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Al
Ferrara		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 203
 
Born: December 22, 1939 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1972   
Gold Glove 1971   
All-Star Selections 1970    1971   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
1964 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1965 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1966 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1967 27 CLN NL $ 2,807,143   7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1968 28 CLN NL $ 4,700,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1969 29 CLN NL $ 4,700,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7
1970 30 CLN NL $ 4,700,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1971 31 CLN NL $ 4,700,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1972 32 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1973 33 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 7 6 6
1974 34 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6
1975 35 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6
1976 36 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
1977 37 BAL AL     5 5 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,700,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7
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
1963 23 TOR AL 43 52 9 23 3 0 4 15 0 0 7 6 .442 .508 .731 1.239 15.5 5.1
    AAA   94 318 47 93 15 1 19 61 1 1 40 68 .292 .372 .525 .897 60.1  
1964 24 TOR AL 78 240 21 52 15 1 6 29 0 1 31 53 .217 .315 .363 .678 27.3 5.3
  CLN NL 38 104 23 28 4 1 2 7 0 1 9 17 .269 .339 .385 .724 12.5 2.5
  TOT   116 344 44 80 19 2 8 36 0 2 40 70 .233 .322 .369 .691 39.9 7.7
    AAA   25 93 17 28 7 0 5 18 2 1 14 21 .301 .393 .538 .930 18.8  
1965 25 CLN NL 66 196 25 62 12 1 8 36 0 0 25 35 .316 .395 .510 .905 34.8 8.9
    AAA   52 211 53 71 14 1 23 62 3 2 28 45 .336 .414 .739 1.154 56.7  
1966 26 CLN NL 125 407 68 112 24 1 16 60 0 0 43 76 .275 .346 .457 .803 59.0 12.5
1967 27 CLN NL 143 490 65 132 19 3 25 85 0 0 43 92 .269 .333 .473 .807 74.7 16.2
1968 28 CLN NL 154 506 80 142 20 1 23 81 2 1 44 90 .281 .341 .460 .801 79.0 18.1
1969 29 CLN NL 152 554 85 146 24 1 18 84 1 2 46 99 .264 .330 .408 .738 73.9 13.3
1970 30 CLN NL 152 527 94 173 31 2 21 97 0 0 67 83 .328 .406 .514 .920 104.7 24.7
1971 31 CLN NL 143 513 82 140 25 2 18 72 1 0 59 83 .273 .353 .435 .788 76.3 13.3
1972 32 CLN NL 154 556 83 148 21 1 22 84 0 1 54 101 .266 .333 .426 .760 77.1 12.8
1973 33 CLN NL 149 521 88 154 27 2 20 91 0 2 66 67 .296 .383 .470 .854 90.9 20.0
1974 34 CLN NL 149 567 78 168 27 1 12 78 0 0 47 83 .296 .352 .411 .763 77.6 16.0
1975 35 CLN NL 82 241 41 70 14 0 5 25 2 0 24 44 .290 .357 .411 .768 34.9 6.7
1976 36 CLN NL 57 213 26 55 6 0 2 25 0 0 14 33 .258 .307 .315 .622 19.1 1.6
1977 37 BAL AL 125 423 37 102 11 2 3 41 0 1 21 107 .241 .285 .298 .583 34.3 3.0
15 Years Sim 1810 6110 905 1707 283 19 205 910 6 9 600 1069 .279 .348 .433 .781 891.7 179.7
3 Years AAA 171 622 117 192 36 2 47 141 6 4 82 134 .309 .394 .600 .994 135.6  
162 Game Average 546 81 152 25 1 18 81 0 0 53 95 .279 .348 .433 .781 79.8  
Career Highs 154 567 94 173 31 3 25 97 2 2 67 107 .442 .508 .731 1.239 104.7  
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   3900 539 1050 169 14 118 539 4 7 337 719 .269 .333 .411 .743 520.1
vs LH   2210 366 657 114 5 87 371 2 2 263 350 .297 .375 .471 .847 378.1
Home 885 2900 451 809 132 9 109 443 4 3 289 500 .279 .349 .443 .793 438.1
Away 925 3210 454 898 151 10 96 467 2 6 311 569 .280 .347 .423 .770 460.1
RISP   1480 0 432 69 4 41 646 0 0 193 266 .292 .370 .427 .797 236.9
Pinch Hitting   153 30 55 7 0 5 27 0 0 20 17 .359 .438 .503 .941 31.1
Close/Late   786 120 240 42 0 34 125 0 0 75 131 .305 .373 .489 .862 134.3
Mar/Apr 312 1073 144 276 50 3 27 153 2 1 121 184 .257 .335 .385 .720 140.7
May 316 1071 148 286 50 1 32 143 1 2 102 197 .267 .336 .405 .741 143.5
June 315 1105 154 290 43 5 38 178 0 0 113 210 .262 .336 .414 .749 153.1
July 288 1001 160 282 49 3 32 131 1 1 92 164 .282 .346 .433 .778 145.6
August 311 1016 163 310 44 4 42 175 2 4 102 176 .305 .376 .480 .857 172.3
Sep/Oct 268 844 136 263 47 3 34 130 0 1 70 138 .312 .368 .495 .864 143.1
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
1963 23 TOR AL RF 30 0 65.3 14 0 2 0 .875 1.93   0.1
    LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1964 24 TOR AL LF 50 50 436.0 94 1 1 0 .990 1.96   1.1
    RF 24 10 114.4 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
    1B 1 1 6.4 6 2 1 2 .889 11.25   0.0
  CLN NL LF 24 24 181.7 39 1 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.8
    RF 11 5 47.6 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.0
    1B 0 0 2.6 2 1 0 1 1.000 10.38   0.0
  TOT   LF 74 74 617.7 133 2 1 0 .993 1.97   1.9
      RF 35 15 162.0 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
      1B 1 1 9.0 8 3 1 3 .917 11.00   0.0
1965 25 CLN NL LF 49 49 420.0 91 3 1 0 .989 2.01   1.8
