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Hobe
Ferris		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 167
 
Born: December 7, 1877 in Providence, RI.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1906   
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
1901 23 BLA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1902 24 BLA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1903 25 NYA AL $ 464,286   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1904 26 NYA AL $ 464,286   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1905 27 NYA AL $ 464,286   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1906 28 BSN NL $ 1,110,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1907 29 BSN NL $ 1,110,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1908 30 BSN NL $ 1,110,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1909 31 WS1 AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1910 32 WS1 AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1911 33 WAS AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1912 34 WAS AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 9 9
1913 35 DET AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1914 36 DET AL $ 4,000,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1901 23 BLA AL 131 487 50 133 23 9 1 64 18 6 11 33 .273 .291 .363 .655 47.8 10.3
1902 24 BLA AL 130 492 49 113 24 9 6 60 17 5 20 19 .230 .264 .352 .616 44.3 4.3
1903 25 NYA AL 128 457 52 116 28 3 4 50 20 5 13 30 .254 .291 .354 .646 48.3 5.2
1904 26 NYA AL 150 571 55 146 27 4 5 84 32 14 16 19 .256 .276 .343 .619 52.2 4.9
1905 27 NYA AL 140 500 50 129 33 5 7 59 23 3 13 12 .258 .280 .386 .666 56.5 10.3
1906 28 BSN NL 146 588 70 157 26 8 0 43 36 12 22 25 .267 .298 .338 .636 59.3 13.0
1907 29 BSN NL 132 509 62 146 10 6 4 38 36 8 27 21 .287 .325 .354 .679 61.9 12.3
1908 30 BSN NL 116 436 52 119 13 5 3 66 24 8 25 20 .273 .313 .346 .659 45.4 7.9
1909 31 WS1 AL 74 154 28 51 9 4 1 14 3 3 7 5 .331 .385 .461 .846 23.3 6.9
1910 32 WS1 AL 154 636 60 130 23 4 1 40 25 13 25 29 .204 .243 .258 .501 38.2 2.2
1911 33 WAS AL 96 349 44 110 16 10 6 58 22 5 26 12 .315 .364 .470 .834 57.1 12.1
1912 34 WAS AL 117 421 48 97 14 12 2 56 13 6 21 29 .230 .275 .335 .610 37.4 2.6
1913 35 WAS AL 43 126 9 27 3 0 0 15 4 4 5 19 .214 .246 .238 .484 6.3 0.0
  DET AL 44 148 13 27 4 0 0 9 5 5 4 15 .182 .212 .209 .421 4.1 0.0
  TOT   87 274 22 54 7 0 0 24 9 9 9 34 .197 .228 .223 .450 10.5 0.0
1914 36 DET AL 17 47 3 11 0 1 0 4 1 0 3 7 .234 .294 .277 .571 4.0 0.3
14 Years Sim 1618 5921 645 1512 253 80 40 660 279 97 238 295 .255 .289 .345 .635 586.2 92.2
162 Game Average 592 64 151 25 8 4 66 27 9 23 29 .255 .289 .345 .635 58.7  
Career Highs 154 636 70 157 33 12 7 84 36 14 27 34 .331 .385 .470 .846 61.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4203 453 1083 171 59 30 482 195 65 160 195 .258 .290 .348 .638 408.4
vs LH   1718 192 429 82 21 10 178 84 32 78 100 .250 .288 .339 .627 160.9
Home 827 2953 324 773 121 44 24 329 140 44 129 154 .262 .297 .357 .654 305.1
Away 791 2968 321 739 132 36 16 331 139 53 109 141 .249 .282 .334 .615 264.2
RISP   1458 0 421 63 19 13 586 0 0 85 75 .289 .325 .385 .710 176.2
Pinch Hitting   68 11 26 4 1 0 9 3 1 4 3 .382 .442 .471 .912 12.0
Close/Late   760 77 198 38 7 2 93 0 0 48 33 .261 .309 .337 .645 75.4
Mar/Apr 151 529 47 132 22 8 3 65 26 9 19 23 .250 .279 .338 .618 48.1
May 290 1095 117 262 44 12 9 114 40 14 32 50 .239 .266 .326 .592 89.3
June 290 1056 115 289 39 19 4 130 64 16 46 46 .274 .309 .358 .667 115.5
July 298 1127 118 281 42 15 8 127 67 20 48 57 .249 .288 .335 .622 106.1
August 276 1007 119 253 47 14 6 113 44 19 40 52 .251 .283 .344 .627 93.1
Sep/Oct 313 1107 129 295 59 12 10 111 38 19 53 67 .266 .306 .369 .674 117.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1901 23 BLA AL 2B 130 129 1141.7 298 483 37 70 .955 6.16 0 0 .000 0 3.8
