Al Ferrara

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: December 22, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY us

High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)

School: Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: July 30, 1963 (Age 23-220d, 12,134th in major league history)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 1, 1971 (Age 31-253d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Alfred John Ferrara

Nicknames: The Bull

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1963 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

1382

358

.259

148

RBI

198

OBP

.344

SLG

.423

OPS

.768

OPS+

119

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 51 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 15 go ahead

3 Tms
SDP	27
LAD	23
CIN	1

Platoon
vs RHP	31
vs LHP	20

Home/Road
Away	31
Home	20

Outs
1	23
2	15
0	13

11 Opps
CHC	9
NYM	7
PIT	7
MON	6
LAD	5
PHI	4
CIN	4
ATL	3
STL	3
HOU	2
SFG	1

42 Pitchers
Bob Hendley	3
Lowell Palmer	2
Steve Renko	2
Don Sutton	2
Bob Veale	2
Fergie Jenkins	2
Ken Holtzman	2
Dennis Bennett	2
Vern Law	1
Carroll Sembera	1
Rob Gardner	1
Milt Pappas	1
Al McBean	1
Jim Brewer	1
Larry Dierker	1
Dick Ellsworth	1
Ted Davidson	1
Bob Bruce	1
Gerry Arrigo	1
Bill Graham	1
John Strohmayer	1
Larry Jaster	1
Barry Lersch	1
Mike McCormick	1
George Culver	1
Bill Singer	1
Camilo Pascual	1
Ray Washburn	1
Steve Carlton	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Bob Buhl	1
Tom Seaver	1
Phil Niekro	1
Rich Nye	1
Bruce Dal Canton	1
Jerry Johnson	1
Ron Reed	1
Mike Torrez	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Luke Walker	1
Bill Stoneman	1
Ed Rakow	1

11 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	12
Qualcomm St (SAN)	10
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Parc Jarry (MON)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1

Where Hit
7	34
8	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	43
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	10
12-	4
-2-	2
-23	2
123	1
--3	1

79 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	31
1 on	13
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	20

Inning
1	4
2	6
4	8
5	8
6	9
7	3
8	6
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	10
4-6	25
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	2
+1	5
Tied	12
-1	7
-2	3
-3	5
-4..	8

Ahead	16
Tied	12
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	30
RF	17
PH	4

