 42 6 51 64 1 1.357 9.0 3.2 4.0 1.25 0.4 36
1956 34 9 10 .474 4.22 175.0 206 91 82 7 75 84 6 1.606 10.6 3.9 4.3 1.12 0.4 35
1957 35 6 7 .462 4.35 118.0 133 63 57 4 59 49 4 1.627 10.1 4.5 3.7 0.83 0.3 27
1958 36 3 4 .429 4.85 65.0 73 39 35 8 37 23 0 1.692 10.1 5.1 3.2 0.62 1.1 35
12 Seasons 84 85 .497 4.00 1573.0 1700 777 699 74 733 578 14 1.547 9.7 3.3 0.79 0.4 347

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 AL  3.306 (7th)
1950 AL  3.583 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1949 AL  15 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1950 AL  1.418 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL  3.527 (8th)
1950 AL  3.452 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1948 AL  223.3 (10th)
1949 AL  245.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1948 AL  32 (5th)
1949 AL  33 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL  3 (8th)
1950 AL  3 (2nd)
1951 AL  2 (10th)
1952 AL  3 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  135 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1948 AL  238 (6th)
1949 AL  254 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL  .363 (6th)
1949 AL  .331 (3rd)
1950 AL  .437 (1st)
1956 AL  .361 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1948 AL  20 (2nd)
1950 AL  16 (5th)
1956 AL  12 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1948 AL  119 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (10th)
1952 AL  8 (2nd)
1955 AL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1948 AL  1010 (6th)
1949 AL  1036 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 AL  126 (7th)
1950 AL  125 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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