1902 24 BLA AL 2B 124 124 1097.0 280 503 33 83 .960 6.42 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    C 2 2 18.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 10 1 .100 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1903 25 NYA AL 2B 127 127 1127.3 271 450 39 87 .949 5.76 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1904 26 NYA AL SS 88 88 801.3 147 378 20 63 .963 5.90 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    2B 62 62 538.3 153 220 15 49 .961 6.24 0 0 .000 0 1.6
1905 27 NYA AL 2B 140 140 1239.3 311 526 36 94 .959 6.08 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1906 28 BSN NL SS 140 140 1225.0 221 525 27 74 .965 5.48 0 0 .000 0 8.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1907 29 BSN NL SS 93 90 810.7 132 359 22 39 .957 5.45 0 0 .000 0 6.0
    2B 31 28 261.7 54 116 8 22 .955 5.85 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1908 30 BSN NL 2B 93 89 807.3 194 306 21 59 .960 5.57 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    SS 21 20 176.0 28 82 3 14 .973 5.63 0 0 .000 0 1.3
1909 31 WS1 AL SS 28 13 159.7 31 70 4 9 .962 5.69 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 12 10 103.3 27 44 3 3 .959 6.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1910 32 WS1 AL SS 154 154 1387.3 219 572 44 76 .947 5.13 0 0 .000 0 4.8
1911 33 WAS AL SS 95 95 831.0 128 346 15 43 .969 5.13 0 0 .000 0 5.3
1912 34 WAS AL SS 116 112 995.7 162 456 20 64 .969 5.59 0 0 .000 0 4.0
1913 35 WAS AL SS 40 37 313.4 43 143 6 20 .969 5.34 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  DET AL SS 40 38 366.0 50 168 8 23 .965 5.36 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  TOT   SS 80 75 679.4 93 311 14 43 .967 5.35   2.6
1914 36 DET AL SS 10 8 69.3 13 30 1 8 .977 5.58 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 7 5 44.0 13 21 3 7 .919 6.95 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 826 795 7137.4 1174 3129 170 433 .962 5.43 0 0 .000 0 37.9
  2B 727 714 6362.0 1601 2669 195 474 .956 6.04 0 0 .000 0 20.9
  C 2 2 18.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 10 1 .100 0 0.0
  3B 2 1 15.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 4.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1560 1512 13541.7 2782 5806 365 908 .959 5.71 10 1 .100 0 59.0
Career Highs   154 154 1387.3 311 598 44 112 .969 6.31 10 1 .100 0  
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
1911 33 WAS AL 5 19 1 6 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 .316 .381 .579 .960
Career Post-Season Batting 5 19 1 6 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 .316 .381 .579 .960
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.
Games
1904-5-150
1910-1-154
 At-Bats
1906-4-588
1910-1-636
 Doubles
1906-6-26
1910-8-23
 Homeruns
1907-10-4
1911-5-6
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  3. Bobby Byrne (914)
  4. Charles Moran (910)
  5. Bobby Wallace (892)
  6. Mickey Doolan (892)
  7. Claude Ritchey (872)
  8. Larry Hoffman (871)
  9. George Bone (868)
  10. Eddie Ainsmith (868)
History
Drafted in 12th round, 188th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1901
Had first career hit on 4/24/1901, off Cy Young (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/5/1901, off Tully Sparks (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1901, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
1/3/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
2/14/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 7/27/1904
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 7/30/1904
Won Player of the Week award on 8/2/1904, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
2/13/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $464,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/1905, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/1905, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/23/1906 to a 3-year deal worth $1,110,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/2/1906
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 10/4/1906
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1906
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/14/1909 to a 2-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
 
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