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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1905-10-12 · Played 1929–1947 · College: Guilford College (1924–1926) · Career WAR 30.2 (bWAR) ·

IDs

BBREF=ferreri01, LAHMAN=ferreri01, MLBAM=114086, RETROSHEET=ferrr101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1929	SLA	AL	64	144	21	33	6	1	0	20	1	2	32	10	.229	.373	.285	.658	0.5
1930	SLA	AL	101	314	43	84	18	4	1	41	1	4	46	10	.268	.363	.360	.723	1.8
1931	SLA	AL	117	386	47	118	30	4	3	57	2	3	56	12	.306	.394	.427	.821	2.5
1932	SLA	AL	126	438	67	138	30	5	2	65	5	5	66	18	.315	.406	.420	.826	3.4
1933	SLA	AL	22	72	8	18	2	0	1	5	2	0	12	4	.250	.357	.319	.676	3.0
1933	BOS	AL	118	421	50	125	19	4	3	72	2	2	58	19	.297	.385	.382	.767
1934	BOS	AL	132	437	50	130	29	4	1	48	0	0	66	20	.297	.390	.389	.779	2.5
1935	BOS	AL	133	458	54	138	34	4	3	61	5	8	65	15	.301	.388	.413	.801	3.3
1936	BOS	AL	121	410	59	128	27	5	8	55	0	1	65	17	.312	.406	.461	.867	3.0
1937	BOS	AL	18	65	8	20	2	0	1	4	0	0	15	4	.308	.438	.385	.823	0.0
1937	WS1	AL	86	279	31	64	6	0	1	32	1	1	50	18	.229	.348	.262	.610
1938	WS1	AL	135	411	55	120	24	5	1	58	1	0	75	17	.292	.401	.382	.783	2.9
1939	WS1	AL	87	274	32	77	13	1	0	31	1	1	41	12	.281	.377	.336	.713	1.2
1940	WS1	AL	103	326	35	89	18	2	0	28	1	1	47	15	.273	.365	.340	.705	1.3
1941	WS1	AL	21	66	8	18	5	0	0	13	1	0	15	4	.273	.407	.348	.755	1.2
1941	SLA	AL	100	321	30	81	14	3	2	23	2	1	52	22	.252	.357	.333	.690
1942	SLA	AL	99	273	20	61	6	1	0	26	0	1	33	13	.223	.307	.253	.560	-0.8
1943	SLA	AL	74	209	12	50	7	0	0	20	0	0	34	14	.239	.348	.273	.621	0.5
1944	WS1	AL	99	339	14	94	11	1	0	25	2	1	46	13	.277	.364	.316	.680	1.1
1945	WS1	AL	91	286	33	76	12	1	1	38	2	4	43	13	.266	.366	.325	.691	1.5
1947	WS1	AL	37	99	10	30	11	0	0	12	0	0	14	7	.303	.389	.414	.803	1.3
Total			1884	6028	687	1692	324	45	28	734	29	35	931	277	.281	.377	.363	.740	30.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1929	SLA	AL	C	45	140	35	7	3
1930	SLA	AL	C	101	336	66	7	5
1931	SLA	AL	C	108	412	86	14	11
1932	SLA	AL	C	120	486	78	8	9
1933	SLA	AL	C	21	91	16	1	1
1933	BOS	AL	C	116	500	76	6	9
1934	BOS	AL	C	128	531	72	6	7
1935	BOS	AL	C	131	520	79	13	12
1936	BOS	AL	C	121	556	55	8	5
1937	BOS	AL	C	18	93	10	1	1
1937	WS1	AL	C	84	341	42	5	5
1938	WS1	AL	C	131	512	69	11	15
1939	WS1	AL	C	83	327	46	9	9
1940	WS1	AL	C	99	427	67	10	5
1941	WS1	AL	C	21	85	13	2	1
1941	SLA	AL	C	98	340	51	2	11
1942	SLA	AL	C	95	356	57	6	7
1943	SLA	AL	C	70	327	52	5	7
1944	WS1	AL	C	96	403	71	9	8
1945	WS1	AL	C	83	331	64	4	3
1947	WS1	AL	C	37	134	22	1	5
Total				1806	7248	1127	135	139

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1956	BBWAA	1	145	No
1958	BBWAA	1	200	No
1960	BBWAA	1	202	No
1983	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans			Yes

Ejections (5)

Date	As	Reason
1933-06-04	Player	Arguing called strike 3
1934-09-05	Player	Call at HP (Threw equipment)
1934-09-18	Player	Called third strike
1935-06-13	Player	Call at 2B
1936-09-13	Player	Fighting

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Batting

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Ejections (5)