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Sam Crawford League
4-1-2004
Billy Ferris Second Base
Retired (1971, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .245 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .676 Status Retired (1971) Option Years 0  
H 662 Age 68 (OS 69) Date of Birth 12-07-1935
HR 57 Drafted Round 2, Pick 27
(1956)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(4 games)
RBI 295
SB 41
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed C- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A  (86.0%) Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 1
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (98.9%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1956 Minors 21 11.00 2 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 2 9 / 11
1957 Minors 22 69.00 4 / 6 8 / 13 5 / 11 4 / 12 8 / 8 11 / 11 8 / 8 48 / 69
1958 Minors 23 59.00 4 / 7 3 / 7 4 / 11 6 / 15 2 / 3 10 / 12 3 / 4 32 / 59
1959 Minors 24 5.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 5
1959 Majors 24 18.84 1 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 3 2 / 2 9 / 18
1960 Majors 25 14.30 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 3 / 6 0 / 0 4 / 4 0 / 1 8 / 14
1961 Majors 26 22.86 1 / 4 1 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 4 4 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 1 9 / 22
1962 Majors 27 28.25 1 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 1 3 / 4 4 / 9 2 / 6 11 / 28
1963 Majors 28 43.79 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 6 3 / 9 1 / 4 1 / 3 6 / 43
1964 Majors 29 38.60 1 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 6 3 / 5 0 / 1 4 / 38
1965 Minors 30 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1965 Majors 30 27.42 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 6 2 / 27
1966 Minors 31 24.00 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 5 2 / 24
1966 Pos (3B) 31 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3
1967 Majors 32 22.51 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 22
1967 Pos (3B) 32 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
1968 Majors 33 21.50 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 3 2 / 21
1969 Majors 34 26.90 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 26
1970 Majors 35 14.10 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 14
1971 Majors 36 39.86 158 55 0 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 39
Total 158 55 0 14 / 67 15 / 61 13 / 81 16 / 70 28 / 70 37 / 73 23 / 60 147 / 487
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Billy Ferris has retired from the Pittsburgh Bears
1971-04-13The Pittsburgh Bears have acquired Billy Ferris from the waiver wire.
1971-04-09The St. Louis Redbirds have designated Billy Ferris for assignment.
1970-04-27Billy Ferris of the St. Louis Redbirds is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1967-07-25Billy Ferris of the St. Louis Redbirds is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1967-04-06Billy Ferris of the St. Louis Redbirds is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1967-04-04The St. Louis Redbirds have promoted Billy Ferris to the major league team. The St. Louis Redbirds have designated David Cintron for assignment.
1966-04-08The St. Louis Redbirds have renamed B Ferris to Billy Ferris.
1966-04-05The St. Louis Redbirds have acquired B Ferris from the waiver wire.
1966-04-01The New York CSI have waived B Ferris.
1965-09-12The New York CSI have designated B Ferris for assignment.
1965-04-23B Ferris of the New York CSI is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1961-03-01The New York CSI have promoted B Ferris to the major league team. The New York CSI have sent Tony Snyder to the minors.
1960-10-03The New York CSI have promoted P Zeller to the major league team. The New York CSI have promoted Walt Clarke to the major league team. The New York CSI have sent B Ferris to the minors. The New York CSI have designated W paige for assignment.
1960-04-01The New York CSI have renamed Bill Ferris to B Ferris.
1959-09-05The New York CSI have promoted Bill Ferris to the major league team. The New York CSI have designated Kenny Langkar for assignment.
1959-08-30The New York CSI have promoted Damaso Edwards to the major league team. The New York CSI have sent Bill Ferris to the minors.
1959-06-06The New York CSI have promoted Bill Ferris to the major league team. The New York CSI have designated Joe Fox for assignment.