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Fern
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Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 21, 1913 in Usa, OK, ADA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 8 9 9 9 9
1940 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 10 9 9 9 9 9
1941 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 10 9 9 9 8 8
1942 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 10 9 9 9 8 8
1943 30 SEM AL $ 775,714   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1944 31 SEM AL $ 775,714   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1945 32 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 10 9 9 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 9 8 9 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 775,714   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 9 9 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1939 26 AAA   137 582 69 168 22 12 3 63 14 9 75 40 .289 .370 .383 .753 83.5  
1940 27 SEM AL 94 241 47 73 10 1 2 30 0 0 42 13 .303 .402 .378 .780 37.0 6.0
1941 28 SEM AL 81 216 47 64 5 0 2 30 0 0 38 17 .296 .398 .347 .745 32.7 4.8
1942 29 SEM AL 80 176 35 53 9 0 1 19 1 0 30 16 .301 .404 .369 .773 28.7 5.1
1943 30 SEM AL 120 252 33 57 4 1 0 34 1 0 40 27 .226 .328 .250 .578 24.4 0.8
1944 31 SEM AL 59 182 22 51 11 0 0 15 0 0 23 21 .280 .361 .341 .702 20.5 2.9
1945 32 SEM AL 34 56 2 17 4 1 1 11 0 0 0 10 .304 .304 .464 .768 6.9 1.3
1946 33 AAA   46 159 15 42 5 1 1 20 1 4 25 14 .264 .364 .327 .691 19.7  
6 Years Sim 468 1123 186 315 43 3 6 139 2 0 173 104 .280 .374 .340 .714 150.2 20.9
2 Years AAA 183 741 84 210 27 13 4 83 15 13 100 54 .283 .366 .371 .738 103.3  
162 Game Average 388 64 109 14 1 2 48 0 0 59 36 .280 .374 .340 .714 52.0  
Career Highs 120 252 47 73 11 1 2 34 1 0 42 27 .304 .404 .464 .780 37.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   331 64 90 9 3 2 42 1 0 44 36 .272 .353 .335 .689 42.5
vs LH   792 122 225 34 0 4 97 1 0 129 68 .284 .383 .342 .725 113.3
Home 218 540 92 153 18 1 4 70 1 0 78 47 .283 .369 .343 .712 74.3
Away 250 583 94 162 25 2 2 69 1 0 95 57 .278 .378 .338 .716 81.5
RISP   293 0 93 18 1 0 126 0 0 40 27 .317 .387 .386 .773 45.4
Pinch Hitting   174 31 53 7 2 0 32 1 0 16 21 .305 .358 .368 .725 23.1
Close/Late   143 22 36 6 0 1 19 0 0 17 18 .252 .323 .315 .638 15.8
Mar/Apr 84 201 30 61 5 2 0 19 0 0 24 17 .303 .374 .348 .723 27.4
May 76 208 40 53 9 0 0 23 0 0 31 20 .255 .350 .298 .648 24.1
June 88 217 38 58 9 1 0 21 2 0 31 19 .267 .361 .318 .679 27.2
July 67 162 27 40 1 0 1 15 0 0 29 12 .247 .352 .272 .624 19.3
August 71 160 19 46 7 0 3 29 0 0 26 21 .288 .381 .388 .768 25.3
Sep/Oct 82 175 32 57 12 0 2 32 0 0 32 15 .326 .431 .429 .859 32.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1940 27 SEM AL CF 56 55 485.7 150 6 4 0 .975 2.89   2.8
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 28 SEM AL CF 36 36 295.0 66 4 4 0 .946 2.14   2.0
    RF 17 17 150.3 33 3 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    LF 7 0 18.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
1942 29 SEM AL RF 28 28 238.0 49 3 0 0 1.000 1.97   1.2
    1B 5 3 41.0 55 8 0 4 1.000 13.83   0.1
    LF 5 4 37.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    2B 1 0 8.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
    SS 1 0 5.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.36   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1943 30 SEM AL CF 53 45 386.0 124 3 4 0 .969 2.96   2.2
    RF 6 5 47.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.47    
    LF 6 2 26.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1944 31 SEM AL CF 48 46 376.7 71 4 6 0 .926 1.79   0.6
    LF 3 2 17.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 32 SEM AL RF 4 3 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.2
    CF 3 3 25.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.44    
    LF 4 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  CF 197 185 1570.3 414 19 18 0 .960 2.48   7.6
  RF 55 53 463.7 101 6 0 0 1.000 2.08   1.4
  LF 28 10 121.3 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
  1B 6 3 42.0 56 8 0 5 1.000 13.71   0.1
  2B 2 0 9.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.80   0.0
  SS 3 0 7.7 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.87   0.0
Career Totals   291 251 2214.6 603 37 18 6 .973 2.60   9.2
Career Highs   67 55 490.7 150 15 6 5 1.000 3.57    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 26 SEM AL 6 14 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .500 .929
1940 27 SEM AL 5 16 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .438 .526 .500 1.026
1941 28 SEM AL 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 15 38 10 13 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 .342 .419 .395 .813
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Herb Adams (969)
  2. Del Unser (967)
  3. Eric Tipton (966)
  4. Ted Uhlaender (965)
  5. Frank Welch (963)
  6. Vance Dinges (963)
  7. Ted Cox (962)
  8. Morrie Arnovich (962)
  9. Lee Gamble (960)
  10. Hal Jeffcoat (959)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1939
Injured on 3/12/1939 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
Had first career hit (double) on 4/11/1940, off Preacher Roe (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/21/1940, off Claude Passeau (NYG)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 6/19/1942
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
3/3/1945: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Injured on 4/30/1946 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Released by Seattle on 7/1/1946
 
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