    1B 6 3 28.0 28 3 0 0 1.000 9.96   0.0
    RF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1966 26 CLN NL LF 107 106 915.7 184 3 2 0 .989 1.84   2.3
    1B 15 3 48.0 49 2 0 1 1.000 9.56   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 27 CLN NL LF 137 135 1162.0 217 5 6 1 .974 1.72   3.5
    1B 2 0 4.3 3 1 0 0 1.000 8.31   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 28 CLN NL LF 124 118 1053.7 186 5 7 1 .965 1.63   2.2
    1B 23 18 163.3 203 10 0 18 1.000 11.74   0.5
    RF 3 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1969 29 CLN NL LF 147 144 1292.3 247 4 7 2 .973 1.75   2.9
    RF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1970 30 CLN NL LF 150 148 1318.7 272 12 9 5 .969 1.94   4.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 31 CLN NL LF 137 134 1186.0 273 6 11 1 .962 2.12   3.2
    RF 6 4 38.3 5 0 1 0 .833 1.17    
1972 32 CLN NL LF 151 148 1317.0 257 9 10 4 .964 1.82   3.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 33 CLN NL LF 146 146 1325.0 275 7 13 3 .956 1.92   2.8
    RF 2 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1974 34 CLN NL LF 142 140 1256.3 258 10 7 5 .975 1.92   2.8
    1B 3 0 9.7 13 0 0 1 1.000 12.11   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1975 35 CLN NL LF 46 39 356.0 65 4 3 0 .958 1.74   1.1
    CF 8 8 72.3 9 0 1 0 .900 1.12    
    RF 6 3 44.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    1B 6 0 12.0 14 1 1 1 .938 11.25   0.0
1976 36 CLN NL LF 33 33 283.3 60 3 3 0 .955 2.00   1.2
    RF 20 16 165.0 37 2 0 1 1.000 2.13    
1977 37 BAL AL LF 125 123 1062.7 214 7 7 2 .969 1.87   0.7
  LF 1570 1537 13571.7 2733 80 87 24 .970 1.87   34.0
  RF 117 41 526.7 109 3 3 1 .974 1.91   0.1
  1B 56 25 274.3 318 20 2 24 .994 11.09   0.7
  CF 9 8 75.3 10 0 1 0 .909 1.19    
Career Totals   1752 1611 14448.0 3170 103 93 49 .972 2.04   34.7
Career Highs   152 148 1334.0 392 15 13 19 .992 2.96    
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
1964 24 CLN NL 7 21 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .333 .348 .429 .776
1965 25 CLN NL 7 26 3 9 1 0 2 4 1 0 2 2 .346 .393 .615 1.008
1966 26 CLN NL 17 55 7 18 5 0 3 16 0 0 4 4 .327 .373 .582 .955
1967 27 CLN NL 12 42 2 8 0 0 2 7 0 0 4 7 .190 .277 .333 .610
1968 28 CLN NL 20 69 7 14 0 0 1 9 0 0 8 8 .203 .295 .246 .541
1969 29 CLN NL 13 45 7 15 4 0 3 11 0 0 7 8 .333 .423 .622 1.045
1970 30 CLN NL 7 27 2 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .259 .259 .370 .630
1971 31 CLN NL 5 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .167 .211 .167 .377
1972 32 CLN NL 19 74 3 15 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 17 .203 .244 .270 .514
1973 33 CLN NL 5 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200
1974 34 CLN NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 113 398 35 99 17 0 12 60 1 0 30 67 .249 .306 .382 .687
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1970-2-.328
1973-10-.296
 On-Base Pct
1970-1-.406
1973-5-.383
 Slugging Pct
1970-5-.514
 OPS
1970-3-.920
1973-6-.854
 XR
1970-3-104.7
 Runs
1970-10-94
Hits
1970-9-173
 Singles
1970-10-119
1974-10-128
 RBIs
1970-9-97
 Walks
1970-6-67
 Strikeouts
1977-9-107
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Sam Mele (935)
  6. Ben Oglivie (933)
  7. Benny Ayala (933)
  8. Willard Marshall (924)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by San Diego in 1963
Traded from San Diego to Toronto on 2/1/1963 (Going to SDP: 2B Joe Morgan. Going to TOR: LF Boog Powell, LF Al Ferrara)
Had first career hit (homerun) on 8/2/1963, off Dean Chance (SEM)
Traded from Toronto to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1964 (Going to CLN: LF Al Ferrara. Going to TOR: C Danny Kravitz)
Injured on 6/21/1965 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/23/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1966, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 7/27/1967
10/20/1967: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $4,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1970, hitting .386 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Oakland on 8/9/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1970, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1971
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1972, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 18 RBI
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1973, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1973, hitting .588 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLE: P Ken Wright, LF Al Ferrara, SS Denis Menke, P Fred Holdsworth)
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Baltimore on 4/3/1977 (Going to BAL: LF Al Ferrara, 3B Jerry Davanon, LF Leron Lee, C Bruce Look, P Tom Murphy. Going to CLE: P John Caneira)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 5/28/1977
Released by Baltimore on 9/1/1977
 
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