OrderPos
4th	24
5th	11
6th	9
3rd	2
9th	2
7th	1
1st	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1963-08-08	LAD	@	CHC	Bob Buhl	behind 0-3	t 5	2	---	1	6	9	0.074	18%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1965-05-15	LAD		CHC	Dick Ellsworth	behind 0-1	b 8	1	-23	3	9	PH	0.416	95%		Home Run; W. Crawford Scores/unER; D. Tracewski Scores/unER; A. Ferrara Scores/unER
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1966-04-20	LAD	@	HOU	Bob Bruce	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	9	0.123	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	1966-05-07	LAD	@	CIN	Ted Davidson	ahead 9-2	t 6	1	---	1	3	9	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	3	1	1966-06-05 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	Gerry Arrigo	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	6	9	0.276	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Davis Scores; T. Davis Scores
6	6	4	1	1966-06-07	LAD	@	CHC	Bob Hendley	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	1	6	9	0.135	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	5	2	1966-06-07	LAD	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 7-6	t 10	0	---	1	6	9	0.086	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1967-04-28	LAD		SFG	Mike McCormick	behind 1-3	b 4	0	1--	2	5	9	0.240	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lefebvre Scores
9	9	2	1	1967-05-02	LAD	@	PIT	Vern Law	tied 2-2	t 6	1	---	1	5	9	0.191	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	3	1	1967-05-20	LAD	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	behind 1-8	t 4	1	---	1	6	7	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	4	2	1967-05-20	LAD	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	behind 2-12	t 6	1	---	1	6	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	5	1	1967-06-03	LAD		PIT	Billy O'Dell	ahead 4-1	b 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.035	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	6	1	1967-07-04	LAD	@	PIT	Al McBean	behind 4-7	t 8	2	12-	3	2	9	0.368	43%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailey Scores; D. Schofield Scores
14	14	7	1	1967-07-14	LAD		CHC	Rob Gardner	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	9	0.130	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	8	1	1967-07-23	LAD	@	NYM	Bob Hendley	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.122	60%		Home Run
16	16	9	1	1967-07-27	LAD		NYM	Dennis Bennett	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.234	63%		Home Run; W. Parker Scores
17	17	10	1	1967-07-28	LAD		NYM	Dennis Bennett	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	---	1	6	9	0.072	95%		Home Run
18	18	11	1	1967-07-29	LAD		NYM	Bob Hendley	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	1	4	7	0.473	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
19	19	12	1	1967-08-04	LAD	@	PIT	Bob Veale	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	0.124	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	13	1	1967-08-22	LAD		CIN	Milt Pappas	behind 0-4	b 9	0	---	1	5	9	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	14	1	1967-09-01	LAD	@	ATL	Ed Rakow	tied 4-4	t 5	1	---	1	4	9	0.166	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	15	1	1967-09-26	LAD		PIT	Bruce Dal Canton	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	--3	2	4	9	0.119	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Gabrielson Scores
23	23	16	1	1967-09-29	LAD		NYM	Bill Graham	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	1	4	9	0.007	1%		Home Run
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1969-05-02	SDP	@	CIN	George Culver	behind 1-4	t 4	2	123	4	1	PH	0.386	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Spiezio Scores/unER; C. Cannizzaro Scores/unER; J. DaVanon Scores/unER; A. Ferrara Scores/unER
25	25	2	1	1969-05-16	SDP		STL	Ray Washburn	behind 0-1	b 7	2	---	1	9	PH	0.263	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	1969-05-25 (1)	SDP		CHC	Rich Nye	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	---	1	5	7	0.082	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Ferrara Scores/unER
27	27	4	1	1969-05-31	SDP	@	MON	Larry Jaster	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1--	2	5	7	0.162	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Colbert Scores
28	28	5	2	1969-05-31	SDP	@	MON	Carroll Sembera	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	1--	2	5	7	0.068	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Colbert Scores
29	29	6	1	1969-06-14	SDP		PHI	Jerry Johnson	behind 2-6	b 6	1	1--	2	4	7	0.117	20%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Brown Scores
30	30	7	1	1969-06-27	SDP		LAD	Don Sutton	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	0.229	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Hriniak Scores; O. Brown Scores
31	31	8	1	1969-07-18 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	Ron Reed	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	0.138	61%		Home Run
32	32	9	1	1969-07-26	SDP	@	PIT	Luke Walker	behind 0-3	t 9	2	-23	3	5	7	0.367	40%		Home Run; O. Brown Scores; N. Colbert Scores
33	33	10	1	1969-08-06	SDP		STL	Steve Carlton	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	5	7	0.168	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	11	1	1969-08-07	SDP		STL	Mike Torrez	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.124	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	12	1	1969-08-19	SDP	@	MON	Steve Renko	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.068	97%		Home Run; O. Brown Scores
36	36	13	1	1969-09-04	SDP		LAD	Bill Singer	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.063	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	14	1	1969-09-26	SDP	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 3-10	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1970-04-22	SDP	@	NYM	Tom Seaver	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.105	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	1970-04-29	SDP		MON	John Strohmayer	ahead 5-0	b 5	2	---	1	4	7	0.018	98%		Home Run
40	40	3	1	1970-05-05	SDP	@	PHI	Barry Lersch	behind 4-7	t 7	2	1--	2	4	7	0.152	23%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Gaston Scores
41	41	4	1	1970-05-09	SDP	@	MON	Bill Stoneman	ahead 3-0	t 8	1	1--	2	4	7	0.050	98%		Home Run; C. Gaston Scores
42	42	5	1	1970-05-20	SDP		LAD	Camilo Pascual	ahead 6-3	b 5	1	---	1	4	7	0.049	93%		Home Run (LF-CF)
43	43	6	1	1970-05-31	SDP	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	behind 3-7	t 9	0	---	1	4	7	0.021	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	7	1	1970-06-12 (2)	SDP		PIT	Bob Veale	tied 2-2	b 5	1	1--	2	3	7	0.239	81%		Home Run; S. Huntz Scores
45	45	8	1	1970-06-27	SDP	@	LAD	Don Sutton	behind 2-7	t 8	1	1--	2	4	7	0.028	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Gaston Scores/unER
46	46	9	1	1970-07-26	SDP	@	PHI	Lowell Palmer	ahead 5-1	t 2	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.081	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Gaston Scores
47	47	10	2	1970-07-26	SDP	@	PHI	Lowell Palmer	ahead 7-1	t 4	1	12-	3	4	7	0.030	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Huntz Scores; C. Gaston Scores
48	48	11	1	1970-07-28	SDP	@	MON	Steve Renko	behind 3-4	t 5	0	---	1	4	7	0.141	50%		Home Run
49	49	12	1	1970-09-01	SDP	@	HOU	Larry Dierker	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	1	4	7	0.183	63%		Home Run
50	50	13	1	1970-09-05	SDP	@	CIN	Milt Wilcox	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	7	0.113	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1971-08-01	CIN	@	LAD	Jim Brewer	behind 1-3	t 9	2	1--	2	6	PH	0.380	41%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Pérez Scores

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0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 15 go ahead

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