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Don
Ferrarese		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: June 19, 1929 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1961   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 26 NYA AL   6 7 6 6 3 2 2 8 7 7
1956 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 3 2 2 8 7 7
1957 28 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 3 2 2 8 8 8
1958 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 3 2 2 8 7 7
1959 30 DET AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 3 2 2 8 7 7
1960 31 DET AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 3 2 2 7 7 7
1961 32 DET AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 3 2 2 7 6 7
1962 33 DET AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 3 2 2 6 5 5
1963 34 DET AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 7 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 3 2 2 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 26 NYA AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1956 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1957 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1958 29 NYA AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1959 30 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1960 31 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1961 32 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1962 33 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1963 34 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 26 AAA   3 2 .600 23 0 0 0 0 36.3 23 10 3 16 39 2.48 .178 .269 .295 .564  
1956 27 NYA AL 2 1 .667 15 0 0 0 1 17.7 13 3 1 8 9 1.53 .217 .304 .317 .621 3.2
    AAA   6 5 .545 38 4 1 1 19 71.0 59 22 3 34 79 2.79 .224 .313 .297 .610  
1957 28 NYA AL 0 1 .000 18 0 0 0 1 26.3 31 18 5 14 18 6.15 .301 .387 .505 .891 0.0
    AAA   6 2 .750 32 0 0 0 21 37.7 24 10 3 13 42 2.39 .176 .248 .279 .528  
1958 29 NYA AL 1 4 .200 30 3 0 0 1 44.0 70 52 10 43 39 10.64 .361 .473 .613 1.086 0.0
    AAA   4 1 .800 16 6 0 0 0 61.0 56 19 4 34 87 2.80 .240 .337 .356 .693  
1959 30 DET AL 5 11 .313 61 20 0 0 3 169.0 150 83 22 101 126 4.42 .237 .342 .397 .739 6.9
1960 31 DET AL 11 7 .611 76 0 0 0 15 79.3 84 46 10 51 80 5.22 .272 .375 .430 .805 3.9
1961 32 DET AL 6 7 .462 68 1 0 0 5 82.3 70 42 10 70 76 4.59 .232 .374 .391 .765 3.4
1962 33 DET AL 3 2 .600 14 3 1 1 0 35.7 32 18 3 16 26 4.54 .246 .327 .369 .696 1.8
1963 34 AAA   2 3 .400 40 0 0 0 8 33.0 19 11 3 16 31 3.00 .174 .280 .275 .555  
7 Years Sim 28 33 .459 282 27 1 1 26 454.3 450 262 61 303 374 5.19 .260 .369 .428 .797 19.1
5 Years AAA 21 13 .618 149 10 1 1 48 239.0 181 72 16 113 278 2.71 .208 .299 .307 .606  
Season Average 4 4 .500 40 3 0 0 3 64.9 64 37 8 43 53 5.19 .260 .369 .428 .797  
Career Highs 11 11 .667 76 20 1 1 15 169.0 150 83 22 101 126 10.64 .361 .473 .613 1.086  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   299 163 39 200 228   .273 .386 .441 .826
vs LH   151 99 22 103 146   .237 .344 .406 .749
Home 15 20 .429 148 14 0 0 11 237.7 249 165 38 166 199 6.25 .271 .383 .472 .855
Away 13 13 .500 134 13 1 1 15 216.6 201 97 23 137 175 4.03 .248 .356 .378 .734
Mar/Apr 2 6 .250 35 6 0 0 6 65.3 55 26 7 41 63 3.58 .225 .337 .373 .710
May 7 6 .538 32 6 0 0 5 60.0 63 34 9 44 44 5.10 .270 .386 .446 .833
June 3 8 .273 36 7 0 0 4 73.7 76 57 15 55 51 6.97 .271 .391 .500 .891
July 6 5 .545 57 3 0 0 2 76.0 86 51 11 57 69 6.04 .288 .402 .455 .857
August 5 1 .833 58 1 0 0 4 83.3 71 29 4 48 70 3.13 .232 .336 .330 .666
Sep/Oct 5 7 .417 64 4 1 1 5 96.0 99 65 15 58 77 6.10 .269 .369 .457 .825
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
1956 27 NYA AL 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2
1958 29 NYA AL 30 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
1959 30 DET AL 61 42 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 .143 .163 .190 .353 -0.2 0.0
1960 31 DET AL 76 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1961 32 DET AL 68 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0
1962 33 DET AL 14 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.5 0.1
6 Years Sim 264 68 3 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 22 .162 .174 .191 .365 0.5 0.4
162 Game Average 41 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .162 .174 .191 .365 0.3  
Career Highs 76 42 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
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   50 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 14 .160 .176 .200 .376 0.8
vs LH   18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1
Home 131 34 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 .235 .235 .294 .529 2.0
Away 88 34 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .088 .114 .088 .203 -1.1
RISP   13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.9
Close/Late   6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Mar/Apr 21 14 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .286 .286 .429 .714 1.6
May 19 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
June 7 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.3
July 18 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2
August 44 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Sep/Oct 17 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1956 27 NYA AL P 15 0 17.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.53    
1957 28 NYA AL P 18 0 26.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.03    
1958 29 NYA AL P 30 3 44.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1959 30 DET AL P 61 20 169.0 8 19 0 1 1.000 1.44    
1960 31 DET AL P 76 0 79.3 7 10 0 1 1.000 1.93    
1961 32 DET AL P 68 1 82.3 5 15 1 2 .952 2.19    
1962 33 DET AL P 14 3 35.7 4 6 1 1 .909 2.52    
Career Totals   282 27 454.3 28 58 2 5 .977 1.70    
Career Highs   76 20 169.0 8 19 1 2 1.000 2.52    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1960-10-.611
 Saves
1960-5-15
 Games Pitched
1959-9-61
1960-7-76
1961-8-68
 Walks Allowed
1959-7-101
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955
Earned first career win on 8/10/1956
Had first career hit on 8/17/1956, off Walt Masterson (TAM)
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 3/3/1959 (Going to DET: 2B Rocky Bridges, 1B Earl Torgeson, 1B Tom Burgess, P Don Ferrarese. Going to NYA: DH Ted Kluszewski, 2B Bobby Hofman)
9/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
 
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